How to Fix the Internet

This episode features an interview with Adam Savage discussing his advocacy for the maker movement, right to repair, and fostering creativity through open sharing in communities like cosplay.

Cindy Cohen discusses her new book 'Privacy's Defender' with Corey Doctorow, sharing stories from her 30-year fight against digital surveillance through cases involving encryption, NSA dragnets, and FBI national security letters.

This episode features Molly White discussing her early experiences with Wikipedia and her critical perspectives on technology, cryptocurrency, and Web3, framed within the podcast's mission to explore optimistic solutions for improving digital lives.

This episode discusses why AI is unlikely to surpass human capabilities in most real-world tasks, focusing on limitations in knowledge and performance ceilings.

This episode features digital security trainer Helen Andromedan discussing how to incorporate joy and play into serious digital security training, especially for human rights defenders and women in East Africa.

This episode explores the concept of interoperability through examples like washing machines, light bulbs, and printer cartridges, highlighting how it empowers consumers against manufacturer control.

This episode explores why conspiracy theories gain traction online, the limitations of fact-checking, and strategies to combat disinformation while protecting vulnerable voices.

This episode discusses the importance of privacy protection and workplace surveillance through a conversation with FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, highlighted by a recent political attempt to fire him and a Dr.

Kit Walsh describes Kitopia as an ideal world where AI technology is accessible and consensual, advancing individual values rather than corporate or organizational power.

This episode features an interview with Tim Wu discussing advertising deals, data privacy, antitrust efforts, and tech policy, including his work with the Biden administration and coining net neutrality.

This episode discusses the right to repair movement, highlighting a frustrating example of a company preventing a consumer from fixing a broken refrigerator and featuring an interview with an advocate for repairable products.

Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister, discusses how open source principles and plurality can reform government and counter authoritarianism.

This episode revisits a conversation with Pam Smith, CEO of Verified Voting, about securing elections through digital technologies while maintaining separation from the internet to ensure trustworthy vote counting.

This episode explores the importance of individuals and communities imagining their own futures rather than accepting visions imposed by powerful tech figures like Elon Musk.

This episode features educator Ora Tanner discussing the problematic use of AI in Florida's school safety portal that risks racial bias against Black and Hispanic students through predictive algorithms.

This episode features an interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kael about his vision for universal access to all human knowledge through digital libraries and the challenges of preserving digital materials.

This episode from EFF's new podcast Effector explores how targeted advertising data is used by the government to track people's locations, highlighting privacy concerns in digital rights.

This episode features an interview with James Mickens, a Harvard computer science professor and hacker, discussing the challenges in educating ethical computer scientists and how addressing these issues could help fix the Internet.

This episode features an interview with researcher Rediet Abebe about using machine learning ethically to address social problems like criminal justice reform and equity.

This episode features an interview with Pam Smith, CEO of Verified Voting, discussing how digital technologies can secure elections from voter registration to verification and audits.

This episode explores how Wordle's simple design inspired a grassroots movement on Glitch, where communities like K-pop fans create independent, open-source websites, highlighting a vision for a better, decentralized web.

This episode explores how to envision and build a better internet that prioritizes privacy, freedom, and innovation, featuring insights from EFF leaders and diverse thinkers.

This episode explores the vibrant electronics market in Shenzhen, China, where copying and modifying technology thrives outside traditional patent systems, questioning its implications for innovation and the internet.

This episode explores the impact of tech companies like Uber moving into cities, discussing concerns about displacement, inequality, and the broader societal effects of tech-driven urban growth.

This episode features artist Trevor Paglen discussing how his art explores alternatives to mass surveillance and digital control, using examples like his Autonomy Cube sculpture that provides anonymized Wi-Fi through Tor.

This episode explores why conspiracy theories spread online and how researchers like Alice Marwick study their meaning and impact, as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's podcast series on fixing the Internet.

This episode explores how science fiction and fantasy narratives often misrepresent social change by depicting immediate, perfect victories, and discusses the need for more realistic portrayals of ongoing, complex revolutions.

This episode discusses how the Vasta Sesta law impacts sex workers' safety online and offline, arguing that safer internet conditions for sex workers benefit everyone.

FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya uses a Dr.

This episode explores how people with disabilities are the original hackers, using creativity and technology to navigate an inaccessible world, and discusses the broader societal benefits of inclusive technology policies.

A former salon.com employee recounts a 1994 experience watching real-time anonymous search queries, which sparked early concerns about privacy and the 'creepy' aspects of internet surveillance.

This episode features an interview with U.S.

This episode explores the misuse of facial recognition technology, from Madison Square Garden banning lawyers to Clearview AI's controversial practices, highlighting privacy and ethical concerns.

This episode discusses the problem of AI-generated alt text becoming hyper-normative and lacking nuance, as described by Chansey Fleet, and explores how to address this issue to improve digital accessibility.

This episode features a discussion with documentary filmmaker Alex Winter about the importance of integrating the internet into society and his work chronicling digital issues, as part of the podcast 'How to Fix the Internet' by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

This episode features Kate Bratash discussing the importance of reclaiming digital autonomy as integral to bodily autonomy, especially for people seeking reproductive assistance, in an optimistic conversation about fixing the internet.

This episode features an interview with digital artist and professor Natrice Gaskins about using generative AI as a tool for artistic innovation within remix culture and hip hop traditions.

This episode features Isabella Fernandez discussing how Tor's principles of community and decentralization can improve the internet through free software collaboration.

This episode discusses how public interest journalism, with a focus on digital security, can lead to legislative changes, featuring examples like Reuters' reporting on intelligence community poaching.

Deirdre Connolly discusses how the Snowden revelations and her passion for elegant mathematics led her to specialize in post-quantum cryptography to address vulnerabilities in digital security.

This episode features an interview with tech journalist Kara Swisher discussing the need for balanced regulation and transparency to address the concentration of power in the tech industry and envision a better digital future.

This episode explores the ethical implications of brain technology that can decode and manipulate mental activity, featuring insights from neuroscientist Rafael Juste and discussions on privacy and human rights.

Zach Lada, founder of Hack Club, discusses his journey from dropping out of high school to creating a community for teen programmers.

This episode features Beth Novak discussing how technology can enhance government and democracy, using examples like crowdsourcing sustainability projects in Colorado.

This episode explores the security challenges of the Internet of Things, using a coffee mug's firmware updates as a case study to discuss transparency and resilience in connected devices.

Laura Poitras says she was detained at U.S. airports for six years and “probably detained in airport close to 100 times.”

Ethan Zuckerman speaks with Jillian York, author of Silicon Values and Director of International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about how Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter imposed their own rules on global speech.

Mark Maron and Brendan MacDonald describe receiving three Personal Audio letters that demanded “$25,000” and claimed ownership of podcasting.

Ethan Zuckerman, joined by Cindy Cohen and Danny O'Brien on How to Fix the Internet, argues that social media research, moderation, and advertising all need redesign.

Marta Belcher, general counsel at Protocol Labs and chair of the Filecoin Foundation, argues on How to Fix the Internet that bank records, cryptocurrency transactions, and cash reporting expose "an intimate portrait" of people’s lives.