Heather Marsh is a philosopher, programmer and

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activist. She is the author of the Binding Chaos series, a study of methods of

mass collaboration Mass collaboration is a form of collective action that occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project, often modular in its nature. Such projects typically take place on the internet using social software and computer-s ...

Internet and journalism

In 2015 Marsh began working on a data project with a goal of allowing global collaboration on research and information without control by a specific platform. This is a continuation of her earlier project called the Global Square.

Activism

Marsh has been a transparency activist associated with Guantanamo activism, primarily for Canadian POW Omar Khadr, and Anonymous activity, particularly human rights issues. She has reported on and campaigned against human trafficking and violations committed by global resource corporations. She has written investigative reports and interviews on Canadian juvenile

Omar Khadr Omar Ahmed Said Khadr ( ar, عمر أحمد سعيد خضر; born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian citizen who at the age of 15 was detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for ten years, during which he pleaded guilty to the murder of U ...

, one of the youngest prisoners of Guantanamo Bay. She was the national spokesperson for the Free Omar Khadr group in Canada. She has reported on ritual killings in Gabon and began a research project to map connections between the people responding to a fracking protest in New Brunswick. She started the OpDeathEaters campaign with a goal of independent inquiries to investigate and a change in public discourse around human trafficking. The opGabon and opDeatheaters campaigns were the subject of a book, ''Crime, Justice and Social Media'' by Australian criminologist Michael Salter which featured extensive interviews with her.

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External links

GeorgieBC's Blog - personal website
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