Digital Village Radio 2021

In the first part of the show Dr. Addison Killean Stark of the Bipartisan Policy Center is back to talk about the Crescent Dunes Solar Plant filing for bankruptcy and how we need space for failure to tackle climate change.

Facebook announced it is ending its facial recognition program, resulting in the removal of a billion users’ face prints from its social media platform. The move comes during a period of intensifying backlash against the technology, which critics say invades users' privacy and is used as a tool of mass surveillance.

Digital Village co-host Leilani Albano speaks to Electronic Frontier Foundation Deputy Managing Director Nathan Sheard on the issue. –L. Albano. 

Green News Reporter Desi Doyen breaks down both successes and failures of the “COP26” Climate Pact.

The U.S. economy slowed down significantly this late summer and fall, as the Delta variant spread and supply chain problems caused disruptions to growth. 

Despite these dramatic shifts to the economy and supply chain, experts say the country should be looking forward to brighter days ahead.

Leilani Albano first speaks to Electronic Frontier Foundation policy activist Joe Mullin about Apple’s announcement it will delay plans to install photo-scanning capabilities onto its devices.

Then Ric Allan talks to Desi Doyen with BradBlog.com and KPFK’s Bradcast about the WHO’s latest report on climate change.

California activists won a decisive victory in the courts after a federal judge struck down Proposition 22, calling it "unconstitutional" and "unenforceable." Ride-share companies are vowing to appeal the ruling.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to implement a first-ever mandate requiring all state workers to show proof of vaccination or be tested weekly.

Ric Allan

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Leilani speaks with Rita Burke of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine about how the latest Center of Disease Control and Prevention mask-wearing guidelines are actually merely “suggestions.”

Leilani Albano speaks with Jillian York, Electronic Frontier Foundation Director of International Freedom of Expression about the merits of Facebook's content moderator program.