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S18.E1 ∙ In de ban van het bos

Sat, Sep 07, 2019

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S18.E4 ∙ Overleven in de chaos

Sat, Sep 28, 2019

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Every day, we send each other 7 billion emoji worldwide. Although we can no longer imagine our everyday communications without those colorful little icons, we don't know all that much about the Unicode Emoji Committee. The committee, consisting of representatives of large tech companies, such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft based in California, decides which emoji are, or are not, included in our keyboards. Backlight got a foot in the door. What does the future of our communication look like?

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S18.E8 ∙ De grote dataroof

Sat, Oct 26, 2019

What really happens with your Facebook photos? Why are there hidden microphones in Google Nest? And: Pokémon Go exposed as child molesters. In Big Data Robbery, Harvard professor Soshana Zuboff reveals how Silicon Valley deceives us brilliantly. She is sometimes called the Karl Marx of our time. With her monumental book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, she exposed the dubious mechanisms of our digital economy. According to Zuboff, our personal and private experiences are hijacked by Silicon Valley and used as the raw material for extremely profitable digital products.

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S18.E9 ∙ Hongkongs nieuwe helden

Sat, Nov 02, 2019

For months now, there have been protests in Hong Kong. We are astonished to see how high school and university students continue to test their own leaders, and those of China, week after week. Determined and armed with new attack and defense techniques. Who are these new Hong Kong heroes that so stubbornly go head to head with the Chinese government? Meet four of the front line soldiers in their battle for true autonomy and freedom.

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