Episodes
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112 Giacomo Zandonini and shady Europol
In this episode of the Državljan D podcast, we dive into the challenges and hidden dimensions of modern security policies with one of Europe’s leading investigative journalists, Giacomo Zandonini. For years, Zandonini has uncovered how extensive surveillance systems, data infrastructures, and...
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111 Nika Mahnič in sistem avtomatiziranega odločanja
V današnji epizodi podcasta Državljan D se z Niko Mahnič pogovarjamo o avtomatiziranem odločanju – fenomenu, ki vedno bolj oblikuje naša življenja, pogosto neopazno in v ozadju. Nika Mahnič raziskuje digitalne tehnologije in etike umetne inteligence, posebno pozornost pa namenja vplivu algoritmov...
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110 Aljoša Ajanović Andelić and the spyware society
Aljosa Ajanovic Andelic is a Policy Advisor at European Digital Rights (EDRi), where he covers issues related to illegal state surveillance like spyware, journalists’ digital rights, and the effects of techno-solutionist and securitisation policies on minoritised communities and people on the…
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109 Žana Erznožnik in preverjanje informacij
Foto: Matej Povše Z Žano Erznožnik, novinarko centra za preiskovalno novinarstvo Oštro in urednica projekta Razkrinkavanje.si, kjer že več let sistematično preverjajo dejstva in spremljajo dezinformacije v slovenskem javnem prostoru, smo se pogovarjali o problemu preverjanja dejstev v svetu...
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108 Erik Tuchtfeld and the ANTIFA tech
We are talking to Erik Tuchtfeld, the co-chair of D64 – Center for Digital Progress and the co-author of the “Call for a digital firewall against fascism“, trying to find out the solution to the fascisization of technology and tech services. We touch upon the issue of big intermediaries, the...
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107 Joe McNamee: Disinformation is not freedom of speech
We sat down with Joe McNamee, senior policy expert at the EU DisinfoLab, who was previously leading the European Digital Rights network. The topic of the discussion? Everything from digital rights to fighting disinformation, the current EU political climate and more. How does transparency come in...
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106 Maximilian Gahntz: AI is not (just) tech!
We sat down with Maximilian Gahntz, Mozilla Foundation’s AI Policy Lead, working on questions around the regulation and governance of AI around the world. Previously, he has also led work around data governance and platform accountability. Before he joined Mozilla, he was a fellow of the Mercator...
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105 Katja Koren Ošljak: Vsaka tehnologija je medij
Za konec leta postavljamo piko na i teme mladih in informacijske družbe s Katjo Koren Ošljak, ustanoviteljico zavoda Vsak in asistentko na katedri za medijske in komunikacijske študije na Fakulteti za družbene vede, ki se že skoraj deset let na različne načine ukvarja s fenomenom mladih in...
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104 Mackenzie Funk and the birth of surveillance capitalism
We sat down with an award-winning investigative journalist Mackenzie Funk, whose book, “The Hank Show: How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives” tells a story about the origin of surveillance capitalism we know and hate today. We talk about the book...
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103 Meredith Whittaker: Technology acts political and hides behind objectivity
With us today is Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation who serves on its board of directors. She was formerly the Minderoo Research Professor at New York University (NYU), and the co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute. She also served as a senior advisor on AI…
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102 mag. Andrej Tomšič in “magičnost” javnega videonadzora
V jesen zakorakajmo z videonadzorom javnih površin in trendih na temu področju. Z namestnikom Informacijskega pooblaščenca, mag. Andrejem Tomšičem v pogovoru predebatiramo zakonske varovalke zasebnosti, lažno dilemo med izbiro varnosti ali zasebnosti ter premišljujemo o politični komponenti...
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101 Sacha Altay and the misinformation circus
Sacha Altay is a post-doctoral fellow working on misinformation, trust, and social media in the Digital Democracy Lab at the University of Zurich. We sat down with him to discuss the perception of disinformation, the failed attempts of self- and co-regulatory frameworks that try to limit the its...
