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We have a great @onlinehyphen US election newsletter coming up, courtesy of @ellerybiddle. Please share and sign up here! hyphenonline.com/newsletter/
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Silicon Valley firms have been pitching the defense community hard on AI uses for military contexts. This needs much closer scrutiny from policymakers, @HeidyKhlaaf, @mer__edith and I argue in a new paper released today: defenseone.com/technology/20…
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Thank you @ellerybiddle for a comprehensive take on effects of collaboration btwn #tech companies & authoritarian regimes, it’s stifling opposition + herding political behaviour with no regulation in sight
#Russia #Sudan #India #Indonesia
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After 13 years of investigations, an Egyptian court reversed the asset freezes and travel bans imposed on five of the last remaining local NGOs accused of receiving foreign funds to harm the state and their employees. The ruling also dropped the case against all civil society organizations named in the lawsuit, citing lack of evidence. The heads of these organizations tell Mada Masr they are cautiously optimistic about the ruling, with the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession still in legal limbo due to a procedural discrepancy made early in the case.
For full details: bit.ly/43tUD1h
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In this week’s Authoritarian Tech, @ellerybiddle looks back at the work and legacy of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s ultimate netizen. codastory.com/authoritarian-…
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Proud to be among the impressive shortlist for the Fetisov Journalism Awards for my reporting on the use of surveillance technology in Honduras.
Huge thanks to @CodaStory for supporting this investigation
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⚡️We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2023 #FetisovJournalismAwards⚡️
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!
We thank the members of FJA Expert Council for their time and dedication.
Read the full announcement here: fjawards.com/events/shortlis…
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In this week’s Authoritarian Tech newsletter, @ellerybiddle writes about accountability — and the lack thereof — in the recent boardroom drama at OpenAI. codastory.com/newsletters/op…
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After months of research, writing, reviews & editing by the amazing @ellerybiddle am so glad to share this story which I hope every Nairobian/Kenyan will resonate with
On paper, Nairobi’s surveillance system put powerful tools into the hands of police to support crime prevention, accelerated responses and recovery. But do the cameras work? @kenyanpoet investigates in collaboration with @MagnumPhotos codastory.com/authoritarian-…
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At a time when Big Tech seemingly pushes revenue and shock value above all else, Wikipedia's cooperative approach for verifying knowledge stands out. But the UK's online safety bill could soon put the encyclopedia's system at risk. @ellerybiddle explains. codastory.com/newsletters/be…
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This is blatantly false, having been been disproven repeatedly by researchers like @CCDHate.
Because of their good work to reveal X's trust & safety failures, Musk has sicced his lawyers on the research group.
Perhaps @CNBC should have asked about that.
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What does a cost-cutting health insurance algorithm have to do with the allegedly impending AI apocalypse? @ellerybiddle breaks it down in this week’s Authoritarian Tech newsletter. codastory.com/newsletters/ci…
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Hundreds of people remain missing and are feared dead following last Wednesday’s shipwreck in the Mediterranean sea. In Authoritarian Tech, @ellerybiddle explores the increasingly pivotal role of surveillance technology in the EU's immigration enforcement. codastory.com/newsletters/mi…
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Superb from @ellerybiddle on how big tech is failing the Sudanese people and why it matters for the rest of us. If you don't subscribe to Ellery's Authoritarian Tech newsletter, you are missing out codastory.com/newsletters/su…
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In this week’s Authoritarian Tech newsletter, @ellerybiddle looks at the political crisis in Tunisia, and the ways it’s playing out on social media. Subscribe below to get AT in your inbox every Thursday. 👇codastory.com/newsletters/tu…
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In February, we wrote about the PIB fact check unit being empowered with special content moderation powers. My piece with @ellerybiddle discussed its implications on free speech and media in the run-up to the 2024 elections.
This week, I wrote about Modi and Erdogan going after so-called "fake news" as elections approach and in #TurkeyQuake aftermath. Also got to collaborate new @CodaStory contributing writer @alishan_jafri, on Modi's expanding information control apparatus. codastory.com/newsletters/in…
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“En marzo de 2023, la sociedad civil y los periodistas independientes registraron más de una decena de interrupciones del servicio de internet móvil, sobre todo en el contexto de las elecciones generales”
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Meet our 2023-2024 @JSKstanford International Journalism Fellows! @antelava @Fslkarimi @patrickswnsn @HannahOjo @pafak @karlacasillas20 @EoghanMacguire 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Please help us welcome the international journalists of the JSK Class of 2023-24. These seven #journalism leaders come from Afghanistan, Austria, Czechia, Georgia, Mexico, Netherlands and Nigeria. Welcome one and all! #jsk24 jsk.stanford.edu/news/2023/j…
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Lawmakers in the U.S. grill TikTok about the company’s practices. If this pursuit stems from a genuine fear of surveillance and data capture, why is there so little regulation of American companies? @ellerybiddle writes in AT this week.
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Authoritarian governments around the world are known for their mass surveillance technologies. But the US is deep in the game too, and the industry often moves faster than legislators can rein in. @ellerybiddle reports. codastory.com/newsletters/me…
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Instead, as @CodaStory senior editor (& @rankingrights alum!) @ellerybiddle noted, what’s more likely to happen is that unverified (& often marginalized) voices “will be crowded out by the verified class”: codastory.com/newsletters/me…