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<Text><h2>Why?</h2></Text>
<Text>Technology increasingly defines the way we get informed, develop opinions, make decisions, explore solutions and imagine different futures in the context of crises like climate change, pandemics or political polarisation. From the promises of artificial intelligence to the spread of conspiracy theories on social media platforms, digital technologies are seen as both a solution for our crisis and also as the root cause. In what ways are technologies the lens through which we witness, investigate and understand our own reactions to crisis, and the reactions of others?</Text>
<Text><h2>What?</h2></Text>
<Text>The Everything Will Be Fine public intervention explores how people understand and respond to global crises like climate change and pandemics through the lens of technology. The experience presents the work of over 60 artists, researchers and technologists around the world, including Paolo Cirio, Marjolijn Dijkman, Disnovation.org, Olalekan B. Jeyifous, Vladan Joler, Egor Kraft, Agnieszka Kurant, Sybille Neumeyer,  Liam Young, and more.</Text>
<Text> The Everything Will Be Fine public intervention, structured in four themes Digital Panic, Care, Doubt and Hope, invites visitors to embark on a journey of self-reflection and critical questions.</Text>
<Text>The ‘outer circle’ of the structure displays large-scale images representing artworks that explore different technological responses to current and future crises. Within the 'inner circle', visitors enter a space for exploration and learning where they can explore different perspectives ranging from investigation to playful provocations. Here, they can dig deeper into themes including surveillance in the city, how our everyday digital tools are used to influence us in a crisis, alternative technological solutions and fantasy futures.</Text>
<Text>The first edition of the <a href="https://everythingfine.org/">Everything Will Be Fine</a> intervention was co-produced by HAU Hebbel am Ufer andhosted in a unique outdoor inflatable structure designed by Czech architects Kogaa at the Deutsches Technikmuseum between 14 September – 4 October 2022.</Text>
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<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ewbf/ewbf-exhibition-outside.png" alt="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin" caption="Opening event Everything Will Be Fine outdoor exhibition, 14 Sep 2022. Picture by Andrea Rossetti."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ewbf/ewbf-exhibition-outside2.png" alt="Everything Will Be Fine outdoor exhibition in Berlin" caption="Everything Will Be Fine outdoor exhibition in Berlin. Image by Marek Tuszynski"></SingleImage></Images>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ewbf/ewbf-exhibition-inside.png" alt="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards" caption="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards. Image by Andrea Rossetti."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ewbf/ewbf-exhibition-inside2.png" alt="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards" caption="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards. Image by Andrea Rossetti."></SingleImage></Images>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ewbf/ewbf-exhibition-night.png" alt="Everything Will Be Fine outdoor exhibition in Berlin" caption="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards. Image by Wael Eskandar"></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ewbf/ewbf-exhibition-night2.png" alt="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards" caption="Visitors of the Everything Will Be Fine public intervention in Berlin interacting with the boards. Image by Andrea Rossetti."></SingleImage></Images>
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<Quote author="Visitor of the exhibition">What impacted me the most was the diversity and complexity of the subjects in the exhibit, the creativity of the artists, the disciplinary range of technologies that have a profound impact and the questions that we need to think more about.</Quote>
<Quote author="Visitor of the exhibition">Policymakers who aren't aware of these initiatives should visit the exhibition to rally new solutions across the social dimensions.</Quote>
<Quote author="Visitor of the exhibition">The pieces included in the exhibition show different perspectives and debating positions. It made me rethink the impact of technology in our lives.</Quote>
<Quote author="Visitor of the exhibition">After the exhibition, I feel intrigued, inspired, and more hopeful than before. I want to act. I'm very impressed by the well-done combination and usability of the digital aspects, the website and its content that looks deep into the topic. I'd come back.</Quote>
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The public intervention by Tactical Tech, co-produced by HAU Hebbel
am Ufer, explores through the lens of technology how people get informed, make
decisions and respond to current global crises like climate change, pandemics
or political polarisation.

Everything Will Be Fine

Every day, women face the consequences of online harassment and hate speech as a result of their gender identity and their environment. In this context, Tactical Tech’s Gender and Tech project has spent the last four years working toward giving women, specifically in Latin America, the technical skills and practical know-how to teach one another and create their own networks.
A significant part of this project was the Gender and Technology Institutes, a series of events orientated towards women human rights defenders to address the risks, attacks and contexts faced by activist women in these regions and help them build capacity in their local communities. They took place between 2014 and 2018 in Germany, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Spain, Panama, Skri Lanka, Malaysia, Mexico and Uruguay.
Each GTI further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents in partnership with local and international organisations. As a result of the Gender and Technology Institutes, there have been hundreds of follow-on activities as the participants take what they learnt to their own communities. A training curricula was developed in English and Spanish that contained more than 20 workshop templates on topics such as Hacking Hate Speech, Strategies of Resistance, Creative Uses of Social Media and Technological Sovereignty. And the Gendersec Wiki is a regularly updated resource bank for activities, resources, discussions and events.

A project to increase the digital literacy, security culture and
competency among women in the human rights sector worldwide.

Gender and Technology

<Text>Security In-a-box is a guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders. The toolkit ranges from the basic principles of digital security, including advice on how to use social media and mobile phones more safely, to more specific regional advice for activists working in higher risk environments.</Text>
<Text>Although the toolkit was designed primarily to address the growing needs of advocates in the global South - particularly human rights defenders - the software guides and security strategies in this toolkit are relevant to everyone; specifically people working with sensitive information. This may include vulnerable minorities, independent journalists or whistleblowers, as well as advocates working on a range of issues, from environmental justice to anti-corruption.</Text>
<Text>It was first created in 2009 alongside Front Line Defenders. Since then, the website has been updated and expanded to keep up to date with a rapidly-changing digital environment.</Text>

A digital security toolkit for activists and human rights
defenders, developed alongside Front Line Defenders.

A digital security toolkit for activists and human rights defenders,
developed alongside Front Line Defenders.

