Our People-Centered Digital Future | Right now via webcast!

2018-12-10 Thread Yosem Companys
Today is the "Our People-Centered Digital Future" sponsored by Constellation Research . By March 2019, 50% of the world will be connected to the Internet, an inflection point that marks an important moment for examining the “unfinished work” of the Internet

Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-14 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, The Program on Liberation Technologies at Stanford University (LT) has been going strong since circa 2006. Since then, LT has helped thousands design, use, and research technologies that foster the public good. Recently, the decision was made to

Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

2018-04-08 Thread Yosem Companys
Dear friends and colleagues, - How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable communities? I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence proposed actions

Re: Identity Theft

2017-02-13 Thread Yosem Companys
I am Yosem Companys. I am a Researcher at Stanford University and an Associate Director at UCSB. I run Stanford Liberationtech. I am one of the moderators of the Liberationtech list, and one of the people who posts on our @Liberationtech Twitter account. So I am a real person despite my unusual

Mobile App for ICE Checkpoints?

2017-02-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Celso Mireles Hi Folks, Glad to see new energy around this idea of using technology to fight back against an oppressive system. I started an open source project to see if there was interest in developing an app that provides real-time verified alerts about