Louise Matsakis's guest appearances

Louise Matsakis

Catalyst Podcast

Tech Empire with Michael Kwet and Tshi Malatji

Tech Won't Save Us

Big Technology Podcast

Adrianne Jeffries

Roy Bahat

Elon Musk

Marc Andreessen

Donald Trump

Michael Bierut

Nir Eyal

Erin McKean

Peter Thiel

Lawrence Lessig

Gary Vaynerchuk

Andrew Smith

Zach Coelius

Amy Klobuchar

Jeff Bezos

OwlTail

Paris Marx is joined by Louise Matsakis to discuss the growing divide between the US and China, the long history of Western concern about the East, and why we should pay attention to who these anti-China narratives benefit.Louise Matsakis is a technology reporter at Semafor who previously worked at NBC News, Rest of World, and Wired. You can follow her on Twitter at @lmatsakis.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode:Please participate in our listener survey this month to give us a better idea of what you think of the show: https://forms.gle/xayiT7DQJn56p62x7Louise wrote about YouTube videos predicting China’s collapse, the rise of Shein, and the prospect of TikTok bans.Many US states are banning TikTok from government-issued devices.In 2000, Bill Clinton said that trying to place restrictions on the internet was like trying to nail Jello to a wall. China proved him wrong.India has already banned TikTok and a number of other Chinese apps.Speakers of the Khmer language in Cambodia used voice chat on Messenger because keyboards weren’t designed to work with their language.Shein is taking off in Mexico.Support the show

Paris Marx is joined by Louise Matsakis to discuss the growing divide between the US and China, the long history of Western concern about the East, and why we should pay attention to who these anti-China narratives benefit. Louise Matsakis is a technology reporter at Semafor who previously worked at NBC News, Rest of World, and Wired. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/lmatsakis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@lmatsakis</a>. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (<a href="https://twitter.com/techwontsaveus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@techwontsaveus</a>) and host Paris Marx (<a href="https://twitter.com/parismarx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@parismarx</a>) on Twitter, and support the show on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. The podcast is produced by <a href="https://twitter.com/ES_Wickham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Wickham</a> and part of the <a href="http://harbingermedianetwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harbinger Media Network</a>. Also mentioned in this episode:<ul><li>Please participate in <a href="https://forms.gle/xayiT7DQJn56p62x7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our listener survey</a> this month to give us a better idea of what you think of the show: <a href="https://forms.gle/xayiT7DQJn56p62x7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/xayiT7DQJn56p62x7</a></li><li>Louise wrote about <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/01/04/2023/the-youtubers-going-viral-by-predicting-chinas-collapse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube videos predicting China’s collapse</a>, <a href="https://restofworld.org/2021/how-shein-beat-amazon-and-reinvented-fast-fashion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the rise of Shein</a>, and <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-ban-us-national-security-risk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the prospect of TikTok bans</a>.</li><li>Many US states are <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/technology/tiktok-ban-government-issued-devices.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">banning TikTok</a> from government-issued devices.</li><li>In 2000, Bill Clinton said that trying to place restrictions on the internet was like trying to nail Jello to a wall. <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/29/the-man-who-nailed-jello-to-the-wall-lu-wei-china-internet-czar-learns-how-to-tame-the-web/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China proved him wrong</a>.</li><li>India has already <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/India-permanently-bans-TikTok-and-58-other-Chinese-apps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">banned TikTok</a> and a number of other Chinese apps.</li><li>Speakers of the Khmer language in Cambodia <a href="https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-didnt-know-why-half-of-messengers-voice-traffic-comes-from-cambodia-heres-why/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">used voice chat on Messenger</a> because keyboards weren’t designed to work with their language.</li><li>Shein is <a href="https://restofworld.org/2022/women-unofficial-shein-boutiques-mexico/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">taking off in Mexico</a>.</li></ul><a href="https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

What the US-China Divide Means for Tech w/ Louise Matsakis

Sophie Schmidt

Rest Of World is a new publication that covers technology outside of North America and Europe. Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis join Big Technology Podcast to discuss why they believe it's setting a new path forward for international tech coverage. Schmidt founded the publication in 2019 after growing convinced that the next tech decade belongs to the rising giants outside of the Western world. Growing up while her father, Eric Schmidt, ran Google taught her some important lessons along the way. Matsakis, formerly of Wired, joined the publication after pitching Schmidt on a role for herself. She is now a senior editor. In this conversation, we discuss the publication's editorial philosophy, along with tech in China, South Korea, Kenya, Nigeria, and elsewhere.

