crowdsourcing

How internet sleuths like me are tracking down the Capitol insurrectionists

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In the wake of the Capitol invasion and riot, a Twitter-based, crowd-sourced effort to uncover the perpetrators’ identities swung into action. Dylan Reeve explains how Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) works, and who it’s helped bring to justice so far. The recent events in Washington DC were significant for many reasons, but one was how well … Read more

Female tech power finding tools to tackle sexual misconduct

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A graduate of a women-only startup incubator is using crowdsourcing to gather usable data about patterns of sexual assault. Whereas once the female of the species was expected to deal with ‘creepy’ behaviour from men as best she could, the #metoo movement has empowered women to speak out about sexual harassment and violence in our … Read more