Ahmed Baba

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5,496 appearances 29 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2025 last heard 27 Aug

Ahmed Baba’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Don Lemon Show · Who Should Set Social Media Restrictions, The Government or the Parents? · 27 Aug 2026 podcast

Yeah, I mean, you know matched

I'm I'm of many minds of it as well when it comes to like the impact of it. matched

I think it's really one of those wait and see how it actually impacts kids. matched

But I have a bigger picture take 'cause you know, I I don't know if you know, but my background was technology before journalism. matched

So I I can build apps. matched

I I have a little bit of an idea of how these algorithms work. matched

And my take is really that this is a band-aid, man. matched

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If if you're aware that your platforms are that toxic to children, matched

Just limiting the amount of time that they're on it, that solves it. matched

You know, like this is a big tobacco moment for them and they're it's like, what, we're gonna limit the time fifteen year olds can smoke cigarettes to to one hour instead of you know what I'm saying? matched

If if it if it if the acknowledgement is that matched

The health of these children is impacted by these platforms. matched

I say we need a bigger top down algorithmic change. matched

We we don't just need just a a a time limit and and some tweaks to the to the the engagement. matched

There is an infrastructure, there is a incentive structure in these platforms that is damaging to to the youth and adults, man. matched

Like it doesn't I don't I don't feel good on them either. matched

I I put it this way because, you know, I like I said, my background's in tech and and and having knowledge of how these platforms work, they're they're engineered to keep not only adults but children, everyone on at all costs. matched

And the way that they do it, they choose to key in to the worst impulses of their users. matched

It's a choice. matched

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