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Our new Responsible Tech Guide is here! Download it here: https://lnkd.in/eDbKw3zc The Responsible Tech Guide is designed to inform, inspire, and illuminate pathways for more people to thrive in the Responsible Tech ecosystem. It is our flagship resource, and takes learnings from our mentorship program, working groups, dozens of in-person gatherings, Slack community of over 10k across 98 countries, and more. This year's Responsible Tech Guide features profile interviews of Afua Bruce, Audrey Tang, Baroness Beeban Kidron, Camille François, Cansu Canca, Ph.D., Eugenio V Garcia, Gemma Galdon Clavell, PhD, Johanna Weaver, Dr. Joy Buolamwini, June Okal, Lyel Resner, Navrina Singh, Oumou L., Sean Litton, Sinead Bovell, Sonia Livingstone, Stéphane Duguin, and Trisha Prabhu! Read about the people, organizations, and ideas of the Responsible Tech movement! Whether you are involved (or interested in) Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, or Public Interest Technology, this guide has you covered for actionable ways to get involved with the community. A big thank you to The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation which has supported our work for the last three years, Siegel Family Endowment which supported a research fellow helpful to this guide, Oak Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Online Trust & Safety Fund (Eli Sugarman). We'd also like to thank Mozilla; we are partners for their Rise25 Awards, and our guide features four honorees! We'd also like to thank the Ford Foundation and Project Liberty for their previous support that has been instrumental in helping our org grow. Is there someone who would benefit from the Responsible Tech Guide?! Send it their way! #AllTechIsHuman #ResponsibleTech #ResponsibleTechGuide

What happens when we use commercial encrypted messaging services in high-risk and sensitive contexts? Whether it's journalists, government personnel, or grassroots organizers, encryption is vital for secure communications, but commercial platform use raises important questions about access and trust. I highlighted these challenges on BBC Radio Ulster this past weekend. Some points I raised: - End-to-end encryption ensures messages are secure in transit, but risks on either end still exist. If a party's device is compromised with malware, unauthorized access, etc., messages can be exposed. - A platform's metadata collection (though minimal on some platforms) can expose patterns about chat data. In the wrong hands, this can be used to contextualize and corroborate the contours of a sensitive discussion. - Classified information has strong protocols for use - it's restricted to air-gapped environments (without access to the Internet) and government-approved communication systems designed for that level of sensitivity. - When inadvertent issues arise, what does the right response look like? For example, a commercial platform can be legally compelled to share its data - what happens then? How do we take that into account as users? Link to the segment in the comments. Thank you to Mark and the BBC team for the insightful chat.

We had a recent conversation with Adele Zeynep Walton about the human costs associated with social media and the importance of finding time to log off. Adele is the author of the upcoming book, Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World. She was in conversation with David Ryan Polgar. #AllTechIsHuman #ResponsibleTech https://lnkd.in/etf_vYpy

Are you a NYC-area university student looking to explore a social impact career? On April 5th from 11-3 at the New York Institute of Technology's NYC campus, there is an ATIHx gathering in collaboration with NYIT you can join (nearly full). REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/ebwRYTR2 This is being led by Abby Fergus, collaborating with NYIT's Jennifer Griffiths. Abby is a Princeton University GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow at All Tech Is Human. There are speakers and workshops. Some of the speakers include Alayna Kennedy (Manager of AI Governance, Mastercard + ATIH affiliate), Heidi Hysell – Advisor, Founder, Consultant, FUTURE, Tomorrow Mornings, Future Insights + ATIH affiliate), Kathryn Kosmides (Founder & CEO, Garbo), Will Rivera (Director, MyOwnImage), J. Michael Schmidt – Chief Community Scientist, NationBuilder), Anthoni Garcia (CUNY PIT Lab Manager, Roadtrip Nation), and Kendall Schrohe (Organizing Facilitator, Design It For Us). #ResponsibleTech #PublicInterestTechnology

