Summary: Charles Arthur (<a href="https://twitter.com/charlesarthur">@CharlesArthur</a>) is a former technology editor of the Guardian and the author of Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked the Business World covering some of the world’s biggest cyber attacks. He also played a large role in the UK’s Free Our Data campaign to persuade the government to make non-personal government data available for free reuse.<br> <br> <br> <br> In today’s episode we discuss:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Thoughts on data-powered totalitarianism<br> * A deeper dive into social media’s ability to influence us, and democracy<br> * How data privacy and surveillance have changed in the last ten years<br> * Why open-sourcing government data is a good thing<br> * How mission-driven journalism both helps and hurts the world<br> * A bold proposal to improve democratic outcomes<br> * How to avoid heading towards 1984<br> * Just how bad is the surveillance economy today<br> * Which of the tech giants Charles is most worried about and why<br> * Charles thoughts on COVID contact tracing<br> <br> <br> <br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a>Charles Arthur (<a href="https://twitter.com/charlesarthur">@CharlesArthur</a>) is a former technology editor of the Guardian and the author of Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked the Business World covering some of the world’s biggest cyber attacks. He also played a large role in the UK’s Free Our Data campaign to persuade the government to make non-personal government data available for free reuse.<br> <br> <br> <br> In today’s episode we discuss:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Thoughts on data-powered totalitarianism<br> * A deeper dive into social media’s ability to influence us, and democracy<br> * How data privacy and surveillance have changed in the last ten years<br> * Why open-sourcing government data is a good thing<br> * How mission-driven journalism both helps and hurts the world<br> * A bold proposal to improve democratic outcomes<br> * How to avoid heading towards 1984<br> * Just how bad is the surveillance economy today<br> * Which of the tech giants Charles is most worried about and why<br> * Charles thoughts on COVID contact tracing<br> <br> <br> <br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a>
