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How are online tools being used to track and resist fascism across the globe?
What are the online tools that fueled 'No Kings' and the Trump Resistance? From Signal to Reddit, people across the world are using tech tools to plan, analyse, and carry out political activism. We explore what those tools look like and how effective they are in preventing a bleak political future, including an explainer on the website 'Realtime Fascism' that uses AI to track fascism online.
Also, Tesla's have been causing drama -- from phantom braking to a rise in Robotaxi issues. Will this stall the progress of automated vehicles in Australia?
Plus, AI overviews have transformed the way we search for things online. What does this mean for old-school search engines and the sources we can trust?
Plus why and how have 40,000 Cameras, from bird feeders to baby monitors, been exposed to the internet?
GUESTS:
Petra Stock, environment and science reporter for the Guardian Australia
environment and science reporter for the Guardian Australia
Charles Gretton, Director of Attention and Innovation, Integrated AI Network, and Associate Professor at ANU
This episode of Download This Show was made on Gadigal land and in Naarm and on Ngunnawal country.
Technical production by Allyse Simons.
