Chatter #68 – Ryan Hartwig and Zach McElroy on Project Veritas and Censorship at Facebook

Ryan Hartwig and Zach McIlroy were my guests on today’s show. Both are former Facebook insiders who became whistleblowers for Project Veritas, a larger project aimed at uncovering censorship on social media platforms and fighting for freedom of speech. We had a very intriguing conversation on the practices inside Facebook, selective censorship, the ideological stance…

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Distraction Politics Will Dominate This Election

In the modern world our senses are being relentlessly assaulted. Every single app, screen, notification, billboard, and TV show, are fighting for every morsel of your attention. Donald Trump pioneered the real-world application of this technology. His outrageous statements, lies, and scandals, came thick and fast, each one distracting you from the last, sometimes before…

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Chatter Episode 50 – Dr Birgit Schippers on Big Tech, Mass Surveillance, and the Power of AI

Dr Birgit Schippers of St. Marys University College Belfast was our guest on today’s show. We discussed the role out of facial recognition software, how effective AI can actually be at understanding our personalities, and the unaccountability of tech companies. Resources https://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/general/staff.asp?nq=1&mode=detail&staffid=55 http://smucb.academia.edu/BirgitSchippers Music by Just Jim – https://soundcloud.com/justjim If you enjoyed what you read…

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