Digital Citizens or Digital Subjects?

About this episode

Frank McCourt discusses the fight for digital rights and dignity in the digital age.

Frank McCourt is an American executive and philanthropist. He’s also the author of “Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age”. We talk to him about that fight before a live audience in New York City at a gathering held by the responsible technology non-profit, All Tech Is Human. This episode originally aired in 2024. We Meet: Frank H. McCourt, Jr., civic entrepreneur and executive chairman of McCourt Global, founder and executive chairman of Project Liberty Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Strong

Guest: Frank McCourt

Topics covered

• digital rights
• technology ethics
• civic engagement
• philanthropy
• responsible technology

Keywords

• digital citizens
• liberty
• humanity
• dignity
• technology
• philanthropy
• responsible technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: All Tech Is Human, McCourt Global, Project Liberty

Books & works: Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age

Places: New York City

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