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[Georgetown Privacy @GeorgetownCPT]

🚨NEW WEBSITE NOW LIVE 🚨
Today the Center released “Cop Out: Automation in the Criminal Legal System,” which explores the ways algorithmic technologies increasingly inform decisions made in the criminal legal system. https://t.co/Wyp4BsaQii

[bridgetscallen.bsky.social @BridgetScallen]

"In 2014, Detroit was ranked as the country’s worst connected city — around 60% of people didn’t have a connection that met the min. definition of broadband, and 40% had no internet at all."

@DetCommTech, nabes banded together.

2023: Broken #sidewalks
https://t.co/oLAZiXqoi6

[Detroit Justice Center @justcitydetroit]

ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING II - Panel Discussion
Next Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 6:30pm
FREE live + virtual event

ONLINE: Register to attend on zoom here https://t.co/bjmHwnGUnt
IN-PERSON: Wayne Law's Partrich Auditorium - 471 W. Palmer, Detroit 48202

[Connect Humanity @Connect_Fund]

For 7 years, @DetCommTech has built networks providing free/low-cost internet to underserved residents in #Detroit.

We're supporting the project with a grant to help reduce reliance on philanthropic funds while sustainably growing its impact.

Learn more:
https://t.co/xTzyjnaoJk

[Connect Humanity @Connect_Fund]

Got 5 mins to read about some #DigitalEquity heroes?

Melissa Huerta (@melechuga) shares amazing projects from @thenterprisectr, @DetCommTech, and Boyd Stephens — and outlines how our grants support broadband expansion.

https://t.co/xTzyjn9QTM

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

"Facial recognition is a racist technology that is being used in our neighborhoods to invade privacy, surveil, and criminalize." - Rep. Tlaib

https://t.co/ATtGgzyWGz

[@[email protected] on Mastodon @WhoseKnowledge]

The internet remains unequal w/ its content skewed towards European colonial languages & their written forms.

As a step in resisting digital colonialism, today we launch the #InternationalSign translation of our #InternetsLanguages summary report ✊🏾

https://t.co/X148iQ86YS

[Community Tech NY (CTNY) @commtechny]

Heads up! We'll be at #NetInclusion23 next week hosted by NDIA. Our Director @MBTintheD will speak on 'Engaging Lived Experts in Digital Equity Planning & Research'. Hope to see familiar faces there! https://t.co/pZHEbKNbha
@netinclusion #digitalequity #communitytech

[dr. nicole dalmer @nicoledalmer]

Looking forward to giving this workshop with @turtlishcbiruk & @Stephaniehatzi in #montreal on the 10th. Thanks to @AtwaterLibrary and @ACT_Concordia for organizing. Grateful to @DetCommTech for inspiration and tools to guide our thinking of living in data.

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Honored that @DuckDuckGo chose to support our work among so many other amazing orgs working to make the internet accessible, autonomous, and safe 💕.

#GigabitDetroit
#Internet4All

https://t.co/52tQ2yBAA2

[Clare Garvie @ClareAngelyn]

I’m honored to release a new report with @GeorgetownCPT “A Forensic Without the Science: Face Recognition in U.S. Criminal Investigations” 1/n
https://t.co/XMD61JC7xb

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

THIS IS BIG NEWS & A BIG WIN. The Community Input over Government Surveillance Ordinance came out of the fight against FRT. Using it to sue over ShotSpotter is a WIN and result of many folks resistance to #SurveillanceTech

#SurveillanceAintSafety

https://t.co/Iwyou19emy

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Thank you! We did it! 💕

#GigabitDetroit
#Internet4All

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

5 hours and $180 left!

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Only 7 hours left to raise $300 and win an additional $5k! Will you donate whatever you can or share this with your people?

#CommunityTech
#Internet4All
#GigabitDetroit

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

"We already know huge portions of the country aren’t getting broadband speeds — but even where they are, those connections are often bogged down by limited options, predatory billing practices, and a general lack of choice."

https://t.co/GITlZVJ4zz

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Only 7 hours left to raise $300 and win an additional $5k! Will you donate whatever you can or share this with your people?

#CommunityTech
#Internet4All
#GigabitDetroit

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Please help us celebrate 10 years of Digital Stewardship by raising $10K for our Equitable Internet Initiative partner, BLVD Harambee 🎊🎊🎊! Thanks to @MEDC, all donations will be matched up to $5k.

Donate: https://t.co/24gxWjdNcF

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Over 70% of the goal has been raised! Help us cross the finish line this #GivingTuesday2022

#GigabitDetroit
#GivingTuesday

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

Please help us celebrate 10 years of Digital Stewardship by raising $10K for our Equitable Internet Initiative partner, BLVD Harambee 🎊🎊🎊! Thanks to @MEDC, all donations will be matched up to $5k.

Donate: https://t.co/24gxWjdNcF

[Community Tech NY (CTNY) @commtechny]

Our friends at @DetCommTech are more than halfway to reaching their $5k goal! 💪🔥 Help them get the rest of the way by donating 🔗
Support #communitytech this #GivingTuesday !
https://t.co/xmuypP7duU

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

We're SOOO close to hitting our goal, but the deadline is in 4 days. If the campaign goal is met then a $5k match is won for a total of $10k raised! Please help us by donating and sharing this around 🎊

#GigabitDetroit
#Internet4All

[DCTP @DetCommTech]

With the fall of #Twitter on the horizon and #GivingTuesday around the corner, consider donating to fund Community Tech projects. This is how a new road is paved and alternatives are created. Let's do it!

https://t.co/24gxWiWcl7