Security In-a-box

<Text>Whether a non-governmental organisation or a human rights defender, in today’s society, our data is collected, stored and analysed every step of the way. From visa applications to social media profiles, from attending a conference to meal choices on a flight, sharing a photo from a protest or simply walking past a CCTV camera – we are rendered into data which is quantified, cross referenced and compiled to form profiles about us as individuals and social graphs about us as groups.</Text>
<Text>Within the blurred lines between corporations and governments; and the elevated threats against the work of human rights defenders in many countries; these profiles take a different dimension beyond corporate interests, and can become at times, the center of the threat model. Under this project, the Data and Activism team aims to trace how this process happens, raise awareness on its different implications; and – where possible – explore protection strategies and creative responses.</Text>

Data and Activism is a research project that investigates the
impact of data collection on activists, journalists, human rights defenders
and civil society organisations, exploring the potential impact and offering
protection strategies and creative responses.

Data and Activism is a research project that investigates the impact
of data collection on activists, journalists, human rights defenders and civil
society organisations, exploring the potential impact and offering protection
strategies and creative responses.

Data and Activism

<Text>Continued developments in digital technologies have given rise to a new political modus operandi. Politically active groups around the globe are using tools and techniques from marketing, statistics and psychology to advance their agendas, to promote their campaigns and to influence voters.</Text>
<Text>As these political groups amass and leverage data on voters, they increasingly adopt a commercial approach to data collection. This data-centric business model, which has transformed countless other domains, has become an inextricable part of modern-day politicking. The Data and Politics project aims to explore which political entities are using what types of data, how their various methods work, and how they are affecting democracies worldwide.</Text>

Data and Politics is an ongoing research project that explores how
political campaigns around the world are making use of personal data and what
impact these methods have on the integrity of democratic processes.

Data and Politics

<Text>Data and You explores the impact of 'systems' on the individual. It became a catchall phrase to discuss the (usually negative) effects of applications of automation, big data, machine learning, and natural language processing technologies on social and civic issues, rights, ethics, and politics. The aim of the project is to document and analyse the interaction of big data technologies with human identity and rights, and what these interactions mean for rights to freedom of speech and expression.</Text>
<Text>We do this through a collection of nine essays called Seen Through Machines released serially in Autumn 2017. These essays take a variety of cases, anecdotes and cultural objects as starting points - language processing algorithms, fintech, sexuality identity categories, anti-rape technologies, malware, etc -and through them explicitly address the interaction of big data technologies with gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, and class. The collection describes processes of quantification, categorisation, and pattern recognition and their implications for people and institutions that work for human rights, freedoms and dignity.</Text>
<Text>In addition to data and discrimination, it also introduces a third D, design, of digital interfaces and apps and the contexts in which they are designed. This section examines systems and user design in the context of digital security and privacy to inspire informed and politicised discussions about accountability in design processes.</Text>

Data and You is a research project that investigates how data is
collected on citizens to further entrench inequities such as marginalisation
and discrimination.

Data and You

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<Text><h2>Why?</h2></Text>
<Text>It can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to reducing your data trail, becoming more digitally secure, or building a more confident relationship with technology. As our devices become more intertwined with our personal lives, it helps to find a balance.</Text>
<Text><h2>What?</h2></Text>
<Text><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/home">The Data Detox Kit </a>is a simple, accessible toolkit available in physical and a digital version that walks you through the steps, you can take towards a more in-control online self. It takes a holistic approach, going through the different aspects of your digital life, from the amount of time you spend on your phone to the apps that you use to the passwords you set.</Text>
<Text>The Data Detox Kit, available in over 40 languages, is used by organisations and individuals around the world to promote conversations around digital <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/privacy">privacy</a>, <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/security">security</a>, <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/wellbeing">wellbeing</a>, the <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/environment">impact of technology on the environment </a>and <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/misinformation">how to tackle misinformation</a>.</Text>
<Text>The digital version includes a <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/downloads">Resources Download Center,</a> <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/multimedia">multimedia resources</a> and a <a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/workshops">Data Detox workshops section</a>, including tips and activities for educators and facilitators interested in engaging their audiences in conversation and actions.</Text>
<Text>Are you interested in distributing the physical version of the Data Detox Kit? Contact us at <a href="mailto:datadetox@tacticaltech.org">datadetox@tacticaltech.org</a></Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ddk/ddk-event.jpg" alt="The Data Detox Bar at The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition, Khoj Studios, New Delhi, 2023. Image courtesy of Khoj International Artists Association." caption="The Data Detox Bar at The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition, Khoj Studios, New Delhi, 2023. Image courtesy of Khoj International Artists Association."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ddk/ddk-user.jpg" alt=" Participant interacting with the Data Detox Kit guides. Image by WenakLabs Chad" caption="Participant interacting with the Data Detox Kit guides. Image by WenakLabs Chad"></SingleImage></Images>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ddk/ddk-printed2.jpg" alt="The Data Detox Bar at The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition, Khoj Studios, New Delhi, 2023. Image courtesy of Khoj International Artists Association." caption="The Data Detox Bar at The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition, Khoj Studios, New Delhi, 2023. Image courtesy of Khoj International Artists Association."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ddk/ddk-printed.jpg" alt=" The Data Detox Kit printed version. Image by Wael Eskandar" caption="The Data Detox Kit printed version. Image by Wael Eskandar"></SingleImage></Images>
<Text><h2>Data Detox Bar</h2></Text>
<Text><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/interventions/datadetoxbar/">Tactical Tech’s Data Detox Bar </a>is a mural simulating a bar that invites visitors to take control of their data privacy, digital security, and online well-being through playfully mimicking detox cocktails.</Text>
<Text>The Data Detox Bar promotes discussions about digital topics in an analogue space, creating a truly unique experience and providing visitors with simple and non-judgemental tips and tricks to help them navigate technology more confidently. Interested in hosting the Data Detox Bar? Contact us at <a href="datadetox@tacticaltech.org">datadetox@tacticaltech.org</a></Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ddk/ddk-bar.jpg" alt="Data Detox Bar at the Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden: Museum vom Menschen. Picture Courtesy of DHMD, 2022." caption="The Data Detox Bar at the Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden: Museum vom Menschen. Picture Courtesy of DHMD, 2022."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/ddk/ddk-bar2.jpg" alt="Data Detox Bar at Reclaiming the Internet by Mozilla in Berlin. Picture by Tactical Tech, 2023" caption="Data Detox Bar at Reclaiming the Internet by Mozilla in Berlin. Picture by Tactical Tech, 2023."></SingleImage></Images>
<Text><h2>Training and workshops</h2></Text>
<Text>From understanding online privacy and data collection to forming balanced digital habits and combating misinformation,<a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/workshops"> our workshops </a>offer practical skills and insights that will allow your audiences to improve their digital lives and well being. They include interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on exercises.</Text> 
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<Text><h3>Assets, resources and materials you can discover, use and adapt:</h3></Text>
<Text><ul><li><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/home">Over 30 practical guides</a></li><li><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/workshops/">Workshop outlines for educators and facilitators</a></li><li><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/alternative-app-centre">An alternative App Centre</a></li><li><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/downloads">A Download Centre with printable versions</a></li><li><a href="https://datadetoxkit.org/en/partnerships">A Partnerships Showcase page where you can get inspired</a></li></ul></Text>
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<Quote author="Excerpt from the Tech Spotlight">The Data Detox Kit brings a new narrative, a new approach: by giving people actionable tips and tricks, breaking down the issues, and allowing people the freedom to decide what is important to them.</Quote>
<Quote author="Amanda Yeo, Mashable">Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Only the wind is the internet, and the plastic bag is a flurry of confetti exposing every detail of your personal life? If so, it may be time for a data detox.</Quote>
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Take control of your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing,
learn about tackling misinformation, control your health data, find resources
for youth and families, and browse our Alternative App Centre and workshop
materials. Meet our partners to get a glimpse into the global movement of the
Data Detox Kit.

