Active battles in civic tech
Anti Ring
This is a project to counter the Amazon Ring doorbell camera surveillance infrastructure. We provide information for users and community members concerned about the country’s biggest company planting always-on cameras all over our streets.
DATAJUSTICE project
- datajusticeproject.net
- Active battles in civic tech, Adjacent Fields, Algorithmic transparency, Artificial intelligence, Ethical tech, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
This project explores the meaning of social justice in an age of datafication
Draw the Lines PA
- drawthelinespa.org
- Active battles in civic tech, Citizen Engagement, Civic literacy, Computer-assisted gerrymandering, Data visualization, Foundational layers, Mapping, Mapping platforms
It's our House, so it should be our mouse.
Pennsylvania, USA
Ethics In Tech
Ethics In Technology works towards increased awareness around the ethical use of technology and seeks to make a positive impact through engaging the public at all levels of our society in conversation about these issues.
Bay Area, CA, USA
Rethink Aahaar
The Aadhaar project also has a sinister side to it -- it is a surveillance-enabling programme, which threatens privacy and democratic practice.
India
Should cities be allowed to track shared e-scooter mobility data?
Who's on that thing, and where are they going? The scooter company knows, but the city might, too!!
San Francisco
Towards Democratic Auditing: Civic Participation in the Scoring Society
- datajusticelab.org
- Active battles in civic tech, Artificial intelligence, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
The project Towards Democratic Auditing will address these challenges by investigating how citizens can intervene into the development and implementation of scoring systems and other forms of data analytics, and how they can advance civic participation in an increasingly datafied society.