Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Aug 15, 2024

Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots?

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Hussein Kesvani on far-right attacks in the UK.

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Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots? w/ Hussein Kesvani | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the far-right attacks that happened after the Southport stabbing in the UK and how larger structural issues in media, politics, and tech laid the groundwork for violence against visible minorities.

Hussein Kesvani is a co-host of Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts.

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Firefighters spray water on a police station fire during a riot

Far-right activists hold an “Enough Is Enough” protest on August 2, 2024 in Sunderland, England. After the murders of three girls in Southport, misinformation spread via social media and fueled acts of violent rioting from far-right actors across England.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the far-right attacks that happened after the Southport stabbing in the UK and how larger structural issues in media, politics, and tech laid the groundwork for violence against visible minorities.

Hussein Kesvani is a cohost of Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts.

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Should Australia Ban Teens from Social Media? w/ Cam Wilson | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, host Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss Australia’s plan to ban under-16s from social media, the interests driving it, and whether it’s the right approach to tackle the harms of those platforms. Cam Wilson is associate editor at Crikey.

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Paris Marx

Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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