This week, hosts Amanda and Hanna are tackling: The devastating landslide on the Tibet-Nepal border, and how it’s testing Nepal’s new government, before a deep dive into the camera company FLOCK and why we can’t escape it on our newsfeeds, before ending with a follow-up to a previous story about the landmark META settlement!
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Nepal-Tibet disaster: 1. Nepal declines foreign rescue teams, says its own security agencies can handle operation (Anil Giri, Kathmandu Post), 2. Nepal has not rejected foreign rescue aid, says foreign minister (Rajesh Mishra, Kathmandu Post), 3. Nepal floods test PM Balen's young government (Lekhanath Pandey, DW), 4. Nepal's young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe (AFP, France24)
Flock vs the USA: 1. How Flock Cameras Took Over America (NYT The Daily Podcast), Why the Flock Backlash Has Gotten So Intense (The Atlantic), 3. Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched (Sanya Mansoor , The Guardian), 4. Hawley launches investigation into Flock cameras’ massive surveillance program (Alexander Bolton, The Hill)
Meta settlement: 1. Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction (Diana Novak Jones, Jonathan Stempel and Greg Bensinger, Reuters)