In this episode, we speak with Justin Sherman about the short- and long-term impact of big tech on domestic and world politics, and how the COVID-19 pandemic and surrounding disinformation is used by authoritarian regimes to gain power.

Justin Sherman is a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative where he focuses on the geopolitical impact of the internet, and he researches at the Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law. He is also a contributor to WIRED Magazine; his most recent article is titled, “Covid Is Accelerating a Global Censorship Crisis”. You can find him on Twitter @jshermcyber.

In this episode of humanVoices we bring in long-time entrepreneur Dick Hardt to talk about his experiences working in the privacy space. 

In this episode, we talk with two lawyers from Wilk Auslander about the effect of government legislation on both tech companies and even normal companies, and we discuss specifics laws such as the CCPA and the SHIELD Act.

In this episode, we get computer security expert Jon Callas' take on the TikTok ban and Cover tracking apps, as well as his experiences with Blackphone and being an entrepreneur in the cyber security world. 

This episode features Dipayan Ghosh, author of Terms of Disservice, and a long-time member of the tech and security space.

A professor at Carnegie Mellon's computer science school enlightens us on the topics of disinformation, good bots vs. bad bots, and much more!

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The inaugural episode of our podcast which features the long-time entrepreneur Bart Decrem.

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