Scraping The Surface

We have a whole host of interesting topics to talk about this week, such as charities and the Mail on Sunday engaging in verbal fisticuffs, a VR project to help young people suffering from mental health conditions and the fascinating secret lives of the Facebook moderators. Joining host Ben White this week are Jonny Rae-Evans, Harry Bailey and Producer Paul. Stat of the week: The Mail on Sunday says that ten of the UK's largest charities spent more than £225m on support and governance costs. Charity Sector pushes back: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/sector-hits-back-mail-sunday-story-spending/finance/article/1562776 Charity news of the week: A charity’s virtual reality project to help young people overcome mental health issues has scooped two technology awards. The Children’s Society’s Reality Check project was one of four organisations to win a best not-for-profit gong at the inaugural Vodafone Techstarter awards. https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2019/02/14/vodafone-techstarter-awards-charity-winners-revealed/ Tech news of the week: The secret lives of Facebook moderators: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona YouTube are banning antivaxers : https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1099134307518566401?s=21 Rant of the week: Facebook sweeps up personal information yet people keep using it. https://twitter.com/schoofsfeed/status/1098999479141752832?s=21 And finally... https://thispersondoesnotexist.com Thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty. Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune Get in touch: Twitter: @techforgoodlive Instagram: techforgoodlive Email: [email protected]