Happy #AILiteracyDay! The quote below is from Philip McRae at the Emerging Issues in AI for Children panel, organized in partnership with Human Change at #Davos2025. 📹 Watch the full session here: https://lnkd.in/eK28uVds We also want to recognize members of the Project Liberty Alliance who are doing important work in the AI Literacy and ethical AI spaces. All Tech Is Human Center for Youth and AI Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development  Common Sense Media Encode Fast Forward  5Rights 

In the upcoming Responsible Tech Author Series for All Tech Is Human, we bring on Adele Zeynep Walton. Adele is the author of the upcoming book, Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World. Join us for this livestream as we hear from Adele and take your questions. Adele Zeynep Walton is a British-Turkish journalist reporting on the human impacts of digital technology and social media, and the author of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World. Growing up as a Gen Z, Adele spent endless hours as a teenager on social media, shaping her view of herself and the world, but after losing her sister to online harms, she realized that our current digital world is failing us. As an online safety campaigner, she campaigns with the Bereaved Families for Online Safety in the UK, and is a youth ambassador with People Vs Big Tech, a founding member of the EU-youth movement Ctrl + Alt + Reclaim, and fellow with Connected By Data. A lifelong bookworm, Adele was Dazed’s first ever political book columnist between 2023 and 2024. She has collaborated on content with a range of publishers to promote political education and youth participation in positive social change, including Penguin, Verso Books, Pluto Press, SquarePeg, Left Book Club, Headline and more. She has over 3 million views and 500,000 likes on TikTok. Adele is also the Website Editor for Naked Politics. Adele has a vast range of expertise in digital communications and PR, both in a freelance and in-house capacity, specializing in digital content strategy for progressive communications and campaigns. Charity work includes being Press Officer for Oxfam, Training Assistant for Friends, Families and Travellers, and volunteering with Amnesty, VSO, Wateraid, The World Transformed and Roma Support Group. Adele is a First Class graduate in International Development from the University of Sussex. Adele is represented by literary agency Bergstrom Studio.

Will YOU be joining All Tech Is Human in London?! We're busy preparing for Responsible Tech London: Advancing Online Safety for All that will be held on 16 July at The Royal Society. Invitations begin going out next week. We have had an outpouring of interest across civil society, government, industry, and academia all across Europe for this gathering. We'll be having two panel conversations and ample time to connect with others who deeply care about building a better tech future. If you would like to be considered for attendance, just let us know through our interest form below. And if there are people or orgs that you think should be there, feel free to let us know or tag them here. #ResponsibleTech #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/egKiFwst

We're getting reading for our upcoming gathering in NYC on April 23, Safety by Design: Making Impact and Mobilizing Change. (Link in comments) Check our our earlier panel conversation on Safety by Design for Generative AI that featured Juliet Shen (Head of Product at ROOST.tools), Afrooz Kaviani Johnson (Global Technical Lead, UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Portnoff (Head of Data Science at Thorn), Sean Litton (President & CEO of Tech Coalition), and moderator Matthew Soeth (Exec Director of Thriving in Games Group (prev. Fair Play Alliance). #ResponsibleTech #SafetybyDesign #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/e-vEbfy9

We want to illuminate careers opportunities and pathways for those navigating layoffs and career transitions. Join our webinar on Thurs, April 10th at 1pm ET as All Tech Is Human's Rebekah Tweed moderates a conversation with special guests Theodora Skeadas (HumaneIntelligence), and two additional guests to be announced shortly. For additional resources, check our our new Responsible Tech Careers newsletter, our popular Responsible Tech Job Board, and our Responsible Tech Guide. Also, strengthen your relationships by joining our Slack community of over 12k individuals (where hundreds of roles are being shared). #ResponsibleTech #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/e--fn9b3

Great piece by Adele Zeynep Walton celebrating some of the incredible women fighting for a safer online future, including Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Seyi Akiwowo, and Sneha Revanur. Adele Zeynep Walton is also one of the leaders in pushing for a better online (and offline) future. We'll be talking to Adele about her new book, Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World this Thursday at 1pm for our livestream series, in conversation w/ David Ryan Polgar. (Link in the comments.) #AllTechIsHuman #ResponsibleTech https://lnkd.in/g7-tZtyv