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On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the news that YouTube has been showing disturbing videos to kids and why this might be a symptom of a much deeper problem for internet companies. They also talk about the recent revelations from the Paradise Papers and how new details pertain to companies like Twitter and Apple. The hosts are also joined by Mercer University professor Whitney Phillips, the author of This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship Between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture.
Other items discussed in the show:
- New York Times: On YouTube Kids, Disturbing Videos Slip Past Filters
- Medium: Something Is Wrong on the Internet
- Slate: The Problem With Silicon Valley’s Playthings
- Slate: Foreign Plutocrats Hold Huge Stake in U.S. Tech Companies. Does That Matter?
If Then “Don’t Close My Tabs” recommendations:
- Mozilla Foundation: Privacy Not Included
- AP News: “We Still Need to Eat”: Tech Boom Creates Working Homeless
Podcast production by Max Jacobs.
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