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Foreign AffairsD&S fellow Mark Latonero considers recent attempts by policymakers, big tech companies, and advocates to address the deepening refugee and migrant crisis and, in particular, the educational needs of displaced children throu... Read on Foreign AffairsMay 2016 -
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Data & SocietyNumerous media reports have highlighted that refugees now increasingly rely on digital devices such as smartphones in order to traverse their perilous routes, contact lost family members, or find safe places before dark. But cl... Read moreMay 2016 -
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The AtlanticD&S Advisor Ethan Zuckerman pushes back against a new myth developing around Bitcoin as a ready-made solution to complex humanitarian and international development problems around the globe: Is Bitcoin really the best way ... Read on The AtlanticApril 2016 -
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Data & SocietyData about mass violence can seem to offer insights into patterns: is violence getting better, or worse, over time? Is violence directed more against men or women? However, in human rights data collection, we (usually) don’t kn... Read moreMarch 2016 -
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Responsible DataD&S Fellow Mark Latonero considers the digital infrastructure for movement of refugees -- the social media platforms, mobile apps, online maps, instant messaging, translation websites, wire money transfers, cell phone charg... Read on Responsible DataFebruary 2016 -
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PointsA Digital Passage "Phones, social media, mobile apps, online maps, instant messaging, translation websites, wire money transfers, cell phone charging stations, and Wi-Fi hotspots have created a new infrastructure for movemen... Read on PointsFebruary 2016 -
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GeoJournalD&S Affiliate Kate Crawford writes about the use of social media platforms and mobile phone data to mine and produce accounts of how people are responding in the aftermath of crisis events. She considers the limitations of ... Read on GeoJournalAugust 2015 -
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Data & SocietyThe growth of the Identity State is premised on the administrative fantasy that citizens can be grasped, fixed, and rendered stable in the state’s imagination. Biometric technologies are seen as core to this act of fixation, de... Read moreJuly 2015 -
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Responsible DataIn this guest blogpost for the Responsible Data Forum, D&S fellow Mark Latonero provides an overview of the issues and tensions addressed by the Data, Human Rights & Human Security primer he coauthored with research ana... Read on Responsible DataJune 2015 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer highlights the emergent complexities at the intersection of data, human rights, and human security, and argues that more foundational work and leadership is needed in this area. Read moreJune 2015