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Re: Action? - Software for political protest

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Re: Action? - Software for political protest
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Once the social media bubble bursts and the institutions in place prove to be more efficient than online petitions, once physical protests are met with police brutality and legal ignorance, what are other avenues are left for an effective political action? As technologists, programmers and designers, we know how to create and use software. As we try to get involved in political action, technology is often our first choice. But how efficient has our use of technology been so far? This talk will take a look at the essence of the political protests of the past and the present, and examine how software changed it, for good and for bad. It will include a theoretical, legal and practical...