These photographers explored the implications of a culture of pervasive monitoring.
The Local Connection Crisis: New Data on What Communities Need
Presently — Share the Moment, Then Let It Go
A camera-first app for sharing photos as 24-hour stories to the Atmosphere, without a feed getting in the way.
Media Ownership Monitor
Mass media influences how facts are viewed and debated in a society, contributing to crafting its public opinion. Independence and pluralism...
This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interrogations and searches at the U.S. border, subpoenas to testify about sources, leak prosecutions and physical attacks. The Press Freedom Tracker documents cases across the country, involving national, state and local authorities.
COMPOST Special Issue: Stop Surveillance Copaganda
Anti-surveillance stories, reactions, analysis, and incitement built by privacy activists and human rights experts, in collaboration with Strange Horizons as well as the DWeb Camp, DragonCon, and RightsCon communities. The toolkit is now available globally and for free to all creators who want to write more dynamic stories that challenge fascist repression via surveillance tech.
The Sunshine Recorder
I went into this video not knowing anything about how a mid-19th century sunshine recorder might work and was genuinely delighted by the reveal. If you’d li
Ad Tech Says It’s Not In The Surveillance Business. Now Is The Time To Prove It | AdExchanger
ICE wants to know how ad tech and location data could aid investigations. The question is: Will ad tech finally draw a line – or cross one?
Sensors, not just bookmarks [Patterns of Sensemaking #1] - Cosmik Labs
First of a new series on sensemaking patterns we're observing on Semble
After the Feed: Trust, connection, and the next era of social technology | New_ Public | May 2026
After the Feed: Trust, connection, and the next era of social technology By Eli Pariser, Co-Director, Angelica Quicksey, Managing Director, Arnobio Morelix, AI Fellow May 2026 Newpublic.org
Does modernisation erase cultural difference – or amplify it? | Psyche Ideas
We understandably fear the flattening effect of modernity. But global data from China to Peru tells a hopeful story
Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector
For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, archive perusers, and history buffs who grew to love their areas of study because of the specific objects that constitute the field: the…
Introducing ONCE
Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business. We think it’s that time again.
Introducing Acorn: Community Infrastructure That Grows With You
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Welcome | Historical Photographs of Hong Kong
Developed by the Hong Kong History Centre and Special Collections at the University of Bristol, Historical Photographs of Hong Kong offers a rich visual history of Hong Kong, featuring images that span from the second half of the nineteenth century to the 1980s. These capture both the urban landscapes of central districts and the lives of residents and visitors there, and its rural worlds.