Lights, Camera, Surveillance: technology in film
From Spiderman, to Toy Story, to One Night Only, this week we’re talking about some of the summers biggest and weirdest movies, as we think...
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20 of 108 episodesHow is militarisation shaping civic spaces?
This week we're talking about how the militarisation of tech is shaping civic spaces and what 'dual use' technology actually means with Soph...
Human testing: Militarised technology across Southwest Asia and North Africa
This week we're talking to Marianne from SMEX about their new report looking at the differing dynamics of producing, testing, and deployment...
Foreign Keys: Travel Surveillance
This week we're discussing borders, biometrics and more, as we take a look at what kind of surveillance you might experience if you're trave...
Europol's Shadow Surveillance feat Bill Goodwin
This week we're joined by Bill Goodwin, investigations editor at Computer Weekly and award-winning journalist, to discuss Europol's secret s...
Community Health: Young people in Ghana and Vietnam
This is the third and final edition of our series on young peoples’ digital health and human rights. Today we’re talking to Alberta Nadutey...
Community Health: Colombia dating app dilemma
This week we're talking to Natalia Andrade and Laura Grisales Silva from Fundación Karisma about dating app data, the commodification of int...
Community Health: Kenya Data Debt Spiral
This week we're talking to Joan Musenya about life in Kenya as a young person - from mobile money, to data protection, to government surveil...
War Machines feat Stop Killer Robots and PAX
This week we're joined by Professor Peter Asaro from Stop Killer Robots, and Frank Slijper, Arms trade project lead at PAX to discuss milita...
Why governments struggle with ID
This week we're speaking to Professor Edgar Whitley - an expert on the design and implementation of ID systems. Links- More about Edgar: htt...
Ghosts in the SheLLM: Chatbot ethics with James Muldoon
This week we're discussing what happens when AI is trained on a dead person's data to bring them back as a chatbot. Find out more from Gus a...
Sand in Trump's Gears: Lessons from America
This week we're talking to Ben Wizner from the American Civil Liberties Union about what the ACLU have been doing in the first year of Trump...
Moving Stories: Border Violence and Surveillance
Join us as we discuss Border Externalisation - what is it, and why does it drive violence at the border? We're joined by two fantastic guest...
End of Life: Time to X goodbye to Windows 10
This week we're discussing the end of support (kind of) for Windows 10 - find out more from Chris and Tom about what you should worry about...
Militarisation of Tech: Redefining the Battlefield
This week we talk to Ilia and Serhat about the creeping militarisation of technology, and with it our societies. Links All of our militarisa...
What's News? Back to work!
This week we're back to discussing stories that have been in the news over the past few months - in particular the stories that have stayed...
Rewilding the Internet with Maria Farrell
This week Gus and Caitlin are rewilding the Internet with Maria Farrell. What do you want using the internet or your devices to feel like? W...
Cycles of Control: Reproductive rights and digital risks
This week we're talking to Martha Dimitratou from ReproUncensored, and PI's own Sarah Simms about the international landscape for reproducti...
Learning about learners: Protecting Children's Data
This week we speak to Jen Persson, Director of Defend Digital Me, about the technologies being deployed in schools in England and Wales. Lin...
Why is my government undermining my security?: targeted and betrayed
This week we're talking to Gus about his experience being targeted by the Russian government, how it felt at the time, and then how it felt...