You've Been Framed (And Monetised) ft. Ed Ongweso Jr
Added 2022-08-26 00:14:12 +0000 UTCEd (@bigblackjacobin) returns to the pod this week to discuss his recent article about a new TV show which aims to make light entertainment out of footage captured on Amazon Ring Cameras, and what developments like this suggest about Amazon's ambitions as the leader in surveillance tech, and how neighbourhoods have changed as a result of its invasive cameras being part and parcel of existing in society. Plus, we talk about "WeR8", a new social media platform that is using Rio Ferdinand to promote itself as an anti-hate social media network, that apparently believes the revolution will occur through watching ads. Sure, it might not make sense, but its got a bunch of money behind it, which, presumably, is being used to uh, fund its "iconic merchandise".
You can read Ed's article here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8x49/ring-nation-is-amazons-reality-show-for-our-surveillance-dystopia
Comments
Is there any chance of an episode about American political posting? The Biden White House learning to post surely deserves a deeper dive, regardless of the material changes or lack thereof edit: also the posting war between Doc Oz and John Fetterman is pretty decent, not trump tier posts but at least like a 7 out of 10
Twi
2022-08-29 17:47:55 +0000 UTCMy mind immediately went to the nazis for the moral relativism thing and was like “please no” but I kind of got the feeling I was right.
Of Winter
2022-08-28 19:34:19 +0000 UTCI hope it still bothers them to this day
Jordan Clementi
2022-08-26 05:38:39 +0000 UTCI've just finished working at a small business assistance provider in Australia and we had multiple small businesses on our books with this exact same business model.
GOOBER
2022-08-26 02:14:11 +0000 UTCI once accidentally gave a long diatribe about LivePD to its producers without realizing it and they were not happy about that.
Moira
2022-08-26 00:20:27 +0000 UTC
