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Get Wired: Animal Activists, Part 2: Ventilation Shutdown
Get Wired: Animal Activists, Part 2: Ventilation Shutdown
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Last week, we took you inside a factory farm with the co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), a group the meat industry says is one of the “most dangerous animal rights groups out there.” In this episode, WIRED senior writer Andy Greenberg joins us for another chapter in the story of slaughterhouse break-ins. This one unfolded alongside the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an example of how everyday tech is being used for surveillance of typically secretive operations—in this case, a massive pig farm that is killing its pigs in a morally questionable way.
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Released:
Aug 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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