The Growth of Online Romance Scams, Facebook’s Content Moderation 'Sweatshop,’ & more on DevNews 🗞
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Published: 2022-02-18 02:08:01

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title: The Growth of Online Romance Scams, Facebook’s Content Moderation 'Sweatshop,’ & more on DevNews 🗞 
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We're back with a brand new episode of DevNews!

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_As a refresher, DevNews is the news show for developers by developers. Each season, our hosts cover the latest in the world of tech, and speak with diverse guests from a variety of backgrounds to dig deep into meaty topics such as security, the pros and cons of outsourcing your authentication, and the latest bugs and hacks._

**Hosts:** 
- @saronyitbarek is the founder of Disco, founder of [CodeNewbie](https://community.codenewbie.org) host of the [CodeNewbie Podcast](https://dev.to/codenewbie), and co-host of the [base.cs podcast](https://dev.to/basecspodcast).
- @joshpuetz is the Principal Software Engineer at [Forem](https://forem.com) — the open source community software that powers DEV, CodeNewbie and a growing number of other online communities.



**Guests:** 
- **[Aunshul Rege](http://twitter.com/@Prof_Rege)** is an Associate Professor and Director of the Cybersecurity in Application, Research, and Education (CARE) Lab at Temple University. Her research and education projects, which have been funded by several National Science Foundation grants, focus on the relevance of the human factor in cyberattacks and security.
- **[Billy Perrigo](http://twitter.com/@billyperrigo)**  is a staff writer at TIME magazine focused on covering big tech and artificial intelligence. 


**In this episode, we talk about Google’s move to get your mobile apps to stream on their other devices. Then we speak with Aunshul Rege, associate professor with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, about the rise of online dating scams and the incredible amounts of money people get swindled out of. Then we speak with Billy Perrigo, Staff Writer for TIME, about his piece titled, “Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop.”**


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## **Quick Listening Links**
- [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s7-e6-the-growth-of-online-romance-scams/id1525581923?i=1000551369363)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JoFY77dBJWOZDz0OCkYZE)
- [Google](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmNvZGVuZXdiaWUub3JnL2Rldm5ld3NfcG9kY2FzdC54bWw/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9kZXZwb2RzLmRldi9wb2RjYXN0cy9kZXZuZXdzLzU0?sa=X&ved=0CAQQkfYCahcKEwigkNWglYj2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg)
- [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/show/devnews/episode/s7-e6-the-growth-of-online-romance-scams-facebooks-content-moderation-sweatshop-and-more-90548643)
- [Listen Notes](https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/devnews/s7e6-the-growth-of-online-4eoGpmCEH69/)
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- [DEV Pods website](https://devpods.herokuapp.com/podcasts/devnews/episodes/249)

#### _Acknowledgements_ 
- _@levisharpe for producing & mixing the show_ 
- Our Season 7 Sponsors: [Scout APM](https://scoutapm.com/?utm_campaign=ad_q2_2021&utm_content=sponsored&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=devnews) & [The Stack Overflow Podcast](https://stackoverflow.blog/podcast/).


We hope you enjoy our show this week! 📰