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Afsaneh Rigot

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Dehumanized by Design: Autocratic Tech and Immigration

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Dehumanized by Design: Autocratic Tech and Immigration

Understanding a regime’s mechanics – like repression of speech on Palestine movements  and migrants’ rights – is key. These times call for movement technologists to know how criminalization actually works, including the low-tech tactics, writes Afsaneh Rigot. 

By Afsaneh Rigot 07 Apr 2025
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Can We Build Tech That Is Not Oppressive?

With a Trump presidency and the rise of global authoritarianism, we must see that the antidote to our techno-harms are found in communities framed as “dangerous” or the "other," writes Afsaneh Rigot.

By Afsaneh Rigot 24 Jan 2025

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Our work is community-based research, corporate accountability, and technology design interventions that aim to reduce the mass-scale harms of existing and emerging technology.