Best Silvia Masiero and Tejas Kotha Podcasts (2025)

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Big Tech's Power and Regulatory Change: A Political Philosophy Perspective 37:00

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The power associated to Big Tech, often equated to the ‘Big Five’ (Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft), is posing new problems at the societal and regulatory levels. Such problems lead to deeper questions in terms of power generation, use, and limitation, which a political philosophy perspective brings new flesh to. In this episode, we sit …

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Unfair ID: Digital Identity from Injustice to Resistance 42:53

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Digital identity, meaning the conversion of human identities into digital data, is often hailed as a route to benefits from the public and private sectors. At the same time, a different reality confronts this orthodoxy: vast empirical evidence exists on the harmful outcomes of digital identity, ranging from exclusion of entitled individuals from es…

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VAR and the Illusion of Objectivity: Technology’s Struggle with Equivocal Realities 48:43

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The recent Olympic Games and European Football Championship have highlighted once again the importance, and controversiality, of technologies associated with referee decisions. A Video Assistant Referee, or VAR, is tasked with assisting the referee concerning dubious situations in a sports game. While VAR has become part and parcel of the experienc…

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Cyber Conflict and Data Violence in Gaza 39:21

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The ongoing war on Gaza, one of the deadliest military assaults in history, has been accompanied by extremeapplications of digital technologies to warfare. This feeds into the many layers of cybercontrol to which Palestine, a land under military and settler occupation, has long been subjected. Today we are joined by Fabio Cristiano to explore data …

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Techno-Borderland: How Security Technologies Shape Border Management 48:56

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The foundational elements of EU migration policies and security technologies started to take a turn in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, accelerating the research and use of traditional military and war technologies such as drones in civilian border management. In this episode, we explore the role of drones in border studies, the e…

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Health Data Governance: Between Handling and Handing Data 50:01

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Health data governance should ensure protection for individuals' health data against violations, while enabling the smooth functioning of healthcare systems. Doing so involves a complex set of stakeholders, opening multiple questions which directly affect the way our health data are collected, stored and managed. Today we sit with Dragana Paparova …

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Beyond Digital Deception: Bots, Social Media and Generative AI 41:36

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The narrative of digital deception pervades the discourse on generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), opening important questions on the validity and verifiability of the information we come across daily. In this landscape, generative AI is now being extensively used to create engaging bots on social media which poses several threats to the fabric …

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Humanitarian Tech Unveiled: From Principles to Corporate Capture 55:48

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Humanitarian aid has undergone significant transformations in recent years, driven in part by the increasing integration of technology and the growing influence of private partners. Such a development not just changes who the actors are also, the mindset and response these actors bring for such an important ecosystem. We sit with Giulio Coppi to un…

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Unraveling Corporate Capture in SDGs: AI for Social Good in Africa 46:05

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The notion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good is being actively pushed as a route to involve private tech vendors in the pursuit of targets ascribing to the Sustainable Development Goals. With our guest Gianluca Iazzolino, we discuss the implications of the "AI for Social Good" (AI4SG) logic for intended providers and beneficiaries, wi…

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In the Grip of Automation: Navigating the Skill Erosion Dilemma 48:09

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At a time when machines undertake practices previously delegated to human expertise, questions of skill erosion become prominent. Our guests Esko Penttinen and Joona Ruissalo illuminate the intersections of automation and skill erosion, which denotes a situation of decline in people's ability to manage tasks with the same effectiveness as before. W…

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Data Curation: Charting a Path to Reusable Data 56:19

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Data reuse is crucial to making existing datasets accessible across users, systems and organisations. As we discuss today with Elena Parmiggiani, many questions surround data reuse: how can data be managed, curated and prepared to achieve cross-contextual reusability? How does this affect social and political responsibility across countries, region…

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Behind the Label: Data Labeling Labours for AI 57:39

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In this episode we discuss data labeling, the intensive work behind the scenes of AI, with Srravya Chandhiramowuli. Through Srravya's expertise, we explore the myth and realities of data labeling, focusing on the demands experienced by workers and on the many competing challenges experienced in meeting them. Our conversation continues by exploring …

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Decoding Data's Essence: An Ontological View 37:46

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In this episode, we sit down with Aleksi Aaltonen to discuss his focus on data as semantic material and its implications for understanding technology in society. Delving into data ontology, we uncover its implications for the big data industry and how data simplification impacts its ability to capture reality. Aleksi introduces the concept of "data…

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Border Externalization and Surveillance: Unraveling EU's Techno Borders 43:25

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We delve into the world of border securitization and specifically, the involvement of AI in the EU's border externalization strategy. Our guest Antonella Napolitano sheds light on using surveillance technologies at the borders. From the concept of "border externalization" to the implications of the AI Act, we explore the consequences of outsourcing…

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Introduction: Hello, World! 17:14

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Hi, Welcome to the inaugural episode of "Sociotechs," we are Silvia and Tejas, the hosts of this brand-new podcast. As researchers with diverse interests, Silvia delves into data justice, digital identity, and the politics of sociotechnical artifacts, while Tejas explores digital behaviors and value creation amidst emerging technologies. Together, …

Silvia Masiero And Tejas Kotha Podcasts

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Silvia Masiero and Tejas Kotha

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Big Tech's Power and Regulatory Change: A Political Philosophy Perspective 37:00

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Unfair ID: Digital Identity from Injustice to Resistance 42:53

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VAR and the Illusion of Objectivity: Technology’s Struggle with Equivocal Realities 48:43

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Cyber Conflict and Data Violence in Gaza 39:21

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Techno-Borderland: How Security Technologies Shape Border Management 48:56

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Health Data Governance: Between Handling and Handing Data 50:01

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Beyond Digital Deception: Bots, Social Media and Generative AI 41:36

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Humanitarian Tech Unveiled: From Principles to Corporate Capture 55:48

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Unraveling Corporate Capture in SDGs: AI for Social Good in Africa 46:05

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In the Grip of Automation: Navigating the Skill Erosion Dilemma 48:09

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Data Curation: Charting a Path to Reusable Data 56:19

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Behind the Label: Data Labeling Labours for AI 57:39

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Decoding Data's Essence: An Ontological View 37:46

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Border Externalization and Surveillance: Unraveling EU's Techno Borders 43:25

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Introduction: Hello, World! 17:14