On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, half the country fights back for net neutrality, more political meddling on Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft, ads coming to Netflix? … and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Apple iPad (6th generation) with Apple Pencil
Dwayne: SONOS PLAYBASE
Tosin: Instant Pot DUO 6 QT 7-IN-1

Podcast

Headlines

• Twenty-two states ask U.S. appeals court to reinstate ‘net neutrality’ rules
  • Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Calif. wildfire

Audible Book of the Week

• On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins (and Sandra Blakeslee)
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Two Tribes by  Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Headlines

• Facebook is contesting DOJ’s demand to make end-to-end encrypted Messenger voice conversations available for wiretapping in a case against MS-13 gang
• Facebook and Twitter remove hundreds of accounts linked to Iranian and Russian political meddling
• Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions
  • DNC calls FBI after appearing to thwart hack of its voter database

Music Break: Big Yellow Taxi  by Joni Mitchell

Final Word

• Netflix tests out ads for other shows in between episodes

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Hard-Hitting Nature Valley Ad Shows The Terrifying Side Of Kids Addicted To Technology

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.