34 Episodes

  1. Back to basics: Technofascism 101 with Emile Dirks from the Citizen Lab

    Published: 9/16/2025

  2. The datafication of refugees: humanitarian agencies & biometrics with Zara Rahman from the Superrr Lab

    Published: 2/18/2025

  3. Mapping for justice: from cartography to GIS, with Cathy Richards from the Open Environmental Data Project

    Published: 2/7/2025

  4. How MyBranz fights fake online reviews to save the planet — and your wallet with Janani Kumar, Founder of MyBranz

    Published: 1/31/2025

  5. Quit Clicking Kids: protecting child influencers through policy with Chris McCarty, founder of Quit Clicking Kids

    Published: 1/24/2025

  6. How existing safety mitigation safeguards fail in LLMs with Khaoula Chehbouni, PhD Researcher at McGill and MILA

    Published: 1/17/2025

  7. Privacy under attack: how the Tor Project fights digital surveillance, with Raya Sharbain & Pavel Zoneff

    Published: 1/10/2025

  8. Queer Arab History, social media, and representation with Marwan Kaabour from Takweer

    Published: 12/17/2024

  9. History of tech, power relations, & archiving for social justice with Dr Jeffrey Yost from the Charles Babbage Institute

    Published: 12/3/2024

  10. Rethinking AI through Indigenous culture with Dane Malenfant from McGill University & MILA

    Published: 11/26/2024

  11. Online education, AI Ethics, & a vision for global learning with Kadian Davis-Owusu from TeachSomebody

    Published: 11/19/2024

  12. Hope & imagining a better world with B Cavello from the Aspen Institute

    Published: 11/12/2024

  13. Expanding access to art using technology with Colin Clark

    Published: 11/5/2024

  14. No voice unheard: Making digital archives inclusive with Valerie Love from the National Library of New Zealand

    Published: 10/29/2024

  15. Leveraging AI for Justice in Nigeria and beyond with Nelson Olanipekun from Citizens' Gavel

    Published: 10/22/2024

  16. Surveillance in the Bay Area and beyond with Nidhi Sinha

    Published: 10/15/2024

  17. AI powered K-12 education fiasco with Shana V. White from the Kapor Center

    Published: 10/8/2024

  18. How to fix the patriartech with Mia Shah-Dand, founder of Women in AI ethics

    Published: 10/1/2024

  19. Environmental justice, social media, and the promises of the Digital Services Act with Rachel Griffin, PhD candidate at Sciences Po Paris School of Law

    Published: 5/31/2024

  20. "Every bubble will burst at some point": digital rights, encryption, and the AI hype with Elina Eickstädt from the Chaos Computer Club

    Published: 5/31/2024

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Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to Responsible Tech by sharing & archiving the work of change makers.At the intersection of technology and social justice, Activists Of Tech is a seasonal weekly podcast dedicated to the amplification and archival of minority voices among activists, thought leaders, academics, and practitioners of responsible tech. Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to responsible tech takes honesty: this is a "say it as it is" type of podcast, and no topic is too taboo not to be named and addressed.The topics covered encompass a variety of responsible tech areas and focus on social justice, AI harm, AI bias, AI regulation and advocacy, minorities in tech, gender equality, tech and democracy, social media, and algorithmic recommendations, to name a few. We also talk about solutions and how to make tech inclusive and beneficial for all.