EAVI at OFCOM’s Adult Media Literacy Event
London 13 July, 2018 EAVI was lucky enough to be invited to attend UK digital watchdog, Ofcom's annual Adults' Media literacy Event in London. The event began with presentations by Jessica Rees, who explained Ofcom's adult media literacy tracker when looking at the digital divide - namely, those who are online and those who are not. The clearest indicators were those not just relating to socioeconomic group, but also age. Older respondents were more likely to not use computers for anything at all, and the reason most often cited? "It's not for people like [...]
Privacy International Explainer Animations
About Based in London, Privacy International investigate, expose and litigate against government surveillance and the companies that enable it. Here you can find a playlist of some of Privacy International's excellent 'explainer' animations, topics include; What is Privacy? Data Protection Explained Big Data What is Data Exploitation? Communications Sureveillance What is Government Hacking? Many more of their animations can be found here. Credits
One More Thing: The EAVI Weekly Media Literacy Digest #3
A tranche of news this week from the US election, beef with Facebook, a useful password tool, a new privacy training nonprofit in Brussels and more...
A Journey to Media Literacy 3: Privacy and Tracking
About Jack is becoming more media wise and continues his adventures on the Media Literacy Island. This time he discovers that he is being watched! But who is watching him and what can he do about it? For more info on privacy and tracking check our infographic 'The EAVI Guide to Privacy & Tracking.' Credits Story written by Paolo Celot Animation and design by Dasja Drugaleva Music by Davide Rambaldi and Rita Pieri
INFOGRAPHIC: The EAVI Guide to Privacy and Tracking
Tracking is an inconvenient truth and so is looking after our own security online. It can be unsettling knowing that advertisers are following our every move in order to serve us ads while we navigate the web. Our guide shows you how online tracking works and a few tweaks and recommendations for limiting the amount that you are tracked online and increasing your privacy.
INFOGRAPHIC: The World’s Worst Ever Data Breaches
The unprecedented data leak of the Panama Papers taught us much about the extent of global tax evasion, however following several successive high-profile leaks in recent years, most famously perhaps, Edward Snowden's leak of NSA records, we might consider the real lesson to be that one's data is never really safe.
