Women in Tech
Only 18% of tech roles are held by women in 2019. Has anything changed for women working in the industry in a post #MeToo era? I’m joined by Abadesi O...
Talking With Alice About Tech Sh** [TWAAATS]
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Do you want to understand how various technologies might impact society? Enjoy Alice Thwaite and some heavyweight guests talk about the biggest issues. This is a light-hearted podcast which makes simple some of the most complicated subjects in technology regulation and ethics. And yes, we know that anyone who rhapsodises about politics, society and technology is a bit of a triple A tw*t. So that's what we called ourselves. Join us!
The Ethics of Payments
Paying for basic goods and services is very different now to even 6 years ago. We can pay via contactless payments and our mobiles. We shop online and...
Political Engagement in Digital Democracies
So what is political engagement? Traditionally, it’s meant turning up to cast a ballot in elections, maybe running for the council and joining a party...
What is Chinese Social Credit?
Chinese social credit is perhaps the most famous policy to come out of China in recent years. In the West, we tend to criticise and fear it, but we do...
Moral Panics and the Internet
At the end of February 2019, the UK experienced a large moral panic about a fake story. It was rumoured that there was a ‘challenge’ targeted at child...
Should Internet Access be a Human Right?
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The Ethics of WhatsApp
Whatsapp is a platform which is widely used, and widely exploited. This is a podcast of two halves. The first will talk about disinformation on WhatsA...
The Rights of the Dead
The dead may well outnumber the living on Facebook within the next 5 decades. These people could be tagged in a photo, friend requested or wished a ‘h...
Facial Recognition Systems
Today we’re talking about facial recognition systems. These are technologies which can recognise and analyse your face. Used for both identification (...
Are You In A Relationship With A Machine?
We interact a lot with machines. Whether we’re using our mobile phones, giving Alexa commands or even playing with a (sex) robot), we’re now giving th...