Tech for Good Live

Hello, victims, and welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you’re new here, this is a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. If you’re a regular visitor, please seek medical help.

This episode is jam packed with drama, despair, and a little dash of whimsy. We’ll be talking about Amazon again. Not content with destroying economies, local businesses, the lives of their employees, privacy, and… well, the world… they’re now also destroying their own stock. 

We’ve a positive story about HSBC and Shelter working together to help people without a fixed address manage their finances.

And Greg has discovered a new use for plastic and apparently it’s delicious.

Joining host Bex we have Greg Ashton, strong, reliable, and a little bit dangerous.

And our special guest is Dr Alina Kadyrova - Member of the TfGL team, who has just finished a PhD in social innovation.

Discussed on the show:

Stat(s) of the week

124,000 items of stock marked to be destroyed in one week by Amazon - ITV News

New American dashboard aims to help transit practitioners, policymakers, and advocates make more informed and equitable decisions by providing clear metrics about disparities in transit access and demonstrating how changes to transit networks affect those gaps - transitcenter.org

Charity news of the week 

HSBC and Shelter team up tell a simple but powerful story

Tech news of the week 

Facial recognition failures lock people out benefits in the US, but the CEO of ID.ME says up to half of unemployment benefits have been stolen by criminals - VICE

And finally… 

Plastic never tasted so good - The Guardian

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Welcome to another Tech for Good Live podcast, if you’re new here, run, run for the hills. The podcast title might sound like a lovely look at adorable technology projects doing good in the world, but more often than not, it’s actually about all the terrible stuff happening in the world.

I suppose we should start every Tech for Good Live with a content warning based on the types of things we usually discuss, but our first segment this week feels pretty heavy on sexual assault, so we’re letting you know up front. 

We also talk about newspapers being divisive (nothing new there) and Amnesty international are launching an Algorithmic Accountability Lab, which we’re very intrigued by. We do have a good news story to finish up with and it’s obviously about alcohol. 

Fay Schofield is on hosting duties, and she’s joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore

And our special guest this week is Lou Lai, Strategist, fundraiser, marketer, charity lover. Lou is the Transformation Director at Manifesto London, Founder of FemMentored and a trustee of Blood Cancer UK.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

Fewer than 60 rape cases lead to a charge in England and Wales - The Guardian

But there some good progress with victims to be allowed to give video evidence

Charity news of the week

Stonewall are attached by major news outlets following their new diversity champions campaign - Third Sector

Between 2018 and 2019 The Times wrote 158 stories on trans people - Thanks random access mEmily

Tech news of the week

Amnesty international's Amnesty Tech are launching an Algorithmic Accountability Lab - Twitter/ @Rasha_Abdul

And they're looking for staff

Find out more about Amnesty International's work with tech 

And finally… 

Alcohol that remove carbon from the atmosphere - Positive.News

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Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! 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.

In this episode we’re talking about a global movement that is putting people living with disabilities on the business leadership agenda. We’re also talking about how the online world is responding to asks for support for charities in Palestine. We also chat about how algorithms on Facebook and Twitter may be further suppressing marginalized voices around the globe.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

Two years ago, they launched the campaign to get 500 national and multinational, private sector corporations to be the tipping-point for change and help unlock the social and economic value of people living with disabilities across the world. They just became The Valuable 500

Firms 'lose trillions' by ignoring disabled consumers - BBC

Charity news of the week

Gaming network IGN is facing a staff revolt after senior management stepped in to delete, and apologise for, a post linking readers to charities and organisations in Palestine. - The Guardian

Tech news of the week

Tech and their difficult role in global conflict:

Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts - Reuters

Instagram Censored Posts About One Of Islam’s Holiest Mosques, Drawing Employee Ire - Buzzfeed News

Israel-Gaza: Why is the region blurry on Google Maps? - BBC

A Rant or Nice of the week?: 

Young Man stabbed while trying to break up a fight is immortalised in FIFA - The Guardian

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They say necessity is the Mother of Invention, so strap yourselves in for a hackathon of creativity. The TFGL Bat Signal has been beamed into the sky leaving Ben White, your stand-in host to sort of moodliy perch on a gargoyle somewhere trying to get a good Zoom connection.

In this episode we’re talking about the interesting choices ahead for employers in the third sector, coming to terms with a more remote workforce. Twitter have opened the tip jar and Signal has been shining a light on Facebook’s targeted advertising, leaving the team to wonder what they’d be labeled as.

