Thursday, 18 April 2024 – 15:20:25 CEST

Is the so-called TikTok law a tool to enable the US President to censor apps and websites at will? Yes and no. One thing is certain: This law isn't about TikTok; that's just a smokescreen.

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Episode 159: Society Is Going to Hell in a Handbasket

Thursday, 28 September 2023 – 19:40:40 CEST

How following the exodus of Germany's worst YouTuber to TikTok opened a private hell of lolcows for me. To a point where I don't think I understand society as a whole anymore. What is this shit? And where is it all going to end?

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Episode 122: Drachenlord Defeated?

Wednesday, 17 August 2022 – 21:43:03 CEST

Permabanned on almost all internet platforms, Rainer Winkler has been effectively silenced off the internet. He's also being investigated for disseminating illegal pornography. Will he give up now? And is his situation actually a free speech issue?

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The Private Citizen

A Civil Liberties Podcast

Veteran technology journalist Fabian A. Scherschel covers the most important threats to our personal liberties, privacy rights and freedom of speech. In reporting on these issues, he draws from a decade of experience in reporting on information security topics, mixed with a healthy dose of journalism critique. The show places a particular emphasis on stories and viewpoints that have been ignored in the legacy media.

Episode 168: The TikTok Law

Episode 159: Society Is Going to Hell in a Handbasket

Episode 122: Drachenlord Defeated?