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• ABC News

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.

• BBC

Can 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.

• Ö1 (Austrian National Radio)

Sollten Sie Tinder nutzen, könnte es sein, dass auch Ihr persönliches Profil über Umwege an die spanische Künstlerin Joana Moll gelangt ist.

• Le Point

Cambridge 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.

• 1A (NPR Radio)

WhatsApp 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.

• Tech Radar

Firefox 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?

• Vogue

While 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.

• Now This

Your laptop is likely adorned with a few stickers — here's how they could actually get you in trouble while traveling.

• Mashable

Here's how to patch up your online privacy and security with minimal effort.

• Washington Post

Although 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.

• Al Jazeera

The Huduma number, a new Kenyan government initiative, is yet another assault on data privacy in Kenya.

• Newsweek

Trump's Campaign Manager Brad Parscale described having 800,000 requests as the "Biggest data haul and rally signup of all time by 10x."

• PBS

Private 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.

• Wired UK

K-pop stans are sending police a deluge of fancam footage while Instagram and Twitter are awash with photos of Squirtle.

• The Guardian

A developer’s powerful resignation letter is the latest condemnation of the social network’s attitude to hate speech.

• Motherboard, Vice

Tactical Tech and artist Joana Moll bought one million dating profiles for $153.

• The Telegraph

Blocking the President's Tweets was bold, but will only fuel calls for greater regulation as disinformation remains rife.

• NPR, On Point

Political campaigns are using your phone and TV to gather data and send you targeted messages. We look at the rise of campaign tech.

• Access Now

Regardless 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.

• NPR

The 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.

• Berlino Magazine

Dal 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.

• Freie Universität Berlin

Durch die Digitalisierung unserer Gesellschaft wird eine große Menge an Daten produziert, deren Umfang, Diversität und Generierungsgeschwindigkeit rapide zunehmen.

• Agência de Notícias das Favelas

Nos dias 11 e 12 de novembro, na Maré, a quarta edição da Criptofunk.

• DOX

Poutavá instalace pro samostatné poznávání o datech a soukromí, kterou můžete snadno uspořádat v rámci své vlastní školy, knihovny nebo prostoru pro volnočasové aktivity.

• The Irish Sun

ELECTRIC 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.

• Reporters sans frontières

Le 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.

• Klicksafe

Überwachung, Tracking, Scoring und Big Data - dies alles sind Schlagworte, die bei Internetnutzer*innen ein ungutes Gefühl hinterlassen.

• STARTS

From 19 to 23 October 2022, Frankfurter Buchmesse will once again be the focal point for the international publishing industry.

• Open Contracting Partnership

The 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.

• Kenya News

Youths 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.

• RBB

Die Berlin Art Week ist das Aushängeschild der Kunststadt Berlin. 150 Projekte und Partner sind diesmal dabei, an die 300 Ausstellungen.

• Piensa

Una considerable cantidad de datos personales circulan por la web, poniendo en riesgo nuestra privacidad.

• Culturenow.gr

The exhibition "The Glass Room Misinformation Edition" travels to Greece and comes to the National Library of Greece.

• DW Akademie

This page gathers links to online digital security tools, guides, training curriculums and research for media, NGOs, and development organizations.

• Tagesspiel Background

In ihrem vergangene Woche präsentierten, erneuerten Verhaltenskodex gegen Desinformation setzt die EU-Kommission gemeinsam mit Plattform-Anbietern auf verbesserte Medienbildung.

• Tech Radar

As 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.

• Badische Zeitung

Schöpflin-Stiftung baut in Berlin ein Haus, in dem journalistische Innovation und kritische Öffentlichkeit gefördert werden sollen.

• ND Aktuell

Von Panik bis Hoffnung: Eine Ausstellung zeigt den Einfluss digitaler Technik auf die Krisen der Zeit

• Art Rabbit

Visitors are invited to enter a unique inflatable structure and follow self-chosen paths to reflect on their own reactions to our mounting planetary crises.

• der Freitag

Berlin Art Week Gegenüber vom HAU will die NGO Tactical Tech über das schwierige Verhältnis von Daten und Demokratie aufklären