Chatter #151 – Sophie Zhang – Whistleblowing On Facebook: Fake Engagement and Election Manipulation

Sophie Zhang is a data scientist and whistleblower who formerly worked at Facebook. From 2018 to 2020, while she was investigating “fake engagement” at Facebook, she uncovered abusive political manipulation and opposition harassment networks in 25 countries. Zhang reported that most of these subversive networks use Facebook’s organization pages, configured with human names and photos…

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Chatter #148 – On Freedom Of Speech, Julian Assange, And Building New Social Media

Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Taylor Hudak, MA, is an independent journalist focusing on free speech, press freedoms, whistleblowing and US foreign policy. Taylor’s work can be found on acTVism Munich YouTube channel, as well as The Last American Vagabond. We had a great conversation about freedom of speech and expression, the state of…

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Chatter #145 – Thomas Barlow On Bywire News, Decentralised Media, And The Future Of Journalism

Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Thomas Barlow is the co-founder and project manager at Bywire News. Bywire News is a world first, revolutionary democratic platform where you can read news that you know you can trust. They have partnered with many of the most popular independent media Publishers and Creators from across the UK,…

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Chatter #143​ – Stewart Dickson On The Future Of NI, The Alliance Party, And Relaxing Covid Rules

Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Stewart Dickson is an Alliance MLA for East Antrim. He entered the Assembly in May 2011 and was re-elected in March 2017 and is currently the Alliance Party Assembly Group Spokesperson for the Economy. We talked about the resignation of Arlene Foster, the future of the Alliance Party, reform…

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