Trump-free Twitter: The debate over deplatforming
Numerous social media sites have suspended Trump’s accounts – is this good media ethics or good business sense?
Twitter leaves US President Donald Trump in the dark and the fallout from this story is global. Will leaders learn to watch their words?
Contributors:
Siva Vaidhyanathan – Author, Anti-Social Media; Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
Jillian York – Author, Silicon Values; Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Julia Angwin – Editor-in-Chief, The Markup; Author, Dragnet Nation
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Ugandans vote in a presidential election – amid an internet blackout, imposed by their government. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the potential effect on the election result.
Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline
Alarm Phone is a hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard.
Contributors:
Jacob Berkson – Activist, Alarm Phone
Giorgos Christides – Reporter, Der Spiegel
Giorgos Kosmopoulos – Greece researcher, Amnesty International
Notis Mitarachi – Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum