The Virtual Property Market

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you're new here and you’re wondering what the hell you’ve stumbled into, we’re a bunch of pals that gather together once a week to talk about technology being used to make the world a better place. 

This week, we’re talking about data anonymisation, privacy, ethics and mental health, and the growing world of NFTs. 

TFGL Team members Hera Hussain and Harriet Pugh are joined by our special guest Zoë Firth, Project Lead at Chayn

Stat of the week 

If you’ve been wondering why people have been cancelling their subscriptions, this is the reason!

270 health experts to Spotify: Joe Rogan’s Covid misinformation is ‘a sociological issue of devastating proportions’

Charity news of the week

Last week, The Crisis Text Line was in the news when Politico shared that the suicide and crisis helpline based in the US, was selling anonymised data from its conversation with texters to train a chatbot for customer service run by it’s for-profit spin off, Loris.ai. 

Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions - Politico

After causing an outrage in the data science, human rights and ethics space - especially on twitter - the charity announced THIS WEEK they will no longer be selling data to Loris.ai.

Crisis Text Line stops sharing conversation data with AI company - The Verge 

Tech news of the week

NFTs are the rage! Do you know what they are?

This NFT on OpenSea Will Steal Your IP Address - VIce

Would you buy a home in the metaverse? - FT

Crypto queens: Women stake out space in blockchain world - Reuters

Women Rise 

Rant of the week 

Google Illegally Used Dark Patterns to Trick Users Into Handing Over Location Data, State AGs Say - Gizmodo

And finally…

The New York Times Buys Wordle 

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