Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Regulate Tech 2022 ep 10: The Law of the Horse
Regulate Tech
Between them, Richard Allan and Nicklas Berild Lundblad have over 50 years of experience in internet technology policy. And they still love talking about it. In this podcast, they dig into major technology policy questions before policy makers, teasing out the trade-offs they have to consider. They reflect on their own experiences from both sides of the business and politics divide. Some episodes are aimed at technology policy professionals as Richard and Nicklas share what they have learnt along the way. They believe there is public value in services having effective policy teams and want to help these develop, grow and, well, make new mistakes...
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Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
In this episode we explore the history and genealogy of the DMA - looking at the key inspirations behind it and why it looks the way it looks. Tune in!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Richard has dug deep in the impressive complexity and ambition of the Online Safety Bill and shares his perspective on how this will change the landscape for tech platforms - and where it will need more work and analysis.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
A company's social responsibility can be interpreted and handled in different ways, and we have seen the field evolve from CSR to ESG. How does this work relate to public policy work? What is the difference and the overlap? And how should, in general, philanthropy factor in policy strategy - if, indeed, at all?
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
In this episode we discuss the platform response to the war in Ukraine, and why the most difficult decision may still lie ahead for content moderation experts.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
How do you approach advocacy internally? Should you join a tech giant just to change their ways? Can you change the way a large organization thinks, and if so - how? As a policy professional you have both an opportunity and a duty to voice your opinion, but in a way that can have an impact. We discuss how best to bring your views to the table, and what to avoid in answering another listener's question. Tune in!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
We asked for listener questions and you delivered! This episode is based on a question about how to build, think about and work with content policy teams. We discuss content moderation (and why that is a bad term), the distinctions between speech and speaker as well as the question of how you think about hard cases. Listen in!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Political advertising and issue advertising are hot issues - but why? What is the key challenges if we want to regulate political communication, and what are the second order effects of that regulation? A lot to think about and discuss!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
What is the tech-lash, why does it matter, and where is it heading in 2022? In this episode we take a step back and talk about the different tech-lashes, their absence in the data, roots and origins as well as strategies for dealing with great social debates like this that have worked historically. Tune in!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
A podcast about tech, policy and the future
Are you interested in learning more about the craft of tech policy? Dig deep in the classics? Figure out what the future for tech holds? Then this is the podcast for you. Conversations between two long-time policy professionsals with 50+ years of shared experience from tech policy in companies, trade associations and academia.