En este #DíaDeLasMadres, el UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances honra la lucha valiente de madres buscadoras en México y en las diversas regiones y exige respuestas tangibles e impostergables en la búsqueda, verdad, justicia y reparación.

Between 4 May 03:44:32 UTC and 8 May 15:49:05 UTC, we mapped 895 buildings in Rafah that were likely damaged or destroyed. This brings the total number of likely damaged/destroyed buildings in Rafah to 17,689 of 48,678 (36.3%). corey scher

Emocionado de participar en esta mesa sobre arquitectura forense e inteligencia artificial en contextos de violencia/violaciones a DDHH. Nos vemos el jueves Festival El Aleph

¿Cómo se ha usado la inteligencia artificial ante los desplazamientos forzados y violaciones de derechos humanos? Elis Mendoza threads: elismndz, Sergio Beltrán-García 🇵🇸 y Jorge Ruiz Reyes son pioner@s de la arquitectura forense con el uso de IA en México. Hoy en Museo Experimental el Eco, en el Festival El Aleph. ⏰ 7 pm

What is deemed #hatespeech can vary across cultures, but 🤬 datasets are often built only at the language level 🗣️, masking potential cultural biases. Our new Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms paper reveals large cultural representation gaps in 🤬 datasets using 🗣️ and 🌍 as cultural proxies. 🧵

Our article highlighting a few aspects of the upcoming election in Mexico is available now. Thanks to Oxford Internet Institute for inviting us to participate in the initiative.

📢 El #LabdeM y la #FLACSOMéxico te invitan a conocer el nuevo #Diplomado Internacional en #CienciaDeDatos para las #CienciasSociales. Aprende a realizar análisis, descubrir patrones y diseñar soluciones con grandes volúmenes de información. 🔗 bit.ly/DICIDSOL

Comparto este artículo que escribimos para Oxford Internet Institute sobre las próximas elecciones en el país. Nos enfocamos en el panorama digital y en la violencia criminal-electoral observada en el proceso. oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/ba…

Con el 92% de las actas capturadas por el #INE a través del #PREP van algunas gráficas que exploran el vínculo entre la participación electoral y el porcentaje de votos obtenidos por las diferentes fuerzas políticas en las #EleccionesMéxico2024 (1/6)🧵

Israeli attack on UNRWA school, sheltering almost 6,000 Palestinians, killed at least 40 people, many women and children. The UN Human Rights has issued a press release condemning the attack, as "... the strike suggests a failure by Israel Defense Forces to ensure strict compliance with #IHL"

How have Latin American subnational units fared in the midst of national autocratization? If you're attending Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and want to discuss "Multilevel Autocrarization" don't miss my presentation today 12:10pm (details below) LASA Subnational Politics

🚨 URGENTE: Hemos enviado un informe al Comité contra la Tortura de la #ONU sobre alegaciones de tortura y otros malos tratos en #Ecuador. Expresamos particular preocupación por la situación en prisiones desde la entrada de las Fuerzas Armadas en enero. 🧵

The ICRC office in Gaza, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians living in tents, was damaged by nearby shelling in Gaza. Firing so dangerously close to humanitarian structures puts the lives of civilians and humanitarians at risk.

What happens when false or harmful narratives circulate during wars? What are the implications for those affected by armed conflict and for the humanitarians striving to assist them? Sharing harmful information has very real consequences on people’s lives.

Quantifying damage to buildings in conflict zones can be expensive, dangerous, and challenging. However, media outlets are now using satellite images instead of sending people in. Here's how it works:

Holding perpetrators accountable for international crimes, including those committed through cyber-enabled means, is a critical element of an effective global response to cyber threats, writes TLP Director Lindsay Freeman for Digital Front Lines: digitalfrontlines.io/2024/06/10/int…

Today Human Rights Watch publishes its extensive report into the Oct 7 assault, documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity by Palestinian armed groups. As part of the research we analysed over 280 photos and videos. This explainer describes how we took that on. hrw.org/news/2024/07/1…

The war is turning #Gaza into rotting garbage dumpsite as the destruction continues. We have launched a new report drawing on satellite imagery and #OSINT to visualize the scale the of solid waste and linked public health crisis. A small thread 1/x 🧵 paxforpeace.nl/news/war-torn-…

It is obvious that Big Tech is playing a central role in the disgraceful racist violence currently unfolding across the UK. But social media's role goes well beyond providing a neutral space for the far-right to organise and recruit. 1/4

Can we moderate #hatespeech at scale in low-resource contexts? In our #ACL2024 📜, we answer this Q for Nigerian 🇳🇬 Twitter. ➡️ Detection perf at scale is 👎 making automatic moderation undesirable ➡️ 👨-in-the-loop is 👍 but v costly for large communities arxiv.org/abs/2403.19260