Data Detox Kit

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<Text>The Digital Enquirer Kit is an e-learning course that guides learners through lessons on how to prevent the spread of misinformation, available on the free platform atingi.org. The course covers topics including media literacy, verification, and how to navigate the internet safely.</Text>
<Text>The first four modules have been authored by Tactical Tech:</Text>
<Text><ul><li>Module 1: Identifying and Responding to Misinformation</li><li>Module 2: Verifying Online Information</li><li>Module 3: Collaborating on and Documenting Your Digital Enquiry</li><li>Module 4: Examining and Sharing Your Findings</li></ul></Text>
<TextBox>Access the course on <a href="http://digitalenquirer.org/">digitalenquirer.org</a> or track your progress and earn a certificate on <a href="http://atingi.org/">atingi.org</a></TextBox>
<Text>The content contains simple explanations and real-world examples, illustrating secure research and information-gathering methods. The modules feature engaging and creative formats such as tutorials, quizzes, and interactive games. The contents are data-light and available in offline mode via the free atingi Android app.</Text>
<Text>The Digital Enquirer Kit is available in English (including West African, East African, South African, and Southeast Asian dialects), Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Hausa, Hindi, Sinhala, and Swahili, among other languages.</Text>
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<Text><h2>Acknowledgements</h2></Text>
<Text>We would like to thank the people listed below for their significant contributions to the project (names listed in alphabetical order by last name).</Text>
<Text><h3>Project concept</h3></Text>
<Text>Developed by Tactical Tech and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) during the 2020 <a href="https://toolkit-digitalisierung.de/en/innovation/bmz-digilab/activities/smartdevelopmenthack/">Smart Development Hack</a>.</Text>
<Text><h3>Branding concept</h3></Text>
<Text>Developed by Tactical Tech (Yiorgos Bagakis and Marek Tuszynski) and La Loma.</Text>
<Text><h3>Content for Modules 1-4</h3></Text>
<Text><ul><li>Project Lead: Safa Ghnaim</li><li>Co-developed and written by: Denisse Albornoz, Safa Ghnaim, Christy Lange, Nikita Mazurov, and Richard Ngamita.</li><li>Thank you to: Nina Brandner (GIZ), Peter Drahn (GIZ), Daniela Divjak (GIZ), Wael E, Salomé Eggler (GIZ), Laura Hartmann (GIZ), Louise Hisayasu, Laura Ranca, Marek Tuszynski, and content testers in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for their feedback and comments as we developed the materials; and to Rachel Wilkinson for organisational support.</li><li>Digital production and designs: p-Didakt</li><li>Funded by: the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU).</li><li>License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tactical Tech and GIZ.</li></ul></Text>

The Digital Enquirer Kit is an e-learning course that guides
learners through lessons on how to prevent the spread of misinformation,
available on the free platform *atingi.org*. The course covers topics
including media literacy, verification, and how to navigate the internet
safely.

