Next week: hear how activists are creatively engaging with data to challenge authoritarianism.

Data Activism in the Age of Trump | Events - Concordia University

Jacinta González from @mediajustice.bsky.social has been sharing important findings about Palantir's role in US deportations and will be one of the presenters at our April 28th webinar, Data Activism in the Age of Trump. Register here: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

Power researching elected officials - Little Sis Elected officials are often the key decision makers that organizers focus on when trying to create change in their communities. But who are the key players behind our politicians? In

Join us this Thursday at 7pm et for a training on power researching elected officials.

It's free and open to all regardless of experience level!
This training will be recorded.
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Munira Lokhandwala from @mapthepower.bsky.social will be speaking about power mapping as part of our book launch webinar "Data Activism in the Age of Trump". Register below.

@erinmcel.bsky.social , co-founder of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and author of Silicon Valley Imperialism, will be speaking as a part of our Data Activism in the Age of Trump webinar on April 28. Register at the link below.

@petramolnar.com , author of "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (2024), a Governor General's Literary Award finalist, will be speaking as a part of our data activism webinar next week. Register at the link below.

Data Activism in the Age of Trump
Tuesday, April 28, 1:30pm (EST) / 12:30pm Winnipeg start time

On Zoom:
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Speakers:
*Jacinta Gonzalez, MediaJustice
*Munira Lokhandwala, LittleSis
*Erin McElroy, Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
*Petra Molnar, Refugee Law Lab

Erin McElroy, one of the activists featured in our April 28 webinar, is cofounder of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, which mobilizes data to expose the scale of evictions in cities worldwide. You can register for the live event here: tinyurl.com/bdz7pxpc

Join us on April 28th for a live webinar on data activism in the Trump era, and get 25% off our new book. Register here: tinyurl.com/bdz7pxpc

Jacinta Gonzalez, who will be speaking at our webinar, has been doing powerful work exposing the connections between the Trump regime and big tech. You can register for it here: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

Refugee Law Lab The Refugee Law Lab undertakes research and advocacy about legal analytics, AI, and new border control technologies that impact refugees and other non-citizens.

@refugeelab.ca conducts research on new legal tech, refugees, and migration (refugeelab.ca). This group will be featured in our April 28th webinar, "Data Activism in the Age of Trump." Register here: tinyurl.com/bdz7pxpc

kollektiv orangotango YouTube video by Data Justice Hub

In this podcast, we speak with Paul Schweizer from @kol-orangotango.bsky.social (a network of critical geographers, artists, and activists) and Börries Nehe from the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies (IRGAC).

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LittleSis is one group that we are featuring as a part of our data activism webinar on April 28. See here for details: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

REGISTRATIONS are NOW OPEN for our upcoming webinar, Data Activism in the Age of Trump. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/bdz7pxpc

Access to information: N.L. failed to make public over 1,000 responses in a single year Province says it’s dealing with an increase in ATIPP requests, but NDP leader is concerned that the mounting problems may be intentional

Access to information: N.L. failed to make public over 1,000 responses in a single year.

Province says it’s dealing with an increase in requests, but NDP says problems may be intentional.

The latest from our new #AtlanticCanada reporter @justinbrake.bsky.social:

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SAVE THE DATE for our April 28th webinar, which will cover how activists are adapting their strategies in a context of rapid change. Registration link to follow.

A requester’s guide to police misconduct documents and data Information about police misconduct can be one of the most difficult types of information to obtain through public records requests. But police misconduct is often a matter of life or death, an area…

Police misconduct records are notoriously difficult to pry from agencies. Our latest guide explains the main types of police disciplinary records, what those records contain, where to find them and provides sample language you can use in your own requests today. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

The Progressive Publics event #4 was a great thing thanks to @andremarrgoulet.bsky.social representing Harbinger @harbingermedia.bsky.social and Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social … And also thanks to some incredible, remarkable speakers like El Jones and Jeremy Appel @readtheorchard.org …

The Progressive Publics Symposium is happening today. If you're in Winnipeg, check it out.

Heading to a protest this weekend?

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In our new book, Mobilizing Data for Justice, we feature MuckRock -- a nonprofit, collaborative organization and newsroom that brings together journalists, researchers and the public to request, analyze and share government information.

The Data Justice Hub is co-sponsoring the Progressive Publics Symposium in Winnipeg this weekend. Check it out.

Bellingcat is one of the groups that we feature in our book, Mobilizing Data for Justice.

How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook - bellingcat Coded language used in thousands of Facebook ads has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade the platform’s bans for years

Wildlife traffickers selling protected animals on Facebook use coded language to evade moderation. Research by Bellingcat and @mongabay.com has identified nine groups, with more than 70,000 members combined, leading back to six profiles and one broker in Indonesia. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Mobilizing Data for Justice A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age.

Happy book birthday to Mobilizing Data for Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age!

Drawing on interviews with more than 50 data activists around the world, this book provides the inspiration that activists need for social justice struggles today. btlbooks.com/book/mobiliz...

digital age activism w/ Chris Hurl & Kevin Walby Mobilizing Data for Justice

Kevin Walby and Chris Hurl discuss their new book, Mobilizing Data for Justice, on the Social Sleuth podcast.

Drawing from activist interviews, it explores strategies developed in social struggles that engage with data in different ways, including: 1) building community; 2) negotiating surveillance infrastructures; 3) accessing data; 4) archiving data; 5) and visualizing data.

Mobilizing Data for Justice A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age.

Our new book, Mobilizing Data for Justice, is out today with @btlbooks.com.

Mobilizing Data for Justice A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age.

Our book investigating data activist strategies is coming out tomorrow!

Visualizing Palestine YouTube video by Data Justice Hub

Episode 4 of the Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features interviews with Visualizing Palestine.