Check out the latest from #JustTech. Now published, a field review on race and surveillance from Brian Jordan Jefferson and an essay by @chazparnett on the plantation logics of exploitative data practices just-tech.ssrc.org
@chazparnett In “Information Technology, Surveillance, and Race in the US,” Brian Jordan Jefferson reviews research on racial surveillance–both before and after the use of digital computers, with particular attention to border control and incarceration. just-tech.ssrc.org/field-reviews/…
In “Who’s in Charge? Information Technology and Disability Justice in the United States,” a new review on the #JustTech platform, @AmeliaNGibson and @FractalEcho examine discussions related to data and technology access for people with disabilities. just-tech.ssrc.org/field-reviews/…
@AmeliaNGibson and @FractalEcho complicate the idea that disabled people truly have “access” to technology in contexts where they do not control technology, such as healthcare, “smart” homes and communities, and the workplace. just-tech.ssrc.org/field-reviews/…
Gibson and Williams make several recommendations “to consider the disabled person as a primary user, capable and deserving of full access” such as considering independence of disabled people, strategic divestment, giving power to patients & making the internet a public utility.