[Bigdatasur] Liberating COVID-19 data with volunteers in Brazil

[Peter Fussy]

Dear colleagues,

I'd like to share my contribution to a special series about COVID-19 and
Brazil. I focus on the problematic issue of transparency over COVID-19 data
within the federal government, which has made several attempts to limit
access to information. As a response, data activists are collecting,
structuring and liberating more detailed data about COVID-19 than the
federal government. One example comes from the Brasil.IO initiative, a
non-profit organization working with 40 volunteers, whose COVID-19 monitor
is being used as a reference for news outlets, NGOs, academia, and even for
state governments. I invite you to know a little bit of how the initiative
works:
https://data-activism.net/2020/06/bigdatasur-covid-liberating-covid-19-data-with-volunteers-in-brazil/
.

Best regards,

Peter Füssy
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