https://techforthepeople.orgenTechnologyCopyright Tech for the Peoplehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9d6988ee37d4e96d11349f92b4693217.jpghttps://techforthepeople.orgFri, 22 Jul 2022 12:25:06 +0000Tech for the PeopleTech for the Peoplechris@techforthepeople.orgThe Reboot is what happens when a technologist and an anthropologist get together to talk big tech, workers' rights, privacy and more. Every week from Chris Garaffa and Rae Jereza at Tech for the People!cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-008-education-and-surveillance-before-and-during-covid-19--48732248
Music by Angelo Garcia. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram on @agsilver.music.

Read about CIA data collection here https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-cia-has-secret-program-that-collects-american-data/2022/02/10/017b6932-8ad8-11ec-838f-0cfdf69cce3c_story.html


As schools went online during COVID-19, they implemented more surveillance on students’ online activity https://archive.ph/cH74P. But this is not new! See here https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/first-circuit-affirms-schools-punishment-students-online-social-media-posts and here https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-schools-spying-on-students-using-laptop-webcams--claims-lawsuit.html . It also happens “offline”. Finally, read about student surveillance in higher ed here. https://archive.ph/gZ9Hj

Surveilling educators for ideas that challenge white supremacy and U.S. empire is also not new. Read about its long history here. https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/01/history-of-spying-on-teachers.html]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48732248Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:09:16 +0000Tech for the PeopleShow Notes Music by Angelo Garcia. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram on @agsilver.music. Read about CIA data collection here...
Music by Angelo Garcia. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram on @agsilver.music.

Read about CIA data collection here https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-cia-has-secret-program-that-collects-american-data/2022/02/10/017b6932-8ad8-11ec-838f-0cfdf69cce3c_story.html


As schools went online during COVID-19, they implemented more surveillance on students’ online activity https://archive.ph/cH74P. But this is not new! See here https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/first-circuit-affirms-schools-punishment-students-online-social-media-posts and here https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-schools-spying-on-students-using-laptop-webcams--claims-lawsuit.html . It also happens “offline”. Finally, read about student surveillance in higher ed here. https://archive.ph/gZ9Hj

Surveilling educators for ideas that challenge white supremacy and U.S. empire is also not new. Read about its long history here. https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/01/history-of-spying-on-teachers.html]]>3188cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-007-crisis-shame-line-profit-mental-health-data-do-not-mix--48512549
Read Hannah Zeavin’s excellent piece on the origins of hotlines as a third option, distinct from psychiatric and police intervention: http://somatosphere.net/2020/the-third-choice-suicide-hotlines-psychiatry-and-the-police.html/

We found Zeavin’s essay from Jack Poulson’s very informative Twitter thread on Crisis Text Line. Read the whole thing here: https://twitter.com/_jack_poulson/status/1487128251319341063

The NY TImes article Chris mentioned on Deanonymization: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html

Finally, here is Politico’s feature on CLT and Loris.ai: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/28/suicide-hotline-silicon-valley-privacy-debates-00002617

PeerPride is at PeerPride.org.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48512549Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:00:05 +0000Tech for the PeopleRae and Chris discuss the breaking news in Politico on Friday that Crisis Text Line is selling information to an AI-based customer service company that they are also an investor in. Read Hannah Zeavin’s excellent piece on the origins of hotlines as...
Read Hannah Zeavin’s excellent piece on the origins of hotlines as a third option, distinct from psychiatric and police intervention: http://somatosphere.net/2020/the-third-choice-suicide-hotlines-psychiatry-and-the-police.html/

We found Zeavin’s essay from Jack Poulson’s very informative Twitter thread on Crisis Text Line. Read the whole thing here: https://twitter.com/_jack_poulson/status/1487128251319341063

The NY TImes article Chris mentioned on Deanonymization: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html

Finally, here is Politico’s feature on CLT and Loris.ai: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/28/suicide-hotline-silicon-valley-privacy-debates-00002617