Joining Ben (Tired Professional Dad) is Greg Ashton (Angry Food Obsessed Dog Dad) and our special guest Zoe Amar (Knackered Tech Nerd)

Zoe is widely regarded as one of the charity sector’s leading digital experts. She founded digital agency and social enterprise Zoe Amar Digital in 2013, she is the Chair of The Charity Digital Code of Practice and her podcast Starts At The Top discusses how leaders across all sectors are using digital to navigate change,

If you work for a charity or a non-profit organisation based in the UK, Zoe would love to hear your views about your digital skills and support needs for the 2021 Charity Skills Report. You can take the survey here.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

83% of staff in the third sector have felt supported during lockdown but 48% still feel their well-being has deteriorated 

Charity news of the week

Twitter launches "tip jar" a new way to give and receive money on the platform - TNW

Tech news of the week 

The Facebook oversight board give it's verdict on the Trump ban - The Guardian

Signal tries and fails to subvert Facebook ads - Signal

Rant of the week

Children taking IT at GCSE has dropped by 40% - ITPRO

And finally… 

Dysfleunt - a typeface shining a new light on stammering - Positive.news

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This podcast is all about using technology to have a positive impact on the world. Sometimes though, we talk about the opposite of that. You know, like Elon Musk’s plan for a slave army on Mars. Or Zuckerberg’s plans for a slave army on earth, or Tim Cook’s plans for a beautifully branded slave army on earth.

This week’s episode will surely be upbeat though, because we’re finally in the month of May. Pre-slaughter lambs are in the fields. Flowers are blooming everywhere except in Bex’s flower beds. Not a euphemism.

We have a quick update on Basecamp, where everything is absolutely fine.

We delve into the numbers and statistics and wotnot about charities and their emissions and energy use in 2020. Also absolutely fine.

And in the tech news of the month we talk about how police have been given the go-ahead for using facial recognition technology. I’m sure that will absolutely not lead to horror stories of racism.

So yeah. Uplifting content from beginning to end. 

Joining host Bex, we have Greg Ashton and Ben White from the TFGL team.

And our special guest is Stuart Pearson, Chief Digital Officer at Citizens Advice Manchester

This week’s topics:

Quick update on Basecamp as ⅓ of the staff to resign - The Verge

Stat of the week

Ofcom finds 1.5 million homes still offline in the UK - BBC

Charity news of the week

Almost one third (31%) of the top 100 UK charities assessed in this study did not comply with government regulations covering emissions and energy use in 2020 - Aleron

Tech news of the week 

EU attempts rules for AI - Slate

New biometrics commissioner thinks law enforcement should make decisions on using facial recognition - FT

And finally… 

AI developed to help people buy bread helps spot cancer and a whole bunch of other stuff

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

This time, we are talking about a universal basic income trial. FUN. We discuss institutional racism and bias in the charity sector: Absolutely NOT FUN.

And finally, Zuckerberg and Tim Cook are about to have a big fight.

Jonny Rae-Evans is on hosting duties and he is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. 

Our Special guest this week is Mia Peters, a user centred service design and research practitioner with extensive public sector experience.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

Two year trial into basic income ends in America and finds find people on the guaranteed income found full-time work at more than twice the rate of non-recipients - Positive.News

Charity news of the week

Another charity reports institutional racism and bias - The Guardian

Tech news of the week

Reaction to the ‘changes’ at Basecamp, that were announced in Jason Fried’s post this week

Things are about to get tense between two of the biggest tech companies - NY Times

And finally… 

Black mirror wasn't far off, get fit and power your devices

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Welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast!

We’ve a lot to talk about this week, including:

The planned “Instagram for Children” spin-off seems to have been scrapped by Facebook. That’s good, but surprising news, because Instagram has always been indifferent about the harm they cause kids, so let’s see what happens there.

Big tech and the incoming anti-trust action. That sounds incredibly boring, but we’ll try to keep it fun.

And a really concerning “innovation” in prison tech. 

Joining host Bex on the show this week we have TFGL team members Fay Schofield and Ankur Asthana.

And our special guest is Ross McCulloch, Director of Third Sector Lab who specialise in digital strategy & service design for charities.

