Facebook said Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, that it had removed 652 pages, groups, and accounts linked to Russia and Iran for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”

#AskTheMayor About Amazon; Facebook's Scandal Handling; Promoting Consent in NYC Clubs; The Conservative Argument for Workers

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 16, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

  • Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Jack Nicas, New York Times reporter covering Silicon Valley, and Sheera Frenkel, New York Times reporter covering cybersecurity, talk about their reporting on Facebook's executives have responded to revelations of Russian meddling, data sharing, and more.
  • Rafael Espinal, New York City Council member representing the 37th district , talks about the consent awareness campaign he developed with Anya Sapozhnikova, co-founder of Bushwick's House of Yes bar and performance club, and Jacqui Rabkin, marketing director at Bushwick's House of Yes bar and performance club.
  • Oren Cass, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he focuses on energy, the environment, and antipoverty policy, and the author of the forthcoming book The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America (Encounter Books, 2018), tries to reframe the argument over work and growth.

 

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