Tech for Good Live

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact.

Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield.

In this episode we learn more about our special guest, Emma Ockleford. 

Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter, who support Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focusing on strengths, and driving innovation. She tells us about the Local Government AI Summit and some positive outcomes using AI tools.

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Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

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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. 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.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact.

In this episode we are talking about the steps that Meta is taking around political content in what is an astoundingly important year across the world for elections. Is Zuck continuing on his mission to destroy the world, or are there some positive steps? 

We recorded this on Valentine’s Day, so this means we are talking about AI partners… which is a thing apparently.

And we’ll be talking about a law that Australia passed that forbids employers from contacting workers after hours, with penalties including jail time for bosses who do the wrong thing. 

Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield.

Our special guest for this episode is Emma Ockleford. Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter that supports Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focusing on strengths, and driving innovation. Emma will join us again in the next episode to talk more in depth about the work Outcomes Matter do.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week: Meta sorting their shit out ahead of an election?!

Instagram will stop recommending political content - NBC News 

Meta says it will label AI-generated images on Facebook and Instagram - AP News 

Bad news story of the week:

Valentine's Day special… Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show - Gizmodo 

Mozilla study mentioned in article 

EVA AI Chat Bot & Soulmate 

And finally

Australia’s “Right To Disconnect” law.

Australia passes Right To Disconnect law, including (for now) jail time for bosses who email after-hours - The Register

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you’re new here, it’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact on the world.

Uncanny valley resus-puppet Mark Zuckerberg stood up in congress, turned to face the parents of children that Meta has allowed to come to harm, and apologised to them. It was a rare opportunity to see the humanity in Zuck’s programming. Normal service has now returned and Meta is back to harming your children.

Taylor Swift continues to be a successful, powerful woman, so of course X (Twitter…) was flooded with AI porn featuring her likeness because oh my god the worst people on earth own and live on that platform. 

And in some positive news, we’ll be talking about the social media star helping people fall in love with libraries.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week:

Mark Zuckerberg apologies to parents for what Facebook/Meta did to their children:

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families in fiery US Senate hearing - BBC News

But does this change anything?:

5 key takeaways from Meta, TikTok, X, Snap’s Congressional hearing on kids’ online safety - The Drum

Bad news story of the week:

More from the hellmouth also known as X. Taylor Swift continues to be attacked purely for being a successful woman. This time with AI porn images shared on the platform:

X is blocking Taylor Swift searches... barely - The Verge 

Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation - BBC News

But the culprit is doxxed after bragging he would never be caught:

Taylor Swift Fans Track Down ‘Culprit’ Who Shared ‘Explicit Pictures’ - Womansera 

And finally

The social media star helping people fall in love with libraries - Positive.News 

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

Content Warning:

This podcast includes discussion of Child Sexual Exploitation, listener discretion is advised.

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

If you joined us for the last episode you’ll have heard from the wonderful and very lovely Roy.

A long time design and tech entrepreneur, he had a second career as a Higher Ed educator teaching in UK, Europe and China.

His third career was as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, using tech skills to recover and interpret digital data for use as prosecution evidence.

We’ll be talking about a topic that was the main part of Roy’s work, which is Child Sexual Exploitation, so it might be a tough, but important listen. 

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact.

In this episode, we are talking about influencers and whether or not 2024 is the year they’ll finally unionize. 

We discuss the Taliban giving away a load of free sim cards. Sure there’s no ulterior motives there.

And finally Greg tells us about e-ink finally arriving in… toilets? Can we do a welfare check on Greg please? Is this some kind of cry for help?

Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski

We are joined this week by Roy. Over the years he’s been a tech entrepreneur, a design educator, many other things including a job as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator. 

Next week we will find out more about life as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, so tune in for that.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week:

Could 2024 be the year influencers unionize?:

The creator economy is ready for a workers’ movement - TechCrunch 

Bad news story of the week:

The Taliban are giving lots of free SIM cards to returning refugees. A worrying new trend in oppressive nations as they start using technology to control the people:

The Taliban’s curious love of SIM cards - Rest of World

And finally

Last year it was cars and e-ink displays have now made their way to…toilets. 

E Ink has gone from cars... to toilets?! - The Verge 

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

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

Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul.

Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer.

This is the final episode of the season, we will be back in the near year with more fantastic guests! Thank you to everyone that joined us this year.

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

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

In this episode we talk about taking AI seriously. We also talk about not taking AI seriously, because apparently the human manifestation of bin juice, Elon Musk, is getting into the AI business. It’s going as well as you’d expect.

NOTE: This podcast was recorded shortly before last weekend's fireworks in the world of AI, when Sam Altman was still the CEO of OpenAI.

Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul.

Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer 

Come back for next week's episode where we talk to Stuart in more detail about Manchester's Digital Strategy.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week:

Given past experience, governments including our own have surprised us all by actually taking the challenges of AI serious:

Five takeaways from UK’s AI safety summit at Bletchley Park - The Guardian

Biden hails ‘bold action’ of US government with order on safe use of AI  - The Guardian 

Bad news story of the week:

More legislation couldn't come soon enough as tech bros use AI for that well known worthy cause - throwing shade:

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are arguing over whose bot is better - Fortune 

And finally

Turns out if you buy a Cybertruck from Tesla and sell it in the first year they will sue you.

Want a Cybertruck? You're stuck with it for a year, says Tesla - The Register 

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact!

Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore.

If you listened to last week’s show you’ll have heard from our guest Christina Cran  as she joined us for our news round up. You wanted more, and we are very happy to say that Christana is here to spend a bit more time with us, and basically become best friends. 

Christina is the founder of youth mental health organisation, Wee Seeds and communications consultant for the charity world.

Find out all about Wee Seeds here:

weeseeds.co.uk 

And their socials:

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

LinkedIn

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact!

In this episode we talk about the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill. Is this a helpful thing, or just another way for society to stop Greg from going online?

Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul.

Our guest this week is Christina Cran. Christina is the founder of youth mental health organisation, Wee Seeds and communications consultant for the charity world. Come back for our next episode when we find out more about the work Wee Seeds are doing to improve the mental health of the next generation.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week:

No tech legislation is ever going to be perfect but let's take a moment to appreciate the drive to make the internet a safer space in the UK's new online safety bill:

TechScape: How the UK’s online safety bill aims to clean up the internet - The Guardian 

Bad news story of the week:

Marc Andreessen adds to the list of former tech luminaries taking a dark turn or was he always just a thoughtless tech bro?

A Tech Overlord’s Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World - New York Times 

And finally

Someone has combined two of Greg's favourite things. Tech and taking the piss out of tech people:

Tech Roast Show - YouTube 

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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 [email protected] 

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. 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.

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a show where we chat about how technology can be used for positive social change. But also how it’s mostly used to destroy everything we love and hold dear.

If you listened to last week’s show (of course you will have done because, how could you not?) you’ll have heard from our special guest Aurelie Lionet. We are delighted to have more time with Aurelie and in this episode we’re going to get to know her a little better, and talk about design, tech and the environment. 

Aurelie is a seasoned Service Designer and one of the four co-founding members of Design Declares, which is a group of designers working together to declare a climate and ecological emergency. They’re committed to building a community and creating resources to adapt design practice towards climate action and regeneration. 

Links from the show:

Project Drawdown

Sustainable Web Design

Dot Everything's Consequence Scanning

Tatot Cards of Tech

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

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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. 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.