We are occasionally interviewed or asked to contribute our ideas to non-academic outlets and initiatives:
– __28/04/20__: Linnet Taylor was quoted in a [report](https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-04-28/monitoring-being-pitched-to-fight-covid-19-was-first-tested-on-refugees) by the The Bureau of Investigative Journalism on social media monitoring and other forms of tracking
– __23/04/20__: Linnet Taylor joined a [panel discussion](https://mooreinstitute.ie/2020/04/24/video-of-the-covid-19-response-webinar-data-ethics-and-the-covid-19-crisis/) hosted by the Moore Institute (National University of Ireland) on data, ethics and the COVID-19 crisis
– __15/04/20__: Linnet Taylor participated in a [webinar](https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/beyond-the-exit-strategy-ethical-uses-of-data-driven-technology-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/) organized by the Ada Lovelace Institute on ethical uses of data-driven technology in the fight against COVID-19
– __29/01/20__: Linnet Taylor was quoted extensively in The New Humanitarian’s [exposé](https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigation/2020/01/29/united-nations-cyber-attack) on a cyber attack targeting the UN
– __03/12/19__: Hellen Mukiri-Smith was interviewed by The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion [on the controversy surrounding Kenya’s National Integrated Identity Management System, its impact on rights and citizenship](https://mailchi.mp/41f0f6c9898a/monthly-bulletin-december-2019) as well as in their [2019 Year in Review](https://mailchi.mp/d43d8cdeaf66/2019-year-in-review)
– __07/07/19__: Shaz Jameson contributed to LawTech.Asia’s [response](https://lawtech.asia/lawtech-asias-response-to-public-consultation-on-model-ai-governance-framework/) to the Singaporean Public Consulation on the AI Model Governance Framework
– __03/07/19__: Linnet Taylor and Aaron Martin [discussed politics, ethics, and data protection in humanitarian innovation](https://the-orange-canuck.simplecast.com/episodes/frontiers-in-digital-humanitarianism-part-2) with [Amos Doornbos](https://thisisamos.com)
– __14/02/19__: Hellen Mukiri-Smith and Linnet Taylor [reflect on the disconnect between statelessness and technology](https://www.statelessness.eu/blog/global-data-justice-framing-misfit-between-statelessness-and-technology) for the European Network on Statelessness
– __19/11/18__: Linnet Taylor was [interviewed about Global Data Justice](https://www.scidev.net/global/data/supported-content/big-data-power-to-corporations.html) by the Science and Development Network
About the project
Places and populations that were previously digitally invisible are now part of a ‘data revolution’ that is being hailed as a transformative tool for human and economic development. Yet this unprecedented expansion of the power to digitally monitor, sort, and intervene is not well connected to the idea of social justice, nor is there a clear concept of how broader access to the benefits of data technologies can be achieved without amplifying misrepresentation, discrimination, and power asymmetries.
We therefore need a new framework for data justice integrating data privacy, non-discrimination, and non-use of data technologies into the same framework as positive freedoms such as representation and access to data. This project will research the lived experience of data technologies in high- and low-income countries worldwide, seeking to understand people’s basic needs with regard to these technologies. We will also seek the perspectives of civil society organisations, technology companies, and policymakers.