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I'm sitting this morning wondering which BigTech cloud the "Lavendar" & "Where's Daddy?" systems are running on. What APIs they might be using. Which libraries they're likely calling What work did my former colleagues, did I, did you contribute to that may now be enabling this?

Onderzoek voor Humo: radicaliseren op TikTok is kinderspel. Ik maakte drie verschillende accounts aan waarop ik me voordeed als een 13-jarige met onschuldige hobby's, en telkens viel ik pijlsnel in een gewelddadige 'rabbit hole': neonazisme, zelfmoord en jihadisme. (1/14)

Wat een verhaal dit. Hoe het eraan toegaat als de overheid en Shell strijden om geld Door ⁦Rik Rutten⁩ en ⁦Derk Stokmans⁩ nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04…

Nog zo'n voorbeeld: Slowakije. Onlangs goed beschreven door Arnout le Clercq in deze reportage: volkskrant.nl/buitenland/hee…

🟩 We are launching a new bulletin on #EU border externalisation 🟩 Together with Migration-Control.info & funded by Brot für die Welt, Misereor, medico international and PRO ASYL, this bi-monthly bulletin aims to make the EU’s #externalisation policies, plans & practices public 🧵👀

AWO is pleased to share our new report, ‘Quantum Computing and the Global South’, commissioned by Joris van Hoboken at @IViR_uva.👇 buff.ly/3JAFgLA

Palestinian students at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany received an email from the school that they’ve been recategorized as “stateless” due to governmental “changes in the statistical requirements.” Germany no longer recognizes Palestinian as a nationality.

1/ Europe doesn't have a tech industry. But why is that the case? The short answer: it's not because of regulation. 🧵A thread:

Recent investigations have revealed how Israel’s AI systems “Lavender” + “The Gospel” are causing mass destruction in Gaza, raising ethical concerns about AI in warfare. @marwasf and Daniel Leufer explain how these systems are unleashing tech-driven horrors: accessnow.org/publication/ar…

I have a strong dystopian imagination but had not anticipated algorithmic horrors like what Israel has unleashed in Gaza with its target generation systems Read @marwasf & me on how systems that should be banned in peacetime are repurposed in war for murderous purposes

„Ik wil terug naar mijn dorp. Maar als ik daar gebleven was, zou ik alleen gestorven zijn. Hier zijn er tenminste mensen om me heen als ik doodga.” Gelukkig zijn er oorlogsjournalisten als Minka: nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/05…

Vrijwel nul aandacht voor digitalisering in het #regeerakkoord. Ik maak mij grote zorgen. Terwijl IT-systemen bij de overheid vastlopen, het personeelstekort groeit en 2,5 miljoen mensen niet meekomen in de digitale wereld lost dit akkoord niets op. #formatie 1/2

“Online spaces are very important today. We use them to communicate and campaign on everything related to human rights.” Manun Wongmason advocates for Muslim and LGBTI rights in Thailand, but suffered devastating backlash as a consequence. It’s time to #ProtectTheProtest online.

Happy to announce that today Amnesty International launched our research “Being ourselves is too dangerous” on digital violence against women & LGBTI activists in Thailand This past year I’ve had a chance to lead this research & work with Amnesty Tech colleagues who co-authored this report

A weird Brexit consequence - the British paratroopers who landed in France to recreate D-Day for today's anniversary had to immediately go through customs after landing.

ASN Impact Investors, a major Dutch investor has told TKH Group, a manufacturer of cameras deployed in occupied East Jerusalem that it must adopt human rights due diligence policies within a year or face a termination of investment. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

1/4 🚨This week, media reported about another European Parliament MEP being targeted by #spyware - just two weeks before the #EuropeanElections took place. The attack shows: ❌ no one is immune to intrusive #surveillance ❌we need an EU-wide ban on spyware ➡️ edri.org/our-work/will-…

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m now announcing that Aegean Boat Report is forced to drastically scale down on our operations, due to lack of funding. I have for months tried my utmost to find new financial partners, who see the necessity of our work, and are able and willing,

🔴 Urgent: A boat is currently sinking in the Mediterranean. The dinghy has lost most of its air, and 12 people have been in the water for over two hours, likely to reduce weight and protect the 4 children on board. AUTHORITIES ARE IGNORING OUR CALLS FOR HELP!

En een goed moment om bekend te maken dat ik een nieuwe standplaats heb na vijf jaar in Den Haag. Vanaf deze week ben ik de EU-correspondent van NRC!