Sudhir Breaks the Internet

Host @avsudhir is back from Silicon Valley to expose the tangled wiring of our digital society.

A podcast from the Freakonomics Radio Network.

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Throwback to episode 3: According to media scholar @EthanZ, we’ve gone from “I will go to Silicon Valley, and I will help save the world” to “Someone needs to save the world from Silicon Valley.” How did we get here? Catch up now: https://t.co/QQUixnpIdw

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Last year, Facebook agreed to pay $52 million in compensation to more than 11,000 moderators for all the mental health issues generated by the job. Catch up on episode 2 of Sudhir Breaks the Internet to learn more: https://t.co/nS4puUPFjm

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More than 1.3 mm people die in traffic crashes in the world each year. Still, most of us will get into a car, because the upsides outweigh the downsides. Is this how we should think about the risks of social media? Catch what you missed from ep. 3 now: https://t.co/TNkfWg0o1C

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Did you miss episode 2? According to @avsudhir, Facebook evaluates “250,000 instances of hate speech, 100,000 cases of harassment, and millions more if you count spam, terrorism, pornography, gun sales” every day. Catch up now: https://t.co/FKm7nYoUp1

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Catch up on episode 1: How did we miss the warning signs leading up to Jan. 6? Former F.B.I. agent @selectedwisdom says big data actually makes it harder to find needles in stacks of haystacks — it only becomes information when you know what to look for. https://t.co/PtjV1ZmYoD

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On his first day @facebook, @avsudhir felt out of place in a dress shirt and khakis. “In fact, the only other collared shirts around me were the security guards, cafeteria workers, and cleaners. They were most of the people of color on site.” Listen now: https://t.co/BJViySpAUC

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This week, @avsudhir raises an age-old question about the best way to change society: “Do we shout from outside the walls of Big Tech? Or do you try to get inside the castle and break bread with the executives?” Find out what works for @ColorOfChange: https://t.co/sKFsFFKVHw

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This week, @avsudhir asks @ColorOfChange senior campaign director Jade Magnus Ogunnaike plain and simple: Is the tech industry racist? Listen now: https://t.co/P0YDEAtgpj

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Jade Magnus Ogunnaike and @ColorOfChange have seen victories in the fight for racial justice in Silicon Valley — including the creation of a new civil rights team at @facebook. But their ultimate goal? “We want government regulation.” Listen now: https://t.co/iBLa9d6qhd

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On his first day @facebook, @avsudhir felt out of place in a dress shirt and khakis. “In fact, the only other collared shirts around me were the security guards, cafeteria workers, and cleaners. They were most of the people of color on site.” Listen now: https://t.co/O6fcIe6HjN

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This week, @avsudhir raises an age-old question about the best way to change society: “Do we shout from outside the walls of Big Tech? Or do you try to get inside the castle and break bread with the executives?” Find out what works for @ColorOfChange: https://t.co/y4o1f2SnRv

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Jade Magnus Ogunnaike’s fight for racial justice in Silicon Valley contributed to @facebook creating a new civil rights team — and veteran civil rights attorney Roy Austin Jr. joining as its new VP of Civil Rights. Hear how it happened on this week’s ep: https://t.co/Y3oBIIC4Q7

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Jade Magnus Ogunnaike’s fight for racial justice in Silicon Valley contributed to @facebook creating a new civil rights team — and veteran civil rights attorney Roy Austin Jr. joining as its new VP of Civil Rights. Hear how it happened on this week’s ep: https://t.co/LCrD9PmHIE

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This week, @avsudhir asks @ColorOfChange senior campaign director Jade Magnus Ogunnaike plain and simple: Is the tech industry racist? Listen now: https://t.co/NzeYraLurl

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How has activism evolved in our digital society? In this episode, @avsudhir talks to Jade Magnus Ogunnaike about the intersection of big tech and civil rights. She’s a senior campaign director for the racial justice organization @ColorofChange. https://t.co/6k0LwQVdj2

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Can Outside Pressure Change Silicon Valley? This week on Sudhir Breaks the Internet: https://t.co/mqcVogUAZL

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“Mark Zuckerberg is a pretty sharp C.E.O. He really understands that sometimes you have to give up a little power… to keep a lot of power.” — @avsudhir on this week’s episode of Sudhir Breaks the Internet. Listen now: https://t.co/cvhlQq6ZFZ

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This week, @avsudhir takes a hard look at @facebook’s Oversight Board. “Could this be the real reason why Zuck wanted a court? To help us solve Facebook’s image problem?” Listen now for the full story: https://t.co/3MNHW0Hx1L

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.@NoahRFeldman had an epiphany while biking in the hills of Palo Alto: “What Facebook would need in content moderation was a Supreme Court.” Why did he think so? What does it look like in practice? Listen to this week’s episode to find out. https://t.co/Jl5gOM0UPn

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Last week, the @facebook Oversight Board upheld the ban of Trump’s accounts. @avsudhir gets the inside story from @NoahRFeldman, who helped design this “supreme court” for content moderation. How was it built? And will anyone trust it? https://t.co/Aid4Me8j6O