Toy Soldiers

The first casualty of war is trust

A social media blackout, and Nocomed co-founder Rosemary Durkan on more sustainable supply chains
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13 March 2026

This week we discuss the information blackout in the Middle East, why verifying news has become nearly impossible, and how social media platforms are dealing with an influx of AI-generated propaganda.

Elsewhere, Amazon is blames its engineers for a 13-hour outage; Ireland’s first self-powered data centre; and the UK shies away from banning social media for under-16s.

Finally, our guest Rosemary Durkan, CEO of Nocomed, chats about how they’re tackling the massive carbon footprint of the global healthcare supply chain.

 

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