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The Reboot from Tech for the PeopleEpisode 007: Crisis Shame Line: Profit, Mental Health & Data Do Not MixRae and Chris discuss the breaking news in Politico on Friday that Crisis Text Line is selling information to an AI-based customer service company that they are also an investor in.Read Hannah Zeavin’s excellent piece on the origins of hotlines as a third option, distinct from psychiatric and police intervention: http://somatosphere.net/2020/the-third-choice-suicide-hotlines-psychiatry-and-the-police.html/We found Zeavin’s essay from Jack Poulson’s very informative Twitter thread on Crisis Text Line. Read the whole thing here: https://twitter.com/_jack_poulson/status/1487128251319341063The NY TImes article Chris mentioned on Deanonymization: https://www.ny...
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Pressing MattersEpisode 40: Hannah Smith and the Environmental Impact of TechThe Internet is the World’s sixth biggest polluter This Jack and I chat to Hannah Smith, a freelancer WordPress developer from Bristol in the UK, who is passionate about the environmental impact of tech. We cover what work Hannah does for clients, speaking at events about the carbon footprint of the web, running a meetup, …
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