Digital Enquirer Kit

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<Text><h2>Why?</h2></Text>
<Text>The digital age has profoundly transformed the way people find and share information. The digital age enables collaboration between researchers, journalists and citizen investigators on an unprecedented scale. It also encourages citizens to learn the tools of investigation to better understand the world around them. This has led to previously unimaginable possibilities in investigative reporting. People are newly empowered to uncover hidden information, expose corruption and bring the truth to light.</Text>
<Text><h2>What?</h2></Text>
<Text>Since 2013, <a href="https://exposingtheinvisible.org/">Exposing the Invisible </a>has developed and provided a set of comprehensive resources such as guides, short films, video interviews, podcast series and workshop outlines that look at different techniques, tools and methods along with the individual practices of those working at the new frontiers of investigation.</Text>
<Text><a href="https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/">The Exposing the Invisible Kit</a> is a collaborative, self-learning resource that makes investigative techniques and tools used by experienced investigators more accessible to people and communities who feel motivated to start their own investigations, collect and verify information, build evidence and create a better understanding of issues without losing sight of ethical or safety considerations. Explore the Kit in <a href="https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/en/index.html#">English</a>, <a href="https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/fr/index.html#">French</a>, <a href="https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/es/index.html#">Spanish</a> and <a href="https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/pt/">Portuguese.</a>.</Text>
<Text>Media actors - journalists, researchers, and investigators - access, contribute to and adapt the <a href="">Exposing the Invisible</a> resources to develop their investigation and strengthen their reporting skill sets on effective and responsible investigation methods and techniques.</Text>
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<Text><h2>Workshops and Institutes</h2></Text>
<Text>Exposing The Invisible hosts in-person and online institutes, camps and workshops designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and skills while collaboratively creating new resources. Participants gain access to a trusted network, enhancing their collaboration on investigative projects, learning about safety and security for investigations, digital investigation techniques, and navigating investigative resources. The institutes include the "Evidence is Influence camp” in Italy (2013), "Data Investigation Camp" in Montenegro (2017), “Investigation is Collaboration” (2021) online, and the “Exposing the Invisible Investigative Institute” (2022) online.</Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/eti/eti-presentation.jpg" alt="The Exposing The Invisible team presenting the project" caption="The Exposing The Invisible team presenting the project. Image by Tactical Tech"></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/eti/ciji_meeting.jpg" alt="Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative partners meeting" caption="Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative partners meeting in September 2023. Image by Wael Eskandar"></SingleImage></Images>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/eti/eti-kit.jpg" alt="The Exposing The Invisible Kit" caption="The Exposing The Invisible Kit printed version. Image by Wael Eskandar"></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/eti/partners-work.jpg" alt="The Exposing The Invisible partners using the resources to train and engage their communities. People writing on a piece of paper" caption="The Exposing The Invisible partners using the resources to train and engage their communities. Image by Tecnicas Rudas"></SingleImage></Images>
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<Text><h3>Assets, resources and materials you can discover, use and adapt:</h3></Text>
<Text><ul><li><a href="https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/en/">The Exposing the Invisible- The Kit</a></li><li>Articles and databases</li><li><a href="https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/watch">Films and video explainers</a></li><li><a href="https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/listen">Podcasts with experts in investigation</a></li><li><a href="https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/read">Guides on investigative methods and tools</a></li><li><a href="https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/learn/workshops">Workshop outlines </a>for facilitators interested in hosting their own training sessions</li></ul></Text>
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<Quote author="Diana Lungu, Free Press Unlimited">Exposing the Invisible is a treasure trove of valuable resources for anyone who wants to understand the power of investigations and to learn from the best in the field. It’s free, accessible and educational.</Quote>
<Quote author="Léopold Salzenstein, journalist">Exposing the Invisible is my go-to resource for getting inspired, learning new skills and solving investigation conundrums... It's just awesome! Special kudos to the podcast, my all-time favourite.</Quote>
<Quote author="Iliana Papangeli, Solomon">Exposing the Invisible provides valuable resources for journalists and researchers who work towards bringing the truth to light and exposing reality where it falters. We encourage everyone to visit, explore, read, and listen to ETI resources!</Quote>
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The project offers comprehensive resources, workshops, and
institutes on investigative tools and methodologies for civil society actors
such as media organizations, experts, researchers, academics, investigators,
and journalists. It fosters spaces for collaboration and exchange to enhance
the capacity of today’s global community of digital and OSINT investigators.

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<Text><h2>Why?</h2></Text>
<Text>Today, more than ever, we need to reflect critically on our relationship with technology. How do digital technologies impact the way we get informed and make decisions? How can we as a society face the 'side-effects' of an increasingly data-driven world?</Text>
<Text>In the field of digital literacy, there was a growing need for public creative interventions and information about technology that enable communities and individuals to understand how technology works and affects us and our society. The Glass Room comes to life to demystify technology through immersive, thought-provoking, self-learning exhibitions.</Text>
<Text><h2>What?</h2></Text>
<Text>The Glass Room is a public intervention that provides an interactive, fun, and challenging experience, bringing to life the most pressing challenges facing people and the tech industry today. As technology reaches a global scale and becomes embedded in every part of our lives and our environments, The Glass Room examines its impacts and helps visitors explore practical solutions to mitigate them.</Text>
<Text>The Glass Room began as a large-scale exhibition, travelling from <a href="https://theglassroom.org/whiteroomberlin">Berlin</a> to <a href="https://theglassroom.org/glassroomny">New York</a>, <a href="https://theglassroom.org/glassroomlondon">London</a> and <a href="https://theglassroom.org/san-francisco">San Francisco</a> between 2016 and 2019. Each Glass Room took the form of a space designed to look like a sleek tech shop, but where nothing was for sale. Instead, visitors found a place where they could freely and critically discuss technology. The objects presented explored data, privacy and our relationship to the technologies and platforms which have become so commonplace in our everyday lives.</Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/gr/61.jpg" alt="The Glass Room London. Photo courtesy of David Mirzoeff, London, 2017." caption="The Glass Room London. Photo courtesy of David Mirzoeff, London, 2017."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/gr/63.jpg" alt="Visitors at The White Room installation part of the “Nervous Systems” exhibition at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 2016." caption="Visitors at The White Room installation part of the “Nervous Systems” exhibition at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 2016."></SingleImage></Images>
<Text><h3>The Glass Room is currently available in three formats:</h3></Text>
<Text> The Glass Room Misinformation Edition explores how social media and the web have changed the way we read information and react to it. The exhibition consists of a series of posters, interactive apps, and animations which can be hosted in public or private spaces anywhere in the world. It also exists as a freely accessible virtual experience online – <a href="https://www.theglassroom.org/misinformation/exhibition/">click here</a> to try it out! The Misinformation Edition has been translated into 30 languages.</Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/gr/58.jpg" alt="Person Interacting with The Glass Room Misinformation edition posters. Photo courtesy of Ahmad aAlNemr, Cairotronica, Eygpt, 2021" caption="Person Interacting with The Glass Room Misinformation edition posters. Photo courtesy of Ahmad aAlNemr, Cairotronica, Eygpt, 2021"></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/gr/59.jpg" alt="Visitors of the Glass Room Misinformation edition outdoor exhibition. Image by San3a Tech Egypt, Maker Faire Egypt 2022" caption="Visitors of the Glass Room Misinformation edition outdoor exhibition. Image by San3a Tech Egypt, Maker Faire Egypt 2022"></SingleImage></Images>
<Text> The Glass Room Community Edition was developed as a result of high demand from visitors of larger Glass Rooms in London and New York, who also wanted to set up similar exhibitions in their cities. This smaller, portable version comes in a lightweight and adaptable format that can be set up in a variety of different spaces from libraries and schools to conferences and metro stations.</Text>
<Text> The Glass Room Plus is a curated exhibition that can be set up at large cultural events in Europe. The Glass Room Plus features 15 art objects, a Data Detox Bar and a training programme for a team of ‘Ingeniuses'.</Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/gr/67.jpg" alt="The Glass Room exhibition Plus Edition." caption="The Glass Room exhibition Plus Edition. Image by Monika Kryszczynska 2018."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/gr/60.jpg" alt="The Glass Room at the Lodz Design Festival and the Copernicus Science Centre Warsaw. Photo courtesy of Alexander Alistair, Warsaw, 2018." caption="The Glass Room at the Lodz Design Festival and the Copernicus Science Centre Warsaw. Photo courtesy of Alexander Alistair, Warsaw, 2018."></SingleImage></Images>
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<Text><h3>Assets, resources and materials you can discover, use and adapt: </h3></Text>
<Text><ul><li>Interactive posters in different formats and in digital versions</li><li>Animations in different languages</li><li>Educational Apps in different languages</li><li>Exhibition pieces</li><li>Partnerships Showcase pages where you can get inspired</li></ul></Text>
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<Quote author="Dimension Lab">The exhibition and educational outreach activities, in collaboration with Tactical Tech, with clear and understandable promotional designs and relatable real-life examples, profoundly enhanced information literacy, promoted technology ethics awareness and fostered social discussions among Taiwanese audiences.</Quote>
<Quote author="New York Times Magazine">To move through the Glass Room...was to be reminded of the many ways we unwittingly submit ourselves and one another to unnecessary surveillance, with devastating consequences…I left the Glass Room invigorated by the ways artists are exploring the dark side of our digital footprint.</Quote>
<Quote author="Dr. Doreen Hartmann, Deutsche Hygiene Museum Dresden DHMD">More than 100,000 people have seen our exhibition "Artificial Intelligence - Machine Learning Human Dreams". Many of them have told us that they gained a better understanding of AI and learned something new. Here, Tactical Tech definitely contributed to the museum's role as a place for science communication. Thank you again for a wonderful collaboration.</Quote>
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The Glass Room is an interactive exhibition on data and privacy
that provides different ways of understanding how technologies and data are
changing our lives.

