Corinne Cath

Cultural anthropologist and tech researcher focused on internet infrastructure, cloud computing, and digital rights; affiliated with the human rights organization Article 19 and featured as the episode's expert on cloud outages and their political consequences.

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Dec 16, 2025 • 33min

Introducing kill switch

Dr. Corinne Cath, a cultural anthropologist and tech researcher at Article 19, discusses the recent Amazon Web Services outage that disrupted numerous online services. She explores the dominance of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google in cloud computing and its implications for democracy. The conversation delves into the real-world effects of cloud failures on vital sectors like healthcare and banking. Cath suggests alternatives like decentralized infrastructures and highlights the increasing political stakes tied to cloud monopolies and corporate control over online expression.

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