{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61d5be008150ae0014bc3671/69f495f0ad985792899ed2c5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Big Tech’s war on women with Margaret E Ward","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61d5be008150ae0014bc3671/1777636815661-5e77e0d3-1083-42ac-8513-8b1355a1d476.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The West Cork woman whose partner somehow knew where she was at all times... the Cork city retail worker whose interaction with a customer went viral even though she didn’t know he was filming.</p><p>These two cases recently reported in the Irish Examiner are just the tip of the iceberg of a new era of surveillance and control of women, aided and abetted, often deliberately, by Big Tech.</p><p>As ‘technofascism’ becomes mainstream and companies with misogynistic and white supremacist leaders take increasing control of major elements of our daily lives, journalist and consultant Margaret E Ward is the guest on today’s episode of The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy podcast.</p><p>Read Margaret’s column in Saturday’s Irish Examiner.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/technology/arid-41833148.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Woman filmed at Cork workplace by influencer using smart glasses calls for tougher privacy laws</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41801528.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">West Cork Beacon sees surge in women tracked by partners using hidden devices</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41821586.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marion McKeone: JD Vance needs all his Machiavellian instincts to avoid becoming Trump's whipping boy</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41682407.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Palantir sees first billion dollars in quarterly sales amid US spending cuts</a></p>","author_name":"Irish Examiner"}