# The Pandemic Can't Stop, Won't Stop the Techlash

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/building-tomorrow/the-pandemic-cant-stop-wont-stop-the-techlash>

**By** Matthew Feeney, Will Duffield, Paul Matzko

**Published:** October 15, 2020

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Matthew Feeney \& Will Duffield join the show to talk about the impact the pandemic has had on techlash.

## Shownotes:

There are some things that even a pandemic cannot stop. One of those things is political pressure to "do something" about Big Tech. Paul checks in with Matthew Feeney and Will Duffield to get an update on the state of the techlash. Furthermore, this year many of the major social media platforms have ramped up their fact-checking operations in an attempt to combat disinformation about the pandemic and partisan politics, but it is possible that they have opened a Pandora's Box of unintended consequences by doing so.