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Bruno Nathansohn

Sociologist and document manager, with a doctorate in Information Sciences, IBICT - UFRJ Researcher of the group Critical Studies in Information, Technology and Social Organization of the IBICT.

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“Against everything and everyone”: prejudice and biometrics in soccer

On June 23, the Vasco da Gama soccer club was sanctioned with the prohibition of the spectators' entry to its stadium due to incidents that occurred after a Brazilian championship match.

Bolsonaro’s 100 years of secrecy

In four years of government, Jair Bolsonaro has imposed 100-year secrecy at least 65 times on the data of people around him, using the excuse of protecting their privacy.

Racist Algorithms against Refugees

The information policy of developed countries in terms of border management, human mobility, and asylum is based on the permanent surveillance of groups considered undesirable.

Open Data for Latin American Transformation

There is a movement to break with the backbone of current scheme of knowledge production, based on monopolization by large corporate publishing groups located in developed countries.