Vitor Vicente and Rudhra Raveendran join your hosts Gabriel Moncau and Phillip Tran in discussing the roles platforms play in modern society.

Vitor Vicente (BU ‘23) is the UPE Director of Recruitment and a freelance systems administrator.

Rudhra Raveendran (BU '20) is a UPE alum and currently works as a software engineer for Microsoft.

Timestamps:

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:00:10) Guest Introduction and Background

(0:01:08) The Growing Internet and Section 230

(0:10:44) The Future of the Metadata Revolution

(0:20:51) Technology, Legislation, Civic Engagement

(0:35:50) Platforms’ Moderation of Content

(0:45:49) Platforms, Political Polarization, Misinformation

(1:08:12) Platforms Drop Trump

(1:24:20) Breaking the Cycle of Misinformation

(1:35:21) Final Thoughts

(1:44:22) Wrap Up

Hosts:

Gabriel Moncau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielmoncau/

Phillip Tran: https://ptran.dev/

Guests:

Vitor Vicente: @vitor.vicente_

Rudhra Raveendran: RHOODAY

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