Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Aug 8, 2024

Shopify’s Right-Wing Inner Circle

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Luke LeBrun and Rachel Gilmore on Shopify and the Right.

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Shopify’s Right-Wing Inner Circle w/ Luke LeBrun & Rachel Gilmore | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Luke LeBrun and Rachel Gilmore to discuss Shopify's connection to right-wing politics, through its connection to a far-right news outlet and its reluctance to enforce its content policy on users selling hateful merchandise through their platform.

Luke LeBrun is the editor of PressProgress and Rachel Gilmore is an independent journalist.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Luke LeBrun and Rachel Gilmore to discuss Shopify’s connection to right-wing politics, through its connection to a far-right news outlet and its reluctance to enforce its content policy on users selling hateful merchandise through their platform.

Luke LeBrun is the editor of PressProgress and Rachel Gilmore is an independent journalist.

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How to See Tech Like a Luddite w/ Jathan Sadowski | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Jathan Sadowski to discuss the relationship between technology and capitalism, and what lessons can be taken from the Luddites to properly assess and understand these systems.

Jathan Sadowski is is the author of The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism. He’s also the co-host of This Machine Kills and a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University.

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Paris Marx

Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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