The power of online political ads
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Why is Twitter banning political ads when Facebook insists it will keep on carrying them? Plus, some tech products aimed at women have been called "femtech". Does the label help or hinder inclusivity? DeepMind's AlphaStar artificial intelligence has reached the top league of one of the most popular esport video games Starcraft 2. We talk to a top player of the game who has competed against it. And why the co-founder of Netflix is not worried by Apple's new streaming TV service. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC North America tech reporter Dave Lee, and special guest Debbie Forster, co-founder of the Tech Talent Charter and member of the Institute of Coding's diversity board.
(Image: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaving a meeting with Irish politicians to discuss social media and transparency in political advertising, Credit: Getty Images).
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| 0:59.5 | I'm Rory Catalan Jones, and this week as Twitter bans political ads, we look at why Facebook remains a hugely important platform in election campaigns. As Apple launches its new streaming |
| 1:06.1 | service, we ask whether the tech giant can really transform TV. We find out why the video game StarCraft |
| 1:12.6 | was such a huge challenge for artificial intelligence researchers. And we ask whether the term |
| 1:17.9 | Femtech should be welcomed by women. Here in the tech tent, rather than live from San Francisco as |
| 1:23.8 | normal, is our North America technology reporter Dave Lee. Hi Dave. Hey Roy. How's it going? What are you doing here? |
| 1:29.1 | Just a quick visit to check in on your... Lovely to see you. And our special guest is Debbie Forster, |
| 1:34.8 | who's been heavily involved in the whole world of tech education and diversity via the Institute of |
| 1:40.9 | Coding. Welcome, Debbie. Thanks, Ray. Good to have you here. Here's a flavor of what's coming up. |
| 1:46.0 | Just saying Femtech makes me cringe a little bit. |
| 1:49.3 | When he's about men, it's not MENTAC. |
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