• Function with Anil Dash

  • By: Vox Media
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Function with Anil Dash

By: Vox Media
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  • Our culture is shaped by technology, and the people building that technology determine how it’s changing our lives. But who are they? And how do they think about their responsibility to the rest of us? From mental health to algorithmic bias, entrepreneur Anil Dash talks to developers, designers, and culture experts to understand the ways tech is changing culture, and what it means for us. Produced by Glitch and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Episodes
  • Bonus: Why Online Safety is a Human Rights Issue

    Bonus: Why Online Safety is a Human Rights Issue
    Mar 6 2020
    In keeping with our season long discussion of trust on the internet, on this bonus episode of Function - we explore online safety. Writer and activist Feminista Jones talks about the lasting effects of online harassment. Then, Anil talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about an Amnesty report that calls out the abuse and harassment women face on Twitter. Finally Anil speaks with Gina Bianchini, CEO of Mighty Networks, about her platform and what it takes to build safer online communities. LINKS: Toxic Twitter - Amnesty International Report Mighty Networks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Bonus: Live from Texas Tribune Fest: Reclaiming Community on the Web

    Bonus: Live from Texas Tribune Fest: Reclaiming Community on the Web
    Dec 19 2019
    The integrity of the internet is at stake -- what have we lost and how do we get it back? At the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival, Anil spoke with web scholars and writers about reclaiming the internet through historical context, how we are tethered to social media and the inventive ways marginalized people have always reinvented the platforms available. Panelists Charlton McIlwain Anne Helen Petersen Sarah T. Roberts Siva Vaidhyanathan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • How To Save the 2020 Election: Stopping Fake News

    How To Save the 2020 Election: Stopping Fake News
    Nov 27 2019
    Are social networks downplaying their complicity in the problem that is “fake news?”Anil talks to Fadi Quran of the people powered social advocacy group, Avaaz, about how tech is used to target groups of people and spread disinformation that affects our elections, relationships, and social justice movements. Together they discuss insidious nature of disinformation and misinformation, meet its victims, and go over solutions.  Listen closely for the steps that platforms can take right now to stem the tide of fake news and fake accounts.  LINKS: Avaaz.org Factbook.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins

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