The Global Internet: Does it Really Exist?

Episode 183 of the Catalyst podcast, hosted by Launch by NTT DATA, titled "The Global Internet: Does it Really Exist?" was published on September 10, 2019 and runs 35 minutes.

September 10, 2019 ·35m · Catalyst

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Summary

There is no perfect freedom: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich sit down to discuss internet censorship on a global scale. We chat about how power impacts technology and information access and whether global software can really exist when countries have such different approaches to the internet. Also in this week’s Hello Postlight segment we meet Liran Okanon, a Senior Product Designer at Postlight, who talks about the importance of empathy in his work. Links: Life in an Internet Shutdown - New York Times Revel Getaway Bar ‘You Stink’: The fight to get rubbish off Beirut’s streets WhatsApp Trakt WeChat See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode Description

There is no perfect freedom: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich sit down to discuss internet censorship on a global scale. We chat about how power impacts technology and information access and whether global software can really exist when countries have such different approaches to the internet. Also in this week’s Hello Postlight segment we meet Liran Okanon, a Senior Product Designer at Postlight, who talks about the importance of empathy in his work.

Links:

Life in an Internet Shutdown - New York Times

‘You Stink’: The fight to get rubbish off Beirut’s streets

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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