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MakeShift 2026 brought together designers, technologists, researchers, and advocates to rethink how digital systems are designed, governed, and made accountable.

Across talks, workshops, and exhibitions, we explored transparency, trust, legibility, civic tech, and digital rights.

We want to hear from you! What conversations or ideas from the event are still staying with you?

https://makeshift2026.dtpr.io/program

Photo credit: Aqua Hsu

#MakeShift2026 #AccountableTech #CivicTech #DigitalRights #DTPR

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Nonilex Oct 19, 2024

But that *definition* could rule out wide swaths of the lived human experience, including people talking about their family in the #MiddleEast or simply being #gay or #trans.

“These are such integral parts of some people’s #identities & livelihoods — #Meta’s gone so far as to limit their capability to talk about who they are & what they care about,” says Zach Praiss, #AccountableTech’s campaigns director, who led the organization’s research.

#tech #SocialMedia #content #censorship #politics

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Nonilex Oct 19, 2024

If you’ve suspected that you’re yelling into a void about the #election on #Instagram, #Facebook or #Threads, it’s not your imagination, either. Downplaying #politics is business & political strategy for #Meta, the #SocialMedia giant…
A wider study by the advocacy group #AccountableTech, …quantified the audience drop for 5 prominent liberal IG accounts, including the #HumanRightsCampaign & #Feminist, that post almost entirely about politics. Over 10 wks this spring, their avg audiences fell 65%.

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Nonilex Aug 13, 2024

Bianca Recto, comms dir for the watchdog group #AccountableTech, said #SocialMedia platforms have “outsize #influence to tip the scales one way or another” in an #election. When an owner like #Musk makes it “clear that he’s going to use his social platform to support one side,” she said, “the playing field isn’t level.”
 Before #ElonMusk’s takeover, #Republicans routinely bashed the platform…over accusations it was #censoring *#conservatives*.

#moderation #law #ElectionInterference
#VoteBlue

Open MIC Nov 3, 2023

Facebook whistleblower @Frances Haugen is calling foul on Big Tech for misleading the public into thinking they support online protection for children and teens.

Her op-ed in @the hill shows how companies like Meta and Google publicly support social media regulation, but their lobbying efforts, led by #NetGroup, create huge obstacles to passing meaningful legislation.

#AccountableTech

https://loom.ly/sUY2IWU

I blew the whistle on Facebook. Two years later, Big Tech hasn’t changed

Big Tech has repeatedly and loudly stated in public that it’s time to regulate social media, while privately funding trade lobbying groups that sue the states that try.

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Privacy-First Jobs Nov 22, 2022

A Communications Director position (remote, full-time) is open at #AccountableTech.

They're a non-profit whose campaigns and research include surveillance advertising and online protection for children.

More details here:
https://accountabletech.org/communications-director/

#privacy #jobs

Accountable Tech | Communications Director

Accountable Tech is looking for a Communications Director to lead the development and execution of comprehensive communications plans as our organization continues to grow.

Accountable Tech