Episode 592 • • 26:04 - 31:48
592: Taser Taser Taser!
Facebook Gender Options, GLAAD, and Data Collection
Facebook introduced 50 new custom gender options, a move celebrated by Rich Ferraro of GLAAD in a news clip. The hosts interpret this update as a strategy for Facebook to collect more granular data points for targeted advertising and government surveillance. They mock the "smarmy" PR approach and the complexity of the new categories, such as "cisgender" and "gender fluid."