Your faceprint is collected via social media, security cams, and hidden tech. It can be used for 3D modeling or profiling.
Learn more: theglassroom.org/en/what-the-future-wants/exhibits/the-real-life-of-your-selfie-wtfw/
Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Collaborative Investigative Journalism Initiative!
Discover new resources, opportunities, & events for journalists with a focus on:
💻AI & emerging technologies
💶Sustainable business models
🤝Collaborative spaces
Learn more: www.ciji.info/announcement...
AI’s paradox: it helps study its own climate harm—but uses energy doing so.
In 2026, AI data centers will be the world’s 5th biggest electricity user.
Our RePlaybook offers a guide: question AI’s impact and center climate justice. Explore the process & download: tacticaltech.org/replaybook/
Do you use a cycle or fertility tracking app? Here are some things you might not know:
• They can share your data
• Their ovulation calculations lack transparency
• The may not let you delete or transfer your data
Find a safer app with our quiz: datadetoxkit.org/en/health/cycles-of-influence/
The open internet is now a maze of silos—once you find your niche, why leave?
In The RePlaybook, Leon Erlenhorst shows activists how to bridge divides with data, emotional hooks, and smart publishing.
Learn more: tacticaltech.org/replaybook/
To AI or not to AI? A tricky question, especially when it comes to creative work.
Join Tactical Tech Executive Director Marek Tuszynski’s workshop on 11 March to demystify AI & decide if,when, or how to use it. Free for IGFT, €50 others.
🔗Registration: freietheater.at/event/worksh...
your period app knows more about you than your bestie. Contraception? STD status? Pregnancy plans? You’re handing over intimate data and apps track, share, even profit from it.
🔗Read more: theglassroom.org/en/capsule-2-0/exhibits/intimate-data/
Oil & water; climate & corporations - some things just don't mix, right?
Not always...
Harriet Kingaby offers 4 ways climate campaigners can align with corporations to fight misinformation.
Want to take a deep dive? Grab a copy of the RePlaybook: lime.ttc.io/index.php/71845?lang=en
“if a government wanted to spy on a woman in the 20th century, it would have had to fork out a salary to an agent hired to take photos of her. Today, a state can buy software to hack her phone or computer for as little as $70.”
Find the article here: www.fullerproject.org/editions/rev...
AI is rewriting search. But what if those instant answers spread climate misinfo?
In The RePlaybook, Carlos Hernández-Echevarría warns that AI could fuel denial & urges an interrogation of the systems behind these technologies.
Read more about it here: tacticaltech.org/replaybook/
February’s #InTheLoop is here! 🔍
🛡 Online safety tools vs. censorship
📽 @StephHankey on fighting climate disinfo
💰 Paid gigs for investigators/media pros
🤝 Mentorship for young activists
📚 Must-read list + more
Stay sharp—read now: tacticaltech.org/news/in-the-...
We’re still seeking experienced investigators and media professionals for a paid collaboration to producing learning resources and to conduct training for journalists and media !
👀
Check out the requirements and apply by 20 March to be considered! —> exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/call...
How do we get back to a shared reality to protect the planet & democracy?
For @bellingcat.com's @eliothiggins.bsky.social, the solution lies in rebuilding the systems that make truth possible.
Curious to learn more? Grab a copy of the RePlaybook: lime.ttc.io/index.php/71...
📩 Our new In The Loop newsletter edition is coming soon! 📩
Want to explore the intersection between tech and the rise of censorship worldwide? How about cool events & open calls?
Sign up now to get our next editions in your mailbox! 👉 tacticaltech.org/newsletter-s...
Our “Investigating Climate Change Adaptation” guide by Leopold Salzenstein offers activists, NGOs and communities the tools to investigate adaptation measures in order to hold decision-makers accountable.
📖 Read the guide here: kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/en/climate-c...
This week, we're reading Somo's article about The Big Tech Lobby Playbook. Have a look here: www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
Are you aware of how Big Tech shapes narratives, laws and global systems?
