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Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast

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Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Activists of Tech. It has 36 episodes, with the latest published November 2025.

Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to Responsible Tech by sharing & archiving the work of change makers.At the intersection of technology and social justice, Activists Of Tech is a seasonal weekly podcast dedicated to the amplification and archival of minority voices among activists, thought leaders, academics, and practitioners of responsible tech. Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to responsible tech takes honesty: this is a "say it as it is" type of podcast, and no topic is too taboo not to be named and addressed.The topics covered encompass a variety of responsible tech areas and focus on social justice, AI harm, AI bias, AI regulation and advocacy, minorities in tech, gender equality, tech and democracy, social media, and algorithmic recommendations, to name a few. We also talk about solutions and how to make tech inclusive and beneficial for all.

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Democratic governance of technology: myth or reality ? With Dr Mar Hicks from the University of Virginia School of Data Science

2

The TESCREAL to fascism pipeline with Adrienne Williams from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

3

Back to basics: Technofascism 101 with Emile Dirks from the Citizen Lab

4

The datafication of refugees: humanitarian agencies & biometrics with Zara Rahman from the Superrr Lab

5

Mapping for justice: from cartography to GIS, with Cathy Richards from the Open Environmental Data Project

6

How MyBranz fights fake online reviews to save the planet — and your wallet with Janani Kumar, Founder of MyBranz

7

Quit Clicking Kids: protecting child influencers through policy with Chris McCarty, founder of Quit Clicking Kids

8

How existing safety mitigation safeguards fail in LLMs with Khaoula Chehbouni, PhD Researcher at McGill and MILA

9

Privacy under attack: how the Tor Project fights digital surveillance, with Raya S. & Pavel Zoneff

10

Queer Arab History, social media, and representation with Marwan Kaabour from Takweer

11

History of tech, power relations, & archiving for social justice with Dr Jeffrey Yost from the Charles Babbage Institute

12

Rethinking AI through Indigenous culture with Dane Malenfant from McGill University & MILA

13

Online education, AI Ethics, & a vision for global learning with Kadian Davis-Owusu from TeachSomebody

14

Hope & imagining a better world with B Cavello from the Aspen Institute

15

Expanding access to art using technology with Colin Clark

16

No voice unheard: Making digital archives inclusive with Valerie Love from the National Library of New Zealand

17

Leveraging AI for Justice in Nigeria and beyond with Nelson Olanipekun from Citizens' Gavel

18

Surveillance in the Bay Area and beyond with Nidhi Sinha

19

AI powered K-12 education fiasco with Shana V. White from the Kapor Center

20

How to fix the patriartech with Mia Shah-Dand, founder of Women in AI ethics

21

Environmental justice, social media, and the promises of the Digital Services Act with Rachel Griffin, PhD candidate at Sciences Po Paris School of Law

22

"Every bubble will burst at some point": digital rights, encryption, and the AI hype with Elina Eickstädt from the Chaos Computer Club

23

Decolonizing Digital Rights and the collective imaginary of technology with Laurence Meyer from the Digital Freedom Fund

24

Free speech, content moderation, and the "killer switch" with Eliška Pírková from Access Now

25

Bye bye, Clearview AI ✌️: Greek digital rights advocacy in times of mass surveillance with Lamprini Gyftokosta from Homo Digitalis

26

CPDP special series preview: Governance and the voice of the people

27

Poet and organizer Tawana Petty on visionary resistance, social justice & tech

28

Love me Tinder: can algorithms be matchmakers? With Dr Liesel Sharabi

29

Amira Dhalla on how social justice relates to tech, privacy, and cybersecurity

30

China's domestic and global tech influence with Melissa Newcomb

31

Dr Ann Cavoukian on privacy by design and her career as Privacy Commissioner

32

Data colonialism, culture, and tech law with Dr Kevin Lee

33

Algorithmic recommendations, social media, and teens’ mental health with Ava Smithing

34

AI regulation and empowering the next generation of AI policy leaders with Marc Rotenberg

35

Inclusion, accountability, & women in tech with Dr Nakeema Stefflbauer

36

David Ryan Polgar on responsible tech, democracy, and building the All Tech Is Human community

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