Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Big Brother

Gaslit Nation

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Join Andrea and Kevin Allison of the RISK! Storytelling podcast and an original member of the comedy group The State on Saturday August 5th at 4pm EST at Caveat on the Lower East Side in NYC -- in person or by livestream -- to celebrate the launch of the new Gaslit Nation graphic novel Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! Details here: https://www.caveat.nyc/events/gaslit-nation-presents-dictatorship-its-easier-than-you-think--8-5-2023

Corporate surveillance is its own kind of dictatorship. Big Brother is watching, and trying to harvest as much data as possible about you. In this enlightening discussion, Cindy Cohn, the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and host of the podcast How to Fix the Internet. shares how corporate surveillance works, what we can do to protect ourselves, how to build a better internet, the overreach of technology used on the U.S. border, the Silicon Valley gold rush of surveillance tech including from Peter Thiel, and more! We may be up against powerful forces, but leaders like Cohn are fighting back.

In our bonus episode, for Patreon supporters who keep our show going, Cohn takes the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A. We invite you to share your own inspiration with our community! Take the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A by leaving your answers in the comments section or send them in an email to GaslitNation@gmail.com. We’ll read some of your responses on the show!

Gaslit Nation Self-Care Questionnaire

What's a book you think everyone should read and why?
What's a documentary everyone should watch and why?
What's a dramatic film everyone should watch and why?
Who are some historical mentors who inspire you?
What's the best concert you've ever been to?
What are some songs on your playlist for battling the dark forces?
Who or what inspires you to stay engaged and stay in the fight?
What's the best advice you've ever gotten?
What's your favorite place you've ever visited?
What's your favorite work of art and why?

This conversation was recorded late April 2023. The Supreme Court case referenced ruled that social media companies are not responsible for users' posts.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gaslit Nation, I am your host, Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker
0:16.0	and the writer and producer of the Journalistic Thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide
0:21.2	famine in Ukraine.
0:22.5	The film The Cremlin doesn't want you to see, so be sure to watch it.
0:26.2	Just a couple announcements, we are running a very special summer series called The Future
0:30.5	of Dictatorship, What's Next and Ways to Resist.
0:34.7	The series features leading voices on the frontlines of understanding AI, corporate surveillance,
0:39.4	Silicon Valley greed and more, because the Dictators' playbook remains the same, but
0:44.0	the technology they have to oppress us keeps changing.
0:47.0	You can learn more about the Dictators' playbook in the Gaslit Nation graphic novel, Dictatorship
0:51.9	It's easier than you think.
0:53.5	You can join me for a special night out in New York City to talk all about the making
0:57.9	of that book on Saturday, August 5th at 4 p.m. at the Fun Lowery Sidebar caveat, where
1:04.8	I will be in discussion with the comedian Kevin Allison of the hugely popular Risk Storytelling
1:09.7	podcast.
1:10.7	If you're not in New York, you can join us by livestream.
1:13.6	This is a huge deal for me because I hardly go out, so this will be like a Gaslit Nation
1:18.4	prom night.
1:19.7	Join me at Cavia at August 5th in New York, sign copies of the Gaslit Nation graphic novel
1:25.0	will be available for order at the event.
1:27.4	For details on how to join us in person or livestream, go to gaslitnationpod.com, and
1:32.3	you'll see the link right on our homepage with more information about the event.
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