Netopia on the Airwaves and in the Media

Netopia’s report Can We Make the Digital World Ethical? has created quite a stir. I gave an interview to Brussels online news and opinion frontrunner EurActiv, which dubbed me “internet guru” (that’s a first!). I discuss the opportunities for democracy online and challenge the idea that government is always behind the curve when it comes to technology.

This evening, Thursday, March 6th, UK’s Resonance FM will broadcast a one-hour program based on the report and made by the authors. It features many voices from the academic community on the ethics of the internet of things, self-programming software, decision-making algorithms, and other near-future technologies. Some voices are familiar to Netopia readers, such as Oxford University’s Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, who comments on the possibility of human-imitating machines. For Netopia readers in London, the frequency is 104.4 FM. Others are invited to listen online. 20.00 GMT.