Podcast Državljan D

In this episode of the Državljan D podcast, we dive into the challenges and hidden dimensions of modern security policies with one of Europe’s leading investigative journalists, Giacomo Zandonini . For years, Zandonini has uncovered how extensive surveillance systems, data infrastructures, and technological ecosystems are being built in the shadows of EU institutions—shaping the future of security...

V današnji epizodi podcasta Državljan D se z Niko Mahnič pogovarjamo o avtomatiziranem odločanju – fenomenu, ki vedno bolj oblikuje naša življenja, pogosto neopazno in v ozadju. Nika Mahnič raziskuje digitalne tehnologije in etike umetne inteligence, posebno pozornost pa namenja vplivu algoritmov na družbo, zasebnost in pravice posameznika. Skozi svoje delo opozarja na pasti avtomatiziranih sistem...

Aljosa Ajanovic Andelic is a Policy Advisor at European Digital Rights (EDRi), where he covers issues related to illegal state surveillance like spyware, journalists’ digital rights, and the effects of techno-solutionist and securitisation policies on minoritised communities and people on the move. We sat down with him to discuss the current situation in the field of spyware , the role of na...

Foto: Matej Povše Z Žano Erznožnik , novinarko centra za preiskovalno novinarstvo Oštro in urednica projekta Razkrinkavanje.si , kjer že več let sistematično preverjajo dejstva in spremljajo dezinformacije v slovenskem javnem prostoru , smo se pogovarjali o problemu preverjanja dejstev v svetu dezinformacij, vlogi novinarstva v družbi in vplivu družabnega spleta. O politični komponenti dezinformac...

We are talking to Erik Tuchtfeld , the co-chair of D64 – Center for Digital Progress and the co-author of the “ Call for a digital firewall against fascism “, trying to find out the solution to the fascisization of technology and tech services. We touch upon the issue of big intermediaries, the different policies regarding tech regulation in the US and EU, the role of different i...

We sat down with Joe McNamee , senior policy expert at the EU DisinfoLab , who was previously leading the European Digital Rights network. The topic of the discussion? Everything from digital rights to fighting disinformation, the current EU political climate and more. How does transparency come in to play when addressing the digital rights and countering disinformation, why the current EU situati...

We sat down with Maximilian Gahntz , Mozilla Foundation’s AI Policy Lead, working on questions around the regulation and governance of AI around the world. Previously, he has also led work around data governance and platform accountability. Before he joined Mozilla, he was a fellow of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs, working on the EU’s AI Act at the European Commissio...

Za konec leta postavljamo piko na i teme mladih in informacijske družbe s Katjo Koren Ošljak , ustanoviteljico zavoda Vsak in asistentko na katedri za medijske in komunikacijske študije na Fakulteti za družbene vede, ki se že skoraj deset let na različne načine ukvarja s fenomenom mladih in informacijske družbe. V pogovoru se dotakneva fenomena neukih digitalnih domorodcev , razlik med digitalno i...

We sat down with an award-winning investigative journalist Mackenzie Funk , whose book, “ The Hank Show: How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives ” tells a story about the origin of surveillance capitalism we know and hate today. We talk about the book and the man behind the story, but we also touch upon his legacy, the surveillance capita...

With us today is Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation who serves on its board of directors. She was formerly the Minderoo Research Professor at New York University (NYU), and the co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute. She also served as a senior advisor on AI to Chair Lina Khan at the Federal Trade Commission. Whittaker was employed at Google for 13 years, where...

V jesen zakorakajmo z videonadzorom javnih površin in trendih na temu področju. Z namestnikom Informacijskega pooblaščenca, mag. Andrejem Tomšičem v pogovoru predebatiramo zakonske varovalke zasebnosti, lažno dilemo med izbiro varnosti ali zasebnosti ter premišljujemo o politični komponenti videonadzora ter zakaj na področju videonadzora še vedno pristajamo na nedokazane prednosti videonadzora na...

Sacha Altay is a post-doctoral fellow working on misinformation, trust, and social media in the Digital Democracy Lab at the University of Zurich. We sat down with him to discuss the perception of disinformation, the failed attempts of self- and co-regulatory frameworks that try to limit the its spread and the way we should be addressing this problem. Transcript of the episode: Expand the transcri...

