Today, authorities all over the world are experimenting with predictive algorithms. That sounds technical and innocent, as did the LogFrame 30 years ago, but as we dive deeper into the issue, we realise that the real meaning is to implement new-liberal policies on poverty and poor people.
Read MoreDiscussion with Belkis Wille, Human Rights Watch, and Yasar Cohen-Shah, of the Declaration’s podcast team, on refugee registration.
Read MoreNGOs and UN agencies have collected sensitive personal data of millions of people in the global South. And as many claim that they are accountable to the people they assist, protect, and seek to empower, the opportunity has come to implement and showcase meaningful accountability: Give those who are marginalised and in need of protection and assistance the digital rights they are entitled to.
Read MoreNGOs und UN-Organisationen sammeln millionenfach sensible persönliche Daten von Menschen im globalen Süden. Dabei ist Vorsicht geboten.
Read MoreDie Autoren besprechen die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die einzelnen Hilfsempfänger*innen in einer akuten Notsituation. Wie werden sie identifiziert und sichergestellt, daß Hilfsleistungen nur an eine bestimmte Person oder einen bestimmten Haushalt gehen? Was bedeuten Datenkompetenz, Algorithmen und statistische Modelrechnungen für die Projektplanung und -abwicklung? Ist das Konzept der digitalen Identität die Basis der digitalen Transformation im humanitären Bereich oder lediglich das Einfallstor für privatwirtschaftliche Akteure und/oder Überwachungsinstitutionen, die andere als humanitäre Absichten hegen? Die Autoren versuchen sich an einem Plädoyer, die technologischen Entwicklungen zu verstehen, ihre Relevanz einzuschätzen, ohne aber in dystopischen Determinismus oder Fatalismus zu verfallen. Auch für digitale Abläufe gilt als Minimum: „Do no Harm“.
Read MoreInterview, jointly given with Katja Lindskov Jacobsen to the New Humanitarian
Read MoreJoint article with Katja Lindskov Jacobsen on the unintended consequences of biometric registration by humanitarian agencies.
Read MoreThe New Humanitarian asked Linda Raftree and myself, to weigh in on the same six questions relating the use of biometrics in humanitarian settings.
Read MoreThe current fragmentation of the aid industry is a result of the interests of their main actors which are pursuing mandate and turf driven exclusive relationships with a subset of persons in need of protection and assistance. However, these powerless persons would benefit from competition and extended services which requires that the necessary disruption is imposed on the aid industry from the outside. There are prospects that once the current digital gold rush is replaced by more regulated approaches, the recipients of aid and protection can benefit from the logic of digital commercial platforms and digital citizens’ portals.
Read MoreWhile UNHCR has been using cash cards for more than a decade but the real protection dividend lies elsewhere: We should advocate for refugees to have full-fledged bank accounts so that they can receive, save, and transfer their monies like everybody else!
Read MoreFacebook post by S.E. Mohamed Bazoum, Ministre D'État,Ministre de l'intérieur et de la sécurité publique du Niger
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