论文标题
激进分子想要更好,更安全的技术
Activists Want Better, Safer Technology
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论文摘要
这项工作调查了美国的50名黑人生命问题活动家,涉及技术在组织抗议和其他行动中的作用。关于现有技术的整体便利性和安全性的广泛问题使他们能够自发提供对他们最重要的功能和关注点。尽管绝大多数(84%)的激进主义者报告使用社交媒体查找信息,但有64%的人对社交媒体上的数据隐私或监视感到担忧,而40%的人对在线信息的可信度或可靠性感到担忧。社区在激进主义者与技术的互动中发挥了重要作用,其中72%的人报告说,个人网络帮助他们找到了信息或一般参加抗议活动的安全。我们希望这项研究能为激进主义者重要的领域提供更深入的分析框架,因此技术人员可以专注于建立完全满足激进主义者需求和兴趣的解决方案。
This work surveys 50 Black Lives Matter activists in the United States about the role of technology in organizing protests and other actions. Broad questions about the overall ease and safety of existing technology allowed them to spontaneously offer features and concerns that were most important to them. While the overwhelming majority (84%) of activists reported using social media to find information, 64% had concerns about data privacy or surveillance on social media, and 40% had concerns about the credibility or reliability of information online. Community played a big role in activists' interactions with technology, with 72% reporting that personal networks helped them find information or feel safe attending protests in general. We hope this study will provide a framework for deeper analysis in areas that are important to activists, so technologists can focus on building solutions that fully serve activists' needs and interests.