00:00and we need to make sure that we're actually deterring illegal behavior and so that can mean
00:05naming individual executives uh we in our some of our lawsuits oh snap you just did not go there
00:12john stewart is saying that apple asked him not to talk to the federal trade commission chair
00:18lena khan on his former apple show the problem with john stewart khan who became chair of the
00:23ftc in 2021 had made a name for herself for being an outspoken critic of the business practices of
00:28big tech companies like amazon and meta and has been praised by both democrats and republicans
00:34for her antitrust efforts khan was a guest on monday's episode of comedy central's the daily
00:39show where stewart made the revelation i've got to tell you i wanted to have you on a podcast and
00:43apple asked us not to do it to have you they literally said please don't talk to her having
00:48nothing to do with what you do for a living i think they just
00:51i didn't think they cared for you is what happened stewart added that apple was also
00:59concerned about the way the problem would tackle the issue of ai stewart then referred to a segment
01:04from earlier in the show that mocked some of the promises of ai noting they wouldn't let us do that
01:09dumb thing we did in the first act on ai asking what is that sensitivity for too many americans drugs
01:15are unaffordable right i mean i hear weekly monthly about american families who are having to ration
01:20life-saving drugs absolutely last october apple tv plus abruptly canceled the eight episode third season
01:26of the problem the hollywood reporter reported that there had been tension between apple and stewart
01:31ahead of season three over topics that would be featured in the show for more updates to this
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