
Chris Wright
Advisor
People cannot meaningfully shape their relationships with the digital technologies that underpin their lives. This leads to imbalanced relationships between people and online services, and leaves users feeling disempowered and resigned to let platforms do as they please with their data. Using desk research, first-hand website audits and expert interviews with people working in the tech industry, we found:
This project is a collaboration between BIT, Doteveryone, a responsible technology think tank, and the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, an independent board of experts to help the UK navigate the ethical challenges posed by data-driven technologies.
Today we publish a progress report and a summary of our research to date, including a set of prototypes which aim to overcome the behavioural challenges identified and dramatically improve people’s ability to make active online choices. The next phase of the project will use qualitative user testing and online experiments to assess the performance of the prototypes. We look forward to sharing our findings in Summer 2021.
Read more about the behavioural science of online harms in BIT’s 2019 report.
Advisor
Former Head of Consumer and Business Markets
CDEI
doteveryone
doteveryone
Design and development by Soapbox.