In The Loop November 2024
12 minutes read | First published: November 6, 2024
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OUR LATEST NEWS 🚀
🌟 Introducing Our new Portfolio of services: Experiences, Training, and Consultancy Tailored to Your Needs
At Tactical Tech, we're thrilled to launch a new portfolio of solutions designed to support organisations, large non-profits, festivals, conferences, museums, and more to achieve their goals. Our offerings include creative, impactful experiences, training and skills-building programs, and consultancy services.
For over 20 years, we've partnered globally to equip organisations, communities, and individuals with the skills, tools, and methodologies needed to navigate digital technologies' socio-political and environmental impacts. This portfolio leverages our decades of experience and invites collaboration with organisations eager to inspire and empower their audiences. Our offerings include:
🎉 Experiences: Our creative unit develops impactful public activations, exhibitions and events that captivate audiences and leave a lasting impression. We support museums, festivals, conferences and corporate events in crafting immersive experiences that explore technology's societal impacts. If you want to organise one of our adaptable, easy-to-install educational experiences, we offer tailored solutions to support your goals and maximise your impact. Explore
💼 Skills: Our training unit develops workshops and toolkits to enhance digital literacy skills for organisations and audiences, helping them navigate the challenges posed by digital technologies, focusing on topics like AI, digital well-being, privacy, security, and combating misinformation. We offer audience-facing sessions and specialised programs focused on investigative methods for journalists, researchers, and decision-makers, all customisable to meet your needs. Explore
🔍 Consultancy: Our consulting unit leverages 20 years of experience in digital technology and societal engagement to help organisations navigate the digital landscape in alignment with their mission. We offer tailored strategic advice for your projects, drawing on our expertise in curation, programming, events, training, and toolkit design. Our services support large non-profits, IGOs, and ethical corporations with policy insights, executive capacity building, and commissioned research to meet your goals. Explore
If you are interested in discussing a partnership or project, please get in touch with our partnerships and development team: partnership@tacticaltech.org
Visitors at The Glass Room Exhibition in London. Picture by David Mirzoeff, 2017
The Glass Room San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Lucas Saugen, San Francisco, 2019.
🚀 Launching "Supercharged by AI", a new exhibition on AI effects on our online lives
We're thrilled to announce this creative intervention that explores how AI is "supercharging" existing harms like scams, harassment, polarisation and bias. A collaboration between Tactical Tech, DensityDesign Research Lab and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), funded by the European Media & Information Fund (EMIF). Learn more about this new exhibition. Want to host this exhibition at your next event, Conference, or gathering? Contact us at partnership@tacticaltech.org
Banner Supercharged by AI exhibition.
A person interacting with one of the posters of the Supercharged by AI exhibition. Photo of Tactical Tech,2024.
OPEN CALLS 📢
[Call for applications 🌟] Training and funding for organisations and individuals working with youth in Berlin. Ongoing
Are you working with youth in Berlin? Don't miss this chance to receive training on digital literacy and explore how AI, technology, and algorithms shape our lives and relationships. Hosted at Publix Berlin, this training covers co-creation methods and facilitation tips. Participants will access free educational resources, connect with fellow educators, and receive funding to organise digital literacy events like exhibitions or workshops. Apply now:
[Call for applications 🌟] Geodata for Human Rights Winter School". Deadline: November 10, 2024
The Geodata for Human Rights Winter School 2025 is a unique interdisciplinary program designed to introduce early career researchers to the innovative use of geospatial technologies for human rights documentation and advocacy. Apply
[Job opportunity 📄] Coordinating editor for Investigate Europe (IE). Deadline: December 6, 2024
Investigate Europe seeks a senior journalist to join our team as Coordinating Editor. Applicants will have a strong background working on in-depth projects and managing complex investigations. Apply
EVENTS THAT EMPOWER YOU 💡
[In-person workshop 🔍 ] Investigation is a Mindset. November 21, 2024. 18:30 - 20:30 CET. Berlin, Germany.
Calling all journalists, citizen investigators, and anyone conducting investigations in Berlin! Join Tactical Tech's Wael Eskandar and Jasmine Erkan for an engaging session on effective investigations, solid evidence, and essential safety practices to protect your identity and data. Whether you're a pro or just curious, this is your chance to develop an investigative mindset! Get your free tickets for this Publix workshop here
[Webinar 💻] Does the pharma industry dictate the price of life? November 10, 2024. 15:30 - 16:30 CET.
