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On this week’s show we’re talking about how the internet is tracking you. We chat about “Safer Internet Day” and discuss a more ethical ride sharing service. Host Bex is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton, Mille Vardheim and Producer Paul. And our guest this week is Chris Paul, Social Entrepreneur, Senior Non Profit Professional, and former Elected Representative, as a Manchester Councillor from 2011-2019. He was also a founder of City Life, the Manchester-based news, arts and listings magazine that was published between December 1983 and December 2005. This week’s topics:    Stat of the week  190+ trackers installed when you view the Manchester Digital Blueprint A problem not just for the GM council Charity news of the week   Safer internet day on Feb 11th - equality now have released some resources #SaferInternetDay #SID2020 DO THE QUIZ!  Great examples of projects making the internet better We know big tech has a responsibility, but where do we go next? Tech news of the week  More ethical ride sharing A Rant or Nice of the week? Facial recognition rant Pt.1 Facial recognition rant Pt.2 & a carbon neutral street food nice And finally…  Great use of AI and satellite imaging ---------------------------- 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 mates about this podcast! If you want to get more involved in our community, you can join our Slack channel or sign up to our newsletter. Just visit TechforGood.Live to find out how. Thanks to the wonderful podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty. If you want to create a podcast, you can find everything you need on their website. We’d also like to thank Happy Porch for their sponsorship which will allow us to have our episodes transcribed, helping us be more inclusive and accessible. Happy Porch provide strategy, technology and development for purpose driven organisations. You can find out more about them at happyporch.com