Early results are encouraging: experiences organizing against the surveillance-industrial complex in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

The time is right: Organizing against the surveillance-industrial complex in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

If we organize, we can have a big impact in the fight against the surveillance-industrial complex.

"The S is for surveillance": fighting KOSA and bad internet bills in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

Part 2 of The Time Is Right: shifting from theory to practice.

Atmosphere Conference News

News from the Atmosphere Community Conference, aka AtmosphereConf April 29th - May 2nd, 2027 • Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Vigilantism comes for Flock

More Americans than ever are destroying Flock license plate cameras amid rising backlash against the company. Is the tide turning on intrusive U.S. mass surveillance, and where does the privacy fight go next?

We Need A Massive Surveillance Program (Idle Words)

I am a privacy activist who has been riding a variety of high horses about the dangers of permanent, ubiquitous data collection since 2012.

Gazing Back at the Surveillance Cameras That Watch Us (Published 2018)

These photographers explored the implications of a culture of pervasive monitoring.

Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

Managing scientific knowledge for policy on the ATmosphere - Mathew's newsletter

Two types of Atmosphere toolkit are needed if ATScience is to help scientists do science and better communicate it to other audiences: one serving the researchers and their teams, the other focused on aggregation and synthesis.

Talks — AtmosphereConf 2027

Speak at AtmosphereConf 2027 in the Netherlands, 29 April to 2 May. Submit a talk on building, creating, informing, or governing the Atmosphere.

Stop Advertising The Atmosphere As Speculative Technology - thoughts (tiny)

The atproto enthusiast community is inadvertently turning others off to the ecosystem

Slowly, Then Quickly: What AtmosphereConf Made Visible - AT Protocol

With AtmosphereConf 2026 wrapped, Boris Mann and Ted Han join to talk about what the gathering surfaced in the ecosystem. From the IETF working group, the move beyond a single foundation, to a growing layer of co-ops, regional meetups, and independent stewards.

New blog and first release of Atmosphere Community | Offprint

We are in the midst of making a bunch of changes, so your first intro to the new blog was likely the August 2024 Tech...