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In beta is a podcast which investigates the big questions facing human rights in the digital environment.
It's created and delivered by Global Partners Digital (GPD) – a social purpose company dedicated to fostering a digital environment underpinned by human rights and democratic values.
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EPISODE 13: Online content: possible futures w/ Jason Pielemeier from 2020-07-15T14:57:58
We speak to Jason Pielemeier, Policy Director at the Global Network Initiative (GNI), for a big picture discussion on the rapidly involving debate around online content regulation.
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EPISODE 12: Contact tracing apps & human rights w/Sharon Bradford Franklin from 2020-07-09T14:55:45
In this episode, we speak to Sharon Bradford Franklin, Policy Director at New America's Open Technology Institute, about a new report contact tracing apps: 'Digital Tools for COVID-19 Contact Traci...
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EPISODE 11: Tracking disinformation in Sub Saharan Africa w/ CHR from 2020-06-30T14:02:12
We discuss the recently launched www.disinformationtracker.org with the team at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria (CHR)—Hlengiwe Dube, Marystella Simiyu, and Tomiwa Ilori Il...
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EPISODE 10: Power, politics and artificial intelligence w/ Ivana Bartoletti from 2020-06-19T13:47:56
In this episode, we speak to Ivana Bartoletti, author of the recent book, An Artificial Revolution: Power, Politics and AI.
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EPISODE 9: Content moderation in fast moving times w/ Barrie Sander from 2020-06-08T15:30:39
We speak to Barrie Sander, Fellow at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) Direito Rio in Brazil, about current trends in content moderation by online platforms.
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EPISODE 8: What can we expect from Facebook's Oversight Board? w/ Evelyn Douek from 2020-05-28T14:57:15
We speak to Evelyn Douek, a leading commentator on online content moderation by platforms, about Facebook's Oversight Board—which recently unveiled its first slate of members.
Recent work ...
EPISODE 7: Multilateralism in the age of social distancing w/ Sheetal Kumar from 2020-05-19T13:13:10
We speak to GPD Senior Programme Lead Sheetal Kumar about how COVID-19 is affecting discussions on cyber norms at the international level.
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EPISODE 6: The pandemic in India w/ Prasanth Sugathan from 2020-05-13T07:56:40
We speak to Prasanth Sugathan of the Software Freedom Law Center in India (SFLC.IN) about how the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out in India, and its impacts on human rights in the digital environme...
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EPISODE 5: African trends in the pandemic w/ Ashnah Kalemera from 2020-05-05T15:10:35
We speak to CIPESA's Ashnah Kalemera about responses to COVID-19 on the African continent.
Explore CIPESA's work here: https://cipesa.org/
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EPISODE 4: COVID-19 data collaboratives w/ Stefaan Verhulst from 2020-04-28T12:45:31
We speak to Stefaan Verhulst about GovLab's new repository of COVID-related data initiatives.
Explore the repository here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JWeD1AaIGKMPry_EN8GjIqwX...
EPISODE 3: Data colonialism w/ Professor Nick Couldry from 2020-04-21T15:52:48
We talk to Nick Couldry, Professor of Media and Communications and Social Theory at LSE, about the concept of data colonialism, and how it can help us understand the present moment.
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EPISODE 2: Tracking civic freedom in a pandemic w/Lisa Vermeer from 2020-04-14T12:33
We speak to Lisa Vermeer of the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL) about the COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker (https://www.icnl.org/covid19tracker/), a new tool which monitors governm...
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EPISODE 1: COVID-19 and the fight against disinformation w/ Richard Wingfield from 2020-04-08T11:42:14
We talk to our Head of Legal, Richard Wingfield, about recent measures taken by governments and tech companies to counter disinformation in the context of COVID-19.
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EPISODE 12: Is the internet "killing democracy"? from 2018-11-01T13:15:37
In the wake of the 2016 US election, and more recent incidents like the Cambridge Analytica scandal, media and political narratives increasingly posit digital technologies as a threat to democracy....
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EPISODE 11: How should we approach "fake news"? from 2018-10-25T13:07:15
Governments and other institutions are increasingly avoiding the term "fake news", preferring disinformation.
But if the term has fallen out of fashion, policy responses to the issues it e...
EPISODE 10: Do bots have rights? from 2018-10-18T15:34:40
In California, a landmark piece of legislation recently passed which regulate the usage of internet bots in certain contexts. The original version of the bill was broader, and attracted significant...
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EPISODE 9: Why do four billion people still not have access to the internet? (S1) from 2018-02-20T10:46:54
GPD's Charles Bradley talks to Sonia Jorge, Executive Director of A4AI and head of digital inclusion programmes at the Web Foundation, about the challenge of achieving universal access to the inter...
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EPISODE 8: Should the tech giants of Silicon Valley be broken up? (S1) from 2018-01-18T12:22:58
In 1982, the Bell telecommunications monopoly in the US was broken up after a landmark antitrust suit, ushering in a wave of innovation and competition.
Today, companies like Alphabet and...
EPISODE 7: Can stakeholders find common ground on cybersecurity? (S1) from 2017-11-02T12:39:54
GPD's executive director Charles Bradley talks to Gaus Rajnovic, chief financial officer and board member at the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), and GPD's Lead Strategist Mat...
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EPISODE 6: Who gets to decide when online content should be removed? (S1) from 2017-09-27T15:45:14
GPD's executive director Charles Bradley talks to Emma Llansó, Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) about the role of intermediaries like Faceboo...
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EPISODE 5: Is civil society in the global South sustainable? (S1) from 2017-07-03T16:18:14
GPD's executive director talks to Julie Broome, director of Ariadne, Andrew Puddephatt, executive chair of GPD's advisory board, and Khilen Nathwani of the Kays Foundation, about growing challenges...
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EPISODE 4: Are we missing the bigger picture behind network disruptions? (S1) from 2017-05-08T15:26:03
GPD's Executive Director talks to Deji Olukotun from Access Now, Julie Owono from Internet San Frontiers and Arthur Gwagwa from Strathmore University and the Open Technology Fund, about the bigger ...
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EPISODE 3: Can a business be a human rights defender? (S1) from 2017-04-05T11:18:50
GPD's Executive Director interviews Michael Samway, former Vice-President and Deputy General Counsel for Yahoo! and current adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
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EPISODE 2: How should human rights defenders approach cybercrime? (S1) from 2017-03-16T10:28:22
In the second episode of In beta, GPD's executive director Charles Bradley interviews Alice Munyua, the founder of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) and an advisor to the African Union Commis...
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EPISODE 1: Is policymaking stuck in the 19th century? (S1) from 2017-02-22T10:29:16
GPD's Executive Director interviews Stefaan Verhulst, co-founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory at New York University.
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