Rest Of World is a new publication that covers technology outside of North America and Europe. Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis join Big Technology Podcast to discuss why they believe it's setting a new path forward for international tech coverage. Schmidt founded the publication in 2019 after growing convinced that the next tech decade belongs to the rising giants outside of the Western world. Growing up while her father, Eric Schmidt, ran Google taught her some important lessons along the way. Matsakis, formerly of Wired, joined the publication after pitching Schmidt on a role for herself. She is now a senior editor. In this conversation, we discuss the publication's editorial philosophy, along with tech in China, South Korea, Kenya, Nigeria, and elsewhere.

Why Rest of World wants to change international tech news, with Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis

Tech is Giant, Monolithic, and Scary: This week, Paul Ford and Rich Ziademeet with Louise Matsakis to discuss how tech reporting has evolved alongside the hyper-growth of tech companies. How has the role of journalists changed? Which companies are difficult to talk to, and which are the easiest?  More often than before, Louise says that journalists are playing the role of content moderators, forcing platforms to do more introspection and make broader changes. We touch on what’s topical in tech reporting today: What can be done to stop the culture of harassment prevalent on big platforms, how should scaling companies deal with oversights that screw people over, and how could we imagined role of the Facebook Press Secretary? LINKS   Louise Matsakis  Know Your Meme: Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral  Amazon’s Electricity Subsidies, Bloomberg  Time magazine sold to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife for $190m, Gaurdian   Journalists Are Not Social Media Platforms’ Unpaid Content Moderators,Motherboard (VICE)  Elsagate  Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act  Google Wants to Kill the URL, Wired  Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web, Gawker 

Tech is Giant, Monolithic, and Scary: This week, <a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpostlight.com%2Ftrackchanges%2Fauthor%2Fpaul-ford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Ford</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpostlight.com%2Ftrackchanges%2Fauthor%2Frich-ziade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rich Ziade</a>meet with <a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fauthor%2Flouise-matsakis%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Louise Matsakis</a> to discuss how tech reporting has evolved alongside the hyper-growth of tech companies. How has the role of journalists changed? Which companies are difficult to talk to, and which are the easiest?  More often than before, Louise says that journalists are playing the role of content moderators, forcing platforms to do more introspection and make broader changes. We touch on what’s topical in tech reporting today: What can be done to stop the culture of harassment prevalent on big platforms, how should scaling companies deal with oversights that screw people over, and how could we imagined role of the Facebook Press Secretary? LINKS <ul> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fauthor%2Flouise-matsakis%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Louise Matsakis</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fknowyourmeme.com%2Fmemes%2Falignment-charts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Know Your Meme: Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2018-08-20%2Famazon-isn-t-paying-its-electric-bills-you-might-be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Amazon’s Electricity Subsidies, Bloomberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2018%2Fsep%2F17%2Ftime-magazine-sold-marc-benioff-190m" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Time magazine sold to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife for $190m, Gaurdian </a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmotherboard.vice.com%2Fen_us%2Farticle%2F8xbwvx%2Fjournalists-social-media-platforms-unpaid-content-moderators-twitter-facebook-instagram" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Journalists Are Not Social Media Platforms’ Unpaid Content Moderators,Motherboard (VICE)</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FElsagate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Elsagate</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSection_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fgoogle-wants-to-kill-the-url%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Google Wants to Kill the URL, Wired</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/r/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgawker.com%2F5950981%2Funmasking-reddits-violentacrez-the-biggest-troll-on-the-web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web, Gawker</a></li> </ul>

The Leaky World of Tech Reporting : A Conversation With Louise Matsakis