He is the founder Digital Trustees Scotland - a movement which aims to get a tech professional on every charity board. Ross developed and facilitates the highly-successful SCVO Digital Senior Leaders Programme. He also runs the CharityComms Scotland Networking Group and Third Sector Geeks WhatsApp Group to help strengthen the charity digital community.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

35 children’s and consumer groups call for Instagram for children (under 13) to be scrapped - NY Times

Charity news of the week

Younger donors, increased trust in charities - Charity Digital

Tech news of the week

Is the coming antitrust wave against big tech a distraction? - Newsweek

Ambassadors to Big Tech -- good idea or giving tech too much power? - Wired

Rant of the week

Tech for Bad: This Company Monitors Prisoners In Xinjiang. It Won An “Innovation” Award At An Event Sponsored By Amazon - Buzzfeed News

And finally…

Worldwide competition of petting the cat - currently Germany is in the lead.

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

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

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If you’d like to be thanked on the podcast for giving us some cash, contact us on [email protected]. I promise we’ll spend it on transcription and not on kittens.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. 

We’re still recording these episodes remotely on plague island but we’ve got a great episode lined up for you, filled to the brim with stories like...

Fake news on Facebook. Don’t worry though, we’re pretty sure it’s a one-off.

Prince Phillip, even though dead, is still able to contribute to the UK being less equal. Skillz.

And YouTube decides to…. *checks notes* favour white supremacists over Black Lives Matter. 

So yeah, that all sounds fun right?

Joining Bex on the show this week we have TFGL regular Greg Ashton and making a second appearance on the podcast, our special guest is Sarah Miguel.

Sarah is Head of Business Development at People's History Museum (PHM), a Trustee at MASH and will soon be joining the board of Future Everything.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week

294 of the 301 top comments were fake in a Facebook post from an independent Azerbaijani news outlet. About an activist being sentenced to 8 months in prison for writing critical things about Azerbaijan politicians. - The Guardian

Charity news of the week

RNIB calls out misguided memorial for Prince Phillip by National Rail - The Guardian

Even worse it appears this was done via Tag Manager - @aral/Twitter

Tech news of the week

YouTube blocks advertiser's from targeting black lives matter terms but allows white supremacy term targeting - The Markup

Also: Deplatforming works! - NBC 

Meanwhile, Intel has this baffling innovation - Kotaku 

Nice(s) of the week

this place [of mine] by Future Everything

Amii Illustrates

And finally… 

Energy company sets up youth board with environmentalists - Positive.News

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Whilst the UK faces the confusing weather combo of freezing temperatures, snow and glorious sunshine. We're here to provide you with some ever consistent gloomy forecasts.

This week on the pod we look at why Wikipedia is putting the HIS in history. There's an exciting new youth focused development from NSPCC. And Facebook comes out swinging like… well, like Nick Clegg in a fist fight. And by fist fight we mean a 5,000 word essay on medium. Thanks, Medium.

Ben White is on hosting duties this week and he is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Sam Milsom

This week’s topics

Stat of the week:

Wikipedia volunteers are 90% make and less than 1 in 5 biographies are about women - LX

Male Wikipedia editors are deleting women, says Sandi Toksvig - The Times  

Charity news of the week:  

NSPCC launches Young People’s Board For Change - Charity Today

Tech news of the week: 

Facebook on the defense to protect its algorithm with changes to the platform and a looking medium post from Nick Clegg - Vox

Additional reading:

The Nick Clegg Medium article 

Nick Clegg doesn’t think Facebook is polarizing - The Verge 

In other more positive news:

Google to make Google maps routes greener

And finally… 

Netflix target carbon zero for end of 2022 - The Independent

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

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

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Hello and welcome to a new episode and a brand new season of the Tech for Good Live podcast!

A lot has gone on over the past couple of weeks… we can now all meet in groups of six outside, the internet has exploded with memes of the Evergreen blocking the Suez Canal, knocking Bernie and his mittens off the top meme top spot, and it’s a 4 day week. What could be better? 

Fay Schofield is on hosting duties, and she’s joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore

This weeks topics:

Stat of the week 

More than three-quarters of UK adults actively recycle their plastic waste, despite not fully understanding what happens to it afterwards, says a new study.

The majority of British adults don't understand how recycling works - Euronews

Why John Oliver is right, plastic recycling is a broken system and what we should do about it - The Independent

Re-visit TFGL on the Circular Economy - Season 1 & Season 2

Charity news of the week 

Netflix’s latest viral documentary zones in the fishing industry with Seaspiracy - The Tab

Oceana response

Tech news of the week

Facebook allows people to call for the death of public figures - The Guardian

Nice of the week

OpenWasteMap

And finally… 

Makeup brushes for motor disabilities

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

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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. 

If you’d like to be thanked on the podcast for giving us some cash, contact us on [email protected]. I promise we’ll spend it on transcription and not on kittens.