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Matt Laslo

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The LCB, Medium, MSN, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, Daily Mail, MSN India, MSN UK, Reuters, The Guardian, USA Today and
Covers:  AI, tech, crypto, data privacy, guns (40+ mass shootings), Indian Country, artificial intelligence, criminal justice, opioids, marijuana (moderated Aspen Ideas Fest’s first-ever cannabis panel), etc.
Journalist, prof. & public speaker. My wire service: www.thelcb.com/ My startup: askapolpolitics.com
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Pot for the People: New Bill Would Allow Federal Employees to Access Weed

Pot for the People: New Bill Would Allow Federal Employees to Access Weed

Rolling Stone — “For me, getting blown up again, I’d rather do that than have to go through the detox of getting off those opioids,” recounts Paul, who asked we not use his real name so he doesn’t get fired for candidly talking to Rolling Stone...
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Musicians Are Begging Mitch McConnell to Save Live Music Before It's Too Late

Musicians Are Begging Mitch McConnell to Save Live Music Before It's Too Late

VICE — I caught Mitch McConnell taking meetings with Kentucky artists My Morning Jacket and Sturgill Simpson even as smaller music venues were shuttering during the COVID epidemic...
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The Fight Over Section 230-and the Internet as We Know It

The Fight Over Section 230-and the Internet as We Know It

WIRED Magazine — Cited in 20+ law reviews, including Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (“Data Surveillance and Abortion After Dobbs"), University of Chicago Legal Forum (“The Internet as a Speech Machine..."), etc. Laslo's Section 230 coverage in syllabi at NYU, UNC (Chapel Hill), DePaul, GW, Johns Hopkins & UT Austin School of Law's academic guide
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My First Byline: Matt Laslo

My First Byline: Matt Laslo

Your First Byline (Ryan Teague Beckwith’s Substack) — 5. What advice do you have for people looking to break into journalism? "We failed, so don’t do what we did! As the first social media journalism generation, we squandered the promise of unparalleled transparency on our own vanity. Instead of ushering in a new welcoming era for the Washington press corps, we became our own digital brands thirsty for likes, transfixed on virality, as if it mattered more than the basics of accuracy and honesty," Matt Laslo writes...
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Senator Gardner, Radical Centrist: ...cannabis-industry darling on run—from Trump’s legacy...

Senator Gardner, Radical Centrist: ...cannabis-industry darling on run—from Trump’s legacy...

Playboy — ...Gardner captured one of the nation’s last purple Senate seats by running as a “freethinker.” Tides churned. Almost accidentally he now finds himself a Trumplican. On paper at least he has broken with the president on cannabis... *Spring 2020, Playboy's last print edition
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Exclusive: All 50 Senate Republicans weigh in on Jan. 6 hearings - only 8 are watching

Exclusive: All 50 Senate Republicans weigh in on Jan. 6 hearings - only 8 are watching

Raw Story — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pundits and political reporters continue to compare the Jan. 6 select committee hearings to the Watergate hearings. There's a fatal flaw with the analogy though. Back in the Nixon years, Senate Republicans showed up, pored over evidence, asked hard questions, listened to witnesses...* *Veteran Congressional Reporter Matt Laslo does what full newsrooms should be doing: Assume you don't know and ask. And don't stop asking.
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100 of 100 US senators on marijuana, SAFER Banking Act: Exclusive interviews with each US senator

100 of 100 US senators on marijuana, SAFER Banking Act: Exclusive interviews with each US senator

Ask a Pol Drugs — WASHINGTON — ...contrary to what other news outlets have reported, in exclusive interviews with all 100 US senators throughout 2024, Ask a Pol found 16 senators remain undecided on the SAFER Banking Act, including many Democrats... whose support is seen as essential for passage...* *CNN personalities discuss "the mood of the Senate" while Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo's out actually interviewing the entire US Senate.
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100 of 100 US Senators on UFO whistleblower David Grusch: Tally of Matt Laslo's exclusive interviews

100 of 100 US Senators on UFO whistleblower David Grusch: Tally of Matt Laslo's exclusive interviews