The Glass Room

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<Text><h2>Why?</h2></Text>
<Text>The rise of data-driven technologies has expanded the use of personal data for influence, including political influence. Companies and political groups can now optimize their messages and track email engagement. They can target individuals with personalized content based on collected data, such as demographics and previous interactions. Additionally, they can analyze social media to influence people's and voter's opinion.</Text>
<Text>Digital influence is conducted through an industry of consultants, technology companies, and platforms. The role of the industry in society and politics is extensive, shrouded in mystery, and can have serious consequences for our political experience and, consequently, social and economic life.</Text>
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<Text><h2>What?</h2></Text>
<Text><a href="https://influenceindustry.org/">The Influence Industry Project</a> supports civil society to respond to the influence industry through different areas of work. Firstly, we share research and <a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/">case studies </a>detailing how political influence takes place worldwide. In 2022, the project launched the<a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/"> Influence Industry Explorer</a>, an open-source tool that provides detailed information on more than 500 companies that play a role in election campaigning. Through the <a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/learn/">learning hub</a> and training, the project provides a guided tour of research, frameworks and skills to build the capacity of professionals monitoring, regulating or otherwise working on political influence.</Text>
<Text>The project also supports citizen engagement by developing resources on digital and political literacy, such as<a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/inform/"> Inform: A voter literacy resource center</a> for navigating digital election campaigns. Inform includes guides, workshop outlines, and activities to empower voters, educators, facilitators, and organizations involved in voter education. It explores how digital and data-driven technologies play a key role in political campaigns and elections.</Text>
<Text><h2>Masterclasses</h2></Text>
<Text>The project also organises Influence Industry Masterclasses and workshops, knowledge-building and skill-sharing spaces that provide skills, tools, resources, and methodologies for professionals to investigate, cover, and monitor the influence industry. Since 2021, Tactical Tech has hosted several masterclasses, summer schools, camps and events through which we have trained over 200 high-profile experts, journalists, researchers, academics and election monitors.</Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/tiip/tiip-conference.jpg" alt="Amber Macintyre from The Influence Industry Project at the DataFestTbilisi organised by Forset, 2023." caption="Amber Macintyre from The Influence Industry Project at the DataFestTbilisi organised by Forset, 2023. Image by ForSet"></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/tiip/tiip-workshop.jpg" alt=" Cassiane Cladis from The Influence Industry Project hosting a workshop at Re:publica, Berlin, 2024." caption="Cassiane Cladis from The Influence Industry Project hosting a workshop at Re:publica, Berlin, 2024."></SingleImage></Images>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/tiip/tiip-website.jpg" alt="User exploring The Influence Industry Project resources online" caption="User exploring The Influence Industry Project resources online. Image by Wael Eskandar"></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/tiip/tiip-resources.jpg" alt="The Personal Data, Political Participation guide" caption="The Personal Data, Political Participation guide. Image by Wael Eskandar"></SingleImage></Images>
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<Text><h3>Assets, resources and materials you can discover, use and adapt:</h3></Text>
<Text><ul><li><a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/">The Influence Industry Explorer:</a> an accessible database of 500 industry actors</li><li><a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/resources/">Over 40 country case studies</a></li><li><a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/resources/">Guides and guidebooks</a></li><li><a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/learn/">A learning hub</a></li><li><a href="https://influenceindustry.org/en/inform/">Inform: Voter Literacy Resources</a></li><li>Multimedia resources like animations, podcast series and more</li></ul></Text>
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<Quote author="Participant of one of the Masterclasses">Tactical Tech's mastercourse and resources taught me how large, organized, and wealthy the international influence industry is. I also learned the various databases and tools available to journalists that could be useful for an investigation.</Quote>
<Quote author="Participant of one of the Masterclasses">It's great to learn about research into the influence industry from the experience of the facilitators but also key concepts used in discussing the influence industry, which actually requires a lot of time to unpack. This helps us understand the complexity of the industry and, thus, the policy problems faced by policymakers working to regulate the industry. </Quote>
<Quote author="Participant of one of the Masterclasses">I have learned a lot about the role of data in the influence industry and, more importantly, how to start an investigation properly. It is remarkable that the rich examples from the guest speakers and the security keynote are also very useful</Quote>
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Learn about, explore research, and discover resources on the
industry using our personal data to influence citizens in political campaigns.

