The CSIA was created using technical manuals, research reports, academic papers, leaked documents, and Freedom of Information Act files. The primary component is an online application that partially replicates an OSINT system, including an interface with multiple machine-learning classifiers for predictive policing that allows the viewer to experience how intelligence analysts view social media posts. Like OSINT interfaces used by intelligence agencies and government contractors, the CSIA recontextualizes social media posts by removing them from their original context and reframing them as a potential threat to national security.
Support for CSIA was provided by Science Gallery Dublin. The project is a collaboration with Derek Curry as part of our reserach into dataveillance systems.
