We needed to begin by listening and learning more.
So the first phase was grounded in a landscape analysis led by @EngnRoom and issue briefs by @APC_News , @BSRnews and @OpenEnviroData
In Europe right now, there is a conversation about the twin transitions. This describes a digital transformation and a shift to renewable energy. Within these agendas, technology is sold as a solution. It is the smart city. The surveilled borders. The automated everything.
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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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