Join Investigate Europe for "Discussing Deadly prices", a webinar featuring experts, patients, and journalists who will shine a light on the opaque truths behind unequal drug pricing access to life saving medicines across Europe. Register here
[Conference 🌐] Investigating the Kill Cloud Information Warfare, Autonomous Weapons & AI. November 29-30, 2024. Berlin, Germany.
This event that celebrates 10 Years Disruption Network Lab brings together journalists, whistleblowers, activists, researchers and artists to speak about the future of war and technologies of violence. This Conference will also be streamed. Get tickets here
[In-person event 👥] X-rays - Seeing the Invisible: Art, Evidence and War Crimes. November 15, 2024. 19:00 - 21:00 CET. Berlin, Germany.
This talk by Disruption Network Lab and workshop will cover the use of X-rays in the visual arts and as evidence of war crimes in forensic investigations and prosecutions. Register
[Conference 🌐] Global Voices Summit 2024. December 6-7, 2024. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Join writers, translators, human rights advocates, and technologists to discuss digital media, knowledge, and activism. Tactical Tech's Safa Ghnaim will host the "Demystifying Your Data" session, exploring types of data commonly shared and collected online. Register
OUR CREATIVE EXHIBITIONS AROUND THE WORLD 🖼️
➡️ The Glass Room at 2024 Future Media FEST - Singularity. October 4 - December 15, 2024. Taipei, Taiwan.
The 2024 Future Media FEST ventures deep into the limitless potential of technological art, converging many perspectives on the evolution and implications of technology within an inclusive artistic landscape. Selected artworks from The Glass Room are exhibited. More information
➡️ The Glass Room at Patchlab 2024 - ERROЯ? Digital Art Festival. October 17 - 20, 2024. Krakow, Poland.
The Patchlab Digital Art Festival, held annually in Krakow and organised by the Photon Foundation, showcases the evolving impact of technology on society and the environment through art, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and discussions focused on digital culture, including VR, AI, and digital identity. The Glass Room Misinformation edition is also featured. More information
➡️ DigiDic Exhibition "Call to Digital Self-Defense". Until March 2025. Graz, Austria.
Global digital players are rapidly heading towards monopolisation, leading to total control, algorithm-driven need creation, and loss of privacy. This exhibition, featuring Tactical Tech's The Glass Room, uses art, interactive installations, museum objects, workshops, performances, artist talks, and lectures to explore these issues and offer a manual on digital self-defense. Find out more
TACTICAL TECH: TRAINING AND ADVANCING THE SKILLS OF COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE 💡
Tactical Tech's team led conversations, hosted workshops and sessions, and participated in various events to advance knowledge and build the capacities of individuals and communities to address technology-related challenges. Here’s a recap of last month’s events:
➡️ Our Executive Director Marek Tuszynski moderated a critical panel on privacy and data in Berlin
On September 24, Tactical Tech's Executive Director Marek Tuszynski moderated the panel "The Privacy Paradox," organised by FORUM. The discussion, featuring Alex Carroll, Bella Davis-Riemer, and Ma Yongfeng, focused on the erosion of privacy in a tech-driven world and the trade-offs between personal data, freedoms, and convenience. Find out more
💡 ➡️ Tactical Tech at the iMEdD International Journalism Forum in Greece 2024
Tactical Tech's Laura Ranca, Program Expert in Investigations and Training, participated in a panel discussion on best practices for bridging the gap between journalists and the public by thoughtfully repackaging content and reaching the right audiences. Watch the recording session
Participants of the The Privacy Paradox panel. Picture by FORUM, 2024
Participants of the panel on journalism at the iMEdD International Journalism Forum. Photo courtesy of iMEdD International Journalism Forum, 2024.