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100 Filip Dobranić in diskurz o umetni inteligenci
V stoti epizodi se s filozofom in programerjem Filipom Dobranićem pogovarjamo o pogovoru o umetni inteligenci. Kako to področju uokvirjajo množični mediji in kako politiki, zakaj je to lahko težava in kako bi jo morali najprej reševati na področju jezika, ki pogojuje področje politike in v...
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099 Nina Jankowicz and the political aspect of disinformation
We sat down with Nina Jankowicz, an American researcher and writer, currently working as the Vice President at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience, to talk about fight against disinformation and online harassment, the role of different actors in this area and the differences between EU...
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098 Mark Dempsey and digital activism fatigue
We sat down with Mark Dempsey, a Senior EU Advocacy Officer for global free speech organization ARTICLE 19. Prior to ARTICLE 19, Mark consulted for the European Commission on a project focused on data protection laws in non-EU countries. ARTICLE 19’S work in Brussels is driven by the goal of...
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097 Alja Isakovič in etični razvoj tehnologije
Alja Isakovič, razvijalka programske opreme in uporabniških procesov, se v zadnjem času posveča izzivom etičnega razvoja informacijske tehnologije in tehnološkemu okoljskemu odtisu ter poudarja aktivacijo posameznika in povezovanju v skupine za doseganje družbeno relevantnih ciljev. V pogovoru se...
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096 Katarina Bervar Sternad in boj za človekove pravice
So človekove pravice zadnje orodje revnih proti finančno premožnejšimi elitami ali gre za vrednostni sistem, ki ga sprejemamo vsi udeleženci družbenega okolja? Z direktorico Pravnega centra za varstvo človekovih pravic in okolja ter eno od pobudnic Pravne mreže za varstvo demokracije, Katarino...
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095 Urška Henigman in spolnost med politiko, mediji in družbo
Za začetek leta se z Urško Henigman, novinarko uredništva izobraževalnega, otroškega in mladinskega ter dokumentarno-feljtonskega programa na prvem programu nacionalnega radija pogovarjamo o medijski reprezentaciji spolnih praks v Sloveniji, ujetosti spolnosti med politiko, mediji in družbo ter o...
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094 Claudio Agosti and the algorithm economy
Claudio Agosti is a fellow researcher at the University of Amsterdam. He has a hacker background and security professional. He researches, implements, and promotes technology in the public interest. In the last decade, he addressed issues such as communication protection for whistleblowers,...
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093 Sarah Lamdan and data cartels
We sat down with Sarah Lamdan, Professor of Law with a Master’s Degree in Library Science and Legal Information Management. Professor Lamdan works with immigration groups on government surveillance issues, with library advocacy organizations on open access and researcher privacy projects, and…
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092 Callum Voge and human rights online
We are joined by Callum Voge, Director of Governmental Affairs and Advocacy at Internet Society. In his role he tracks and analyzes incoming legislation to understand how it may positively or negatively impact the Internet and use this information to advocate for change. Prior to joining the...
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091 Paris Marx and the future of cars
We caught up with Paris Marx, a technology writer. They have written frequently in, amongst others, NBC News, CBC News, Jacobin, Tribune, and OneZero, and speak internationally on the future of transport. They are also a PhD student at the University of Auckland and the host of the critical...
