Human Rights In The Digital Space

Welcome to another episode of the tech for good live podcast, a podcast all about tech being used for social good. Or more likely, tech being used for social bad and how that makes us all really sad. 

We are pleased to say that we’ve not been bought by Elon Musk. But Twitter has, we talk about that, it would be weird not to, right?

We also discuss VPN’s, Facebook, harassment and other fun.

Bex is back in the hosting seat and is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul.

Our special guest this week is Amanda Manyame, Digital Law and Rights Consultant at Equality Now. Amanda advises and conducts research on digital laws, policies, human rights and anticipates the legal risks and harms associated with technological innovation.

Links from this episode:

Stat of the week 

8/14 of the top VPNs include trackers

How Private Is My VPN? - The Markup 

Charity news of the week

White co-founder of No White Saviours accused of misuse of funds and harassment of her black co-founder - Twitter / @lovettejallow

Tech news of the week

Response to Facebook's request to dismiss the $150 billion lawsuit pulls no punches - Twitter / @jason_kint

And Elon Musk couldn't be arsed to solve world hunger for $6 billion but buys Twitter for $44 billion - Associated Press 

Nice of the week 

Protecting people’s rights in the digital age: a Universal Declaration on Digital Rights - YouTube / Equality Now

Women Leading in Artificial Intelligence, Equality Now proposes to mobilize the international community towards the creation of a Universal Declaration on Digital Rights (UDDR) - Equality Now

And finally…

Someone made a light that checks the local council website and tells you which bin to put out - Twitter / @tabard

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