Africa
Letter from a Birmingham Jail – Dr. King, 16 April, 1963
16 April 1963
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I...
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CivicTech
Algorithm Watch’s position on Automated decision making systems and the fight against COVID-19
AlgorithmWatch, a non-profit research and advocacy organisation committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes that have a social relevance, meaning they are used either to predict...
Resources
Resource: The Organiser’s Activity Book
The ORGANISER’S ACTIVITY BOOK is a new self-learning resource from Tactical Tech’s Data and Activism project. The book is a collection of playful exercises for organisers within civil society...
Reports
CBC: WhatsApp Attributes Hack of 1,400 Users to NSO Group Technology
Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton discusses why WhatsApp is suing NSO Group after discovering their spyware was used to target 1,400 users—100 of whom were members of civil...
Africa
Digital Rights in Africa Report 2019
The folks at Paradigm Initiative released their 2019 Digital Rights in Africa Report a few days ago. Their tracking of thirteen African countries in 2019, including during elections and...