This episode discusses big tech with guests Rudhra Raveendran and Benji Spetter-Goldstein.

Rudhra Raveendran (BU '20) is a UPE alum and currently works as a software engineer for Microsoft. Benji Spetter-Goldstein (BU'21) is the UPE Director of Operations and has accepted a full-time offer at Amazon.

Timestamps:

• (0:00:00) Intro
• (0:00:10) Guest Introduction and Background
• (0:09:14) Refinement v. Innovation in Big Tech
• (0:17:10) Apple
• (0:36:05) Big Tech and Politics (Cambridge Analytica and Fact-Checking)
• (0:42:00) Big Tech and Platform Liability (Communications Decency Act)
• (0:54:48) Google Antitrust Lawsuit
• (1:03:56) Data Privacy
• (1:22:40) Exciting Projects in Big Tech
• (1:40:00) The Future of Big Tech
• (1:42:20) Shameless Plugs and Wrap Up

Hosts:

• Gabriel Moncau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielmoncau/
• Phillip Tran: https://ptran.dev/

UPE Links:

• https://upe.bu.edu/
• https://github.com/BUUPE/
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• https://twitter.com/bu_upe