Digital Privacy & Technology Guide: Racism, Surveillance & Social Oppression

CNET explores how communities that couldn't get mortgage loans in the 1940s are the same areas without fast home internet service today.

Fast Company broadly explores how digital redlining continues to reinforce institutional racism.

Dr. Chris Gilliard speaks about digital redlining and the internet. He concentrates on privacy, institutional tech policy, digital redlining, and the re-inventions of discriminatory practices through data mining and algorithmic decision-making.

Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day.

Network neutrality is the principle that internet service providers should treat all data equally and should not discriminate or provide preference to any data regardless of its source, content, or destination.

Information on broadband advocacy.

A powerful, free tool to help libraries improve their current broadband infrastructure and internal IT environment.

A coalition of individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations led by Free Press working for the preservation of network neutrality. The site encourages taking action against discrimination of bandwidth distribution on the Internet.

Advocacy resources from Access Now on net neutrality, and a range of other digital rights efforts.

An article summarizing net neutrality protest in US opposing US government plans to scrap net neutrality protections under Trump Administration.

Open access to the Internet altered the course of history, including the fight for LGBT rights. That online freedom is now being threatened, writes GLAAD's Sarah Kate Ellis.

Darrah Blackwater, J.D., University of Arizona, Indigenous & telecommunications law, explains how a lack of internet access cuts off economic opportunities, telehealth and online counseling to rural tribal lands when they need them most.

Vice explores how internet service providers (ISPs) quietly give away detailed information to private businesses, which then sell access to that data to a range of third parties.

EFF outlines the complex history of surveillance and the black community, and how it continues today.

This is a comprehensive introduction from EFF to policing and surveillance.

ACLU's Technology 101 primer on what surveillance technologies police are using.

Paper explores how law enforcement agencies are increasingly using predictive policing systems to forecast criminal activity and allocate police resources. In numerous jurisdictions, these systems are built on data produced during documented periods of flawed, racially biased, and sometimes unlawful practices and policies.

Dr. Chris Giliard explains how algorithms are trained on racist historical data and outdated values, which prevents opportunities for positive social change.

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden and other privacy activists discuss the state of government and corporate surveillance and data privacy in the tech-laden modern world.

Learn about the basics of facial recognition.

Resolution was adopted January 26, 2021 by ALA Council.

A blog post on facial recognition technology, and what it means for libraries and our values, from Jonathan Hernandez-Perez, a Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) member.

Information on fighting face surveillance technology in your community.

Article by Chynna Foucek discussing race, algorithms, and data privacy, and the staggering amounts of personal data collected by our governments.

From University of Washington, racial justice resources.

Sarah Lamdan explores how libraries, surveillance capitalism and Immigration and Customs Enforcement work together.

Janus Rose reviews "Coded Bias" documentary, an essential introduction to algorithmic bias.

Deborah Raji calls for technologists to take responsibility for the toxic ideologies that our data sets and algorithms reflect.

Apps that harvest data, dark web marketplaces, and state surveillance are just some of the dangers LGBTQ people have to think about online.

Co-founded by Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble and Dr. Sarah T. Roberts, C2i2 is an intersectional research community committed to reimagining technology, championing racial justice, and strengthening democracy through a mix of research, culture, and policy.

Librarian Reanna Esmail recounts her experience being doxxed and harassed for statements she made against anti-Asian racism, which then made her a target of that racism.

Developed by Andrea Puglisi, privacy advocate of Library Freedom Project, this quick guide serves as a primer on how to integrate trauma informed principles into library service and operational models.

Explore how coded memes to deepfake porn, abusive disinformation campaigns evade moderation tools; and how platforms, Congress, and employers need to help women fight back.

Resources on technology safety. Check out their Covid-19 and Survivor resources.

Learn about online abuse and the tactics that are frequently employed as women are targeted online.

Hackblossom's comprehensive DIY cybersecurity guide geared towards feminists, activists, and their friends to take control of their digital spaces.

Written for women who are experiencing domestic abuse or stalking, this guide and its principles can be used irrespective of gender, location or situation.

Cynthia Conti-Cook explores the relationship between the movements for reproductive justice, digital privacy, anti-surveillance, and decriminalization, and how that relates to bodily-autonomy.

Slide recording by Greenfield Community College librarian Claire Lobdell discusses the intersection of digital privacy and reproductive rights.

Blog post from Claire Lobdell on where library services and Female Reproductive Rights meet and the big things to know to keep patrons safe.

This resource visualizes the digital climate for LGBTQ+ communities.

Katelyn Burns explores how digital environments have increased risks and harms to trans community.

Learn about the fight over Section 230, what it is, what has changed, and the debate about the way forward.

Article by Heidi Tripp argues that sex workers deserve protection under Section 230, and recommends that recent limitations to Section 230 be reinstated.

The government crackdown on online sex trafficking changed the business of sex—and left many consensual sex workers feeling less safe.