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Keep Me Posted


Technology has the power to foster connection, community, learning and promote equity and justice. But it can easily be used as a tool for surveillance, division, discrimination and to amplify inequality.

Welcome to Keep Me Posted – a podcast about the intersection of race, rights, democracy and justice in the digital age.

On each episode of Keep Me Posted, host Jen Carnig, Chief Advocacy Officer at Spitfire Strategies, has a short conversation with leading experts and advocates in law, civil rights and technology.

Dec 1, 2021

Keep Me Posted is a podcast about the intersection of race, rights, democracy and justice in the digital age.

In recent years, more and more companies — big and small — have deployed AI powered tools in the workplace. While these tools are ostensibly intended to make hiring and supervising workers easier for managers, there's tremendous risk of discrimination embedded within what is effectively automated surveillance technology. The harms of algorithmic bias, the systematic discrimination born of artificial intelligence software are becoming more well-known. What is less familiar are the deep systemic harms AI can have on people with disabilities. 

This week's guest, Alex Givens, is the president and CEO at the Center for Democracy and Technology, which works to promote democratic values by shaping technology policy and architecture. Alex is an advocate for using technology to increase equality, amplify voices and promote human rights.