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Big Tech has emerged as one of the bigger winners of the global pandemic. A global panel of activists and researchers gathered to analyse the nature and source of Big Tech's power and how communities, movements and cities might reclaim ownership and control of our data.
Panellists
* Anita Gurumurthy, Founding member and director of IT for Change, India, where she leads research collaborations and projects with a focus on governance, democracy and gender justice.
* Nanjira Sambuli, Researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist on tech and governance, Kenya
* Ben Tarnoff, Tech worker, writer and founding editor of technology magazine Logic and author of the forthcoming Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do—And How They Do It (Sept 2020), US
* Caroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer, City of Amsterdam & Chair of Designing Urban Experience at the University of Amsterdam
* Vahini Naidu, Trade negotiator, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa
Moderated by Ben Hayes, TNI Associate, Founding director of AWO, a new data rights agency. Researcher and consultant on security policies, counter-terrorism, border control and data protection.
This webinar was jointly organised by TNI with IT for Change and co-sponsored by Just Net Coalition, Focus on the Global South and Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)
Big Tech has emerged as one of the bigger winners of the global pandemic. A global panel of activists and researchers gathered to analyse the nature and source of Big Tech's power and how communities, movements and cities might reclaim ownership and control of our data.
Panellists
* Anita Gurumurthy, Founding member and director of IT for Change, India, where she leads research collaborations and projects with a focus on governance, democracy and gender justice.
* Nanjira Sambuli, Researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist on tech and governance, Kenya
* Ben Tarnoff, Tech worker, writer and founding editor of technology magazine Logic and author of the forthcoming Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do—And How They Do It (Sept 2020), US
* Caroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer, City of Amsterdam & Chair of Designing Urban Experience at the University of Amsterdam
* Vahini Naidu, Trade negotiator, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa
Moderated by Ben Hayes, TNI Associate, Founding director of AWO, a new data rights agency. Researcher and consultant on security policies, counter-terrorism, border control and data protection.
This webinar was jointly organised by TNI with IT for Change and co-sponsored by Just Net Coalition, Focus on the Global South and Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)
