Nora Benavidez on Post-Roe Data Privacy, Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection

Nora Benavidez This week on CounterSpin: The internet has changed the way we communicate, access information and even organize, which means concerns about digital privacy are concerns about privacy, period. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, allowing for the criminalization of abortion, our ability to safely access information and health care online is in danger. How are tech companies responding?  We’ll hear from civil rights attorney Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital justice and civil rights at Free Press. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin_Show220722Benavidez.mp3 Dorothee Benz Transcript: ‘Privacy Is the Entry Point for Our Civil and Basic Rights’ Also on the show: It’s good to be shocked by the news coming out of the January 6 committee; it’s shocking. But suggesting that ALL of this is new and revelatory is a narrative that serves us poorly. For media, the test isn’t so much how they are covering the hearings, but whether they are really incorporating the lessons into their regular coverage. That’s going forward, but today we’ll go back to the day after the insurrection, when we spoke with political scientist Dorothee Benz. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin_Show220722Benz.mp3 Transcript: ‘Being Neutral in the Face of a Fascist Threat Is Not an Acceptable Journalistic Value’ Plus, Janine Jackson takes a quick look at press coverage of the Uvalde massacre footage, New York Times reporting on Ben & Jerry’s refusal to sell in the Israeli occupied West Bank, and the need for the new Office of Environmental Justice to take fossil fuel companies head-on. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin_Show220722Banter.mp3 Featured Image: Patcharin Saenlakon / EyeEm / Getty Images