V stoti epizodi se s filozofom in programerjem Filipom Dobranićem pogovarjamo o pogovoru o umetni inteligenci. Kako to področju uokvirjajo množični mediji in kako politiki, zakaj je to lahko težava in kako bi jo morali najprej reševati na področju jezika, ki pogojuje področje politike in v nekaterih primerih celo področje tehnološkega razvoja. Od tega, da bo umetna inteligenca rešila svet, do tega...

We sat down with Nina Jankowicz , an American researcher and writer, currently working as the Vice President at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience, to talk about fight against disinformation and online harassment, the role of different actors in this area and the differences between EU and USA in this field. Nina is the author of How to Lose the Information War , on Russian use of disi...

We sat down with Mark Dempsey , a Senior EU Advocacy Officer for global free speech organization ARTICLE 19 . Prior to ARTICLE 19, Mark consulted for the European Commission on a project focused on data protection laws in non-EU countries. ARTICLE 19’S work in Brussels is driven by the goal of ensuring that the European information environment is free, fair, accessible, inclusive and decentralized...

Alja Isakovič, razvijalka programske opreme in uporabniških procesov, se v zadnjem času posveča izzivom etičnega razvoja informacijske tehnologije in tehnološkemu okoljskemu odtisu ter poudarja aktivacijo posameznika in povezovanju v skupine za doseganje družbeno relevantnih ciljev. V pogovoru se dotakneva tem vključevanja žensk v razvoj informacijske družbe, problemu tehnoloških revolucij, ki jed...

So človekove pravice zadnje orodje revnih proti finančno premožnejšimi elitami ali gre za vrednostni sistem, ki ga sprejemamo vsi udeleženci družbenega okolja? Z direktorico Pravnega centra za varstvo človekovih pravic in okolja ter eno od pobudnic Pravne mreže za varstvo demokracije, Katarino Bervar Sternad smo se pogovarjali o logiki človekovih pravic, vlogi nevladnih organizacij, problemom delo...

Za začetek leta se z Urško Henigman, novinarko uredništva izobraževalnega, otroškega in mladinskega ter dokumentarno-feljtonskega programa na prvem programu nacionalnega radija pogovarjamo o medijski reprezentaciji spolnih praks v Sloveniji, ujetosti spolnosti med politiko, mediji in družbo ter o uredniških premislekih pri oblikovanju s spolnostjo povezanih medijskih vsebin. Pogovor teče o zgodovi...

Claudio Agosti is a fellow researcher at the University of Amsterdam. He has a hacker background and security professional. He researches, implements, and promotes technology in the public interest. In the last decade, he addressed issues such as communication protection for whistleblowers, analysis of the web-tracking phenomenon, and algorithm analysis. In 2019 he started to work with the ETUI Fo...

We sat down with Sarah Lamdan, Professor of Law with a Master’s Degree in Library Science and Legal Information Management. Professor Lamdan works with immigration groups on government surveillance issues, with library advocacy organizations on open access and researcher privacy projects, and with open government advocates on federal records preservation and access initiatives. She recently wrote...

We are joined by Callum Voge , Director of Governmental Affairs and Advocacy at Internet Society . In his role he tracks and analyzes incoming legislation to understand how it may positively or negatively impact the Internet and use this information to advocate for change. Prior to joining the Internet Society, he worked as a senior policy advisor in the UK Civil Service, where I was team lead on...

  We caught up with Paris Marx , a technology writer. They have written frequently in, amongst others, NBC News, CBC News, Jacobin, Tribune, and OneZero, and speak internationally on the future of transport. They are also a PhD student at the University of Auckland and the host of the critical technology podcast ‘ Tech Won’t Save Us ‘. They are based in Newfoundland, Canada....

With us today is a researcher and a ukranian journalist Olga Tokariuk, and the topic today is artificial intelligence, propaganda and the role of journalism in today’s society. https://podcast.drzavljand.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ssstwitter.com_1691131444282.mp4 We sat down with her to discuss the role of articifial intelligence in the field of propaganda, disinformation and addressed the issu...

We sat down with Philip Di Salvo , a researcher in the field of whistle-blowing, investigative journalism, internet surveillance and the relationship between journalism and hacking to address the issues related to technology regulation, keeping the artificial intelligence under human control, media framing of these topics and the possible way forward. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institu...

We sat down with a social antropologist Marie Heřmanová with a focus on digital anthropology, the internet and research on online identities and communities to talk about researching the influencer culture, influencers, platforms, credibility of the influencers, but also about fake news, propaganda and hate speech, related to them. What she is most interested in about conspiracy theories is why th...