What a time to be online. In this week’s episode Kikelomo and OttO Kent discuss whether or not artists are obligated to post on social media in the wake of political crises. Plus: Fashion labels are recruiting and exploiting models from refugee camps, UMG is now NTS's largest shareholder, US states file a lawsuit against Meta accusing the company of harmful features, and can music hardware be environmentally sustainable?
The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.
Host: Kikelomo
Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Helena Schmidt
Edit and sound design: Marc Übel
Lead Producer: Isabel Woop
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Listen to the podcast “Slate News: You don’t need to post about Israel and Palestine”
Read the Sunday Time’s investigation “How modelling agencies recruit refugees”
Read Adam Douglas’s article “Is music hardware environmentally sustainable?”.
Here you can find the book “The Musical Human” by Michael Spitzer.
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