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We talk to Jason Van Anden about technology's role in social justice! Van Anden is an artist, robot maker, and developer of popular social media apps such as I'm Getting Arrested (used by Occupy Wall Street demonstrators). Van Anden heads up Quadrant 2, Inc. which has created some of the most recognized social good technologies used by the ACLU, Occupy Wall Street and Walmart (among many others). Their compelling inventions have been extensively covered in the press and highlighted important issues. Recent social justice apps included: MigraCam for the ACLU of Texas: http://krwg.org/post/aclu-border-rights-center-launches-live-video-notification-app-migracam Legal Aide for Release in the UK: https://www.talkingdrugs.org/legal-aide-app-release Twitter: https://twitter.com/vananden LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vananden This episode was recorded at Grand Central Tech. For more info visit their website at: www.grandcentraltech.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCTech Funny as Tech is a bi-monthly live panel show and weekly podcast that tackles the thorniest issues in tech! Live shows are performed at CAVEAT in Manhattan and podcast interviews at Grand Central Tech. Funny as Tech also performs on the road with conferences and special events. Have a question? Info@FunnyAsTech.com FUNNY AS TECH FunnyAsTech.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyAsTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FunnyAsTech/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FunnyAsTech/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-328735920 Signup to our monthly mailing list: http://eepurl.com/dgokyz https://twitter.com/TechEthicist https://twitter.com/ImJoeLeonardo https://www.instagram.com/techethicist/ https://www.instagram.com/imjoeleonardo/ NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY