Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“This is the golden time for people who want to start ethical alternatives.”
Launched in June 2025, UpScrolled quickly became the fastest organically growing social media platform to date.
In this episode of Occupied Tech, UpScrolled’s Palestinian founder Issam Hijazi joins Paul Biggar of Tech for Palestine to discuss his journey of building an ethical alternative to Big Tech that rejects surveillance capitalism, and why the future of technology depends on values, not just growth.
Together, they discuss a growing shift away from Big Tech and the opportunity to build an alternative ecosystem grounded in ethics, independence and doing right by users.
Occupied Tech is a podcast by Tech for Palestine in collaboration with Palestine Deep Dive. Each episode explores how the global tech industry fuels Israel’s apartheid, occupation, and genocide, while also highlighting the brave individuals and organisations working to dismantle this system of oppression.
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“This is the golden time for people who want to start ethical alternatives.”
Launched in June 2025, UpScrolled quickly became the fastest organically growing social media platform to date.
In this episode of Occupied Tech, UpScrolled’s Palestinian founder Issam Hijazi joins Paul Biggar of Tech for Palestine to discuss his journey of building an ethical alternative to Big Tech that rejects surveillance capitalism, and why the future of technology depends on values, not just growth.
Together, they discuss a growing shift away from Big Tech and the opportunity to build an alternative ecosystem grounded in ethics, independence and doing right by users.
Occupied Tech is a podcast by Tech for Palestine in collaboration with Palestine Deep Dive. Each episode explores how the global tech industry fuels Israel’s apartheid, occupation, and genocide, while also highlighting the brave individuals and organisations working to dismantle this system of oppression.
👉 Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:
donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive
👉 Follow us:
https://x.com/PDeepDive
instagram.com/palestinedeepdive
facebook.com/palestinedeepdive
*DISCLAIMER:*
The views and opinions expressed by guests on Palestine Deep Dive are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or editorial position of Palestine Deep Dive.
Palestine Deep Dive is committed to fostering informed, open and respectful dialogue for a broad range of perspectives on Palestine-related issues, developments and conversations of significant public interest. Publishing these discussions does not imply agreement with, endorsement of, or verification of every claim made by participants. Viewers are encouraged to engage critically and consult a range of sources.
