How to Make Sure the Tech You Use and Build Reflects Your Values
Technology should empower you. It should put you in control. You should not feel used by the company that provides it to you. And if you’re a builder of technologies, … Read more
Articles tagged with “irl podcast”
Top 10 Podcast Episodes about Online Privacy
Over the past five seasons, the IRL: Online Life is Real Life podcast has delved into what privacy violations are happening on the internet, who they’re happening to, why they … Read more
Did Cambridge Analytica Help to Create ‘Digital Wokeness’?
Kids born in 2019 will be the most tracked humans in history. It’s predicted that by the time they turn eighteen, 70,000 posts about them will be in the internet … Read more
Guest Perspective: Will my child be left behind if he doesn’t use technology?
Young children don’t need technology to learn. They learn best by interacting with loving caregivers and exposure to a rich variety of experiences. But educational standards are changing fast: digital … Read more
Student Perspective: Whose Internet? Our Internet.
Stop for a second and imagine people in a tech company. Who do you see? A whole group full of one color or one group made of many colors? Which … Read more
The Sneaky Science Behind Tech Obsessions
Son won’t turn off his video game? Daughter obsessed with “likes” on Instagram? It may not be entirely their fault. Like the high-octane sugar in a pint of Ben & … Read more
Firefox fights for family privacy
Parents have enough to sweat over without worrying about how tech is tracking their family. However, a report from England’s Children’s Commissioner office calculates that by the time a child … Read more
How having my Facebook hacked changed my ideas about privacy
I am emerging into being a teen and being a teen means social media, but how will I know that what I do online is protected? I don’t, and not … Read more
Franchesca Ramsey tells it like it is (video)
It’s a problem when tribalism divides us, online and in real life. We can and must do better. The status quo just ain’t working. In this week’s IRL podcast, Veronica … Read more
From being the “only” to “your whole self” at work: Inclusion, not just Diversity, at Mozilla
What’s it like to be the “only”? Well, it can feel pretty awful. I can remember walking into a room (it felt like it was every room) and every person … Read more
As real as you and me
On May 23, hundreds of thousands of public comments poured into the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in a matter of hours. A week and a half later, on June 3, … Read more
3 ways to spot fake Twitter accounts
Most website visitors aren’t human. They’re bots. Today, bots make up 52% of all web traffic. And these automated accounts have had serious, real world impact — from the 2016 … Read more