Forbes names former Florida COVID-19 data curator Rebekah Jones its Technology Person of The Year
By: WTXL Staff & Scripps National
Posted at 2:41 PM, Dec 30, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-30 15:45:53-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Forbes named geographer and former Florida COVID-19 data curator Rebekah Jones its âTechnology Person of the Year.â
Jones, the data curator who was fired for unauthorized public comments about Floridaâs coronavirus numbers in May, created her own dashboard to track coronavirus numbers.
Jones said she was fired for being too transparent regarding COVID-19 numbers and refusing to manipulate data.
On Dec. 7, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents served Jones a search warrant on her home. According to the FDLE affidavit, the stateâs public health department sent a notice to FDLE as part of an investigation over unauthorized access to a state messaging system.
Forbes names Rebekah Jones Technology Person of The Year
and last updated 2020-12-30 15:19:42-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Forbes named geographer and former Florida COVID-19 data curator Rebekah Jones its âTechnology Person of the Year.â
Jones said she was fired for being too transparent in regards to COVID-19 numbers and refusing to manipulate data.
âRegardless, she is the latest technologist who stepped up to fill the vacuum left by governments during COVID-19,â the article on Forbesâ website reads.
She is the first-ever recipient of the magazineâs Technology Person of the Year distinction.
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