Seen in Geneva:

Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite misleading marketing theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoo… by Micah Lee 🫡, Yael @[email protected]

Authoritarian instincts and digital surveillance also spread

Drone surveillance to shame people, not essential. theguardian.com/world/video/20…

Technology is Stupid, an essential read in pandemic times by Tactical Tech "Imagining alternative technologies requires imagining alternative techno-politics (such as who gathers data, how, and who benefits from it) and alternative business models [...]"

Getting ready. cnbc.com/2020/05/26/hon…

Bad times for protesters. Another nasty military technology applied to citizens in the exercise of their rights.

A tool for anonymizing photographs taken at protests. everestpipkin.github.io/image-scrubber

Facial recognition developed by Clearview AI likely illegal in Europe cnbc.com/2020/06/11/cle… #ShutdownClearviewAI #FuckClearviewAI

We welcome the news Springer will not be publishing the article in question, but our demands are unmet. How did things get this far in the first place? This isn’t about one article—we need to truly abolish the #TechToPrisonPipeline. See/sign bit.ly/TechToPrisonPi… for more.

Des chercheurs s'opposent à une étude qui dit pouvoir prédire des crimes rts.ch/info/sciences-…

Abolish the #TechToPrisonPipeline by Coalition for Critical Technology link.medium.com/RvH8vKNey7 #TechForGood #MachineLearning

People, we're sorry, have some terrible news to announce: We're closing for good end of July. 🥺 Here is why: muda.co/closing/

A Council of Citizens Should Regulate Algorithms wired.com/story/opinion-… via WIRED

Can an algorithm become sophisticated enough to trigger an #attack by itself? Could it err in selecting its #target?   The Logics of Droning, by #artist Marta Revuelta, draws our attention to the use of new #battlefield #technologies.   #ConcernedExhibition International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum ICRC

The Turkish made Kargu-2 drone can operate in autonomous mode and may have been used to attack retreating soldiers fighting against the UN-recognized government in Libya. Zachary Kallenborn provides insight bit.ly/2RyqQnJ

Witches' Sabbath, Goya, 1798

We are down a speaker, but still plunging ahead tomorrow for part 2 of Critical AI in the Art Museum: exploring data practices and digital public space, all welcome! Sign up at criticalAI.art