Charles Arthur (@CharlesArthur) is a former technology editor of the Guardian and the author of Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked the Business World covering some of the world’s biggest cyber attacks. He also played a large role in the UK’s Free Our Data campaign to persuade the government to make non-personal government data available for free reuse.

In today’s episode we discuss:

* Thoughts on data-powered totalitarianism
* A deeper dive into social media’s ability to influence us, and democracy
* How data privacy and surveillance have changed in the last ten years
* Why open-sourcing government data is a good thing
* How mission-driven journalism both helps and hurts the world
* A bold proposal to improve democratic outcomes
* How to avoid heading towards 1984
* Just how bad is the surveillance economy today
* Which of the tech giants Charles is most worried about and why
* Charles thoughts on COVID contact tracing

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Charles Arthur (@CharlesArthur) is a former technology editor of the Guardian and the author of Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked the Business World covering some of the world’s biggest cyber attacks. He also played a large role in the UK’s Free Our Data campaign to persuade the government to make non-personal government data available for free reuse.

In today’s episode we discuss:

* Thoughts on data-powered totalitarianism
* A deeper dive into social media’s ability to influence us, and democracy
* How data privacy and surveillance have changed in the last ten years
* Why open-sourcing government data is a good thing
* How mission-driven journalism both helps and hurts the world
* A bold proposal to improve democratic outcomes
* How to avoid heading towards 1984
* Just how bad is the surveillance economy today
* Which of the tech giants Charles is most worried about and why
* Charles thoughts on COVID contact tracing

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.