Economic Security Project (2021): Big Tech Detective, Washington DC. Big Tech Detective is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that reveals how data flows to and from the biggest tech companies and the extent to which tech giants already dominate the digital infrastructure. Big Tech Detective ist eine Browser-Erweiterung Read more
Siemens Stiftung (2020): Medienpaket “Algorithmen in unserem Alltag”, München. The media package “Algorithms in our everyday life” developed by iRights.Lab is aimed at students from grade 7 onwards with the goal of conveying a general understanding of algorithmic systems and establishing social and political connections. Das von iRights.Lab entwickelte Medienpaket Read more
Media Smart e. V. (2019): #Nachgeschaut – Big Data. Erklärvideo, Köln. The explanatory video contains a brief definition of Big Data (storage, analysis and processing of data), describes where data is created, who it benefits (advertising, predictive policing, surveillance and education, e.g. the Social Credit System in China, therapy options, Read more
Media Smart e. V. (2018): #Nachgefragt – Big Data: Was geht mich das an? Interview mit Gerda Sieben, Köln (2:36 min). In the interview, Gerda Sieben, head of the jfc Media Center, answers Media Smart’s questions about Big Data. Depending on the objective and purpose of the data analysis, the Read more
La Quadrature du Net (2014): Reclaim Your Privacy. “Reclaim Our Privacy” is a three-minute movie that explains the threat to, the importance of protecting, and the tools to reclaim our privacy online. The movie ist part of a campaign (https://www.laquadrature.net/en/personnal-data/), which fights against the commodification of our personal data: so Read more
Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. (ohne Jahr): Your Data Your Rights, Digitale Gesellschaft: Berlin. The website “Deine Daten. Deine Rechte” (Your Data. Your Rights) informs consumers in a playful way about which actors collect which data and what options the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation offers citizens so that they can Read more
Petra Grimm, Karla Neef, Michael Waltinger (IDE/HdM) / Birgit Kimmel and Stefanie Rack (klicksafe) (2015): Click E for Ethics. Navigating the values of digital living. Work materials for schools and young people (Privatsphäre und Big Data). “The aim of this media ethics guide is to stimulate the process of considering Read more
Tactical Tech [no date]. Me and My Shadow. This is part of the Me and My Shadow website but it addresses mainly educators. It provides fully planned workshops and activities that can be combined and that educate about, e.g., “How the Internet Works”, “Data Brokers” or “Politicising Facebook”. Dies ist Read more
Tactical Tech, Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, Germany “Me and My Shadow is a project that helps you explore and minimise your ‘digital shadows’: the information traces you leave behind when you use the internet and mobile phones. This multimedia website provides informational texts in different detail and complexity, short videos, Read more
“Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.” This website has been extended recently and now includes text-based information on aspects of data collection and misinformation online and several to-do lists with easy steps to protect one’s data Read more