📆19 April 🕜14:00-15:15 CEST The European Digital Media Observatory Hubs constitute a community active in all 27 member states aimed at countering #disinformation and analysing its impact on society and #democracy. Join us to discover the work of HDMO BECID German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory 👉media-and-learning.eu/event/media-li…

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A great interview with one of my colleagues on the situation in Sudan and the importance of access for humanitarians.

Ok. So I’ll admit it. This completely mislabelled biscuit is actually pretty good.

The sixth Algorithm Governance Roundup has been published! This month we interview The Law Technologist about Mozilla's Meaningful AI Transparency project & report 'AI Transparency in Practice' which investigates XAI tools and the challenges AI builders face.👇 eocampaign1.com/web-version?p=…

Interesting: Apple reveals rough MAU figures for its major digital products and services in the EU and argues that each be considered for Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) classification under the DSA separately. By this logic, only the App Store qualifies as a VLOP.

Okay, so I see a number of smart people in my feed getting really exercised about this New Jersey state appellate court case on insurance coverage and NotPetya. Let me explain why people are (IMO) misinterpreting it. And why it's not nearly such a big deal:

Time for me to join the crowd in asking if anyone has an invite to Blue Sky that they might be willing to share.

The Metropolitan Police is testing public opinion, announcing today they’re “considering” deploying live facial recognition surveillance around the Coronation. Welcome to Britain, a nation of suspects. Quick note on Met claims (tiny 🧵)

“It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these bastards from the start. Fight the Empire!” #May4thBeWithYou

.Elizabeth Warren Sen. Bernie Sanders Mike Lee: "The term 'end-use monitoring' appears to be a misnomer as DoD and DoS’ EUM programs do not, in fact, monitor how U.S.-origin equipment is used." Learn more: civiliansinconflict.org/eum/

Really nuanced and thoughtful piece on the challenges around how social media platforms handle state media accounts and their potential for sowing disinfo and other harms, based on Meta’s experiences and input from external experts

Today, my article on the legal aspects of the trend of civilianization of the digital battlefield becomes available on #OpenAccess. international-review.icrc.org/articles/will-… This is a good opportunity to take stock of some of the discussion it has provoked so far. A 🧵: 1/n

I don’t suppose there’s anyone else here attending the Independence Day Party an Winfield House tonight? This tech humanitarian would love to say hello if you are.

"Privacy experts point to digital #surveillance — including location tracking, online student monitoring tools, the buying and selling of personal data [#DataBrokers], #FacialRecognition software, and automatic gender recognition technology..." pogo.org/investigation/…

Did not have on my bingo list for the day a briefing on the future dystopia brought about by global digital currency by parliamentary security. What a world.