➡️ Co-Founder Stephanie Hankey Speaks at kulturBdigital-Konferenz in Berlin
Stephanie Hankey, our Co-Founder, shared insights into Tactical Tech's global cultural interventions. This annual Conference focused on the digital development of the cultural sector, featuring lectures, workshops, and networking to discuss key digital trends shaping cultural institutions. Watch session here
Stephanie Hankey talking at the KulturBdigital-Konferenz. Picture cOurtesy of by KulturBdigital
➡️ Tactical Tech at Futurium talked about Bias in AI tools
Our Exposing the Invisible project team attended this two-day event on October 18–19, which brought together journalists, researchers, and scientists to share insights on data tools, online climate influence, and creative storytelling. Sign up for their newsletter for conference resources
➡️ Tactical Tech team at the Climate Arena Conference in Bologna
Tactical Tech's Louise Hisayasu and Dominika Knoblochová hosted a hands-on Data Detox Workshop addressing how AI models can reproduce stereotypes and implicit bias and how to challenge these systems. Find out more about how AI supercharges bias here
💡 ➡️ We were at the Civil Rights Defenders' Days Conference in Stockholm
Tactical Tech's Cassie Cladis delivered three workshops at this event that welcomed more than 150 human rights defenders from over 50 countries around the world and offered a space for learning and sharing. Our workshops focused on "Online Political Influence: AI, Data and Tech Firms" presenting the existing and new research and facilitating conversations around the use of digital technologies in elections. Learn more about this event
➡️ We shared insights into the tech-enabled transformation in Adult learning and education in Italy
Tactical Tech's Safa Ghnaim participated in the EPALE - Adult Learning in Europe conference, discussing how educators and citizens can reclaim their agency in the digital transition. The panel explored various contexts, from rural areas to urban public spaces. More information. Watch video on YouTube
➡️ Tactical Tech at UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week
On October 22, Tactical Tech's Louise Hisayasu joined the panel "Tailoring Media Literacy with AI: Overcoming Challenges of Bias and Misinterpretation," addressing critical issues in media literacy resources within the context of AI. Organised by the Media & Learning Association. More information
➡️ Our "Everywhere, All The Time" at the Digital Media Impact Summit 2024
Tactical Tech hosted this digital literacy exhibition at the RNW Media event, which gathered over 100 changemakers, journalists, activists, and media creators to discuss AI's impact on the digital media landscape. The exhibition invited participants to critically consider AI's societal impacts and how to use AI tools ethically. Interested in hosting this exhibition at your Conference or event? Contact us at partnership@tacticaltech.org
Participants of the panel on the tech-enabled transformation in Adult learning and education in Italy. Picture by EPALE, 2024
Participants interacting with the Everywhere, All The Timeexhibition. Photo by Tactical Tech, 2024.
MEET OUR PARTNERS WORLDWIDE 💫
The Starling Centre: addressing the social impacts of digital technologies and AI on our everyday lives.
On October 2-3, 2024, Canada’s Western University celebrated the launch of The Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies. The Centre is committed to advancing just, equitable, and humane futures by examining the social impacts of digital technologies and artificial intelligence on daily life. Through interdisciplinary research and community-based programs, the Centre aims to make technology more transparent and empower individuals to reclaim their digital rights.
The launch featured Tactical Tech's The Glass Room exhibition on data privacy and events on AI's impact on marginalized communities, security, warfare, and discrimination —highlighting the Centre’s commitment to civic engagement and knowledge-sharing across Canada and beyond. Learn more about the Starling Centre.
People at the launch of The Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies. Picture by Tactical Tech, 2024
People at the launch of The Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies. Picture by Tactical Tech, 2024
WHAT WE ARE READING 🔍
- [✉️ NEWSLETTER] Intro to AI. A beginner's guide to using and understanding AI By MIT Technology Review. Go to MIT Technology Review.
- [🎤 INTERVIEW] Algorithmic Governmentality and the Death of Politics. An interview with Antoinette Rouvroy. Go to Green European Journal
- [💬 OPINION] AI's impact on elections is being overblown - And the focus on AI is distracting us from some deeper and longer-lasting threats to democracy. Go to MIT Technology Review.
- [📰 ARTICLE] Big Tech from the South: Thinking Beyond Data Colonialism in Latin America. Go to Bot Populi.
- [📰 ARTICLE] Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI 'Nudify' Bots on Telegram. Go to WIRED.
- [📰 ARTICLE] Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results. Go to The WIRED.
- [📰 ARTICLE] Are we on the verge of a self-improving AI explosion? Go to ARS TECHNICA.
- [📚 BOOK] How to Navigate Through the Wilderness of the Internet in 2024. Go to Hyperallergic.
- [📹 RECORDING]] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism. Go to Dissent.
- [🎙️ INTERVIEW] What's the Gender Digital Divide? Go to Internet Society Foundation.
- [🧰 TOOLKIT] Common Good Cyber Mapping - This database collects information about free cybersecurity tools, services and platforms deployed to make the Internet safer in the public interest. Go to Common Good Cyber.
- [📰 ARTICLE] Dismantling AI Data Monopolies Before it's Too Late. Go to Tech Policy.
- [🎙️ INTERVIEW] What does decolonising AI really mean? An interview with artist Ameera Kawash. Go to Untold Magazine
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