#HumanRights & tech. @CarnegieMellon's Center for Human Rights Science. Advisor @IntlCrimCourt OTP, member of @RightsColab, @team_justlabs & @WEF braintrust.
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Honored to have contributed to @datasociety's series on #ArtificialIntelligence & #HumanRights. My point: the world’s marginalized & vulnerable are at the highest risk of harm. Their voices should be front & center in the fight for non-discriminatory AI points.datasociety.net/lets-…
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For those of you who missed it. I am pleased to share the English version of yesterday's oral update to the @UN_HRC. The translated versions in Dari and Pashto will also be posted soon.
Hello Twitter, it has been a while ;-) Excited to join @jsrailton, @KAlexaKoenig, & @lindsaysfreeman for a discussion hosted by @theNASEM on the Berkeley Protocol, which sets standards for the use of #OSINT in #HumanRights investigations.
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Surveillance thrives in unequal environments, and the pandemic has increased inequality. We need a welfare state for our digital information economy, writes @bea_botero
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Add 1 more to the list of ever-surprising vile acts by the Trump administration: today the White House announced an Executive Order to obstruct the work of the #ICC by authorizing sanctions against staff as well as those that support the court. #FDT whitehouse.gov/presidential-…
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#MondayInnovation: Friends of Nature (FON) is #China’s oldest and best-known grassroots environmental NGO. Over the last few years, FON has attracted 1,500 regular monthly donors whose online donations more than doubled from 2017 to 2018 rightscolab.org/case_study/f… #MondayMotivation
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#MondayInnovation: @SchoolsEquality is a social enterprise that conducts school programs to sensitize children to societal inequalities. Its creative rights-based curricular support has shaped the values of thousands of Indian students. #MondayMotivation rightscolab.org/case_study/s…
Tic tac, tic tac.... Last day to submit your proposal for #RightsCon2020! Here is the link, rightscon.secure-platform.co…
Good news procrastination-prone friends: the deadline to propose sessions for #RightsCon2020 has been extended to January 21! More info at rightscon.org/your-guide-to-… This year I'm a "Regional Champion" for @RightsCon so if you need some feedback on your idea, I'd be happy to help.
Thank you for organizing an amazing #OSINT training!
Thank you @AMI_Berkeley and @ucbsoj for an incredible week of training a fantastic group of professionals in #OSINT tools and techniques—with @lindsaysfreeman @KAlexaKoenig @heytherehaIey @samdubberley @stephaniercroft @adlampros & Enrique Piraces (+
@SteveTrush and @chargodart).
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If .ORG is sold to a for-profit organization, information about registrants could be sold to repressive governments. Find out more on the potential risks and why we need to #SaveDotOrg here 👉 accessnow.org/warning-propos…
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Just out: an important collection of case studies and insights on civil society innovation in Asia from @profshawn. Watch for our Mapping Civil Society Innovation portal, building on this and other efforts around the world - going live in January! rightscolab.org/building-the…
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Just released: @witnessorg report 'Ticks or it didn't happen'. On how we confront key dilemmas in #authenticity infrastructure for #multimedia as new tools allow us to track where a video came from, if altered etc as solution to #deepfakes #fakenews etc lab.witness.org/ticks-or-it-… 1/
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“Donald Trump will be impeached by the House, probably before Christmas, but Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans who control the Senate have no interest in putting country above party.”
@KevinMKruse joins @mehdirhasan on #Deconstructed. interc.pt/33Y27th
Are you interested in advancing the governance of #ArtificialIntelligence? This post-doc vacancy at the Max Planck Institute for #SocialAnthropology may be the right opportunity for you: recruitingapp-5034.de.umanti… Deadline is January 20th, 2020 cc @maxplanckpress
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Finally, a paper on why "AI for good" is an empty phrase without a theory of change. What is "good" is never articulated in the rush to tech solutions, while alternative reforms are overlooked. Read @benzevgreen's piece before it blows up at @NeurIPSConf benzevgreen.com/wp-content/u…
Are you a technologist interested in advancing Human Rights? Check this opportunity for exactly that! And you also get to work with and learn from great people.
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“Welcome to Berlin, Mr. Musk. ❤️“
Excited to be in Vancouver for my first #AAA to talk about Justice, Advocacy, & Dissidence in the New Information Ecosystem w/ an amazing lineup. (Also, intimidated by 5,000 people professionally trained to do people-wacthing...) cdmcd.co/nAA6Aw #AAACASCA
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Much of what’s being sold as "AI" today is snake oil. It does not and cannot work. In a talk at MIT yesterday, I described why this happening, how we can recognize flawed AI claims, and push back. Here are my annotated slides: cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ta…
