Enjoyed meeting w United Nations Envoy on Technology today at #IGF2022 to talk about how we can avoid #internetfragmentation. He says diversity + respect are key to sustaining a unified ‘global consciousness’. That’s why United Nations is developing a #GlobalDigitalCompact have your say ➡️un.org/techenvoy/glob…

Love hearing about the investment Bumble is making in the online safety and wellbeing of their female users, incl providing counselling support to those who experience #onlineabuse. As Mahima Kaul said ‘making the internet safer for women, makes it safer for everyone’ 👏🏼 #IGF2022

I'm very excited to be directing the Oxford Synthetic Media Forum, Oxford’s first conference on generative AI. The @OSMF2023 is part of Jesus College Oxford's Digital Hub Programme, taking place on January 26, 2023: Registeration is now open: bit.ly/osmf2023

Based in the UK and interested in the implications of #generativeAI for society? Come to the Oxford Synthetic Media Forum on 26 Jan to hear experts across University of Oxford, govt + industry discuss the future of truth, art + revenge porn 🤖 @OSMF2023 Register ⏩eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-synth…

Western democracies are advocating for an open internet while also pursuing policies that lead to #internet fragmentation. The West needs to recalibrate their #foreignpolicy messaging to account for new realities. Check out my article for Council on Foreign Relations here:

Our keynote panel speaker is Henry Ajder, an expert in synthetic media and #AI. Henry was the presenter of BBC News (UK)' The Future Will Be Synthesized, and has advised The European Commission, BBC, and The Partnership on AI. Register for #OSMF2023 here: bitly.ws/yJH8

Join the 1st ICRC Delegation for #Cyberspace! At the intersection between #cybersecurity #humanitarian action and #diplomacy #policy Opportunity 1: Cybersecurity Policy Adviser icrc.org/en/who-we-are/… 👇🇱🇺

Looking forward to moderating this panel at the Oxford Synthetic Media Forum about #generativeAI and #onlinesafety 💻 Come join us at Oxford on 26 Jan for @OSMF2023

It’s been 1 year of 🇦🇺’s #OnlineSafety Act. eSafety Commissioner has investigated 1000s of reports of online abuse, while industry completed transparency reports + submitted draft codes to combat illegal material online. Always more to do but great progress 👏🏼 esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media…

As govts around the world grapple w how to control harmful content + data practices within their borders, this Council on Foreign Relations piece from Tarah M. Wheeler provides an excellent explainer on technical realities + policy implications of Montana’s blunt approach. Must read for tech policy makers💡

At techUK #TechPolicy2023 conf, NVIDIA AI says recent attention on #generativeAI is a ‘double edged sword’: raising awareness but also risking the issue being overtaken by hype and the politics of govts needing to be ‘seen to do something’

The answer to the uncertainty of the AI boom is not just regulation, @CDEIUK says standards + accreditation play an important supporting role for companies to show what good looks like and reassure hesitant users that their products are safe and reliable #TechPolicy2023 #techUK

Multi-modal #generativeAI presents risks of mis & #disinformation that manipulate public opinion, but it can also be the solution: identifying authenticity, supporting civic discourse and digital literacy says Logically at #TechPolicy2023 techUK

Excited to talk to industry innovators about how governments are reacting to the risks of #generativeAI with Aruni & Tom Whittaker tomorrow at The Generative AI Conference during #LondonTechWeek ⏩️ generativeaiconference.org

Internet fragmentation discussed at #EuroDIG2023 With Tatiana Tropina @lisefuhr @sullivanISOC Zoe Hawkins Sheetal and Elena Plexida ⁦ICANN⁩

Ironically, the fragmentation of internet regulation may favour its concentration by imposing compliance costs that only the giants can bear Zoe Hawkins at #eurodig2023

Tech is central to geopolitics. Tech advantage allows states to wield military, econ & political power. The advantage is ours to lose. A privilege to discuss how 🇦🇺 can secure its tech future. Dirk van der Kley Katherine Mansted Zoe Hawkins Janka Oertel ANU National Security College #SecuringOurFuture

Our first panel “Infrastructuring the Digital World: Privatization, Power and Digital Sovereignty” chaired by rikke frank will explore this topic. Follow the thread below for more details. 🧵

Zoe Hawkins started by highlighting challenges raised by contradictory narratives regarding Big Tech and governments. From techno-nationalism to tech-exceptionalism, she explored the ways in which experts grasp these conflicting narratives.

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