Twitter leaves US President Donald Trump in the dark and the fallout from this story is global. Will leaders learn to watch their words?
Contributors:
Siva Vaidhyanathan – Author, Anti-Social Media; Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
Jillian York – Author, Silicon Values; Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Julia Angwin – Editor-in-Chief, The Markup; Author, Dragnet Nation
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Ugandans vote in a presidential election – amid an internet blackout, imposed by their government. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the potential effect on the election result.
Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline
Alarm Phone is a hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard.
Contributors:
Jacob Berkson – Activist, Alarm Phone
Giorgos Christides – Reporter, Der Spiegel
Giorgos Kosmopoulos – Greece researcher, Amnesty International
Notis Mitarachi – Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum
