Privacy is Global

“¿Qué pasaría si hubiera un monstruo mítico que chupa datos biológicos en vez de sangre?”

Como parte de nuestra serie 'ficciones creativas', Privacy is Global se complace en presentar Datachiri. 2.0. Te invitamos a entrar en el paisaje sonoro de La Paz, Bolivia, en 2043. El gobierno se ha disuelto en gran medida y la gente depende de los dispositivos proporcionados de forma gratuita por una organización llamada 'la Congregación'. Allí vive Sascha, una joven en silla de ruedas que también depende en buena medida de la Congregación para poder usar su silla y desplazarse. Sin embargo, un peligro parece estar al acecho, de boca a oído la gente en La Paz habla de un monstruo mitológico capaz de hackear las redes de la Congregación y alimentarse de biodatos. Cuando el dispositivo de Sascha deja de reconocerla comienza una búsqueda para saber qué hay detrás de esta desaparición sospechosa, y qué significa existir, o dejar de hacerlo, en tiempos del Datachiri.

Datachiri 2.0 es una historia escrita por Marianne Díaz Hernández basada en el cómic escrito por Alejandro Barrientos e ilustrado por Joaquín Cuevas en colaboración con Internet Bolivia.

Las ‘ficciones creativas’ de ADAPT reunió a equipos de escritores de ficción, activistas, abogades, dibujantes de cómics, comediantes, ingeniero/as de audio e ilustradores para pensar en cómo podríamos lograr que más personas se interesen en la privacidad de los datos y la defensa de los derechos digitales a través de la ficción especulativa, el humor y los nuevos modos de comunicación.

Para ver el cómic, consulta https://internetbolivia.org/datachiri-2-0/

Para saber más sobre el estado de la protección de datos en Bolivia, escucha nuestro episodio anterior producido en colaboración con Internet Bolivia, visita la línea del tiempo sobre el proceso de promoción de la ley de protección de datos y lee sobre toda la situación en ese país aquí.

“What if there was a mythical monster that sucked our biodata instead of our blood?”

As part of our ‘creative fictions’ series, Privacy is Global is excited to bring you Datachiri. 2.0. We invite you to sonically enter 2043 La Paz, Bolivia. Sascha lives in a society where the government has largely dissolved, and people rely on devices provided for free by an organization called ‘the Congregation.’ There are rumors of the Datachiri, a mysterious entity that is able to hack the Congregation’s networks to feed on biodata. Sascha’s device no longer recognizes her and she goes on a quest to discover why she’s been disconnected. Datachiri 2.0 is a story written by Marianne Díaz Hernández based on the comic book written by Alejandro Barrientos and illustrated by Joaquin Cuevas in collaboration with Internet Bolivia.

The ADAPT Creative fictions project assembled teams of fiction writers, activists, lawyers, comic book artists, comedians, audio engineers, and illustrators to think about how we could get more people interested in data privacy and digital rights advocacy through speculative fiction, humor, and new modes of communication.

To view the comic book, please see https://internetbolivia.org/datachiri-2-0/

To understand more about the status of data protection in Bolivia, please listen to our previous episode produced in collaboration with Internet Bolivia, read a blog post by Diandra Cespedes,  or visit the timeline of advocacy here.

“From a private message to police knocking on your door”

As part of our ‘creative fictions’ series, Privacy is Global is excited to bring you Crime and Prejudice.  Crime and Prejudice is a series of three radio dramas produced by Paradigm Initiative. The series follows the online controversy when the police arrive at Dr. Ewem’s door to arrest her based on information that could only have been obtained from the company Moontech. There is an uproar and backlash on Nigeria twitter. When #boycottmoontech starts to trend, we see how Moontech responds.

The ADAPT Creative fictions project assembled teams of fiction writers, activists, lawyers, comic book artists, comedians, audio engineers, and illustrators to think about how we could get more people interested in data privacy and digital rights advocacy through speculative fiction, humor, and new modes of communication.

To understand more about data protection and privacy in Nigeria, please listen to the previous episode of Privacy is Global.

“O que você faria se grandes coorporações pudessem ler seus pensamentos?”

