Episode 244: Inside Tracy Chou's Block Party for Social Media

About this episode

Tracy Chou discusses her creation of Block Party and the challenges of online safety in social media.

One of Time Magazine’s Women of the Year and a vocal advocate for diversity in tech, Tracy Chou built Block Party after discovering firsthand that the platforms have no real incentive to protect you from the people who want to harm you.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Tracy Chou

Topics covered

• diversity in tech
• social media
• online safety
• advocacy
• technology

Keywords

• Tracy Chou
• Block Party
• social media
• diversity
• online safety
• advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Time Magazine, Block Party

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