👁️ Phase 3 - Investigation
👁️ Critique
⏱ 10 minutes
Task 5 - Group B: The Panopticon Jury
Evaluation theme: The Architecture of the Digital Trap. Analyse the Sovereignty Squad's tools and uncover the hidden liabilities of trying to live pseudonymously.
Four challenges - write a short critique for each
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1 · The Double-Edged Sword Audit
For every emancipatory feature Group A uncovers, find a systematic exploit.
Example: "Generative AI avatars give marginalized people an unbiased voice." → But does it force people to erase their uniqueness to fit synthetic templates? (Identity Homogenization)
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2 · The De-Anonymization Warning Label
Investigate device fingerprinting, browser metadata, and behavioural biometrics (typing cadence, gait analysis). Design a "Technical Warning Label" for a supposedly secure platform.
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3 · The Ethics Jury (Trust vs. Opaque Spaces)
If everyone remains masked, how do we establish authentic accountability or systemic trust?
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4 · Rebirth vs. Algorithmic Sentence
Does the internet ever truly forget? Does data brokerage turn every past action into a lifelong digital prison sentence? Trace one instance of a deleted past resurfacing.
4-corners debate
Take a position
"True trust cannot exist online without verifiable legal accountability."
Closing question for your jury: "Your re-invention tools are powerful - but how do we ensure a pseudonymous profile frees the human spirit rather than creating an entirely new digital cage?"
Bridge to Group C
"You've mapped the risks. Now Group C has to design something that survives them."
What happens in Task 5
A 10-minute Phase 3 - Investigation activity as "Group B - The Panopticon Jury." Students write a short critique for each of four challenges (Double-Edged Sword Audit, De-Anonymization Warning Label, Ethics Jury, Rebirth vs. Algorithmic Sentence), then take a position in a 4-corners debate on online trust and accountability.
🎯 Learning objectives
Students analyse the tools, protocols, and platforms Group A identified, uncovering the hidden liabilities, security vectors, and ethical vulnerabilities of trying to live pseudonymously.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- Voice input accepted for all four challenge fields
- 4-corners debate can be answered by pointing/gesture instead of clicking, with teacher support
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Four challenge cards printed and completed on paper
- 4-corners debate run physically - students stand in labelled corners of the room