Burning Platforms

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.    This week, we speak with Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, authors of new book 'Chokepoint Capitalism' and explore how cr...

12 Helmi 202358min

The final Burning Platforms of 2022 reflects on the year that was, including Elon Musk, tech regulation, privacy and more. Plus we held quizzes, played 'Dan or bot', and launched new book 'Disconnect'...

19 Joulu 202236min

Twitter is imploding before our eyes under Elon Musk, Meta is shedding staff and stock prices, and the crypto winter freezes out more people as FTX collapses. Is this the end of the (Big Tech) world a...

27 Marras 202258min

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.    As we move deeper into the new phases of the internet should we be building in guardrails and redlines around this new te...

15 Marras 202252min

As part of the 2022 NetThing Internet Governance Conference, Burning Platforms will ask - "Do we need to build our resilience against a worsening tech world, or should we design a better one?"   As th...

4 Marras 202233min

The future of transportation is abuzz with disruption, from ride-sharing to electric vehicles to AI traffic flows.   Burning Platforms asks - will these build transport systems for the better or worse...

16 Loka 202255min

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.    This episode we look at the huge data breach at Optus, and ask whether this breach is a feature or a bug of a world where...

3 Loka 202252min

Burning Platforms goes under Big Tech’s hood with new research into the increased opacity of online advertising - and the impact of that secrecy on public discourse. With special guests: Nicholas Cara...

18 Syys 202255min