DEVELOPING A PRIVACY-AWARE MAP-BASED CROSS-PLATFORM SOCIAL MEDIA DASHBOARD FOR MUNICIPAL DECISION-MAKING

Abstract. Social media (SM) has become a principal information source and the vast amounts of generated data are increasingly used to inform various disciplines. Most platforms, such as Instagram, Twitter or Flickr, offer option tag post with location precise coordinate, which also fosters applications in geospatial fields. Notwithstanding many ways these could be analyzed applied, scandals Cambridge Analytica have shown risks user privacy that seem inherently part data.Is it possible mitigate risks, while maintaining collective usability this for society questions? We identify urban planning key field socio-spatial justice propose an open map-based cross-platform dashboard, fueled by SM, supporting tool municipal decision-makers citizens alike. As core tool, we implement novel privacy-aware structure allows both, more transparent, encompassing ground municipalities, reduced collection footprint, preventing misuse compromising privacy.