Now in the second phase, we're sharing what we learned while asking: what still needs more research, what is already working that needs more support, what doesn't exist yet but should?
The digital rights movement knows that these are false solutions. We have been fighting this fight for a long time. We know the issues around privacy, digital security, misinformation, and internet access.
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And there are new perspectives we are learning about: - Big Tech’s very lucrative business selling machine learning services to Big Oil to speed up fossil fuel extraction - historic & ongoing practices of colonization & environmental depletion taking on accelerated forms
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And how the internet itself is a significant contributor to climate change as it emits 2-3% of global carbon and has become the world’s largest coal-powered machine.
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The twin transition is an opportunity. Let us divest from Big Tech and Big Oil. Let us invest in sustainable and just alternatives.
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Let us, as digital rights organizations, partner with climate groups and grow solidarity with other movements working towards social justice and sustainable, equitable knowledge commons.
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There is incredible work already underway. What it needs now is more support and more coalition. Together we can meet this moment. Let’s move slowly, quickly.
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Blog post version of the above: https://michellethorne.cc/2022/04/funders-convening-on-climate-justice-and-digital-rights/ … Fuller proceedings from the event will be published on the project’s wiki page, along with the full research later in June.
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A huge thank you to my wonderful co-hosts
@FiekeJ@mayarichman@brennan_mike Julie Broome and Hanan Elmasu.Show this thread
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