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090 Olga Tokariuk and the threat of AI-powered propaganda
With us today is a researcher and a ukranian journalist Olga Tokariuk, and the topic today is artificial intelligence, propaganda and the role of journalism in today’s society. https://podcast.drzavljand.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ssstwitter.com_1691131444282.mp4 We sat down with her to…
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089 Philip Di Salvo and the question of media in surveillance capitalism
We sat down with Philip Di Salvo, a researcher in the field of whistle-blowing, investigative journalism, internet surveillance and the relationship between journalism and hacking to address the issues related to technology regulation, keeping the artificial intelligence under human control…
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088 Marie Heřmanová and the influencer culture
We sat down with a social antropologist Marie Heřmanová with a focus on digital anthropology, the internet and research on online identities and communities to talk about researching the influencer culture, influencers, platforms, credibility of the influencers, but also about fake news…
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087 Dr. Aidan Cerar in pamet v pametnih mestih
doc. dr. Aidan Cerar se na Inštitutut za politiko prostora ukvarja s trajnostnim urbanim razvojem, skupnostnimi praksami, ustvarjanjem prostora in trajnostno mobilnostjo, predvsem pa sodelovanjem javnosti v urejanju prostora. V epizodi se pogovarjava na temo pametnih mest po svetu in doma –…
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086 Jason Scott and the forgetfulness of the internet
We caught up with Jason Scott on his visit to Slovenia in december 2022 when he visited the Computer Museum in Ljubljana and participated in the fireside chat about his work with the Internet archive, the challenges of archiving the digital age and other related topics. We also talked about the...
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085 Gabriel Geiger and algorithmic black box investigations
How do journalists and activists investigate black box algorithms, what happens once the reports go out and who is blame for the disasters by black box algorithms that impact human lives? We sat down with investigative reporter Gabriel Geiger from Lighthouse reports to discuss the decision-making...
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084 Neja Berger in delo v informacijski družbi
Leto začenjamo delovno s pogovorom o delu v informacijski družbi, socio-ekonomski realnosti spletnih velikanov in vlogi medijev pri konstrukcije medijske realnosti na tem področju. Neja Berger je novinarka medija Pod črto, sodeluje pa tudi na Radiu Študent. Hkrati se v okviru študija ukvarja z...
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083 Dr. Rys Farthing and the children’s digital rights
Dr. Rys Farthing, the director of Children’s Policy at Reset Australia, an affiliate of Reset, an initiative working to counter digital threats to democracy across the world. Dr. Farthing is focusing on securing children’s rights in the digital age and in our discussion we’ve touched upon the...
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082 Michael Colborne and countering the normalisation of the far right
In this month’s episode, we sat down with an investigative reporter Michael Colborne at Bellingcat that is focusing on the issues related to the far right movements in the Central and Eastern Europe. We start by talking about his work and the issues he’s covering in the field and then move to the...
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081 Julia Rodina and the civic duty of media literacy
Julia Rodina is the founder of NPO Tuleviku Meedia, media consultant, and media literacy trainer. We sat down with her to talk about the estonian media aspect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the role of the media literacy in the aspect of active citizenship and the role of digital...
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080 Karen Hao and the AI decolonization
Credit: Tony Luong Karen Hao is a former senior AI editor at MIT Technology Review, covering the field’s cutting-edge research and its impacts on society, who is now working for the Wall Street Journal. Prior to joining the publication, she was a tech reporter and data scientist at Quartz and an...
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079 Francesca Musiani and the decentralized web
Francesca Musiani (PhD, socio-economics of innovation, MINES ParisTech, 2012), is Associate Research Professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2014. She is Deputy Director of the Center for Internet and Society of CNRS, which she co-founded with Mélanie Dulong…
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078 Per Axbom and the ethical tech development
Per Axbom is a designer, coach and visual explainer working out of Stockholm, Sweden. He has dabbled in usability, accessibility and UX since the mid-nineties. His passion for interviews, sketches and prototypes allow him to understand vividly and explain comprehensibly. His passion for listening...
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077 Sophia Goodfriend and the surveillance industry
Sophia Goodfriend is a PhD candidate at Duke University’s Department of Cultural Anthropology and Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Fellow. Currently based in Jerusalem, her academic work examines the ethics and impact of new surveillance technologies. She is focusing on the use and contestation of...
