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Computer Says MaybeWho Knows? Independent Researchers in a Platform Era w/ Brandi GeurkinkImagine doing tech research… but from outside the tech industry? What an idea…More like this: Nodestar: Turning Networks into Knowledge w/ Andrew TraskSo much of tech research happens within the tech industry itself, because it requires data access, funding, and compute. But what the tech industry has in resources, it lacks in independence, scruples, and a public interest imperative. Alix is joined by Brandi Guerkink from The Coalition of Independent Tech Research to discuss her work at a time where platforms have never been so opaque, and funding has never been so s...
2025-11-2848 min
Janett Arceo y La Mujer ActualNicko Nogués… “Día Internacional del Hombre”¡¡NUEVO PODCAST!!-Frank Favela. Periodista… Lo mejor de los Espectáculos-Laura Cardoso, Reportera de Grupo Fórmula… Vampiros blancos y lactofilia: la nueva cara del acoso sexual a madres lactantes. -Nicko Nogués… “Día Internacional del Hombre” -A los niños ya no los hacen como antes. Dr. Jaime Edelson…“Entre el precio y el valor”
2025-11-201h 13Janett Arceo y La Mujer ActualDaniel Herrera... Pianista, Compositor e Intérprete¡¡NUEVO PODCAST!!- Frank Favela. Periodista… Lo mejor de los Espectáculos -Laura Torres… “Día Internacional de las Personas Cuidadoras” -A los niños ya no los hacen como antes… Dr. Jaime Edelson Tishman -Daniel Herrera. Pianista, Compositor e Intérprete.
2025-11-061h 14
The Tech Policy Press PodcastEvaluating Instagram's Promises to Protect TeensInstagram has spent years making promises about how it intends to protect minors on its platform. To explore its past shortcomings—and the questions lawmakers and regulators should be asking—I spoke with two of the authors of a new report that offers a comprehensive assessment of Instagram’s record on protecting teens:Laura Edelson, an assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University and co-director of Cybersecurity for Democracy, and Arturo Béjar, the former director of ‘Protect and Care’ at Facebook who has since become a whistleblower and safety advocate.Edelson and Béjar are two of t...
2025-10-1944 min
The Lawfare PodcastLawfare Daily: How Technologists Can Help Regulators with Erie Meyer and Laura EdelsonErie Meyer, Senior Fellow at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy and Senior Fellow at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, and Laura Edelson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, who are coauthors of the recent toolkit, “Working with Technologists: Recommendations for State Enforcers and Regulators,” join Lawfare’s Justin Sherman to discuss how state enforcers and regulators can hire and better work with technologists, what technologists are and are not best-suited to help with, and what roles technologists can play across the different phases of enforcer and regulator casework. They also discuss how to best attract technolog...
2025-10-1444 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: How Technologists Can Help Regulators with Erie Meyer and Laura EdelsonErie Meyer, Senior Fellow at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy and Senior Fellow at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, and Laura Edelson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, who are coauthors of the recent toolkit, “Working with Technologists: Recommendations for State Enforcers and Regulators,” join Lawfare’s Justin Sherman to discuss how state enforcers and regulators can hire and better work with technologists, what technologists are and are not best-suited to help with, and what roles technologists can play across the different phases of enforcer and regulator casework. They also discuss how to best attract technologists to enforc...
2025-10-1444 min
PekingologyThe Locknet: How China Controls its InternetIn this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Jessica Batke, Senior Editor for Investigations at ChinaFile, and Laura Edelson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University. They discuss Jessica and Laura's new report "The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters," exploring how the government and internet platforms collaborate on censorship, how tensions between the CCP's political and economic goals play out online, and how Chinese censorship is changing the internet outside China.
2025-08-0734 min
Net AssessmentCombating Mexican drug cartels: Is there a military solution?In this show, Chris, Melanie, and Zack consider the different military options being considered to combat Mexican drug cartels. Are the cartels that manufacture and distribute drugs that kill Americans, particularly fentanyl, a threat to US national security? If so, is military action, with or without the approval of the Mexican government, a viable solution? And if a military operation isn't a great idea, are there other ways to stop the tens of thousands of fentanyl and other drug-related deaths that occur in the United States every year? Melanie remembers Andrew Schwartz, a force of nature at CSIS who...
2025-07-2453 min
The BrewedAt Podcast#40 - Sacred Vice (Andrew Rubenstein)Host Richie Tevlin with Andrew “Ruby” Rubenstein, Partner & Head Brewer at Sacred Vice Brewing Co. Ruby built his brewing foundation at Iron Hill, supporting six locations before joining 2SP Brewing, where he played a key role in establishing the brand. After years of honing his craft, he went on to Sacred Vice, bringing his unique experience to brewing in Philly's newest & popular brewery.
