Miniature Glass Room

[ Session Name ] Miniature Glass Room [ Primary Space ] Privacy and Security

[ Submitter's Name ] Rose Regina Lawrence [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Tactical Tech [ Submitter's GitHub ]

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Cade Diehm [ Other Facilitator 1's GitHub ] @shibacomputer

What will happen in your session?

From the Cambridge Analytica revelations in the spring of 2018, the public learned of a private company involved in election influence in nearly two dozen countries and of the company's premier product — political advertisements individually and psychometrically customized for maximum persuasiveness. In this session, we feature a soon-to-be launched, interactive and dynamic tool educating users on this methodology and exposing them to how it works. Using the tool, users can learn about their own psychometric composition and view real political ads tailored to their unique characteristics. The tool with be demonstrated live, and aspects about the development of the tool will be shared as well. The talk and demonstration will be accompanied by commentary about the role of digital technologies in the dignity of democratic process based on original research conducted at the Tactical Technology Collective. The tool could then also be made available as part of The Glass Room exhibition for visitors to explore.