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076 Technopolice and the surveillance in smart city
Are smart cities just another word for surveillance society or can we truly benefit from multiple sensors in public places? We sat down with members of the Technopolice initivative in Brussels that tracks, analyses and campaigns against smart city and surveillance capitalism solutions. Can smart...
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075 Elena Maris and the humanities of tech
Elena Maris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Maris’s research is concerned with the interactions and tensions between media/tech industries and their users or audiences. She is particularly interested in the ways they use...
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074 Claudia Prettner and the surveillance advertising
Claudia Prettner is a legal/policy adviser on technology, data protection and human rights at Amnesty Tech, a part of Amnesty International. The topic of our discussion is surveillance advertising and the current regulatory attempts to solve this problem. With the current Digital Services Act...
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073 Danny Rogers and the economy of algorithmic hate
Dr. Daniel Rogers is a physicist, an author, and an expert in cryptography, cybercrime, disinformation, and security. He’s currently working as a CTO at the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) where they aim to disrupt, defund and down-rank disinformation sites. He is a co-founder of Terbium Labs....
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072 Zarja Muršič in bitka z neznanjem
Leto zaključujemo s pregledom leta. Z dr. Zarjo Muršič, znanstveno novinarko, evolucijsko antropologinjo, biologinjo in kognitivno znanstvenico se sprehajamo po pandemičnem svetu, ugotavljamo razloge in posledice prelaganja odgovornosti na posameznika, vloga množičnih in družabnih medijev za...
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071 Mareile Kaufmann and the future of policing
Mareile Kaufmann is an associate professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo. Her background is in Criminology, Sociology and Cultural Studies and she seeks to consolidate the field of Digital Criminology. In particular, she studies digital surveillance...
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070 Finn Myrstad and the surveillance ad industry
Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad who leads the development of better, more ethical digital policies and standards at the Norwegian Consumer Council. He is focusing on highlighting the issues of privacy, user data and security and is currently engaged in a campaign against online surveillance advertising....
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069 Marta Peirano and the rethink of technodeterminism
Marta Peirano is a journalist specialized in technology and power. She works for main Spanish media outlets, including El Pais, La Sexta TV, Muy Interesante and Radio Nacional de España. She is a well-known public speaker and long-time advocate of free software, digital privacy and the radical...
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068 Wendy Via and the global web of hate
The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism was co-founded by Heidi Beirich, Ph.D. and Wendy Via. Beirich is an international expert on American and European extremist movements, including the white supremacist, anti-immigrant, antisemitic and antigovernment movements, and is the author of...
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067 Alexandrine Royer and ghost work
Alexandrine Royer is the educational program manager at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to democratizing AI ethics literacy. With the rising local political interest in Uber we sat down with Alexandrine to talk about the issue of ghost work and the...
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066 Amy Brouillette and the digital rights index
Amy Brouillette is the Research Director of Ranking Digital Rights, responsible for planning and managing the research and production of the RDR Corporate Accountability Index. Prior to joining RDR, Brouillette served as director of the European Media Program at the Center for Media, Data and...
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065 Nandini Jammi and the hate-funding advertising
The Sleeping Giants campaign highlighted the issue of hate funding through digital advertising and showed that relationship between ad companies and propaganda outlets is higly problematic and highly ignored by the people responsible. We sat down with tech marketer turned activist, Nandini Jammi,...
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064 Davi Ottenheimer and the humanization of the web
Davi Ottenheimer is the Vice President of Trust and Digital Ethics at Inrupt, a company striving to restore the power of balance on the web through data decentralization technology. For over 25 years, he has worked to apply security models to preserve human rights and freedoms. He is the…
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063 Qian Sun and the chinese social credit system
Based in Berlin, Germany, Qian Sun works as a freelance journalist for multiple media outlets in China and Europe. She mainly works for Phoenix TV, Hong Kong, as a correspondent covering German and European politics. Her writing, however, takes a human angle and mostly focuses on Chinese…
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