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2025-03-1958 min
Tavis SmileyLaura Edelson joins Tavis SmileyTech whistleblower and computer scientist Laura Edelson shares her take on the impending ban of TikTok, the death of truth on Meta, and the future of social networking.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
2025-01-1741 min
Today, ExplainedThe politics of fireWildfires overtook Los Angeles, firefighters ran out of water, and the political finger-pointing began. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Travis Larchuck, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members A fire hydrant burning during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county. Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2025-01-1427 min
Today, ExplainedThe politics of fireWildfires overtook Los Angeles, firefighters ran out of water, and the political finger-pointing began.This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Travis Larchuck, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcastSupport Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/membersA fire hydrant burning during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county. Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via...
2025-01-1427 min
POLITICO TechHow TikTok’s algorithm really handled the Israel-Gaza warTikTok has long faced criticism for suspected ties to the Chinese government. But since the start of the war, U.S. officials have also accused the app of amplifying posts that are sympathetic to Hamas and damaging to Israel. But data from the app tells a more complex story. POLITICO reporter Mark Scott worked with Northeastern University researcher Laura Edelson to analyze some 350,000 TikTok posts about the war, and on today’s show, Mark explains their findings to host Steven Overly — and what the analysis reveals about TikTok’s response to a growing political crisis.
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2024-05-0815 min
Reimagining the Internet87. Before Laura Edelson was the DOJ’s chief antitrust technologist, Facebook deleted her accountDid Facebook influence how people voted in the 2020 elections? This month, we’re focusing on a recent spate of studies published in Science and Nature studying how Facebook’s algorithms handle political content. First up is Laura Edelson, who was banned by Facebook for her work studying its ads through her project at NYU, the Ad […]
2023-09-1337 min
Geeks Who Lead PodcastMission Driven - Laura Edelson: Postdoctoral Researcher / Co-Founder, NYU / Cyber Security for Democracy ProjectRaffi Krikorian (CTO, Emerson Collective) talks with Laura Edelson (Postdoctoral Researcher at NYU, and Co-Founder of Cyber Security for Democracy Project) about what it looks like to be mission driven in her work.
2023-01-1028 min
Non-Compliant PodcastNon-Compliant Podcast Episode 44: The One with #REPRESENT ConsumersIn Non-Compliant Episode 44, Host Jay Edelson, nationally recognized plaintiff’s attorney and Founder of Edelson PC, is joined by Laura Antonini and Harvey Rosenfield of #REPRESENT, a project of the Consumer Education Foundation. Laura is an attorney and the Policy Director of #REPRESENT. Harvey is the President of the Consumer Education Foundation and one of nation's foremost consumer advocates. He founded the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog in 1985, where he presently serves as outside counsel.To start the show, Jay, Laura, and Harvey discuss the report put out by #REPRESENT, titled Reboot Required: The Civil Justice System Ha...
2022-05-161h 01
The AllCreation PodcastShmita Live: Allstar Conversation"We are commanded to sustain the world."- Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin & Rabbi Avram Resiner “They shall forever inhabit this earth, the result of My planting, the work of My hands in which I glory.” (Isaiah 60:21)Shmita is a set of commandments in the Jewish and Christian Bibles (The Torah) to practice and celebrate the cyclical "release" of agricultural lands, financial debts, slaves, and ancestral lands. "Shmita Live" was a conversation on Zoom, March 1, 2022 exploring the ancient shmita commandments' many meanings today. The event brought together a number of the amazing people who contributed to AllC...
2022-03-081h 13
Science VsMisinformation: What Should Our Tech Overlords Do?After Joe Rogan was accused of spreading Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on his podcast, Spotify landed in the hot seat. People (including us!) wanted to know what the platform was doing to stop it. In this episode, we look into how tech platforms are fighting misinformation — and find out what actually works. To find out we speak to Professor David Rand, Professor Hany Farid, Laura Edelson and evelyn duoek. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/3BOEsOo This episode was produced by Michelle Dang, Rose Rimler, and Wendy Zukerman with help...
2022-02-2543 min
Scaling LawsFacebook Shuts Down Research On ItselfIn October 2020, Facebook sent a cease and desist letter to two New York University researchers collecting data on the ads Facebook hosts on its platform, arguing that the researchers were breaching the company’s terms of service. The researchers disagreed and kept up with their work. On August 3, after months of failed negotiations, Facebook shut off access to their accounts—an aggressive move that journalists and scholars denounced as an effort by the company to shield itself from transparency.For this week’s episode of our Arbiters of Truth series on our online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta...
