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Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you’re keeping count, today is something like our ten thousand and five hundredth episode or something. Who knows? The main takeaway is that this has gone on too long. 


But this weeks show looks like it’ll be worth the price of admission. 


Today we’ll be imagining a world where social media is ruled by people, not algorithms.


In the US they’ve banned TikTok apparently, to some extent. So we’ll be talking about this and deciding if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. 


Greg Aston is on hosting duties again, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team member Paul Jakubowski.






Our special guest for the next couple of episodes is Nicki Lyons, UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone!


Nicki became Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability in October 2021. She’s responsible for external communications, government and regulatory affairs, and sustainable business. Before this, she worked in senior roles at Walgreen Boots Alliance, Unilever, PepsiCo, in the UK government and in international development.


We’ll be speaking to Nicki again next week all about her role as UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone, so tune in again for that.






Good story of the week:


A lot of people think algorithms are the root of all evil with social media. What if we could have social media without it?:


The Latest Online Culture War Is Humans vs. Algorithms - Wired 






Bad news story of the week:


The US government has voted to force Tiktok to sell their American part of their business. Is that good? What does this mean for fans in the US and globally?:






The legal challenges that lie ahead for TikTok — in both the US and China - The Verge 






US TikTok ban would be 'devastating', UK firms warn - BBC 






And finally


Apparently a good view can slow down time: 


Try something new to stop the days whizzing past, researchers suggest - The Guardian 






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Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff.


Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski


Our guest this week is Lily Comlan, a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on digital inclusion but specifically for the elderly.


In this episode we talk to Lily about her desire to help reduce the digital exclusion experienced by older people






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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 


Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live 


We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!


Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 


Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff.


And this week's episode is no different! We're talking about Apple’s shoddy privacy, Estonia being a boss at digital transformation and ROBOTS!


Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski


Our guest this week is Lilijean Comlan, a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on digital inclusion but specifically for the elderly.






This week’s topics:


Good story of the week:


Estonian government continues it's digital transformation of services and sets a great example of for public services everywhere: 


Tallinn tales: Estonia’s digital boss discusses the innovative country’s next wave of tech transformations - Civil Service World 






Bad news story of the week:


Apple has long pushed better design and security as a benefit but it seems Apple products are actually a security nightmare: 


Privacy is ‘virtually impossible’ on iPhones, experts warn - Metro 


And it seems the worm is turning for Apple with EU regulation forcing relaxing if the app store and antitrust investigations in the US:


A first look at Europe’s alternative iPhone app stores - The Verge 


US accuses Apple of ‘broad, sustained, and illegal’ smartphone monopoly - The Guardian






And finally


Atlas is dead. Long live Atlas. 


Boston Dynamics' New Humanoid Robot Is Freaking People Out 






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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 


Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live 


We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!


Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 


Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.


Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim.


Our special guest is Sarah Peña, Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. We find out about her path to the role, her work on a generative AI Easy Read solution and why she loves governance.


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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 


Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live 


We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!


Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 


Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another season of the Tech for Good Live podcast. 


In this episode we’ll be talking about an increase in ethical shopping in the UK. Amazing! Sure we’re a nation of self-centred, awful, monstrous, racist muppets… but we do take our shopping seriously at least. 


We’ll also be talking about two poverty porn influencers who are having a fight. 


Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team member Paul Jakubowski and taking Greg's place delivering the news is Mille Vardheim. 


Our special guest to talk about the news this week is Sarah Peña, Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. Tune in next week when we will be chatting to her in more detail about her work.






Good story of the week:


Ethical shopping increasing in the UK:


 Ethical shopping on the rise in UK despite cost of living crisis - The Guardian 


The online marketplace saving ‘wonky’ beauty products from landfill - Positive.News 






Bad news story of the week:


When you thought things couldn't get worse with influencers, the popular “poverty porn” theme has led to a fight between 2 of them. As they argue over who gets to “help” one family:


The latest drama in “poverty porn” YouTube, explained - Vox 






And finally


Turkish artist creates AI art with Brazilian tribe to merge data and culture - Instagram 










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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 


Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live 


We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!


Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 


Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast.


If you joined us for last week’s episode you’ll have heard from Georgia, a freelance writer specialising in tech and we’re super excited to have Georgia back on the podcast this week to chat with us a little bit more.


We talk about being a content writer in the data ethics and civic tech spaces, working in the content moderation space, and how social media is effed right now. 






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Georgia Iacovou is a freelance tech policy writer and creator of the excellent Horrific/Terrific newsletter


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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 


Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live 


We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!


Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 


Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.