The Influence Industry Project

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<Text><h2>Why?</h2></Text>
<Text>Young people grow up in an environment that is increasingly driven by and dependent upon digital technologies. Their social, learning and play spaces are being encroached upon by ubiquitous technologies so that the divide between public and private, online and offline is being eroded. At a time of crucial development this leaves them exposed to a unique set of challenges, such as tech habits and addiction, information pollution, algorithms and discrimination and data surveillance. But what do youth want?</Text>
<Text><h2>What?</h2></Text>
<Text><a href="https://theglassroom.org/youth/">"What The Future Wants"</a> is a creative, playful, youth-focused initiative by Tactical Tech designed to empower young people to shape the digital world they want to live in. Through visually engaging and captivating educational interventions and resources co-created with youth and educators, we foster spaces for conversations about how technology impacts our lives—from the individual to the societal and planetary levels. Moreover, we aim to build educators' capacity to lead initiatives that cultivate a sense of agency among youth in responding to the challenges of growing up in a tech-driven world.</Text>
<Text><h2>What The Future Wants educational interventions</h2></Text>
<Text>What The Future Wants Exhibition: Debut edition</Text>
<Text>A visually captivating public education intervention, co-developed with young people, that explores the profound impacts of technology on society. This exhibition pioneers creative and adaptable resources that equip educators to help young people navigate -  the challenges of growing up in a tech-driven world.</Text>
<Text>Featuring posters, interactive activities, and thematic-workshops, this exhibition aspires to create visually stimulating, playful, and unconventional analogue formats designed to captivate young audiences and trigger important conversations and reflections. <a href="https://theglassroom.org/en/what-the-future-wants/">Explore the exhibition.</a></Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/wtfw/wtfw-exhibition.jpg" alt="Set-up of the What The Future Wants exhibition." caption="Set-up of the What The Future Wants exhibition. Image by La Loma, Berlin, 2022."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/wtfw/wtfw-exhibition-participant.jpg" alt=" Participant interacting with What The Future Wants exhibition posters. Image by Nigeria ICAD, 2022" caption="Participant interacting with What The Future Wants exhibition posters. Image by Nigeria ICAD, 2022."></SingleImage></Images>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/wtfw/wtfw-exhibition-participant1.jpg" alt="Participant of the What The Future Wants exhibition activities. Image by the Young Catholic Students (IYCS) Africa" caption="Participant of the What The Future Wants exhibition activities. Image by the Young Catholic Students (IYCS) Africa."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/wtfw/wtfw-exhibition-participant2.jpg" alt="Participant interacting with What The Future Wants exhibition cards" caption="Participant interacting with What The Future Wants exhibition. Image by Casa Hacker"></SingleImage></Images>
<Text>Everywhere, All The Time Exhibition</Text>
<Text>“Everywhere, All the Time” is a creative and playful digital literacy intervention for teens that fosters critical conversions about AI, technology and it's impacts. Co-developed with 300 young people and 100 educators worldwide, it includes sets of easy-to-print and install posters, activity cards and an extensive educators' guidebook.</Text>
<Text>These resources assist educators in guiding teens to explore crucial topics, including understanding how AI chatbots work and the hidden labour behind technology, recognising the attention-grabbing designs behind popular games, and learning about the physical infrastructures that power the internet, among many other topics. <a href="https://theglassroom.org/youth/everywhere-all-the-time/">Explore the exhibition.</a></Text>
<Images><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/wtfw/wtfw-eat-exhibition.jpg" alt="The Everywhere All The Time Exhibition at Sao Paulo, 2024" caption="Everywhere, All the Time Exhibition, Sao Paulo, 2024. Image courtesy of Avenues."></SingleImage><SingleImage src="website2023/our_projects/wtfw/wtfw-eat-activities.jpg" alt="Activity cards of the Everywhere All The Time Exhibition" caption="Activity cards of the Everywhere All The Time Exhibition. Image by Tactical Tech"></SingleImage></Images>
<Text><h2>Training and workshops</h2></Text>
<Text>The project also provides workshops and Training-Of-Trainers programmes to schools, cultural centers, museums, libraries and any organisation working with youth that build the capacity of educators to host media literacy interventions, combining thematic workshops with practical methods. The sessions focus on digital safety, security, and well-being, enhancing their capacity for effective media literacy.</Text>
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<Text><h3>Assets, resources and materials you can discover, use and adapt: </h3></Text>
<Text><ul><li>Digital literacy creative exhibitions including interactive posters and activities in different formats and digital versions</li><li>Educational activities</li><li>Educators Guides for educators and facilitators.<li>Co-development Methodologies</li></ul></Text>
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<Quote author="Gordana Baboska and Falk Schleicher from the Dept. of Educational Cooperation at Goethe-Institut Skopje">The collaboration with TT resulted in the development of WTFW. This exhibit has been an attractive offer for many of our partner schools in Southeast Europe. It provided additional impulses within our efforts to promote information and media literacy among young people in the region.</Quote>
<Quote author="Soledad Magnone, director of JAAKLAC">Tactical Tech has a wealth of resources on digital security, privacy, misinformation and well-being in accessible formats and various languages. The main strengths of these resources pertain to their design in collaboration with partners of diverse backgrounds from around the world. These have been used to facilitate discussions around the implications of digital technologies, present practical solutions accessible to broader audiences, and inspire communities to build upon Tactical Tech’s materials and start alternative initiatives.</Quote>
<Quote author="Ashkumar Gopalani, leader of the Voices of What The Future Wants in India project">The resources that Tactical Tech created in digital literacy are highly engaging. The curation of content and topics for the exhibition and clear-set instructions make knowledge transfer easy. Tactical Tech exhibitions have helped me be a better listener of the youth. It allowed them to express, and for the first time for most, thoughts about their devices, technology and society.</Quote>
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A  youth-focused initiative that aims to engage young people in thinking critically about their current digital environment and the future they want to live in.


