Lecturer in digital economy @kingsdh. Anthropologist. Researches tech and aid. Moved to https://xitter.cf/t.co/6qxzQOsP3S

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Proud to announce the launch of our report on the challenges that refugees/migrants in Kenya face accessing state-issued identification, generously funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and co-produced w/ @Haki_na_Sheria w/ support from Caribou Digital cariboudigital.net/publicati…
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ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ michiganadvance.com/2025/04/…
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Last week, the new owners of the Observer wrote to tell me they would *not* be issuing me with a new contract. So...I want to say publicly that it was an absolute privilege to speak on behalf of my Observer colleagues during our strike. I don't regret doing so. And I learned so much from it. 1/
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What's development aid got to do with geopolitics? Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @drjacktaggart explains. The end of USAID has captured headlines, read about the long decline of development aid here: secondcoldwarobservatory.com…
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Really excited for this event on Fictions of Financialization at SOAS w/ IIPPE in a few weeks. Come by if you’re around London!
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Please join me, Yussuf Bashir (@Haki_na_Sheria), @laurambing (Temple U. Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology), & @NoraNadja this Wed, 15th, 2pm GMT as we discuss digital ID, humanitarian tech, & the identification challenges facing migrants/refugees shorturl.at/yYtIh
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🎙️ A bumper episode in the Under Surveillance podcast from @ansurnetwork The 2024 World Anthropological Union (@WAU_org) Webinar discusses Anthropology and Surveillance 🕵️🔎📷📹 🎧 Listen here ⤵️ buff.ly/3OYdKdC
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This is one of those stories where much deeper-lying problems manifest as AI 'bias' -- Concerns about 'fraud' can only arise in an already-punitive welfare system obsessed with targeting 'deserving' recipients of aid. theguardian.com/society/2024…
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Tracing the infrastructure of AI to mines, chip factories, data centers, and e-waste dumps, our video of the week unveils the environmental harms of the supply chain capitalism data centers. Feat. Ana Valdivia at @oiioxford buff.ly/4fXKlw5
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It happened during a flight from Amsterdam, it happened that @AzadeAkbari texted me “our book is out!” It was one of the most beautiful moments I have ever lived. Thanks all amazing contributors that made Critical ICT4D possible. New book 👉👉 taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-e… 📚💛
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In collaboration with @JustFuturesLaw EPIC published a break down of how data brokers harm immigrants & circumvent due process. This is part of EPIC's ongoing series of resources about the @CFPB's Fair Credit Reporting Act rulemaking process & data brokers epic.org/documents/how-data-…
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Sweden and Norway are realising that their cashless systems are vulnerable to Russian cyberattacks, and so are back to encouraging the use of cash. theguardian.com/world/2024/o… In other news: the push for DPI around the world continues regardless.
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Please join us remotely or in-person for this exciting event next week
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🥁🥁 it’s here, and I’m amazed! 🥁🥁 My first book, Unfair ID, launches today with @SAGEPublishers. It is dedicated to all sufferers of harmful outcomes of digital identity, and imagines routes to overcoming #digitalID unfairness. us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/unf… #UnfairID #datajustice
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How can screenshots trouble our understanding of AI? To explore this we’re launching a call for screenshots. Further details can be found at: troubling-ai.glitch.me/ #ai #genai #chatgpt #midjourney #mediastudies #internetstudies #artificialintelligence
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🚨Just published! In this paper, I identify what standards of fairness apply to automated asylum procedures. 🔗 Read here sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #OA This research is part of the @AFARProject funded by @VolkswagenSt #AI #HumanRights #AsylumLaw #DataProtection #EUlaw
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"We invite contributions on how the boundaries between formal and informal economic activities are shifting in age of digital platforms, gig work, fintech, and scams" @prepaid_africa
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And playing not just both sides, but also the role of what Marcel Junod called 'The Third Combatant': Humanitarian response. For a deep dive in the intricacies of humanitarian tech, you can read our latest report: "Private tech, humanitarian problems" accessnow.org/private-tech-h…
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As part of its plans to speed up removals, the Home Office has offered NGOs - most of which are vastly underfunded - millions of pounds to resettle migrants in their countries of origin in what some charities have described as a "bribe". theguardian.com/politics/202…
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