O episódio “Você Está Lendo Minha Mente?” faz parte da segunda temporada do podcast Privacidade é Global (Privacy is Global). A história começa com Sofia entrando em uma biblioteca carioca em busca de um livro de ficção científica da Octavia Butler, mas o que ela acaba encontrando é um portal para interagir com seu "eu" futuro. É aí que ela fica sabendo  de um tempo em que pensamentos podem ser transparentes… Esta história foi co-escrita por Joana Varon e Lucía Egaña Rojas e produzida em parceria entre o projeto ADAPT e a Coding Rights.

Para esta temporada, o projeto ADAPT reuniu escritoras de ficção, ativistas, advogadas, quadrinistas, comediantes, engenheiros de áudio e ilustradoras para, através de ficção especulativa e do humor, instigar o interesse das pessoas em temas de privacidade, proteção de dados e  defesa dos direitos digitais

Para entender mais sobre questões de privacidade e vigilância no Brasil, visite o site da Coding Rights (www.codingrights.org), e ouça os episódios anteriores de Privacy is Global.

“How would you fight back against corporatized mind reading?”

As part of our ‘creative fictions’ series, Privacy is Global is excited to bring you  Você Está Lendo Minha Mente? (Are You Reading My Thoughts?).  In this story, Sofia enters a library in Rio de Janeiro looking for an Octavia Butler book but ends up finding a portal to interact with her future self. That is when she is told about a time in which thoughts can be transparent... This story co-written is by Joana Varon and Lucía Egaña Rojas and produced in partnership with Coding Rights.

The ADAPT Creative fictions project assembled teams of fiction writers, activists, lawyers, comic book artists, comedians, audio engineers, and illustrators to think about how we could get more people interested in data privacy and digital rights advocacy through speculative fiction, humor, and new modes of communication.

To understand more about privacy and surveillance issues in Brazil, please see these resources from Coding Rights and listen to the previous episodes of Privacy is Global.

“VANESSA sabe que he estado ahorrando para mis vacaciones en la playa… ¡y también los hackers!”

Como parte de nuestra serie 'ficciones creativas', Privacy is Global se complace en presentarles La Culpa Es De Graciela, una historia escrita por el dramaturgo ecuatoriano Sebastián Bravo Montenegro y producida en alianza con la Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo de Ecuador. Esta historia sigue a Graciela en su primer día de trabajo en una importante institución financiera como estratega de redes sociales. Todo empieza muy bien, pero muy pronto aprende por las malas lo importante que es que las instituciones tengan protecciones adecuadas para los datos personales y que el gobierno haga cumplir las leyes y reglamentos. Esta historia está inspirada en hechos reales: la fuga de datos de 2019 de los datos personales de casi todos los y las ecuatoriana/os.

Las ‘ficciones creativas’  de ADAPT reunieron a equipos de escritore/as de ficción, activistes, abogades, dibujantes de cómics, comediantes, ingeniero/as de audio e ilustradores para pensar en cómo podríamos lograr que más personas se interesen en la privacidad de los datos y la defensa de derechos digitales a través de la ficción especulativa, el humor y otros innovadores modos de comunicación.

Para escuchar más sobre la política de protección de datos en Ecuador y el impulso de las regulaciones, escucha nuestro podcast anterior sobre el tema.

“The VANESSA app knows that I’ve been saving for my beach vacation… and so do the hackers!”

As part of our ‘creative fictions’ series, Privacy is Global is excited to bring you La Culpa Es De Graciela (Graciela is to Blame). This is a story written by Ecuadorian playwright Sebastián Bravo Montenegro and produced in partnership with Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo in Ecuador. This story follows Graciela on her first day working at a major financial institution as their social media strategist. Graciela learns the hard way how important it is that institutions have adequate safeguards for personal data and that the government enforces laws and regulations! The story is inspired by a true story, the 2019 data leak of almost every Ecuadorian citizen’s personal data

The ADAPT Creative fictions project assembled teams of fiction writers, activists, lawyers, comic book artists, comedians, audio engineers, and illustrators to think about how we could get more people interested in data privacy and digital rights advocacy through speculative fiction, humor, and new modes of communication.

To hear more about the politics of data protection in Ecuador and the push for regulations, listen to our previous podcast on the subject.

“What if there was a mythical monster that sucked our biodata instead of our blood?” “Can you imagine the CEO’s reaction when he realized the whole country’s personal data was stolen from his company’s databases?” “What if we could send messages back in time and warn ourselves about the dangers of losing our privacy?”

