Welcome to our special bonfire night edition. As we’re all no doubt aware Bonfire night celebrates the triumph of brutal, state sponsored persecution in the face of a bloody failure of violent rebellion. With sparklers. What more appropriate night could there be for an episode of the Tech for God live podcast.
We have a guest with us! Lauren Hogan, Volunteering Projects Officer with Turn2us, a national charity who support people facing financial struggles.
You can find out more about their Connect tool at https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Connect
This week’s topics:
Stat of the week:
'84% of traffic to Childline is accessed via a Google product, and we have no control over this.
https://twitter.com/odihq/status/1190256225029632000?s=12
Campaign news of the week:
The Supported Loving campaign led by My Life My Choice:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/30/campaign-for-learning-disabled-peoples-love-lives
Tech news of the week:
Twitter bans political ads whilst Facebook doubles down on not even fact checking them:
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1189634360472829952?s=12
https://www.politico.eu/article/twitter-dropping-all-political-ads/
Beyond the fact checking there’s more unusual activity on Facebook ads:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50270727
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/31/facebook-prep-ads-instagram-political
A Rant or Nice of the week?:
130 banks sign up to UN Principles for Responsible Banking - Greenwashing or a genuine effort by banks to improve:
And finally…
Sifted is looking for nominations for the real "game changers" out there — from founders to developers to community builders in Europe - nominate yourself and your tech for good friends:
https://sifted.eu/articles/sifted-gamechanger-callout/
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