Digital technologies impact the environment, but also shape the way society understands and responds to the climate crisis. Increasingly, actors work with data-driven technologies to set narratives that sometimes spread confusion. We advance knowledge and build the capacity of professionals and decision-makers to understand and respond to this influence in the industry through training, residencies, masterclasses, and toolkits.
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Now more than ever, we need to be ready to understand and navigate the impacts of generative technologies. Through immersive activations, toolkits, guides, and training programs, we empower individuals, communities, and organizations to understand and respond to the landscape of challenges and opportunities created by AI and AI-powered tools, while fostering critical reflection.
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Our partners Macedonian Institute for Media engaged over 220 students, including high schoolers from Skopje, Kriva Palanka, and Strumica while using Tactical Tech’s The Glass Room exhibition and resources.
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Our partners Casa Criatura are a creative hub in Brazil that transforms school spaces into vibrant learning environments. Through interactive exhibitions and collaborations with Tactical Tech, they engage young people in critical discussions on technology, privacy, and digital security.
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Our partner, Caceroliando plays a crucial role in empowering communities through creative storytelling, contributing significantly to Colombia’s peacebuilding efforts. This article highlights their collaboration with Tactical Tech’s Exposing the Invisible project, showcasing how they equip activists with media skills to document social justice and reconciliation.
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In the midst of the crisis, misinformation has been spreading virally. On WhatsApp the spread of misinformation in many ways mimics how COVID-19 itself moves through societies.
Go to the source websiteCan you really win against the algorithms that are primed to keep you there? The organisation Tactical Tech has developed an eight day ‘data detox kit’. Reporter Madeleine Finlay tries it out.
Go to the source websiteSollten Sie Tinder nutzen, könnte es sein, dass auch Ihr persönliches Profil über Umwege an die spanische Künstlerin Joana Moll gelangt ist.
Go to the source websiteCambridge Analytica est connu pour avoir travaillé pour le candidat Donald Trump. Mais aussi « en Roumanie, au Kenya, au Ghana, au Nigeria », glisse Brittany Kaiser lors d'une conférence.
Go to the source websiteWhatsApp has over 2 billion users worldwide, but some Americans were unaware of just how popular it is around the globe. That was, until the outage of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp earlier this month.
Go to the source websiteFirefox and Facebook’s plans are very different, but lead to the same question: are we at risk of creating a two-tier internet where freedom comes at a price?
Go to the source websiteWhile modern life has made it all but impossible for anyone to completely disconnect, there are ways that we can regain control of our increasingly vulnerable online personas.
Go to the source websiteYour laptop is likely adorned with a few stickers — here's how they could actually get you in trouble while traveling.
Go to the source websiteHere's how to patch up your online privacy and security with minimal effort.
Go to the source websiteAlthough this is not Nigeria’s first social media election, it may be its first WhatsApp election. WhatsApp and its end-to-end encryption allows stories and messages to be shared widely without revealing their origins.
Go to the source websiteThe Huduma number, a new Kenyan government initiative, is yet another assault on data privacy in Kenya.
Go to the source websiteTrump's Campaign Manager Brad Parscale described having 800,000 requests as the "Biggest data haul and rally signup of all time by 10x."
Go to the source websitePrivate messaging services like have been more difficult to monitor because they host private, sometimes encrypted, chats between individuals or small groups–sheltered from the eyes of fact-checkers and watchdogs.
Go to the source websiteK-pop stans are sending police a deluge of fancam footage while Instagram and Twitter are awash with photos of Squirtle.
Go to the source websiteA developer’s powerful resignation letter is the latest condemnation of the social network’s attitude to hate speech.
Go to the source websiteTactical Tech and artist Joana Moll bought one million dating profiles for $153.
Go to the source websiteBlocking the President's Tweets was bold, but will only fuel calls for greater regulation as disinformation remains rife.
Go to the source websitePolitical campaigns are using your phone and TV to gather data and send you targeted messages. We look at the rise of campaign tech.
Go to the source websiteRegardless of the effectiveness of social media targeting for particular political campaigns, these tactics can seriously undermine users’ rights to determine how their information is used.
Go to the source websiteThe more I understood how my information was being collected, shared and sold, the more I wanted to protect my privacy. But it's still hard to know which of my efforts is actually effective and which is a waste of time.
Go to the source websiteDal 14 al 18 settembre 2022 si svolgerà l’undicesima edizione della settimana della Berlin Art Week, un evento dedicato alla scena dell’arte contemporanea berlinese.
Go to the source websiteDurch die Digitalisierung unserer Gesellschaft wird eine große Menge an Daten produziert, deren Umfang, Diversität und Generierungsgeschwindigkeit rapide zunehmen.
Go to the source websiteNos dias 11 e 12 de novembro, na Maré, a quarta edição da Criptofunk.
Go to the source websitePoutavá instalace pro samostatné poznávání o datech a soukromí, kterou můžete snadno uspořádat v rámci své vlastní školy, knihovny nebo prostoru pro volnočasové aktivity.
Go to the source websiteELECTRIC Picnic is back after a two-year hiatus and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Highlights include: Tactical Tech’s The Glass Room Misinformation Edition.
Go to the source websiteLe bureau Afrique du Nord de RSF a organisé dix sessions de formation au Digital Enquirer Kit avec le soutien de l'agence de coopération internationale allemande pour le développement.
Go to the source websiteÜberwachung, Tracking, Scoring und Big Data - dies alles sind Schlagworte, die bei Internetnutzer*innen ein ungutes Gefühl hinterlassen.
Go to the source websiteFrom 19 to 23 October 2022, Frankfurter Buchmesse will once again be the focal point for the international publishing industry.
Go to the source websiteThe webinar series “Scrutinizing public contracting” will bring together procurement monitors and investigators to exchange ideas on what inspires civic actors to dig into public contracting.
Go to the source websiteYouths drawn from various sub-counties in Embu have benefitted from Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) digital literacy programme dubbed ‘Digital You’ aimed at online safety and privacy.
Go to the source websiteDie Berlin Art Week ist das Aushängeschild der Kunststadt Berlin. 150 Projekte und Partner sind diesmal dabei, an die 300 Ausstellungen.
Go to the source websiteUna considerable cantidad de datos personales circulan por la web, poniendo en riesgo nuestra privacidad.
Go to the source websiteThe exhibition "The Glass Room Misinformation Edition" travels to Greece and comes to the National Library of Greece.
Go to the source websiteThis page gathers links to online digital security tools, guides, training curriculums and research for media, NGOs, and development organizations.
Go to the source websiteIn ihrem vergangene Woche präsentierten, erneuerten Verhaltenskodex gegen Desinformation setzt die EU-Kommission gemeinsam mit Plattform-Anbietern auf verbesserte Medienbildung.
Go to the source websiteAs the spyware industry and governments' capabilities are growing, so is the international support of digital security researchers. The Berlin-based Tactical Tech is one of those.
Go to the source websiteSchöpflin-Stiftung baut in Berlin ein Haus, in dem journalistische Innovation und kritische Öffentlichkeit gefördert werden sollen.
Go to the source websiteVon Panik bis Hoffnung: Eine Ausstellung zeigt den Einfluss digitaler Technik auf die Krisen der Zeit
Go to the source websiteVisitors are invited to enter a unique inflatable structure and follow self-chosen paths to reflect on their own reactions to our mounting planetary crises.
Go to the source websiteBerlin Art Week Gegenüber vom HAU will die NGO Tactical Tech über das schwierige Verhältnis von Daten und Demokratie aufklären
Go to the source websiteFacebook is part of the problem, but there is manipulation in other companies, says expert text text
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