Activists Of Tech

Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to Responsible Tech by sharing & archiving the work of change makers.At the intersection of technology and social justice, Activists Of Tech is a seasonal weekly podcast dedicated to the amplification and archival of minority voices among activists, thought leaders, academics, and practitioners of responsible tech. Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to responsible tech takes honesty: this is a "say it as it is" type of podcast, and no topic is too taboo not to be named and addressed.The topics covered encompass a variety of responsible tech areas and focus on social...

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Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast

Episodes (36)

Nov 3, 2025 Democratic governance of technology: myth or reality ? With Dr Mar Hicks from the University of Virginia School of Data Science
Oct 7, 2025 The TESCREAL to fascism pipeline with Adrienne Williams from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Sep 16, 2025 Back to basics: Technofascism 101 with Emile Dirks from the Citizen Lab

Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast

Nov 3, 2025
27¼ minutes
25 MB

Welcome back to the last episode of this special series exploring the relationship between power and technology! We now know that power and technology are intertwined and led to the rise of techno-oligarchy in the United States. Beyond structural impacts on democracy and the power structure that allowed this to happen, I wondered if democratic governance of technology was even possible considering this power structure, on top of intense lobbying from Big Tech companies, their wealth, and the inevitability rhetoric they push. Beyond that, I wanted to talk with an expert about the impacts on gender minorities...

Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast

Democratic governance of technology: myth or reality ? With Dr Mar Hicks from the University of Virginia School of Data Science

Activists of Tech

00:00 -27:20