What Came of the Biden-Putin Summit, How George Floyd Changed Online Discourse, and More

June 18, 2021

The White House kept expectations modest for this week’s meeting between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Steven Pifer explains the major takeaways from the Geneva summit, including where Biden would draw red lines on Russian behavior and how the two countries can work together on shared interests.

For more on what the meeting meant for U.S.-Russia relations, check out the latest episode of The Current with Angela Stent.

“While the Black Lives Matter movement’s impact on the policy landscape remains uncertain, its online presence is undoubtedly stronger.” Drawing on an analysis of more than 50 million Twitter posts between 2013-2021, Valerie Wirtschafter finds that the outpouring of online support for #BlackLivesMatter following George Floyd’s killing resulted in a lasting shift online.

Last week, House Judiciary Committee members released a set of bipartisan bills aimed at holding the most powerful technology companies to account. Mark MacCarthy outlines the major components of the antitrust bills and discusses what’s missing from them.

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