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Joe Rogan Experience #1970 - Bill Ottman

Bill Ottman is founder of Minds, an open source and decentralized social network focused on civil dialogue and Internet freedom. Attend Minds Fest on April 15 at Vulcan Gas Company in Austin.minds.com

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Jun 27, 20242h 52mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
June 27, 2024
Duration
2h 52m
Channel
The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Bill Ottman is founder of Minds, an open source and decentralized social network focused on civil dialogue and Internet freedom. Attend Minds Fest on April 15 at Vulcan Gas Company in Austin.minds.com

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #1970 - Bill Ottman explores Decentralized social media, surveillance, AI, and UFO secrecy collide here Joe Rogan and Bill Ottman, founder of Minds.com, discuss decentralized social media, free speech, and how government and corporate power intersect with online platforms and surveillance. They explore encryption, Pegasus spyware, and the risks of mandated backdoors, as well as proposed laws like the RESTRICT Act and California’s AB 587 that Ottman argues are effectively censorship frameworks. The conversation widens into AI, data ownership, OpenAI vs open‑source models, and how social networks monetize attention while shaping public discourse. They close by speculating on UFO disclosure, classified information, and how much hidden knowledge—governmental and corporate—could fundamentally reshape society if revealed.

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