technologist and social existence. photographer and ethnographer. campaigner and entertainer. (Dr) (project lead at tactical tech)
Joined July 2011
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Amber Macintyre retweeted
🌐[ONLINE EVENT] Discover how elections & democracy in Brazil are influenced by digital tactics employed by political groups, tech firms & social media platforms. Join this event ahead of the 2024 municipal elections. July 10, 10 BRT. In EN & PT. Register➡️lime.ttc.io/index.php/344533…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
🗳️🕵️Election manipulation via social media, opaque campaign financing & inadequate personal data regulations are the highlights of @TEDICpy's research, which uncovered private firms collaborating with political actors in Paraguayan elections. ℹ️EN & SP: influenceindustry.org/en/exp…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
This workshop presents the application of playfulness and gamification toward empowering political agency among voters and citizens taking political action.
Organised by @InhDenHaag & @Info_Activism with @MrSanduchez, @Sliktor
#CPDPai2024 #CPDPconferences #CPDP2024
Amber Macintyre retweeted
🗳️💡Voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education!️Discover Inform: A Voter literacy resource center featuring workshop curricula & engaging activities. Get ready for #Elections2024! Stay informed, take action & express your opinion: influenceindustry.org/en/inf…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
Voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education! @Info_activism launched Inform: A Voter literacy resource center including workshop curricula & activities to explore how digital & data-driven tech influences elections.#Elections2024 Info: influenceindustry.org/en/inf…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
Get ready for #Elections2024! Introducing Inform: A Voter literacy resource center for voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education that explores how digital & data-driven technologies influence political campaigns & elections. Discover:influenceindustry.org/en/inf…
🗳️Get ready for #Elections2024! Introducing Inform: A Voter literacy resource center for voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education that explores how digital & data-driven technologies influence political campaigns & elections.🔍Discover:influenceindustry.org/en/inf…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
🗳️Get ready for #Elections2024! Introducing Inform: A Voter literacy resource center for voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education that explores how digital & data-driven technologies influence political campaigns & elections.🔍Discover:influenceindustry.org/en/inf…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
🚨Last day to apply! Journalists & investigators, apply for our master course on the impact of digital & data-driven technology on elections!🗳️Learn about:
🤖Data-driven AI & misinformation
🎯Voter profiling practices
📊Data collection risks & more!
Apply: influenceindustry.org/en/hig…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
This is shocking.
Facebook gave Netflix all your private messages on Messenger in exchange for all your watch history, while Netflix paid them $100M+ for ads.
Meta will sell your data at a heartbeat for profit.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone explained that the API to access Facebook user’s private message inboxes allowed Netflix only to send messages but not view messages.
x.com/andymstone/sta…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
🚨Breaking🚨
We are absolutely ecstatic to announce that we won the @PolStudiesAssoc Specialist Group of the Year Award at this year's #PSA24 🏆 🎉!
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New work out in @govandopp
As we approach the next general election we'll be hearing more about how campaigns are becoming increasingly data-driven. But are they?
We (@KateDommett , @sampower & @Sliktor ) analysed 22,720 cases of spending from the 2019 UKGE to find out. 🧵
Ever wondered what parties spend money on in their campaigns? Didn’t have time to look at the 6,396 invoices parties submitted in 2019? We did!
New article with @sampower @sliktor @andrewf_barclay casts light on election campaign spending @govandopp
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
Ever wondered what parties spend money on in their campaigns? Didn’t have time to look at the 6,396 invoices parties submitted in 2019? We did!
New article with @sampower @sliktor @andrewf_barclay casts light on election campaign spending @govandopp
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
#OpenAccess on #FirstView -
Understanding the Modern Election Campaign: Analysing Campaign Eras through Financial Transparency Disclosures at the 2019 UK General Election - cup.org/4aa27IT
@KateDommett @sampower @andrewf_barclay @Sliktor
Amber Macintyre retweeted
[🔊 Call for participants] Journalists & researchers covering the upcoming elections!
Join this mastercourse to gain skills & tools to investigate how data-driven technologies are used to influence voters, elections & political processes.
➡️Apply now: influenceindustry.org/en/hig…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
biar ga polos2 amat & ketipu drama2 election, bisa nontonin & baca referensi2 ini.
influenceindustry.org/en/exp…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
🚨New @hrw report published today “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook” hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta… 1/
Amber Macintyre retweeted
Happy to share this essay, produced in collaboration with @Info_Activism, that looks at the role of diffuse actors in Indian elections & the regulatory vacuum that exists around them influenceindustry.org/en/exp…
Check out other essays in the series by @soul_restlesss
@Vasu_Sridharan
In advance of next year's general election in India, 3 case studies highlighting: how consultancy firms work, regulation of diffuse actors in coordinated campaigns, political party access to government data influenceindustry.org/en/hig… @ambersinha07 @soul_restlesss @Vasu_Sridharan
Amber Macintyre retweeted
How an Indian political consulting firm works: A case study of I-PAC
The months-long case study throws light on the inner workings, their strategies, how political campaigns are mounted online and on the ground, and what makes them impressively successful influenceindustry.org/en/exp…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
📣 Calling educators, teachers, and facilitators working on elections worldwide! Are you hosting: ✅ Workshops on voter literacy; ✅ Trainings for investigators; ✅ Curriculum for students; Check out 2 free workshops from the #InfluenceIndustry Project: influenceindustry.org/en/hig…
Amber Macintyre retweeted
“All data is political”.This is at the core of our Influence Industry Project, which explores how data is used to influence election outcomes. Get the ‘Political Data laptop case’ to make a statement everywhere you go!🎁Shop: shirtee.com/en/store/everyth…
+Info: influenceindustry.org/
