tech fellow @fordfoundation adjunct on futures thinking @ITP_NYU... fight the surveillance industrial complex! fix systems, not individuals!
May 29, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
I am incredibly relieved to see mainstream coverage of MiDAS and other automation failures both banal and shocking that occur under the guise of procurement and modernization while fundamentally altering the fabric of the social safety net absent public review. h/t @PopTechWorks
The civil and human rights implications of such systems are extensive. In other countries, where data integration is happening more readily at the national level, there are robust debates about the digital welfare state. openglobalrights.org/digital-welfar…
