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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 15h

WWYD if commercial tech firms decided who the police should suspect?
German police already use Palantir’s Gotham for profiling. Join our Talk & Q&A, Berlin, 16. Oct. Free w/ registration: disruptionlab.org/te...
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German police use Palantir’s Gotham platform to analyse data from phones, social media, and official records. Critics warn: private tech firms are shaping state policing priorities.
(Source: IamExpat Germany, 2023)

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 2d

WWYD if algorithms replaced human judgment in deciding who is a suspect?
In 2023, Germany’s court ruled Palantir’s predictive policing unconstitutional. Join our Talk & Q&A, Berlin, 16 Oct. Free: disruptionlab.org/te...
#dnl36 #newperspectivesforaction

What Would You Do Post Series
The post has a background that is half colorful patters and the other half an abstract image where the word POLICE can be seen. In the foreground there is bold white text that reads: What would you do if algorithms replaced human judgment in deciding who is a suspect?
In 2023, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the use of Palantir’s predictive policing software in Hesse and Hamburg was unconstitutional — automated suspicion violated civil rights.

Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 4d

WWYD if your face ended up in a police database without your consent?
Germany’s INPOL holds 5.5M+ faces & is being connected to AI recognition. Join our Talk & Q&A, Berlin, 16 Oct. Free w/ registration: disruptionlab.org/ev...
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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 6d

Matthias Monroy is a journalist & activist focused on civil rights, policing & security tech in Europe. He edits CILIP & reports for nd.DerTag.
🎟️ Free entrance with registration disruptionlab.org/ev...
#dnl36 #newperspectivesforaction #TechnoPolicing

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 8d

Sonja Peteranderl is an investigative journalist & founder of BuzzingCities Lab. She covers crime, digital violence & security tech, and teaches at Hamburg Media School.
🎟️ Free entrance with registration disruptionlab.org/ev...
#dnl36 #newperspectivesforaction #TechnoPolicing

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 10d

Join Sonja Peteranderl & Matthias Monroy for a Talk & Q&A on predictive policing & facial recognition in Germany.
📍 nGbK, Berlin
📅 Oct 16, 2025 | 7–9pm
🎟 Free w/ registration: disruptionlab.org/ev...
#dnl36 #newperspectivesforaction #Technoviolence

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 12d

Journalist Namir Shabibi investigates how Big Tech & cloud infrastructures enable surveillance & targeting, shaping how civilians & migrants are controlled.

#DNI #thekillcloud

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An informative carousel post of three slides with black backgrounds and colorful patterns with text introducing a DNI Research Fellow for the 2025-2026 DNI Fellowship: Investigating the Killcloud: AI, Big Tech & Migration Control. This slide introduces one of the three fellows: Namir Shabibi

An informative carousel post of three slides with black backgrounds and colorful patterns with text introducing a DNI Research focus for the 2025-2026 DNI Fellowship

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 12d

Artist & scholar Tiara Roxanne investigates how predictive analytics & AI reduce migrants & Indigenous communities to data points on the border of Mexico and the US.

#DNI #Killcloud

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 12d

Whistleblower Cian Westmoreland investigates the global “Kill Cloud” – the global infrastructure of satellites, data centers, algorithmic targeting systems, and human operators that erase accountability.

http://thekill.cloud

#DNI #thekillcloud

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 13d

How should technology serve society not oppression?
The 2025–2026 DNI Fellowship asks: Which powers control AI? Who is targeted? Who is accountable? Findings will be shared at our Nov 2026 conference in Berlin.

http://thekill.cloud

#DNI #AI #CivilRights #Surveillance #KillCloud

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 13d

The 2025–2026 DNI Fellowship investigates how AI, Big Tech & predictive tools are weaponised in war zones, border regimes & cities exposing injustices & ethical challenges of data-driven warfare.
http://thekill.cloud
#DNI #AI #Surveillance #CivilRights #Killcloud

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 13d

The Disruption Network Institute opens its second fellowship round.
2025–2026 focus: Investigating the Kill Cloud: AI, Big Tech & Migration Control.

http://thekill.cloud

#AI #Surveillance #CivilRights #KillCloud #BigTech #MigrationControl #DNI

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 16d

Join Sonja Peteranderl (BuzzingCities Lab) & Matthias Monroy for a Talk & Q&A on predictive policing & facial recognition in Germany.
www.disruptionlab.org/event/techno...

📍 nGbK, Berlin
📅 Oct 16, 2025 | 7–9pm
🎟 Free w/ registration (70 seats)

#dnl36 #newperspectivesforaction #Technoviolence

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 24d

Day 2 of Technoviolence ended with a critical panel on Big Tech & a powerful keynote by whistleblower Terry Albury & journalist Lynzy Billing.
Rima Sghaier’s workshop closes the weekend.

Next up: Techno-Policing.

#dnl36 #newperspectivesforaction

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 25d

KEYNOTE: Secrecy, Surveillance & Grassroots Resistance

Terry Albury (Former FBI Agent, Whistleblower, US)
Lynzy Billing (Investigative Journalist and Photographer, UK/AF/PK)

Moderated by Caitlin L Chandler (Writer, Journalist, US/DE).
#dnl36 #technoviolence

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 25d

Exploited, Extracted, Erased: The Global Logic of Big Tech
Safa Ghnaim speaks!

#dnl36 #technoviolence

Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 25d

Exploited, Extracted, Erased: The Global Logic of Big Tech
Lya Cuéllar speaks!

#dnl36 #technoviolence

Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 25d

Exploited, Extracted, Erased: The Global Logic of Big Tech
Sarah Ciston speaks!
#dnl 36 #technoviolence

Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 25d

Exploited, Extracted, Erased: The Global Logic of Big Tech

R.Sghaier speaks

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 25d

Day 1 of #Technoviolence erupted with urgency: whistleblowing, platform decay, algorithmic violence. We traced how power hides behind code and how communities reclaim visibility. Grateful. Ready for Day 2! #dnl36 #technoviolence #TechJustice

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 26d

Dismantling the Algorithmic Gaze with Anni Garza Lau and Gro Sarauw of the Ghost Agency.

#dnl36 #technoviolence #happeningnow

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 26d

Breaking down the Algorithmic Gaze with Heba Y. Amin

#dnl36 #algorithmicgaze #livestream #discussion

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 26d

Thoughts on the Algorithmic Gaze with Jennifer Kamau of International Women* Space

LIVESTREAM NOW!

#dnl36 #technoviolence #iwspace

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 26d

Book Launch:
On Platform Brutality
-Geert Lovink

#dnl36 #live #booklaunch #platformbrutality

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Disruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 26d

JOIN US LIVE FOR THE Q&A
www.disruptionlab.org

BREAKING THE CODE OF SILENCE

#dnl36 #ifeomaozoma #tammarrianrogers

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