What The Future Wants

Holistic Security is a strategy manual to help human rights defenders maintain their well-being in action. The holistic approach integrates self-care, well-being, digital security, and information security into traditional security management practices.
This manual is the first to adopt an explicitly 'holistic' approach to security and protection strategies for human rights defenders. This means that rather than looking separately at the importance of our digital security, psycho-social well-being and organisational security processes, it attempts to integrate them and highlight their inter-relatedness.
The Holistic Security Manual is founded on the understanding that 'security' is a deeply personal, subjective and gendered concept. When we work to bring about positive social change, we can face persistent threats and attacks which impact upon our physical and psychological integrity, and often affect our friends and families. However, taking an organised approach to security can help us to sustain ourselves and our work.
The manual is the result of a project that spanned three years and involved over 40 trainers, human rights defenders and practitioners, each one contributing valuable expertise and experience.

A holistic guide for psycho-social health, digital security,
physical security and organisational practices.

A holistic guide for human rights defenders for their psycho-social
health, digital security, physical security and organisational practices.

Holistic Security

Whether in meeting rooms or in demonstrations, holding online debates or organizing campaigns women use technology to re-imagine and co-create just, inclusive and equal societies. However, the very same technologies put women under risks and threats while trying to achieve their goals, spread their word and leave their mark.
This website provides practical tools to navigate digital security and privacy from a gender perspective, learn from each other’s activism, inspire one another and co-create. While doing so the website poses a critical debate around maintaining our safety and wellbeing in a world where technology companies capitalize on our attention and data, and the government institutions are short of providing adequate protection and remedies.
XYZ is dedicated to all resilient women, women identified, trans* and gender non conforming individuals who continue to inspire our community with their vision and strength.

XYZ is an online platform for practical tools to navigate digital
security and privacy from a gender perspective, learn from each other's
activism, inspire one another and co-create.

Visualising Information for Advocacy is a book about how advocates and activists use visual elements in their campaigns. This 160-page guide features nearly 50 case studies from around the world to provide an introduction to understanding visual information and a framework for using images for influence.
Whether we’re swamped by it or starved of it, the value of information depends on its quality, and its usefulness depends on our ability to communicate it successfully. As activists, we can't sit and wait for people to wade through 60-page reports. To influence people we must make strong arguments and communicate them using strong evidence. Well timed, rigorous and well presented information is the greatest asset activists possess.
The ideas in Visualising Information for Advocacy have been developed through nearly 50 workshops, led for activists, journalists and advocates campaigning on issues as diverse as corruption and transparency, pro-democracy, land-grabbing, toxic waste, water scarcity, migration, maternal and child health, forced labour, violence against women, gender and sexuality rights, indigenous people's rights, child rights and anti-torture. These workshops have taken us to many countries to work with activists from Kazakhstan to Kenya.
In October 2013, Tactical Tech released the first edition of Visualising Information for Advocacy, and a second edition a year later. In 2016, we published a localised Arabic translation with specific case studies. In 2017, SocialTIC published a Spanish translation of the book.

A book about how advocates and activists use visual elements in
their campaigns.

Visualising Information for Advocacy

Me and My Shadow is an online privacy resource which includes information on how to control data traces, tracking and the data industry.
Running from 2011 to 2018, this project aimed to tackle the loss of control that we feel as we use digital technologies: where is the data going? Who owns it? How can we make safer, more informed choices? Resources such as the Alternative App Centre, Trackography and later the Data Detox Kit gave some answers to these questions, giving simple and informed steps towards a more in-control digital self.
The training curriculum, that was developed as part of Me and My Shadow, gave over 30 workshops and activities that privacy champions around the world could download and use in their own communities. Topics included How the Internet Works, Draw Your Browser History and Choosing Tools.
Me and My Shadow was Tactical Tech's first solely privacy-orientated project and the content that was developed over the seven years continues to be fed into current projects and curriculum. The majority of this content was merged with the Data Detox Kit in 2018 and 2019, but you can still visit the website to scroll through resources, blogs and curriculum.

A project that helps you control your data traces, see how you're
being tracked, and learn more about the data industry.

Me and My Shadow

<Text>Basma Mostafa, an Egyptian Investigative journalist in Exile, takes us through her journey from field journalism to investigative journalism. She talks about how the revolution inspired her to be a journalist, her journey from field to investigative journalism and how she is learning new ways to cover Egypt from exile, being mindful of her mental health.</Text>

Basma Mostafa, an Egyptian Investigative journalist in Exile,
takes us through her journey from field journalism to investigative
journalism. 

Basma Mostafa - If we just keep telling the truth

<Text>Veteran Nepalese journalist Deepak Adhikari takes us through his life journey from proofreading to investigative journalism and fact checking. Highlighting the nexus between politics and business, Adhikari takes us through the challenges and satisfactions in this line of work, as well as the challenges while giving advice to future investigators.</Text>

Veteran Nepalese journalist Deepak Adhikari takes us through his life journey from proofreading to investigative journalism and fact checking.



Deepak Adhikari - We are in a business of thinking

<Text>In times of conflict and revolution, the lines between investigation, journalism and activism can often overlap. Hanna Liubakova, a Belarusian journalist in exile, talks to us about her experience treading those lines and how her work has become something much bigger than just a job.</Text>

Hanna Liubakova, a Belarusian journalist in exile, talks to us
about her experience and how her work has become something much bigger than
just a job.

