The Reboot from Tech for the People
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The Reboot is what happens when a technologist and an anthropologist get together to talk big tech, workers' rights, privacy and more. Every week from Chris Garaffa and Rae Jereza at Tech for the People!
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FEB 14, 2022
Episode 008: Education and Surveillance Before and During Covid-19
Show Notes Music by Angelo Garcia. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram on @agsilver.music. Read about CIA data collection here...
53 MIN
JAN 31, 2022
Episode 007: Crisis Shame Line: Profit, Mental Health & Data Do Not Mix
Rae and Chris discuss the breaking news in Politico on Friday that Crisis Text Line is selling information to an AI-based customer service company that they are also an investor in. Read Hannah Zeavin’s excellent piece on the origins of hotlines as...
39 MIN
JAN 17, 2022
Episode 006: Web 3: Same Oppressions, New Technology
Episode 6 is here! After a month hiatus, we're back with a new theme song and some thoughts on "Web 3" Thanks to Angelo Garcia for writing and producing our soundtrack! He takes commissions. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram @agsilver.music...
55 MIN
DEC 6, 2021
Episode 5: I don't care about Jack
Chris and Rae talk about how Jack Dorsey is stepping down as Twitter's CEO (for the second time!) and what impacts it will - or won't - have for users and workers. We also discussed the general culture around CEOs, the Founder Myth, and why it is that...
31 MIN
NOV 22, 2021
Episode 4: The Affective Labor of Facebook Moderators
Co-host Rae Jereza discusses their recent paper, "Corporeal moderation: digital labour as affective good" looking at the situations of content moderators working for Facebook. Hidden behind the app's Report button, often working for subcontractors and...
45 MIN
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