{"title": "Privacy techtonics: feminist geopolitics of privacy, WhatsApp and democracy in India", "start": "2026-11-17T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-17T14:00:00Z", "place": "Department of Geography", "address": "Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/privacy"], "description": "A seminar talk in the Human Geography Seminar Series at the Department of Geography. Philippa Williams, Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London, and co-author Lipika Kamra argue that Meta has promoted WhatsApp's privacy narratives and design to commodify both digital private space and users' metadata for private profit and power globally. Drawing on their book Privacy Techtonics, Philippa will show how WhatsApp's largest market, India, is central to this story, how the platform has shaped India's digital privacy landscape and vice versa, and how privacy is political as well as geopolitical. The seminar is held every Tuesday during term time, and staff, students and visitors are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/privacy-techtonics-feminist-geopolitics-of-privacy-whatsapp-89041/", "official_url": "https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/events/2026/nov/privacy-techtonics-feminist-geopolitics-privacy-whatsapp-and-democracy-india", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-17T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-17T14:00:00Z", "place": "Department of Geography", "address": "Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "'Logics of Dispossession: Governing By Eviction in Indian Cities'", "start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "society/urbanism"], "description": "A book launch for 'Logics of Dispossession: Governing By Eviction in Indian Cities'. Author Dr. Liza Weinstein (Northeastern) speaks with discussants Professor Claire Colomb (Cambridge University) and Dr Paolo Novak (SOAS), chaired by Dr Sarah El-Kazaz. The book traces the Indian government's power to evict from colonial times to today, arguing evictions are a historically entrenched tool of city governance in Indian cities aspiring to be world-class.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/logics-of-dispossession-governing-by-eviction-in-indian-citi-70408/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/logics-dispossession-governing-eviction-indian-cities", "image": ""}, {"title": "Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia", "start": "2026-11-16T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Royal Society", "address": "6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society"], "description": "A free afternoon event at the Royal Society marking Wikipedia's 25th birthday. Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales bring together leaders from technology, policy, research, media and the open knowledge community. Talks explore how AI is changing how knowledge is created, accessed and reused, how to protect the digital commons, and what responsible reuse should mean. The programme includes a keynote, panel discussions and a closing conversation between Dame Wendy Hall and Jimmy Wales, plus a drinks and canapés reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/celebrating-25-years-of-wikipedia-76894/", "official_url": "https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/11/celebrating-25-years-of-wikipedia/", "image": ""}, {"title": "CSD Seminar: In Defence of Democratic Noise", "start": "2026-11-17T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "University of Westminster", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/climate", "society/democracy"], "description": "A seminar talk titled 'In Defence of Democratic Noise: Equality, Voice and Social Knowledge in Climate Governance', held in person at the University of Westminster. The Centre for the Study of Democracy hosts Dr Aris Trantidis of Lincoln, who argues that democratic noise—citizens' equal standing to speak and express themselves openly—gives policymakers continuous social feedback that helps prevent the failure of climate policy, answering the objection that democracy is too slow for effective climate action.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/csd-seminar-in-defence-of-democratic-noise-40002/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/csd-seminar-in-defence-of-democratic-noise", "image": ""}, {"title": "2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture: Beyond Bearing Witness: Palestine, Knowledge Production and the Political Economy of the Future", "start": "2026-11-12T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG London", "price": "Free, registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/colonialism"], "description": "A public lecture, also streamed online, discussing what forms of knowledge and analysis are needed beyond documenting conditions in Palestine. 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