{"podcast":{"title":"The Fold","slug":"the-fold-1199639","podcast_index_feed_id":1199639,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TSO1066540655","website_url":"http://www.thespinoff.co.nz","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/fa92bb9e-74d7-11ed-bde9-abda5620f32d/image/16f4a891b56ce0756a3f5c374974e343.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Spinoff","episode_count":339,"summary":"Conversations about the intersections of media, culture and technology in New Zealand, hosted by Duncan Greive, founder of The Spinoff.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T08:18:53.035127+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fold-1199639"},"episode":{"title":"Social media’s “big tobacco moment”, and the growing big tech backlash","slug":"social-media-s-big-tobacco-moment-and-the-growing-big-tech-backlash","published_at":"2026-02-16T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fold-1199639/social-media-s-big-tobacco-moment-and-the-growing-big-tech-backlash","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fold-1199639","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSO6662699177.mp3?updated=1771280910","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSO6662699177.mp3?updated=1771280910","summary":"The Fold's first ever listener questions episode is coming – fill out this form to pose a question of hosts Duncan Greive and Glen Kyne. Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss three huge stories impacting the social media and platform world. First is a landmark trial which contends social platforms are faulty products which visit huge harms upon their users – both Snap and TikTok have settled out of court, while Meta and Google will go to trial in a case with potentially enormous implications for the platforms.Next, they discuss the under-16 ban movement, which is spreading rapidly around the world, including New Zealand. Finally they analyse the EU’s multi-faceted resistance to big tech, one which epitomises the downstream consequences of Trump’s hostility toward his traditional allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The Fold's first ever listener questions episode is coming – fill out this form to pose a question of hosts Duncan Greive and Glen Kyne. Anna Rawhiti-Conn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3083,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fold-1199639/episodes/social-media-s-big-tobacco-moment-and-the-growing-big-tech-backlash/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fold-1199639/social-media-s-big-tobacco-moment-and-the-growing-big-tech-backlash.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}