Kevin Russo

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143 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 12 Jun

Kevin Russo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Hard Fork · ‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn · 12 Jun 2026 podcast

And in fact, we just tell people who are applying for visas, like, we are going to scan your social media.

You must submit it.

We are going to review the contents of your social media and judge it based on your...

protected First Amendment speech.

Correct.

So I want to talk about this because 10 or 15 years ago, this is something where I can imagine all of Silicon Valley standing up and saying, how dare you?

This is outrageous.

This is a clear violation of the First Amendment.

They've been absolutely silent on this.

Yes.

Cowed and cahoots, two of the worst places you can find yourself.

Folks like Sam Altman have advocated for a form of privilege when you talk to a chatbot.

So if you were to ask ChatGPT about a medical question, for example, Sam Altman says that information should not be sort of within the reach of law enforcement.

Do you agree with that?

And how much help would it do, do you think, if that were true?

Did something happen that damaged your trust in these companies?

I'd like to end by asking about one of the longest ongoing fights in the relationship that Kevin and I have, which is whether or not you should tweet.

Kevin still tweets.

I do not tweet.

Recently, before you left EFF, you guys made the decision.

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