After the conference SMART PRISONS: Tracking, Monitoring & Control, Disruption Network Lab commissioned two texts to inform debates and influence civic society: a primary source insight by writer and activist Barrett Brown, “Pox Americana: Seeking Asylum from a Deteriorating Democracy”, and an empirical research analysis by researcher Jacopo Anderlini on tracking and monitoring at European borders, “The European Digital Border. Narratives on technology and practices of control in the governing of migrant mobilities”.

Pox Americana: Seeking Asylum from a Deteriorating Democracy

In 2011 and 2012, Barrett Brown worked with Anonymous on campaigns involving the Tunisian revolution, state misconduct, and other issues. In 2012 he was as arrested and later sentenced to four years in federal prison on charges stemming from his investigations into HBGary, Stratfor, Palantir, Archimedes, and other firms that would later be implicated in election interference operations in the US and UK. Upon his release in late 2016, he established the non-profit Pursuance to develop a platform for mass civic engagement.

Read the digital publication on the website of Disruption Network Lab.