Revolution.Social
Revolution.Social
Podcast Description
A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities.
Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media "bill of rights."
Just as the original Bill of Rights protected individual freedoms from government overreach, we need fundamental protections from corporate control and surveillance capitalism. This is the start of a conversation about what developers are building, how they're building it, and what consumers need to be asking for.
Guests will include Jack Dorsey (former CEO & co-founder of Twitter); Kara Swisher (host of On with Kara Swisher, co-host of Pivot); Cory Doctorow (science fiction author & former editor of Boing Boing); and Taylor Lorenz (founder of User Mag, host of Power User).
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Content Themes
The podcast addresses themes such as digital rights, corporate accountability, and community engagement. Episodes delve into the necessity of a social media 'bill of rights,' featuring discussions on topics like surveillance capitalism and user privacy. For example, episodes include interviews with industry leaders discussing the responsibilities of tech companies and the innovations leading towards a more user-centered internet.
A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities.
Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media “bill of rights.”
Just as the original Bill of Rights protected individual freedoms from government overreach, we need fundamental protections from corporate control and surveillance capitalism. This is the start of a conversation about what developers are building, how they’re building it, and what consumers need to be asking for.
Guests will include Jack Dorsey (former CEO & co-founder of Twitter); Kara Swisher (host of On with Kara Swisher, co-host of Pivot); Cory Doctorow (science fiction author & former editor of Boing Boing); and Taylor Lorenz (founder of User Mag, host of Power User).
When the internet is full of distortions, fake news, and AI-generated slop, how can facts and journalism rise to the top?
Former BBC and Vice journalist Sophia Smith Galer has one possible way to beat the misinformation and exploitation. Her app Sophiana writes “algorithm-ready” video scripts for journalists and experts, to cut through the noise and help them go viral.
In this episode of Revolution.Social, Rabble (Twitter’s first employee) sits down with Sophia to talk about her reporting on our broken digital discourse, as well as her new book “How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words.”
Today on the podcast, Sophia and Rabble explore:
– How bad actors manipulate our feeds
– The transition from traditional newsrooms to video journalism on TikTok
– The decline of language diversity around the world due to “linguicide”
Plus: What happened when Sophia discovered an AI-generated “autobiography” of herself.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:53 Gaming the Algorithm and Content Moderation
9:39 Sophia’s AI-Hallucinated Biography
13:12 From BBC News to Independent Journalism
16:27 Building Sophiana: AI Tools for Journalists
19:13 Longform Books vs. Short-Form Video
24:00 Platform Lock-in and Substack
26:12 Instagram and the Myth of “Exposure”
28:29 Labor Rights and Industry Chaos
32:05 How to Kill a Language
37:32 Saving Endangered Languages in California
40:21 Multilingualism and Cultural Identity
Sophia’s book, “How to Kill a Language”
Her Instagram
Sophiana
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This episode was produced and edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm, and executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing.
To learn more about Rabble’s Social Media Bill of Rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/
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