Josh and Nayana are back to cover three big stories from the world of tech: a lawsuit in Kenya regarding the treatment of Meta's contracted content moderators, the use of social media to rehabilitate the image of the Marcos family during the Philippines presidential election, and the ways that digital data may worsen the danger posed by the threatened repeal of abortion rights in the US.

Josh and Nayana are back with a recap of the big news in the world of tech: Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter and take it private. They discuss the possible impact of Musk's pledges for Twitter's future, including safeguarding "free speech", open-sourcing Twitter's algorithms, and authenticating users. If you'd like to hear us answer other tech questions you have, reach out to us @skeptechs on—where else—Twitter.

This week Josh and Nayana are joined by fellow OII PhD student Hubert Au (@HubertDAu) to catch up on the latest updates on Elon Musk's bid to take over Twitter and news on various tech unionisation efforts. Then, they discuss (in spoilery detail) the exciting first season of the Apple TV+ dystopian thriller Severance.

Josh and Nayana are back to discuss the latest in tech. This week: a union victory for Amazon warehouse workers in New York, why Elon Musk joined the board of Twitter, and a round of "quick takes" on breaking stories about Meta, Russian app stores and climate misinformation on Pinterest.

Josh and Nayana are back with a show that inevitably has the war in Ukraine as its focus. They discuss the banning of Instagram in Russia following changes to rules for violent speech in Ukraine, debates over a change to search engine DuckDuckGo's ranking of disinformation, and efforts to use Tinder and other unconventional means of changing opinions about the war within Russia.

Josh and Nayana are back to discuss the week's biggest stories in tech. This time, they discuss opposition to Spotify's Joe Rogan podcast, Amazon's retreat from an ill-fated public relations campaign, and the alleged manipulation of an Indian opposition figure's Twitter feed. Plus one or two words (or perhaps four or five) about Wordle's sale to the New York Times.

This week Josh and Nayana discuss attempts in the US to break up Facebook parent company Meta—while the company files new patents for the collection of sensitive personal data in the 'metaverse'. Then they turn to Nigeria, where the government has just agreed to allow Twitter to return to the country.

It's a new year and a new season of Skeptechs, as Josh and Nayana return to cover the latest news in tech. This time, they discuss the suspension of a US politician from social media, unacceptable working conditions at an iPhone assembly plant in India, and a new cooperative which reimagines the relationship between people and their data.

It's been two years since the show first launched! Josh and Nayana briefly reminisce on the story so far, before looking ahead to another year of big stories in tech, such as the "metafication" of big tech platforms, the rise of unionised tech work, and the persistence of TikTok. Thanks for listening!

This week Josh and Nayana are back to (briefly) discuss Facebook's name change before turning to two areas of the world where its policies are having an impact: India, in the context of anti-Muslim hate speech, and Nicaragua, in the context of election disinformation. Then they turn to Wikipedia and ongoing "edit wars" between rival narratives about Chinese politics.

Josh and Nayana are back with another episode recorded in-person, this time to discuss Facebook's rumoured rebrand, the use of facial recognition in school canteens, and Microsoft's decision to shut down LinkedIn in China.

Josh and Nayana are back with the first episode recorded in-person in eighteen months — with guests! Fellow PhD students Julia Słupska (@jayslups) and Charlie Smith (@charliehrysmith) join the show to discuss the mass outage of Facebook's systems and the revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen about the ongoing challenges facing the company.

This week Josh and Nayana are back to discuss revelations about Instagram's effects on its users, the banning of a voting app in Russia, and an antitrust probe of Google in India.

Josh and Nayana are back to cover the latest in tech news from around the world. This week, new limits on social media platforms in Brazil, a Californian law takes aim at Amazon's productivity-measuring algorithms, and a rough first day for Bitcoin as El Salvador's legal tender.

Josh and Nayana are back after the summer break with a brand new season of skeptechs. They start by assessing the issues raised for technology by the situation in Afghanistan, before discussing Ethiopia's plans to develop its own social network and OnlyFans's U-turn regarding sexually explicit content on its platform.

This week Josh and Nayana focus on the racist abuse levelled at England's Black footballers on social media and ask what can be done in response. Then they turn to the latest front in the battle between Twitter and India, and claims of price gouging on Amazon.

In their latest deep-dive into the world of tech, this week Josh and Nayana discuss commitments by social media companies to tackle abuse against women online, new obligations for tech companies operating in Russia, and why Black creators on TikTok are on strike.

In the latest episode of Skeptechs, Josh and Nayana discuss Nigeria's suspension of Twitter, what lies behind Apple's latest privacy protection moves, and what an errant response to a Google search can tell us about truth and bias online.

In this week's round-up of the latest news in tech, Josh and Nayana discuss the Indian government's increasingly tense relationship with Twitter, Florida's new ban on deplatforming politicians, and Google's new AI-powered skin diagnostic app.

On this week's show Josh and Nayana discuss claims of censorship by Twitter and Instagram of Palestinian activists, which comes not long after reports that hashtags calling for Narendra Modi to resign were blocked on Facebook. Then they explore Twitter's new feature that lets users tip each other for valuable tweets.

Josh and Nayana are back to discuss the latest in tech. This week, why Indians are turning to social media in desperation as the country battles a Covid surge, how apps like WhatsApp and Signal are increasingly being used to do politics in private, and appropriate age limits and protections for younger users of TikTok and Instagram. Skeptechs is a proud member of OxPod, a collective of conversational podcasts from creators based in Oxford. Find out more at skeptechs.net.

Josh and Nayana are back to cover the latest stories in tech. This time they cover leaked Facebook guidelines around handling harmful content against public figures, revelations about the use of social media to spy on Uyghurs, and backlash to Amazon's...

Josh and Nayana are back to tackle three huge stories from the world of tech: Facebook's shocking response to new Australian government rules about online news, an American lawsuit taking on Amazon's treatment of its warehouse employees, and the UK...

This week Josh and Nayana are back to discuss the latest tech news from around the world, including the digital aspects of protests in India and the recent coup in Myanmar, as well as the risk of a "biological business class" emerging from the rollout...

This week Josh and Nayana take on the tech stories making headlines around the world, with news of Google's threat to leave Australia, the role of Indonesian influencers in vaccine uptake, and Amazon's acquiescence over programming deemed insulting by...