Hello and welcome to yet another, in a seemingly endless stream of Tech for Good Live podcasts. It’s a show where a bunch of friends get together and talk about how to use technology to have a positive social impact.

In this episode we’re talking about how you can’t trust anything you see on Instagram, especially if someone is telling you they’re going to plant a tree.

We discuss the extraordinary demand that’s going to be placed on charity services this winter. And we chat about a new digital project to help support people with “atypical” speech.

Joining host Bex Rae-Evans we have podcast regular Greg Ashton and Tech For Good Live team member Harriet Pugh.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week 

4 million people posted a picture of their pet to Instagram with the sticker "we'll plant tree for every pet picture" and as we now know, zero trees will be planted - Twitter

Charity news of the week

Tough days ahead for charities?

Charities facing a 'perfect storm' as demand rises - BBC News

Tech news of the week

An actually great project from Google to help people with atypical speech

Google's Project Relate Aims to Help People With Atypical Speech Communicate - PC Magazine

And finally…

Chinese farm uses facial recognition tech to stop goats getting incestuous - Metro

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