Digital surveillance and reproductive rights

Podcast: Technically Optimistic (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Digital surveillance and reproductive rightsPub date: 2024-05-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDigital surveillance is becoming increasingly threatening to the reproductive rights of women and pregnant people in America after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Behavioral data collected from apps can be used to catalog — and criminalize — our health care choices. In this “wild west” surveillance economy, who is responsible for safeguarding our privacy? Could more and more of our data be weaponized against us in this same way? How can technology be harnessed to help protect privacy, rather than further jeopardize it? Host Raffi Krikorian talks to people working to protect reproductive freedom in an ever-changing landscape. Guests include Sue Dunlap, the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles; Melanie Fontes Rainer, Director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights; Kevin Williams, VP of digital products at Planned Parenthood; Amy Merrill, digital director and co-founder of Plan C; and Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA).To learn more about Technically Optimistic and to read the transcript for this episode: emersoncollective.com/technically-optimistic-podcastFor more on Emerson Collective: emersoncollective.comLearn more about our host, Raffi Krikorian: emersoncollective.com/raffiTechnically Optimistic is produced by Emerson Collective with music by Mattie Safer.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: technicallyoptimistic.substack.comFollow on social media @emersoncollective and @emcollectivepodcastsEmail us with questions and feedback at [email protected] podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Emerson Collective, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.