PeerPride is at PeerPride.org.]]>2361cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-006-web-3-same-oppressions-new-technology--48324368
Thanks to Angelo Garcia for writing and producing our soundtrack! He takes commissions. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram @agsilver.music
Yesterweb’s detailed breakdown of Web3 can be found here: https://yesterweb.org/no-to-web3/index.html
Read Moxie Marlinspike's (Signal creator) blog post on Web3: https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
You can read Molly White’s post, criticizing the idea that it’s still “early days” for Web3 here:
https://blog.mollywhite.net/its-not-still-the-early-days/
Rebekah Bastian’s Forbes article on work and Web3: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2021/12/22/2022-prediction-the-influence-of-web3-on-the-future-of-work/?sh=5f1c183c4ce4
Here’s that Medium article on Web3 and “Self-Sovereign Healthcare”:
https://medium.com/@moosechris/self-sovereign-healthcare-27b2b47e4fb6]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48324368Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:00:02 +0000Tech for the PeopleEpisode 6 is here! After a month hiatus, we're back with a new theme song and some thoughts on "Web 3" Thanks to Angelo Garcia for writing and producing our soundtrack! He takes commissions. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram @agsilver.music...
Thanks to Angelo Garcia for writing and producing our soundtrack! He takes commissions. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram @agsilver.music
Yesterweb’s detailed breakdown of Web3 can be found here: https://yesterweb.org/no-to-web3/index.html
Read Moxie Marlinspike's (Signal creator) blog post on Web3: https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
You can read Molly White’s post, criticizing the idea that it’s still “early days” for Web3 here:
https://blog.mollywhite.net/its-not-still-the-early-days/
Rebekah Bastian’s Forbes article on work and Web3: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2021/12/22/2022-prediction-the-influence-of-web3-on-the-future-of-work/?sh=5f1c183c4ce4
Here’s that Medium article on Web3 and “Self-Sovereign Healthcare”:
https://medium.com/@moosechris/self-sovereign-healthcare-27b2b47e4fb6]]>3313cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-5-i-don-t-care-about-jack--47804956https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47804956Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:00:02 +0000Tech for the PeopleChris and Rae talk about how Jack Dorsey is stepping down as Twitter's CEO (for the second time!) and what impacts it will - or won't - have for users and workers. We also discussed the general culture around CEOs, the Founder Myth, and why it is that...1917cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-the-affective-labor-of-facebook-moderators--47599990
Sometimes likened to first responders or called "custodians of the Internet", Rae argues that they are only custodians if we see them as "working in radioactive environments... as they absorb the ills and contradictions of liberal democratic society: they carry their effects and are 'haunted' by them"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47599990Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:00:08 +0000Tech for the PeopleCo-host Rae Jereza discusses their recent paper, "Corporeal moderation: digital labour as affective good" looking at the situations of content moderators working for Facebook. Hidden behind the app's Report button, often working for subcontractors and...
Sometimes likened to first responders or called "custodians of the Internet", Rae argues that they are only custodians if we see them as "working in radioactive environments... as they absorb the ills and contradictions of liberal democratic society: they carry their effects and are 'haunted' by them"]]>2701contentmoderators,facebookcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-security-is-political--47472424
Rae on Twitter: @raraeraeza
Chris on Twitter: @cmg
Tech for the People: @techfortheppl on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

Rae's article: Corporeal moderation: digital labour as affective good - If you have institutional access, you can find it at Wiley Online or through your academic institution’s library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1469-8676.13106

Elinor Carmi’s book Media Distortions (Open Access!): https://media-distortions.net/

Sarah T. Roberts’ book on commercial content moderation, Behind the Screen: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen

Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/219931/countdown-to-zero-day-by-kim-zetter/

Front Line Defenders - Six Palestinian human rights defenders hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/statement-targeting-palestinian-hrds-pegasus]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47472424Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:00:15 +0000Tech for the PeopleRae and Chris talk about what a 0-day vulnerability is and why you should care, the NSO group being used to attack Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations, why tech companies don't take security more seriously -- and a lot more....
Rae on Twitter: @raraeraeza
Chris on Twitter: @cmg
Tech for the People: @techfortheppl on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

Rae's article: Corporeal moderation: digital labour as affective good - If you have institutional access, you can find it at Wiley Online or through your academic institution’s library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1469-8676.13106

Elinor Carmi’s book Media Distortions (Open Access!): https://media-distortions.net/

Sarah T. Roberts’ book on commercial content moderation, Behind the Screen: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen

Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/219931/countdown-to-zero-day-by-kim-zetter/

Front Line Defenders - Six Palestinian human rights defenders hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/statement-targeting-palestinian-hrds-pegasus]]>2636cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-online-shopping-is-not-the-problem-plus-how-big-tech-fails-the-working-class--47373330Plus, the FBI uses public social media posts to jail an antifascist activist to 44 months, and more!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47373330Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:52:24 +0000Tech for the PeopleThere's a global supply chain crisis, but is it really our online shopping to blame? And, how is it impacting chip production? Plus, the FBI uses public social media posts to jail an antifascist activist to 44 months, and more!Plus, the FBI uses public social media posts to jail an antifascist activist to 44 months, and more!]]>2382amazon,facebook,fbicleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-into-the-metaverse--47246246https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47246246Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:26:54 +0000Tech for the PeopleChris Garaffa and Rae Jereza kick off The Reboot with a discussion on the metaverse. What exactly is this dystopian future that Mark Zuckerberg has been hyping? How will it impact social media users, content moderators and communities? We talk that...2116cleanfull