A presentation on this important First Amendment case (Media Alliance is one of the 19 plaintiffs) prepared by Joe Nicholson. First Unitarian vs NSA helped to end mass blanket telephone metadata sweeps by the NSA.
Category Archives: Backgrounders and Toolkits
Handy Resources
Surveillance Costs: The NSA’s Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom and Cybersecurity
This report from the Open Technology Institute focuses on the economic costs of blanket mass surveillance.
ARC Report: Milennials Activism and Race
This report from the Applied Research Center is relevant to both social justice organizations as well as the general public. The findings can help social justice organizations better understand the attitudes and motivations of engaged Millennials.
Digital Culture Shift Report
As activism for police accountability, fair wages, just immigration, and more takes center stage — social justice movements of the 21st century are using technology to achieve greater scale and reach wider audiences. But are these digital strategies building power for long-term social change, or helping maintain the status quo?
A report from the Center for Media Justice says the answer depends on the strategy — and offers new approaches and recommendations, from a diverse cross-section of leaders, for building effective social movements in an age of big data and digital technology.
A Guide to Digital Copyright
Data Due Process
Report from the NYU School of Law – “Big Data and Due Process: Toward a Framework to Redress Predictive Privacy Harms”
The Latino Media Gap
Study on Latino media exclusion from the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP).
Smart About Surveillance
A model ordinance for community control over surveillance equipment acquisitions, uses and practices from ACLU-NC