{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/669ec0949ab0c0ccb91b939f/67057b0bd649b2495803d667?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"010 - Telegram and the Ghosts of Discourse Past","description":"<p>Greetings from the hurricane ravaged coasts of South Carolina. Emily and I recorded this episode a few weeks ago and then, well, a bunch of stuff happened. Including a hurricane. I’m fine. We got incredibly lucky here in South Carolina but it <em>did</em> delay things a bit.</p><p><br></p><p>Do you want to feel old? Want to feel how horrifyingly fast the year is moving? Then take a listen to this podcast and realize how many things you’ve forgotten about that happened only a few weeks ago.</p><p><br></p><p>On <em>Veep </em>and <em>The West Wing</em></p><p><br></p><p>Our contractually required thoughts on the Olivia Nuzzia/ RFK scandal</p><p><br></p><p>The Trump and Laura Loomer stuff</p><p><br></p><p>What <em>is</em> a war crime anyway?</p><p><br></p><p>Eva Galperin, Electronic Frontier Foundation's Director of Cybersecurity, walks us through the Telegram arrest. After we recorded this episode, one of the things that Galperin warned about came to pass: Telegram promised to give <a href=\"https://www.politico.eu/article/telegram-widens-data-sharing-with-authorities/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more data to the cops</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.404media.co/telegram-changes-policy-says-it-will-provide-user-data-to-authorities/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram Changes Policy, Says It Will Provide User Data to Authorities</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vulture.com/article/obamacore-obama-pop-culture-kamala-harris.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Obamacore</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/Mets/status/1836949383260033508?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mets whimsy</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/?lens=publicaffairs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Wire by Joseph Cox</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram Isn't an Encrypted Messaging App</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/settled-human-rights-standards-building-blocks-platform-accountability-and\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Some Background on Brazil</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/evacide\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eva on Twitter</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/evacide.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eva on Bluesky</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Emily Lipstein"}