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Bob Sullivan’s podcasts

A collection of Bob Sullivan’s various podcasts.

Cybercrime / Privacy

Defending Democracy, extended cuts: Kyle Taylor, the ‘Real’ Facebook Oversight Board

April 1, 2022 Bob Sullivan 0

Kyle Taylor serves on the ‘Real’ Facebook Oversight Board, created in anticipation of social media issues surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Taylor says Facebook hasn’t engaged in sincere dialog around issues like hate speech or disinformation. Click here to listen or press play below.

Cybercrime / Privacy

Defending Democracy extended cuts: Shane Stansbury, former prosecutor

April 1, 2022 Bob Sullivan 1

Duke University professor Shane Stansbury served for more than eight years as Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), where he led some of the office’s most sensitive and noteworthy prosecutions in the areas of terrorism, cybercrime, espionage, money laundering, international public corruption, and global [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Defending Democracy extended cuts: Marty Abrams, industry advocate

April 1, 2022 Bob Sullivan 1

Martin Abrams is Executive Director and Chief Strategist for the Information Accountability Foundation, which receives funding from large technology companies.  We talked with him about early efforts at accountability and why technology firms would support such efforts. Click here to listen or click play below.

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Defending Democracy extended cuts: Rory Van Loo, former CFPB

March 28, 2022 Bob Sullivan 1

Rory Van Loo has tackled big problems with big ideas before. He helped set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the Great Recession. What big steps can be taken to rein in Big Tech? What lessons can be learned from other regulatory agencies? Van Loo is now a law [Keep reading]

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Defending Democracy Extended Cuts: David Vladeck, former FTC consumer bureau head

March 25, 2022 Bob Sullivan 2

As former head of the FTC’s bureau of consumer protection, David Vladeck had a front-row seat at some of the landmark lawsuits against Big Tech. He’s in a great position to explain why it’s so hard for the U.S. government — any government — to balance Big Tech’s power. “It’s [Keep reading]

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Podcast: What’s *hasn’t* worked — part 2 of Protecting Democracy (and us!) from Big Tech

March 10, 2022 Bob Sullivan 0

If Big Tech is “Too Big to Sue” — tech firms can do whatever the Hell they want without fear of legal repercussions — how do we fix that? Haven’t we tried already? Today Duke University released part two of our docu-podcast, “Defending Democracy (and us) from Big Tech.”   This [Keep reading]

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New podcast: Defending democracy (and us) from Big Tech

March 4, 2022 Bob Sullivan 0

As war rages in Ukraine, big technology companies are struggling to keep up. Thousands of small decisions are being made at breakneck speed. Think, for just a moment, about the overwhelming task of sifting through propaganda-spewing social media accounts. Make yourself a tech exec right now.  What’s free speech? What’s [Keep reading]

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Criminals used her new home as a puppy scam headquarters

December 7, 2021 Bob Sullivan 1

Day after day, week after week, month after month, the strangers came knocking and asked one question: Where’s my puppy? Rochelle Dallons couldn’t help them. She had recently purchased her dream home, in charming Leesburg, Virginia, outside Washington D.C. But criminals took a liking to her home address — the [Keep reading]

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He stole her heart, then her identity then…was accused of a gruesome murder

November 22, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

Hearing about an old flame can be…a strange feeling. Maybe it’s charming – you learn that the first girl you ever kissed on the lips, 20 years ago or so, just gave birth to twins  – or maybe it makes you a little mad – “They started dating ONE WEEK [Keep reading]

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Why so much charity junk mail? And so many scams?

November 11, 2021 Bob Sullivan 6

Kay Bransford’s elderly mom had a generous but lonely heart — her husband had passed away recently –  so she began donating to charities that sent her solicitations by mail. Pretty soon, that led to an avalanche of junk mail. At its worst, Bransford spent her visits with mom scrambling [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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