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🚀Introducing #SuperchargedHuman?: empowering teens to use AI critically
What is inside?
✅A multilingual playlist of educational resources
✅A critical AI Literacy field guide for educators
✅An intergenerational toolkit for critical use of AI
ℹ️ https://tacticaltech.org/supercharged-human/

Save the Children, Savoir Devenir & Tactical Tech join forces to create ready-to-use resources for educators, parents & caregivers to have honest conversations about AI.

ℹ️ https://tacticaltech.org/supercharged-human/

Lifestyle influencers aren’t the only ones shaping your life ➡️ AI is now influencing your vote. 🚨

From Trump retweeting a deepfake Taylor Swift endorsement to Indonesian politicians using AI avatars, generative AI is reshaping elections.

New @globalvoices@mstdn.social article by Tactical Tech & Safa Ghnaim: https://globalvoices.org/2026/04/03/how-ai-is-used-to-influence-global-elections/

🚀 New online “Exposing the Invisible” talks!

🔍 Documenting Human Rights Violations and International Crimes Using Open Source Research Methods
🗣️ Guest: Hadi Al Khatib, Mnemonic
📅 8 April 2026, 14:00–15:30 CEST

🌊 Ocean Datasets for Investigations and Storytelling
🗣️ Guest: Mae Lubetkin
📅 9 April 2026, 14:00–15:30 CEST
🎟️ Sign up for free: https://events.tacticaltech.org/investigation-talks-2026/
This event is part of the Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI).

Bumble is testing “Bee,” an AI matchmaker that learns your preferences through private chats.

The app says it will suggest dates and collect feedback post-meetup, accroding to Sarah Perez for Tech Crunch.

Read more: techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/bumble-introduces-an-ai-dating-assistant-bee/

Looking for creative methods to foster conversations about democracy and civic action?

From memes to zines, debate to roleplay, these resources show how young people can learn democracy by creating, questioning, and acting together, not just by talking about it.

Explore the new Critical ChangeLab resources:
A creative methods handbook: https://lnkd.in/dEy75YAt

A pedagogy model: https://lnkd.in/daZXWu2U

Have you ever heard of greenshushing? This is when companies minimize or even silence their own sustainability initiatives.

In The RePlaybook: A Field Guide to the Climate and Information Crisis, Lucy von Summer of Creatives for Climate and Charlotte Levitt of Blab discuss this phenomenon and how to tackle it.

Get a copy here: https://tacticaltech.org/replaybook/

90+ journalists, researchers, and civil society investigators came together for a 3-day online Mastercourse on climate, political influence, and information integrity.

Participants explored methods, tools, and real-world case studies to understand they respond to climate disinformation crisis!

A big thank you to everyone who joined, contributed, and shared their work.

This event is part of the Media Organisations for Stronger Transnational Journalism (MOST) project.

Work with us! HR and Finance manager application.

Essential requirements are.
· 5 years experience with hr or finance management.
· Relevant degree in finance or management, including knowledge on relevant German employment and tax regulation
· Native level German and fluency in English

Applications will be reviewed on a roiling basis, early applications are encouraged.
Read more here: https://tacticaltech.org/news/jobs/finance-hr-admin-manager-2026/

Is your news outlet a leader in transparency & ethical journalism?

We seek pioneering media in Denmark, Poland & Italy to join the new European Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), a benchmark for accountability and trustworthy reporting.

Stand out in an era of misinformation. Applications via Reporter Sans Frontier.

Italy: https://rsf.org/fr/journalism-trust-initiative-call-candidature-jti-representative-italy
Denmark: https://rsf.org/fr/journalism-trust-initiative-call-candidature-jti-representative-denmark-0
Poland: https://rsf.org/fr/journalism-trust-initiative-call-candidature-jti-representative-poland

Algorithms shape climate conversations—understanding how they prioritize info is key. Abbie Richards reveals how to highlight lived experiences, but also how to push climate action to the top of your feed.
📥 Free download: tacticaltech.org/replaybook

That morning phone check? Your brain is chasing its first dopamine hit. Phones are designed to deliver it.

So, is phone addiction real? The way how it is designed sure try to make it that way.

See all 6 strategies used to keep you hooked: theglassroom.org/en/capsule-1-0/exhibits/how-your-phone-grabs-your-attention

📢 Final Call! 📢
Apply to become a paid collaborator on the recently launched third edition of the Collaborative Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI).

Deadline is this Friday, 20 March —> https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/call-for-content-contributors-2026/

How much social media content is secretly funded by the fossil fuel industry?

Even influencers spreading sponsored climate disinformation often claim they don’t know the money’s source.

Joey Grostern of DeSmog reveals 6 ways fossil fuel companies pay to spread disinformation in The RePlaybook.

Grab a physical copy for the full story: lime.ttc.io/index.php/71845?lang=en

Climate action isn’t just about the planet, it’s about us.

In the RePlaybook, Henning Flaskamp addresses how aligning climate narratives with other popular issues, such as health, can break down ideological barriers to climate action.

Download: tacticaltech.org/replaybook

📢 Exciting news! A new edition of "The Link", CIJI's quarterly newsletter, is dropping tomorrow!!

📧 Subscribe to get the latest updates for journalists and media professionals in collaborative and investigative journalism: https://tacticaltech.org/newsletter-subscription/the-link/

Once somebody has your faceprint, they are able to used it for 3D modeling of your face.
Some companies claim they can infer other things from your faceprint, such as emotions, sexual orientation, age or gender, but these methods are unconfirmed.

This educational resource is part of our interactive exhibition The Glass Room, a project by Tactical Tech: theglassroom.org/en/what-the-future-wants/exhibits/the-real-life-of-your-selfie-wtfw/

Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Collaborative Investigative Journalism Initiative!

Discover new resources, opportunities, & events for journalists with a focus on:
💻AI & emerging technologies
💶Sustainable business models
🤝Collaborative spaces

Learn more: https://www.ciji.info/announcements/#third-edition-ciji

Do you use a cycle or fertility tracking app?

Here are some things you might not know:
• They can share your data
• Their ovulation calculations lack transparency
• The may not let you delete or transfer your data

🔗 Find a safer app with our quiz: datadetoxkit.org/en/health/cycles-of-influence/

The open internet is now a maze of silos—once you find your niche, why leave?

In The RePlaybook, Leon Erlenhorst shows activists how to bridge divides with data, emotional hooks, and smart publishing.

Learn more: https://tacticaltech.org/replaybook/

AI is rewriting search. But what if those instant answers spread climate misinfo?

In The RePlaybook, Carlos Hernández-Echevarría warns that AI could fuel denial & urges an interrogation of the systems behind these technologies.

🔗 Read more about it here: https://tacticaltech.org/replaybook/

AI is rewriting search. But what if those instant answers spread climate misinfo?

In The RePlaybook, Carlos Hernández-Echevarría warns that AI could fuel denial & urges an interrogation of the systems behind these technologies.

🔗 Read more about it here: https://tacticaltech.org/replaybook/

How do we get back to a shared reality to protect the planet & democracy?

For Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins, the solution lies in rebuilding the systems that make truth possible.

Curious to learn more? Grab a copy of the RePlaybook: https://lime.ttc.io/index.php/71845?lang=en

⭐We’re in Vienna at Hothouse, a Renegade Lab for Democracy Against Technocapitalist Authoritarianism!

Tactical Tech will be hosting and facilitating different sessions , workshops and exhibitions on AI, information sickness & the technologies we need for democratic societies.

Let us know if you are around & would like to connect!

🔗 Programme: https://thefutureofdemonstration.net/hothouse/programme.html