REDI TLHABI | Carole Cadwalladr on How Tech Giants Hijacked Truth and Power
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Investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr joins Redi Tlhabi to expose how powerful tech platforms manipulate our data, fuel disinformation, and endanger democracy. From Cambridge Analytica to AI and surveillance capitalism, this urgent conversation asks: Are we sleepwalking into a future where truth itself is algorithmically controlled? And what can we still do to fight back?
00:36 AI for Humanity and Its Dark Side
01:38 Disinformation and Social Media
02:13 Guest Introduction: Carole Cadwalladr
03:40 Digital Surveillance Explained
04:49 Surveillance Capitalism
06:03 The Danger of Data Harvesting
14:50 The Cambridge Analytica Scandal
15:22 The Role of Technology in Politics
17:25 Challenges of Modern Journalism
23:09 The Global Impact of Disinformation
24:13 Protecting Personal Information
Produced by Bernard Kotze & Emilie Gambade
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