UK is testing AI to judge likelihood that citizens’ claims about their childcare and housing costs are true Are they out of their tiny digital minds? Have they heard of algo bias? FOI requests about data sources have been denied Thanks Robert Booth theguardian.com/technology/201…

UN Human rights council will receive a report on UK poverty and the digitalisation of welfare from Philip Alston @Alston_UNSR "explicit political choices have been translated into technological design, with devastating effects on individual lives.” STOP! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Instruments, frameworks, declarations, principles + other measures to tackle #KillerRobots - our coordinator Mary Wareham Human Rights Watch for Reaching Critical Will reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documen… #UNGA74 #keepctrl #Disarmament

Users need a law degree to understand privacy policies. But even if they have a law degree, they don’t have enough time to read all privacy policies. This situation provides huge opportunities for platforms to exploit users. fastcompany.com/90414691/most-…

👇If we don’t campaign to ban fully autonomous weapons some govt officials will keep pushing the boundaries of what is permissible. Retaining meaningful human control over the use of force is a humanitarian priority, legal necessity & ethical obligation. 🖐☠️🤖 Stop Killer Robots

Our Campaign is at United Nations #UNGA74 in #NewYork this week speaking about the serious threats that fully autonomous weapons pose to humanity. stopkillerrobots.org/wp-content/upl… Many see an urgent need to launch negotiations on a ban treaty to retain meaningful human control over the use of force.

How cloud we possible not ban explosive weapons in populated areas

Australia Stop Killer Robots Campaign There will be one answer if the ban treaty is negotiated. #Australia should quit fighting the inevitable regulation that’s coming for #killerrobots @Jordonsteele

"...a more powerful and lethal thinking force" 🧐

Thanks to the women who keep me sane in and out of the office @savhallworth @s_reber Bianca Vodden Katie Michiels Danielle J @ClareConboy Erin Hunt Mary Wareham @martakosmyna @_farahbogani

Announcing the Startmate Climate Cohort by James Tynan link.medium.com/CPI6RdiPv1

The official delegates of one country discussed that a lady member of the delegation “had heard horrors from Stop Killer Robots and told that it was necessary to advocate for a ban of #killerrobots.” They had the machismo summary-“she went crazy because we (men) weren’t here”

It is always so inspiring to hear @JodyWilliams97 of Nobel Women speak. Takes me back to my time working with Human Rights Watch on Stop Killer Robots! Join the campaign w/ pledges @WomenLeadersGF! Mary Wareham ICRAC Reaching Critical Will ICBL Ban Cluster Bombs @minemonitor Ministry for Disarmament

An excellent article by a marine veteran who killed as a sniper: @JarheadSwoff (hope its the right one; “when you rely on a myth of technology and distance killing to build a rationale for easy war, your country will lose its soul.” Stop Killer Robots ICRAC

In #Norway this week for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention’s milestone 4th Review Conference. I was part of the ICBL crew behind the #Ottawa Process to ban landmines & the final negotiations were here in #Oslo in Sept. 1997. #OsloRevCon #landminefree2025

Great intrvw with UN Sec-Gen Thanks AnjaK “I am in favour of banning Autonomous Weapons” "we are against weapons, autonomous weapons, that can have the right to choose targets and kill people without human interference. Stop Killer Robots ICRAC wired.com/story/un-secre…

BBC News - Facebook to ban 'deepfakes' bbc.com/news/technolog…

As its foreign minister told our coordinator Mary Wareham @HRW last September, #Japan will convene “an international conference in 2020 to create international rules on weapons using artificial intelligence.” hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/380370 MOFA of Japan Japan | ストップ・キラーロボット日本版

War on the Rocks ICRAC ICRAC #KeepCtrl #TeamHuman

#Algeria sees a need for immediate action to adopt a preventative approach on #KillerRobots concerns. Proposes #CCWUN negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit & regulate lethal autonomous weapons systems. #KeepCtrl #TeamHuman