✅Yes
✅I thought I was
✅No
Let us know in the comments!
🔊FINAL CALL🔊
Climate & Political Influence in the Age of the Information Crisis” mastercourse (17-19 March).
🔍 3 days of: Investigating climate misinfo, hands-on tools, skill-sharing & networking.
📲 Apply now: exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/influence-mastercourse-2026
Scaling climate action means reclaiming the mainstream with climate stories that truly resonate. How? Matthew Phillips shares 3 key tactics:
1️⃣ Rigorous data analysis
2️⃣ Strategic deployment
3️⃣ Agency & local ownership
Grab a copy: tacticaltech.org/replaybook/
We’ve long known about climate change—so why the climate + info crisis now? The 5 V’s help explain it.
At EU DisinfoLab, our CEO Stephanie Hankey highlighted the urgency of fighting climate mis/disinformation, using extreme weather examples.
Watch here → youtube.com/watch?v=y6X63huJpdo
📢LAST CHANCE! 📢
Apply by tomorrow (18 Feb, 17:00 CET) for travel grants to “International Reporting Practices & AI Guidelines” in Perugia. Dive into media viability, bias-free reporting, and AI tools in journalism. Don’t miss out: exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/mutual-learning-event-perugia2026
Does Big Tech’s ecological impact match its glossy image?
Our RePlaybook exposes how Big Tech’s narratives fuel both the climate & info crises. Adrienne Russell calls out their ‘tech optimism’ scam: we’re sold empty promises.
Grab yours now! lime.ttc.io/index.php/71845?lang=en
This Valentine’s day, love isn’t the only thing being sold, your data is too. Our art piece with Joana Moll reveals how dating apps profit from your personal info.
See thousands of real profiles & learn what shadow brokers do with your data: datadating.tacticaltech.org
Climate action in Europe has shifted from broad consensus to a political wedge issue.
In The RePlaybook, Sam Edwards examines the politicisation of climate change and why facts matter for public debate.
Is climate change ideology or fact?
🔗 tacticaltech.org/replaybook-a...
Seeing AI everywhere? We do too, and that is why it’s essential to understand its possibilities, limitations, and impact. Host now the Hello AI!, a portable exhibition that you can set up anywhere for your audiences, or organisations.
🔗 tacticaltech.org/artificial-i...
Paid opportunity! Develop learning materials for journalists on investigative methods (Mar-Oct 26). Activities: research, write curricula, lead workshops. Proposals based on our 4 themes. Apply now!
exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/call...
@balcanicaucaso.org @freepressunlimited.bsky.social
29 Jan @ Uppsala Uni: Discover The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition—interactive exhibit on how misinformation spreads & how to fight it!
📍 Opening of CyberRiskLab
🔗 www.uu.se/en/department/information-technology/events/archive/2026-01-29-opening-of-the-cyberrisklab
#Misinformation #Tech #Uppsala
The climate crisis is also an information crisis.
➡Tactical Tech’s RePlaybook empowers you to address disinformation on the climate crisis head on. We provide tools to make sense of the information flow and practical solutions.
🔗Get your copy here: lnkd.in/eakJF5vg
A gentle reminder to journalists, media professionals, researchers & civil society investigators!
Apply to:
· Learn methods, tools & tactics to investigate climate misinformation
· Participate in skill-sharing & networking sessions
Apply by 20 Feb: exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/infl...
📢Call for collaborators!📢
Apply by 20 March to produce resources & to conduct training for journalists & media on:
☑️ AI systems
☑️ Climate & the information crisis
☑️ Youth & tech
☑️ Ocean & seabed mapping
Info: exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/call...
Tactical Tech is cutting through climate doomscrolling with real solutions.
The RePlaybook tackles the biggest tech challenges of the climate crisis with practical, accessible guidance—introduced by UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera.
Get your copy: lime.ttc.io/index.php/71...
