Can Social Media Kill?

from Tech for Good Live · host Tech For Good Live

Welcome everyone to yet another joyous edition of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We have much to talk about. Such as… Porn! Suicide! Terrifying rogue japanese robots! And the beginning of the end for fundraising platform MyDonate. In the studio this week is Ben White, who has been away for a while, rearing children. He's joined by pod regular Jonny Rae-Evans and host Bex. AND WE HAVE A GUEST! Lauren Coulman lent us her wonderful voice. Lauren is a social entrepreneur, and founder of social impact consultancy Noisy Cricket, which builds people-powered movements through bringing diverse voices together to create social change. Things discussed: Stat of the week: An “Internet Matters” report has found that 83% of parents support government plans to introduce age-verification on porn sights to increase online safety https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/news-blogs/8-out-of-10-parents-back-governments-pornography-age-verification-plans/ Charity news of the week: BT to close fundraising platform “My Donate” https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/bt-to-close-fundraising-platform-mydonate.html Tech news of the week: Instagram helped kill my daughter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-46966009/instagram-helped-kill-my-daughter Facebook to integrate Whatsapp, Messenger and Facebook? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47001460 And finally 2 mins Terrifying: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/23/a-psychotic-rogue-japanese-ott.html If you’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast, please drop us a friendly review on iTunes. You can hear more episodes like this, and also some special additions, on iTunes, Spotify and your regular podcast providers. Also, thanks to podcast.co, they know everything about podcasting and host us in a fancy studio in Manchester. You can hire it too, if you’re into that sort of thing. If you want to talk to us or send complaints, which is clearly more likely, our twitter is @techforgoodlive. Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune Get in touch: Twitter: @techforgoodlive Instagram: techforgoodlive Email: [email protected]