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.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.