The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was "successfully tested" to block social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for much of the day on Monday. Photo: RNZ Pacific
Canadian technology journalist and podcast host of Tech Won't Save Us Paris Marx considers an alternative model to big US tech used in schools, businesses, and for national security.
At an event at the University of Auckland on Thursday called Digital Sovereignty in a Time of Rising Fascism, Paris will be discussing the US tech industry's alliance with the Trump administration, and why he thinks it's time to establish alternatives to these platforms.
