Roya Pakzad

@RoyaPak
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We, at Taraaz, worked with the Ford Foundation to develop a framework to assess the societal impacts of digital technologies procured by public agencies in the US. The framework includes 21 red flags, questions to identify them, and scenarios to contextualize potential harms.

🖇️ Link to the framework: https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/research-reports/a-guiding-framework-to-vetting-public-sector-technology-vendors/

A guiding framework to vetting public sector technology vendors

Thoughtful evaluation tool to assess how new technology-based proposals impact U.S. public sector

Ford Foundation
What happens when online #counterpublics try to engage externally - meaning try to convince other publics that their ideas are valid? Our research found that they face severe harassment extended over time and space that weaponizes affordances, gender, and identity. New #CSCW2023 paper with @RoyaPak Nazita Lajevardi and Mariam Asad. https://niloufar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/OurMuslimVoicesCSCW2023.pdf