Notices by Tactical Tech ✅ (info_activism@mastodon.cc)

Have you read our latest article for @globalvoices Voices on how AI can be weaponized for harassment? 🚨 From non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) to steps for protection, we explore the issue and how to get help. 🛡️ Read here: https://globalvoices.org/2024/12/26/how-artificial-intelligence-can-be-weaponized-for-harassment/

🔊 Calling all the European-based media makers & small to mid-size newsrooms! Apply to join this 2-day event in Berlin to discuss how journalists can confront media bias in an era of AI-driven news. Organised by Display Europe & Hostwriter.

🎉 Tactical Tech team will be speaking at the event!

▶️ Apply by 20 Nov: https://forms.gle/2yc3WHqNBKB1nip78

🚨[New article] We live in a polycrisis where climate change, instability & conflict fuel fears. In this piece, Tactical Tech's Executive Director Marek Tuszynski explores how the digital world often deepens confusion & manipulation & why there is a need to rethink how we engage with information during crises. 🔗 Read full article here: https://tacticaltech.org/news/insights/the-quest-to-understand-influencing-machines/

📢The Digital Investigation Residency is open for applications! If you’re a Europe-based journalist, fact-checker, or investigator, don’t miss this event focused on AI, critical climates & political influence. Financial support available!💰Apply by Aug 30: https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/call-investigation-institute-2024

🌟Join us today! Registration is open until 14 CEST (9:00 Brazil Time).
🇧🇷 Brazil's elections and democracy are influenced by digital tactics, tech firms & social media platforms, increasing misinformation spread and divisive messaging. Join the conversation in PT & EN about trends in digital influence tactics being used, accountability, and the motivations of citizens using these tools: https://lime.ttc.io/index.php/344533?lang=en

🚨Cambridge Analytica's website resurfaced in 2023, but something was off. Using #OSINT tools, we found that an obscure Japanese medication company took it over & reused it to gain clicks & drive traffic to their page.
➡️Explore this case study & learn tools to investigate compromised websites.🕵️♂️ https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/case-studies/investigating-compromised-websites/

🔊Calling primary and secondary school teachers! Dive into the world of media literacy with these Open Online Course. You will gain insights into technology's impact on youth, society and education. #MediaLiteracyforEducators
📅Starting date: 6 May
📝Register here: https://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu/courses/course-v1:MLCE+MediaLiteracy+2024/about

🚀Launching "There Is Plastic In The Clouds" by our co-founder Marek Tuszynski! This piece explores how technology defines how we perceive our role in the world under crisis. Is technology a tool of hope, a fixer, an escape planner, and a future shaper? ➡️ https://www.tacticaltech.org/news/insights/there-is-plastic-in-the-clouds/

“Between 2012 and 2022, at least 1,910 people advocating for environmental protection were killed worldwide, a new report finds. Colombia saw murders nearly double between 2021 and 2022, though last year ended on a hopeful note. In October, it ratified the Escazú Agreement, a regional pact requiring countries to prevent attacks on environmental defenders.” via @YaleE360 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/environmental-defenders-murdered-2022

Have you ever been targeted by online ads during elections and wondered how they know your beliefs and interests?

During the #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we raise awareness of how citizens' data is used in the political process to influence their opinions. It's your right to know: https://influenceindustry.org/

🔎🗺️ Is it possible to create visualisations when the data is unreliable & fragmented? Learn how we have mapped the digital empires of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple & Microsoft using provocative design to tell engaging stories that invite people to think critically about the impact of Big Tech on society
https://tacticaltech.org/news/insights/adventures-in-mapping-digital-empires/

🎙️ Check out the Tech Won't Save Us podcast episode where Ben Tarnoff joins Paris Marx to discuss how Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of the first chatbot, became a critic of AI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-criticism-has-a-decades-long-history-w-ben-tarnoff/id1507621076?i=1000625520365

Translation alert! Our #WhatTheFutureWants exhibition for young people is now available in Swahili & Slovak. Organisations, educators & anyone working on digital literacy for youth want to host an exhibition in one of the 15 languages available? Info: https://www.theglassroom.org/youth/

While evidence shows that any person is susceptible to online harassment, research shows that women, people of colour, religious minorities, & members of the LGBTQ+ community are far more likely to be targeted. By Valentina Vera-Quiroz for @globalvoices https://advox.globalvoices.org/2023/04/28/the-consequences-of-online-discrimination-and-authoritarianism-for-minorities/