In light of Facebook's ban on news media in Australia we speak to author, editor and academic Timothy Erik Strom about the implications of Platform/Surveillance capitalism on our political and social economies.

You can read some of Timothy's work via Arena, which he also edits: www.arena.org.au

Australian Unemployed Workers Union: Kristin O'Connell on changes to JobSeeker

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