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Tech for Good Live

Grayscale Fail

  • S11E3
  • 49:27
  • April 18th 2021

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. 

We’re still recording these episodes remotely on plague island but we’ve got a great episode lined up for you, filled to the brim with stories like...

Fake news on Facebook. Don’t worry though, we’re pretty sure it’s a one-off.

Prince Phillip, even though dead, is still able to contribute to the UK being less equal. Skillz.

And YouTube decides to…. *checks notes* favour white supremacists over Black Lives Matter. 

So yeah, that all sounds fun right?


Joining Bex on the show this week we have TFGL regular Greg Ashton and making a second appearance on the podcast, our special guest is Sarah Miguel.

Sarah is Head of Business Development at People's History Museum (PHM), a Trustee at MASH and will soon be joining the board of Future Everything.


This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

294 of the 301 top comments were fake in a Facebook post from an independent Azerbaijani news outlet. About an activist being sentenced to 8 months in prison for writing critical things about Azerbaijan politicians. - The Guardian


Charity news of the week

RNIB calls out misguided memorial for Prince Phillip by National Rail - The Guardian

Even worse it appears this was done via Tag Manager - @aral/Twitter


Tech news of the week

YouTube blocks advertiser's from targeting black lives matter terms but allows white supremacy term targeting - The Markup


Also: Deplatforming works! - NBC 


Meanwhile, Intel has this baffling innovation - Kotaku 


Nice(s) of the week

this place [of mine] by Future Everything

Amii Illustrates


And finally… 

Energy company sets up youth board with environmentalists - Positive.News


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