Playing Politics

Hello nerds! Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. It’s fun, it’s friendly, it’s frustrating but it’s always super professional and polished. Our one regular listener will know that was actually a hilarious joke. In this episode we are talking about far right people continuing to be awful. Charities are demanding that they have a charity commissioner that is neither politicised or you know, evil. And, in news that will surprise everyone, Facebook are awful, harmful, and doing it knowingly, rather than just due to incompetence, so says a whistleblower. Joining Bex today is Tech For Good team member Fay Schofield. Our guest is Marie Farmer - Founder of digital health app Mini Mealtimes, an app that helps parents track the nutritional info of the food their children are eating so they can make informed decisions about their families health. Stat of the week  Hundreds new membership with far right group Oath Keepers following January 6th Capitol attack - The Guardian Charity news of the week Open letter from 23 charities asking the government not to politicise the role of charity commissioner (which would be illegal) - i Tech news of the week Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Reveals Identity In Bombshell '60 Minutes' Interview - HuffPost  Facebook 'operates in shadows' - and Instagram is worse than other social sites, whistleblower tells Congress - Sky News  Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Facebook whistleblower claims - The Guardian  Facebook whistleblower says Zuckerberg knows site harms children: ‘The buck stops with Mark’ - The Independent   And finally… New Fairphone plus earbuds!!!   ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected]  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.