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Alex and Evelyn discuss the TikTok ban bill, the EU's investigation into Meta for violations of the DSA, the passage of the REPORT Act, and the Supreme Court's denial of a stay of Texas' age verification law.

Alex and Evelyn are joined by Shelby Grossman of the Stanford Internet Observatory to discuss their just released study on the online child safety ecosystem, what's working and what's not, and why fixing it is urgent.

Alex and Evelyn continued their unparalleled coverage of content moderation and college sports by talking to Professor Kate Starbird about her research on the online information ecosystem and how it has changed in the lead up to the 2024 election, and her thoughts as a former pro basketball player on the exciting year in women's basketball.

Alex and Evelyn talk about X's lawsuit against CCDH for writing about hate speech on X being thrown out this week, and online rumors about Kate Middelton and the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, and what they say about the health of our online information ecosystem. Then Brandon Silverman, cofounder and former CEO of CrowdTangle, joins to talk about the state of platform transparency tools in the wake of Meta's announcement that it is going to be shutting the tool down.

Evelyn is joined by Genevieve Lakier to break down the Supreme Court oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, the case alleging members of the Biden administration unconstitutionally jawboned the social media companies into taking down content.

Alex and Evelyn discuss the latest bill to ban TikTok and its many flaws; the Gemini image-generation public relations crisis; Apple's fight-picking in Europe; and Texas and Florida's latest great attempts to regulate online speech.