Media Justice and Technology – MediaJustice https://mediajustice.org MediaJustice and the MediaJustice Network are leading the fight for racial and economic equity in a digital age Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:07:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://mediajustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png Media Justice and Technology – MediaJustice https://mediajustice.org 32 32 Electronic Monitoring Guidelines https://mediajustice.org/resource/electronic-monitoring-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=electronic-monitoring-guidelines Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:43:35 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=222 The criminal justice system’s use of electronic monitors, typically in the form of ankle bands, has more than doubled in just over a decade. Electronic Monitoring threatens to become a form of technological mass incarceration, shifting the site and costs of imprisonment from state facilities to vulnerable communities.

]]> Fact Sheet: Government Surveillance of Immigrants and Muslims https://mediajustice.org/resource/gov-surveillance-immigrants-muslims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gov-surveillance-immigrants-muslims Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:54:11 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=225 Since the 2016 Presidential election, the Trump administration has intensified the monitoring and criminalization of immigrants of color in the United States — with direct violence, detention and deportation hastened by the increasing availability of big data and new surveillance technologies.

]]> No More Shackles: Why We Must End the Use of Electronic Monitors for People on Parole (2018) https://mediajustice.org/resource/no-more-shackles-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-more-shackles-report Sun, 16 Sep 2018 13:27:23 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=13983 In this report, we call for the elimination of the use of electronic monitoring for people on parole. When people have done their time, they should be cut loose, not made to jump through more hoops and be shackled with more devices, punitive rules and threats of re-incarceration.

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]]> Change The Terms https://mediajustice.org/resource/change-the-terms-website/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=change-the-terms-website Sat, 01 Jun 2019 13:43:17 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=14033 The Change the Terms coalition, which includes MediaJustice, has called on tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to take the steps necessary to curb the use of social media, payment processors, event-scheduling pages, chat rooms and other applications for hateful activities. Many companies have recently taken important steps forward. This must continue with concrete efforts to build out a culture that prioritizes curbing hateful activities, with a focus on enforcement, transparency, staff training, governance and appeal rights.

]]> DefendOurMovements.org https://mediajustice.org/resource/defendourmovements-org/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defendourmovements-org Fri, 31 May 2019 13:47:35 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=14035 An online, collaborative source of questions / answers, resources, links and other information about protecting your data—brought to you by MediaJustice, May First / People Link, and diverse movement technologists and activists.

]]> Voices for Internet Freedom https://mediajustice.org/resource/voices-for-internet-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=voices-for-internet-freedom Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:29:02 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=14075 Voices for Internet Freedom is a coalition of organizations, including MediaJustice, fighting to protect the digital rights of communities of color.

]]> Challenging E-Carceration https://mediajustice.org/resource/challenging-e-carceration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=challenging-e-carceration Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:32:11 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=14590 Jointly hosted by the MediaJustice and Network member the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (UCIMC). James Kilgore is the project director. This project is part of MediaJustice’s #NoDigitalPrisons campaign.

]]> A List of Endorsers for Challenging E-carceration Guidelines https://mediajustice.org/resource/a-list-of-endorsers-for-challenging-e-carceration-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-list-of-endorsers-for-challenging-e-carceration-guidelines Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:01:07 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=14669 In March 2018, led by MediaJustice Fellow James Kilgore, the #NoDigitalPrisons campaign’s Challenging E-Carceration project released a set of guidelines to support advocates and policymakers protect the human rights of those who are monitored. Over 50 racial justice, criminal justice and civil rights organizations endorsed the guidelines. These guidelines were developed via a consultation process that included organizers, attorneys, policy makers, researchers and individuals critically impacted by electronic monitoring.

]]> #ProtectBlackDissent – July Hill Advocacy Day Sign On Letter https://mediajustice.org/resource/protectblackdissent-july-hill-advocacy-day-sign-on-letter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protectblackdissent-july-hill-advocacy-day-sign-on-letter Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:32:11 +0000 https://mediajustice.org/?post_type=resource&p=14691