Consumerism and inequality are shaping our relationship with technology

Disrupted

Consumerism and inequality are shaping our relationship with technology

By James Szkobel-Wolff,

J. Carlisle Larsen, Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Catie Talarski

Published August 10, 2022 at 1:05 PM EDT

Photo of a person holding a mobile phone with social media apps on the home screen. — The European Court of Justice found that Privacy Shield 鈥� which counts Facebook and Twitter among its participants 鈥� failed to protect the data privacy rights of Europeans.

This week on Disrupted, we look at how technology influences us and how we influence technology. We speak with journalist Karen Hao about the ways artificial intelligence is mirroring historical European colonial practices. Policy expert Dr. Nicol Turner Lee joins us to talk about the state of digital privacy in post-Roe America. And, PC Mag's Sascha Segan talks about what the T-Mobile/Sprint merger means for consumers.

GUESTS:

Karen Hao: China Tech Reporter for the and the former Senior AI Editor at .
Dr. Nicol Turner Lee: Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and the Director of the at the Brookings Institution. She鈥檚 author of the new book .
Sascha Segan: Lead Mobile Analyst at

Thanks to our interns, Anya Grondalski and Mira Raju.

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Disrupted

James Szkobel-Wolff

James Szkobel-Wolff is a producer for the 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show 'Disrupted,' hosted by Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean.

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J. Carlisle Larsen

J. Carlisle Larsen is a producer for 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show 'Disrupted' with Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean. JC has a background in production, reporting and hosting and previously worked for Wisconsin Public Radio and WDET-FM (Detroit鈥檚 NPR Station). Her work has appeared on National Public Radio, the CBC, and other outlets.

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Kevin Chang Barnum

Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in 黑料吃瓜网 and started his radio work at his graduate university鈥檚 radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.

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Khalilah Brown-Dean

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on 黑料吃瓜网.

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Catie Talarski

Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at 黑料吃瓜网.

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