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Research & Publications

Research, reporting, and practical guides on Digital Security and AI Accountability.

4 publications
The Engine Room

Lessons from indigenous communities on the secure and community-led use of offline knowledge sharing tools

A public write-up from research with The Engine Room and Guardian Project on how Indigenous communities and other at-risk users in Latin America use Butter Box and similar offline knowledge-sharing tools, with lessons on data sovereignty, community ownership, and security practice.

Denisse Albornoz, Brian Obilo, Nathaly Espitia
The Engine Room

Responsible AI Adoption

A practical Responsible AI Adoption guide for nonprofit organizations, created during Deep Dive Week at The Engine Room.

Brian Obilo
Mozilla Foundation

How to Manipulate Twitter and Influence People

This is a research piece about how coordinated and inauthentic Twitter campaigns hijack Twitter’s algorithms, distort public opinion and protect the country’s elite. This was featured on Techcrunch , New York Times, Quartz Africa, Global Voices, and many more.

Brian Obilo, Odanga Madung