[Network-Centric Resources] [New Report] The Limits to Digital Consent

[Georgia Bullen]

Hello!


*tldr:* New Report <https://simsec.cc/digiconsent>! Please retweet
<https://twitter.com/simplysecureorg/status/1452609241542537222?s=20>.


Last year, Simply Secure and New Design Congress set out to understand the
risks of ethical consent and data collection for underrepresented
communities in complex data systems. We’re proud to publish and share our
findings with you in
<https://simplysecure.org/resources/The_Limits_to_Digital_Consent_FINAL_Oct2021.pdf>
our report — *The Limits to Digital Consent: Understanding the risks of
ethical consent and data collection for underrepresented communities.
<https://simsec.cc/digiconsent>*

Six key findings emerged from our analysis:

   1.

   The consent model for tech is outdated.
   2.

   Local-first data storage is not inherently safer for people.
   3.

   Data creation, including the potential for data creation, is silencing.
   4.

   Everyone — not just members of underrepresented communities — is at
   risk.
   5.

   Ethical platform designers must consider themselves as the potential bad
   actor.
   6.

   People are overwhelmed by both the potential for harm and the
   indifference of decision-makers.

We see how data accumulation has great power over a person’s agency, their
relationships, and the communities within which they operate -- and the
associated harms reach almost every human being. Practitioners must
therefore examine the systemic shortcomings of digital consent and commit
to an ongoing iteration of consent and data governance within platforms.
Platform designers and policymakers can no longer assume that collection is
safe -- and they must work together to design systems accordingly.

We’d appreciate your help in promoting the report and you can read and
download the report here <https://simsec.cc/digiconsent>, and find the
social media promo toolkit here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oQcFPanBcyZiHidgpr_eqNXzIqAypf0uR4c5ltrVB2Y/edit>
.


*If you can take a moment to retweet, here's our launch tweet:
https://twitter.com/simplysecureorg/status/1452609241542537222?s=20
<https://twitter.com/simplysecureorg/status/1452609241542537222?s=20>*


More sample tweets are available in the social media toolkit
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oQcFPanBcyZiHidgpr_eqNXzIqAypf0uR4c5ltrVB2Y/edit>
!


Thank you!

Georgia


Georgia Bullen* (**she/her/they <https://pronoun.is/she>)*, @georgiamoon
<http://twitter.com/georgiamoon>
Executive Director, Simply Secure

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