Ask a Pol uaps — WASHINGTON — In 2023, after veteran and former intelligence officer David Grusch accused the United States government of hiding Special Access Programs (SAPs) related to recovered extraterrestrial spacecraft from members of Congress, journalist Matt Laslo asked all 100 United States senators about the allegations of a secret UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, aka UFO) program. *interactive political journalism has landed...
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The Ghost of Privacy Past Haunts the Senate's AI Future

The Ghost of Privacy Past Haunts the Senate's AI Future

WIRED Magazine — The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators' failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.
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Inside the Senate's Private AI Meeting With Tech's Billionaire Elites

Inside the Senate's Private AI Meeting With Tech's Billionaire Elites

WIRED Magazine — Dozens of US senators listened quietly as tech titans and AI ethicists schooled them on the "civilizational risks" of generative AI.
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The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

WIRED Magazine — Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?
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The US Senate Wants to Reign In AI. Good Luck With That

The US Senate Wants to Reign In AI. Good Luck With That

WIRED Magazine — With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance?
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Hey Congress, How's That Privacy Bill Coming Along?

Hey Congress, How's That Privacy Bill Coming Along?

WIRED Magazine — As the year winds down without any federal online privacy law to show for it, Senate Democrats introduce new legislation and a set of "privacy principles."
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Senators on Protecting Kids' Privacy: 'It's Complicated'

Senators on Protecting Kids' Privacy: 'It's Complicated'

WIRED Magazine — Even conservative lawmakers say they're open to more regulation when it comes to tech companies and children online. So where is it?
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Congress Sure Made a Lot of Noise About Kids' Privacy in 2023-and Not Much Else

Congress Sure Made a Lot of Noise About Kids' Privacy in 2023-and Not Much Else

WIRED Magazine — Members of the US Congress touted improvements to children's privacy protections as an urgent priority. So why didn't they do anything about it?
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Congress Wants to Take Back Power Over Crypto

Congress Wants to Take Back Power Over Crypto

WIRED Magazine — On Wednesday, US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand will unveil proposed legislation to decide once and for all how digital assets should be regulated.
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A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media

A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media

WIRED Magazine — The legislation would insert the government into online platforms' age-verification efforts-a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy.
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The CDC Could Totally Study Gun Violence-It Just Needs Money

The CDC Could Totally Study Gun Violence-It Just Needs Money

WIRED Magazine — Congress clarified last year that the CDC can use its budget for gun research, after decades of effectively banning it. But Democrats are still fighting to get actual funding approved.
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Don't Call the New Federal Gun Law a Gun Law

Don't Call the New Federal Gun Law a Gun Law

WIRED Magazine — Democratic senators lacked actionable gun data for their negotiations-so they passed mental health reform instead.
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How the senator from Sandy Hook beat the NRA by caving to the GOP

How the senator from Sandy Hook beat the NRA by caving to the GOP

Raw Story — "...while many progressives and gun-safety advocates remain upset the measure doesn’t go further, it’s an undeniable win for this movement that didn’t exist – at least not in its current, cohesive form – a decade ago. The NRA had claimed Washington as its own for years. But after Newtown, Murphy joined the survivors in upending regular order and now there’s a new, increasingly powerful lobby in the nation’s capital..."
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After Washington Shooting, U.S. Congress Members Differ on Tackling Gun Control - Rolling Stone A...

After Washington Shooting, U.S. Congress Members Differ on Tackling Gun Control - Rolling Stone A...

Rolling Stone — “Come on, I’m not going to deal with policy issues right now,” [Rep. Rodney] Davis says. “We can discuss policy and policy differences all we want, but the bottom line, America saw a tragedy today that could have been much worse without the heroic behaviour of the Capitol Police. And for your first question to be about policy, that’s crap.”
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The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isn't About Privacy

The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isn't About Privacy

WIRED Magazine — Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled.
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TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC

TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC

WIRED Magazine — The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets-creators-were in DC to help fend off critics.
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The Political Theater Behind the Bipartisan Data Privacy Push

The Political Theater Behind the Bipartisan Data Privacy Push

WIRED Magazine — Biden's speech calling for better data protections got a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle. So, where's a federal privacy law?
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