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Audrey Tang: bringing digital diplomacy to the world

12/19/2025 • 24 min

Audrey Tang speaks to BBC Technology editor, Zoe Kleinman about technology, democracy and community. Named one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People in AI”, Audrey Tang was instrumental in shaping Taiwan’s acclaimed COVID-19 response and in safeguarding the 2024 elections from foreign cyber interference. A child prodigy, born with a life threatening heart cond… Play episode

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Maria Ressa: The information apocalypse is threatening democracy
Sir Nick Clegg: Social media’s power paradox
Twinkle Khanna: Indian women’s aspirations have changed
Sundar Pichai CEO of Google: AI prone to errors
Sir Anthony Hopkins: I turn turmoil into energy
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Sir Philip Pullman: fantasy can be unsatisfactory
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Kamala Harris on her 107-day presidential bid
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