These are some of the questions that emerged when we asked teams of fiction writers, activists, lawyers, comic book artists, comedians, audio engineers, and illustrators to think about how we could get more people interested in data privacy and digital rights. Over the past 6 months, Internews’ ‘ADAPT’ Project, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Internet Bolivia, Coding Rights, Paradigm Initiative, and Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo have produced a series of speculative audio fictions. These stories are meant to entertain, inspire, amaze, educate, and activate – and we hope that they let listeners experience the urgency of data privacy as a basic civil right.

In this introductory episode, we interview key collaborators from Brazil, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Bolivia who contributed to our four creative audio fictions projects. We discuss why we decided to produce audio fictions, and some of the challenges and opportunities around collaborations between activists and creatives.

We invite you to listen to the series and enjoy. Projects include:

La Culpa Es De Graciela (Graciela is to Blame) is a story written by playwright Sebastián Bravo Montenegro and produced in partnership with Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo in Ecuador. This story follows Graciela on her first day working at a major financial institution as their social media manager. Graciela learns the hard way how important it is that institutions have adequate safeguards for personal data and that the government enforces laws and regulations! The story is inspired by a true story, the 2019 data leak of almost every Ecuadorian citizen’s personal data.

Você Está Lendo Minha Mente? (Are You Reading My Mind?) is a story co-written by Joana Varon and Lucía Egaña Rojas and produced in partnership with Coding Rights. In this story, Sofia enters a library in Rio de Janeiro looking for an Octavia Butler book but ends up finding a portal to interact with her future self. That is when she is told about the future surveillance capabilities of the Tech Brotherhood and the seeds of resistance that need to be planted.

Datachiri 2.0 is a story written by Marianne Díaz Hernández based on the comic book written by Alejandro Barrientos and illustrated by Joaquin Cuevas in collaboration with Internet Bolivia. This story is set in 2040 in La Paz, Bolivia, in a society where the government has largely dissolved, and people rely on devices provided for free by an organization called ‘the Congregation.’ There are rumors of a mythological monster that is able to hack the Congregation’s networks to feed on biodata.

Crime and Prejudice is a series of three radio dramas produced by Paradigm Initiative. The series follows the online controversy when the police arrive at Dr. Ewem’s door to arrest her based on information that could only have been obtained from the company Moontech. There is an uproar and backlash on Nigeria twitter. When #boycottmoontech starts to trend, we see how Moontech responds.

Produced by Internews. Data politics have played an immense role in Kenya’s tumultuous election history. In part, this is due to the centrality that ethnicity has played in Kenyan politics, and the ways in which data about ethnicity has been used, misused, and manipulated. Kenya is again headed to the polls in August 2022 for the first general election since the Data Protection Act (2019) came into effect. The question in most Kenyans’ minds is - will this law protect the integrity of Kenyan elections in this election cycle and moving forward? How can the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner protect against misuse of data in party politics and elections and the downstream effects of this data manipulation on legitimacy, trust in democratic politics, and stability? What can civil society and the general public do to push for the protection of data in electoral processes?  Kenyan lawyers, Mugambi Laibuta, Grace Mutungu, Hashim Mude and Tevin Gitonga join us on this episode to talk more about Kenya’s history of data’s use and misuse in elections and the role of Kenya’s new Data Protection Act in the 2022 election.

And yes, we’ll touch on the boogeyman, Cambridge Analytica!

Produced by Internews. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging platform with over 2.5 billion active users. People from India to Mexico to Ghana use the platform for everything from sharing memes, communicating with family, selling goods and services, mobilizing political actions, and even engaging in remote teaching and learning. When Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg promised users that nothing would change for them or their data. But in 2016, Facebook broke that promise and began sharing WhatsApp user data with Facebook. In January 2021, Facebook announced another change to the WhatsApp privacy policy that forced users to accept the changes, with no opt-out, or lose all functionality. A coalition of advocacy organizations, lawyers, and regulatory bodies across the globe came together to #stopFacebook and #saveWhatsApp for the billions of users that rely on it for work, family, and everything else. Advocates and experts Renata Avila, Mishi Choudhary, and Eduardo Carrillo join the podcast to tell the story of the campaign, its path to victory, and what we can learn from this success for wider global digital rights advocacy.