2022-02-041h 00
The Infotagion Podcast with Damian Collins MPOnline Safety Bill special series: Laura Edelson, Renée diResta and Guillaume ChaslotHow do user interactions shape content algorithms? Are vulnerable people being purposefully targeted with harmful content? And how realistic is it that harmful content will be taken down before it causes harm? In this Online Safety Bill special series, Damian Collins MP unpacks the evidence heard from Laura Edelson, Guillaume Chaslot, and Renee diResta followed by a discussion with committee member Lord (Tim) Clement-Jones.
2021-10-2521 min
Reliable SourcesSeptember 5, 2021: VOA journalists in Afghanistan fear 'they will be left behind, they will be forgotten'; evaluating 9/11 coverage 20 years laterPlus... Julie Pace on her vision for the future of The Associated Press; how Rep. Nunes is using the courts to bully press; Ken Burns on Muhammad Ali's enduring legacy, and the dangers of partisan echo chambers. Ayesha Tanzeem, Leonard Pitts, Jr., Spencer Ackerman, Michael Daly, Laura Edelson, Liz Mair, David Folkenflik, Julie Pace and Ken Burns join John Avlon.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-09-0540 min
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVLaura Edelson on Platform Access and Its DiscontentsWherein we are joined by NYU researcher Laura Edelson to talk about Facebook cutting off NYU Ad Observatory access to data studying misinformation and political ads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-08-131h 05
Recode DailyFacebook banned researchers studying ... FacebookAt this point, it’s old news that Facebook has a misinformation problem. Not just in user posts and comments, but within advertiser content, too. And a research team at the NYU Ad Observatory project has been studying exactly that — misinformation in ads on Facebook — since 2018. But then, last week, Facebook deleted their accounts. Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) talks to the lead researcher, Laura Edelson (@LauraEdelson2), about what happened. Read Shirin’s full Q&A with LauraEnjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
2021-08-0915 min
Democracy NerdEpisode 36: Monitoring Online Political Advertising w/ Laura EdelsonLaura Edelson, Director of NYU's Cybersecurity for Democracy, joins Democracy Nerd to discuss the organization's Ad Observer project to track and report online political advertising on Facebook & Twitter, research regarding the "platform effect" that helps the spread of false and misleading political ads, and the circumstances that led to Facebook sending a "cease and desist" letter.
2021-07-1956 min
ArcanaImperiiThe political bias of Facebook adsArianna speaks with Laura Edelson, a PhD Candidate in Computer Science at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, who is a team member on The Online Political Transparency Project researching political bias of Facebook ads. Laura Edelson previously worked in software engineering at Palantir. Topics will examine ad strategies, international aspects, and the upcoming 2020 election. More money will be spent on Facebook ads in the 2020 election cycle than any previous year. Laura speaks to why universal data transparency is important and why transparency in political ads is vital to ensuring safe and fair elections.
2020-11-0128 minThe Infotagion Podcast with Damian Collins MPEpisode 37: Laura EdelsonThe role of social media in this 2020 US election has received more scrutiny than ever before. Will this, combined with new policies introduced by the tech companies, help the protect the election? Damian Collins MP asks Laura Edelson, lead researcher for NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Online Political Ads Transparency Project. Dr Charles Kriel reports from Alabama on the latest in disinformation around the US election.
2020-11-0147 min
The Business of Writing PodcastStorytelling Secrets from a Hollywood Screenwriter w/ Dean EdelsonToday we’re talking with Dean Edelson, a former screenwriter and comedian turned direct response copywriter. He started in Hollywood – writing and producing material and screenplays for Seinfeld, Frasier, Dreamworks, Disney, Paramount, and all the major movie studios. These days, Dean helps clients as a direct response marketing strategist, and has more than a decade of launch copy under his belt. His online sales copy and marketing campaigns have generated millions for his clients, and we have a lot to learn from him. Let's dive in. ...
2019-11-1238 min
Met Opera Guild PodcastEp. 136: Opera in the New Millennium - Interview with Kaminsky, Cerrone, and EdelsonOn this episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, lecturers Naomi Barrettara and Elspeth Davis are joined by composers Christopher Cerrone and Laura Kaminsky, as well as producer, director, and dramaturg Lawrence Edelson in an interview from this past season’s “Opera in the New Millennium” event.
2019-09-041h 07