OUR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT IS OUT!<br>2018 was a landmark year for Tactical Tech as we celebrated being around for 15 years. It was also a busy year for all of our projects and outputs, with lots of new research, events, toolkits and collaborations. Thanks again to everyone who helped make the work from last year possible. <br>https://tacticaltech.org/#/2018-annual-report

CASA HACKER HOSTS GLASS ROOM EXPERIENCE IN BRAZIL - 8, 18, 21 JUNE 2019<br>Campinas based Casa Hacker has started a local conversation about data, privacy and security by hosting The Glass Room Community Edition. In June it will organize a series of events at Laboratório Hacker de Campinas and Casa de Cultura Itajaí.

ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES VISUALIZATION ARCHIVE <br>This is an open, ongoing, and collaborative archive of data visualizations in online projects that showcase alternative narratives. It seeks to encourage the creation of other narratives to those that dominate and to promote discussion of existing ones. If you know of a project, you can also add it.

SHRINKING CIVIL SPACE: A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE<br>This paper focuses on the threats, risks and implications of shrinking civic space from a digital perspective. We examine how tech platforms, data collection, surveillance and other digital means can threaten, restrict or curtail the work of Civil Society Organisations and the spaces for political and civic participation.<br>https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/shrinking-civil-space-a-digital-perspective/

DIVIDED WE SCROLL <br>Technology is rewiring our neurons and changing both our physical movements and inner thought processing. 'Divided We Scroll' is an experimental short film by film maker Klaas Diersmann, an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with these technologies, which have become obsessive, compulsive and divisive. (YouTube, Klaas Diersmann)

PRIVACY ISSUES NEWSLETTER<br>The Privacy Issues Newsletter is a free bi-monthly compilation of engaging, inspiring and highly educative content dedicated to privacy issues in technology, product and design. It covers GDPR, privacy policies, data protection and security, privacy enhancing technologies, privacy by design and other privacy related methodologies, best practices on usability, product, design, and more.

THE INTERNET MADE ME DO IT: FINDING CLARITY AMIDST CONFUSING DESIGNS <br>Dark patterns are design tricks based on human psychology that are used to provoke or manipulate people into signing up for something, buying something or giving away more personal information than they thought or intended. This new interactive article from the Data Detox Kit helps you to recognise and act on them. <br>https://datadetoxkit.org/en/bonus/darkpatterns

THE PREDATOR IN YOUR POCKET <br>This report from Citizen Lab gives a multi-disciplinary assesment of the stalkerware application industry. It's the one in a two-part series on technology-facilitated violence, abuse, and harassment. (Citizen Lab)