Hanna Liubakova - You just don't give up

<Text>Between big tech and civil society, Richard Ngamita argues that there is a chance for more collaboration. A senior investigator, Ngamita has been working on threat intelligence for tech companies and maintains a focus on civil society as well. Follow Ngamita's journey of investigation as he relays his experiences, the challenges we face and some of the tips and tools he uses.</Text>

A senior investigator, Richard Ngamita has been working on threat
intelligence for tech companies and maintains a focus on civil society as
well.

Richard Ngamita - It takes a village to fight bad actors

<Text>In this article, researchers from La Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) describe their process of using party's financial declarations to investigate private firms that worked with political parties in the 2021 legislative elections in Argentina.</Text>

In this article, researchers from La Asociación por los Derechos
Civiles (ADC) describe their process of using party's financial declarations
to investigate private firms that worked with political parties.

The influence industry in Argentinean Elections: Tracking firms through
financial reporting

<Text>In this article, Rayan Shaya examines the effectiveness of the political advertisement disclaimers on Facebook and Instagram during the 2022 elections. Using data collected in the Meta Ad Library, the team developed a framework to see how the type of disclaimers intersected with the type of attributed person or page.</Text>

In this article, Rayan Shaya examines the effectiveness of the
political advertisement disclaimers on Facebook and Instagram during the 2022
elections in Lebanon. 

The Transparency of Facebook Disclaimers in the 2022 Lebanon Elections

<Text>If you are interested in using this activity, please contact us at youth@tacticaltech.org and check out the Host Your Own page, to find out more.</Text>

A poster examining the social and environmental impact of producing
smartphones from the mining and extracting of raw materials to the disposal of
electronics.

Out of Hand

A poster explaining how biometric and facial recognition works and
where it appears in our daily lives.

The Real Life of Your Selfie

A poster about the features of apps and phones that are designed to
grab our attention, manipulate our behaviour or deceive us.

How Your Phone Is Devious by Design

Bubble Quotes

An activity to explore society’s increasing dependency on
smartphones and digital technologies.

Handy?

An activity asking visitors to reflect on Google’s motto,
ultimately asking the question: what does an ‘evil’ company, and a company
‘doing the right thing’, look like?

Don’t Be Evil

A two-part activity: 1) a dot-to-dot to create a faceprint and 2)
a quiz about facial recognition and biometric technology.

Let’s Face It

A poster explaining the scale and wealth of Google and other big
tech companies.

Google Society

An activity inviting visitors to characterise their phone’s
behaviour by drawing or writing their own mini cartoon.

Hello, Friend

<Text>A workshop to speculate about the digital future. In what direction do young people see technology heading and what is their role in that future?</Text>

 A workshop to speculate about the digital future. In what
direction do young people see technology heading and what is their role in
that future?

What the Future Brings

<Text>A workshop to encourage critical thinking around technology.</Text>

A workshop to encourage critical thinking around technology. 

Debating the Digital 

<Text>A workshop to reflect on the importance of fact-checking statements on headlines since they can shape our understanding of reality.</Text>

A workshop to reflect on the importance of fact-checking
statements on headlines since they can shape our understanding of reality. 

Shaping Narratives

<Text>The first of two articles about Tactical Tech’s first youth-centered team co-created the public education intervention ‘What the Future Wants’, which was released in Spring 2022.</Text>

The first of two articles about Tactical Tech’s first
youth-centered team co-created the public education intervention ‘What the
Future Wants’, which was released in Spring 2022.

Co-Creation as Methodology for Uncertain Times: Practice, Learnings, and
Findings

<Text>The second of two articles about Tactical Tech’s first youth-centered team co-created the public education intervention ‘What the Future Wants’, which was released in Spring 2022.</Text>

The second of two articles about Tactical Tech’s first
youth-centered team co-created the public education intervention ‘What the
Future Wants’, which was released in Spring 2022.

Co-Creating a Public Education Intervention: A Contextual Analysis

<Text>A workshop about campaigning to establish core values and demands about (hidden) influencers behind technology.</Text>

A workshop about campaigning to establish core values and demands
about (hidden) influencers behind technology. 

Influence the Influencer

<Text>The apps and services listed here are offered by people we likely do not personally know. Though they make various promises about respecting your privacy and protecting your data, ultimately an element of trust is involved in using these, or any, apps and services.</Text>

Alternative App Centre is a collection of privacy-conscious tools,
apps, and services.

Alternative App Centre

<Text>As long as screens have been around, we’ve been noisily debating how long we should spend in front of them. How much is too much? Is it harmful? What will happen if we don’t have rules? And now with school, socialising and play moving online, it has become even more complicated. What can you do to maintain some structure when you find your family turning tech on and turning off normal screen time rules?Here you’ll find some guiding principles and tips for parents who have kids that are becoming independent in their technology use. They might be between the ages of 8-13, perhaps they just got their own smartphone, or they have a new interest in exploring it and expanding their tech use with friends and away from parents. Scroll to the bottom of the article to see a breakdown of younger ages.</Text>

Here you’ll find some guiding principles and tips for parents who
have kids that are becoming independent in their technology use.

Beyond Screens - Managing the Screen Time Dilemma

<Text>If you think about what your data tells others about you, it may not seem like that big of a deal: who cares if you’re a fan of country music, like to buy more shoes than you need, or start planning your next vacation a year in advance?The problem lies in what’s happening with your data. Taken together over time, intimate digital patterns emerge: your habits, movements, relationships, preferences, beliefs, and secrets are revealed to those who analyze and profit from them, like businesses and data brokers.</Text>

What is happening with your data? Taken together over time,
intimate digital patterns emerge: your habits, movements, relationships,
preferences, beliefs, and secrets are revealed.

Control Your Smartphone Data 

<Text>Data Detox x Youth is an activity book to help young people take control of their tech. This interactive toolkit encourages young people to think about different aspects of their digital lives, from their social media profiles to their passwords, with simple activities for reflection and play.</Text>

Data Detox x Youth is an activity book to help young people take
control of their tech.

Data Detox X Youth

<Text>This workshop gives participants the opportunity to reflect on their values and priorities, and create a digital detox action plan to ensure that their technology use supports their goals.</Text>

This workshop gives participants the opportunity to reflect on
their values and priorities, and create a digital detox action plan to ensure
that their technology use supports their goals.

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