About this episode

The episode discusses the merging of government and corporate power, highlighting issues of surveillance, censorship, and the implications of government actions on free speech and capitalism.

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:58] Telegram Founder Durov: EU's "Child Safety" Surveillance Law Is Classic Banana Republic Tactics Arrested in France for running a free speech platform, Durov warns the EU's chat control law allows warrantless snooping on millions of conversations; every tyrannical act is sold as protecting children. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:07:18] LAPD Let Its Flock Contract Expire — Flock Secretly Shared Local Camera Data With Federal Agencies Flock ran an unauthorized data-sharing pilot without local consent; Mountain View, Santa Cruz, and Hillsborough have also walked away. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:15:22] Cato and Reason Said Big Tech Censorship Was Fine Because "Private Companies Can Do Whatever They Want" When government uses tech companies as its enforcement arm, it's fascism — the literal merger of corporate and government power. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:03] Ron Paul: Trump Purchased Partial Ownership of ~30 Companies Using $27 Billion in Taxpayer Money Government picking winners distorts capital markets and enriches the Trump family; Knight calls it communist fascism…

People in this episode

Host: David Knight

Topics covered

• government surveillance
• corporate power
• free speech
• censorship
• capital markets
• authoritarianism

Keywords

• surveillance
• censorship
• free speech
• corporate power
• government
• Trump
• Durov
• LAPD
• Flock

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EU, LAPD, Flock, Cato, Reason

Books & works: Playboy Interview

Places: France, Mountain View, Santa Cruz, Hillsborough

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