How refreshing to have such a good-natured UK contest where no one questions the integrity of the election, where winners thank the losing candidates & poll workers for their public service, & where change is in the air. #UKElection2024

So proud of you, Joe, and of what you stand for! I have no doubt you'll do this with integrity and bring #opengov back more squarely into the government.

"There’s no solid evidence that the availability of generative AI tools is increasing demand for disinformation" Election-related disinformation is a symptom of the larger problems underlying generative AI and its societal impacts. Primer from my colleagues Eliška Pírková & Daniel Leufer

Something to celebrate. Looks like 41 % of UK MPs are women. When I first started researching women’s representation the proportion was about 3 %. It was less that 5 % throughout the 1980s, fewer than 10 % until 1997. Next stop 60%.

Delhi, go go go! Not many have lived a life where they can truly say "the personal is political," - Aruna is one of the very few.

Got an Apple alert that my phone’s been hacked by Pegasus which GOI has admittedly procured & weaponised to harass critics & political opponents. BJP shamelessly snoops on women only because we refuse to toe their line. How low will you stoop? PMO India गृहमंत्री कार्यालय, HMO India

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Simon Burall. Simon was Involve's Director between 2009 and 2016, and a Senior Associate from 2017 to 2024. We’ve written more about his life and inspiring work on our website below 👇 buff.ly/3WhFizd 🧵👇

We have big news!🎉 Join us in welcoming Alejandro Mayoral Baños as our new Executive Director! Alejandro Mayoral Baños, PhD will take the reins from Brett Solomon, co-founder + Executive Director who served us for 15 years. Alejandro begins on October 1. Learn more: accessnow.org/press-release/…

Time is running out. The flawed UN Cybercrime treaty is on the brink of adoption. Hear from civil society leaders and experts, incl Human Rights Watch's Tirana Hassan Katitza Rodriguez Khadija Patel Paloma Lara Castro Raman Chima on what's at stake for human rights. Details👇 eff.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

"Official data is still the backbone of much of AI. And we don’t have enough of it" Read more about our conversations with Nati Carfi 💜 and Joe Foti on this important topic in this post👇 Global Data Barometer Open Gov Partnership Open Data Charter

Here’s what’s happening in #Venezuela! Multiple websites are reported to be blocked, including the opposition portal to compare the voting results. While VE sin Filtro closely monitors the ongoing developments, their website is also experiencing blockages. x.com/vesinfiltro/st…

If you haven't paid attention to this so far, this would be a good time. The Human Rights Watch & EFF teams doing great work on this - along with Access Now's Raman Chima. Follow them for the latest on this!

1/3 🚨Today, the #AIAct will officially become EU law. Did it deliver on centering people and #HumanRights like civil society advocated for during the legislative process? Not really. But there's still some silver linings 🌥️ Read our statement ➡️ edri.org/our-work/state…

If you plan to attend the #EndBadGovernace protests in Nigeria and have a moment/are able to, please run measurement tests on OONI (ooni.org) to enable us gain better insight into internet access in Nigeria during this important period

The arrest of Telegram CEO Durov has raised much speculation alongside some key policy questions. Here’s our statement on the important issues to consider.

JUST IN: Wikimedia Foundation's official response to the Delhi High Court's threat to ban it in India. 👇

Apart from consumer rights organisation The Consumer Voice Draghi did not consult a single digital rights, or even general human rights, organisation for this report that has so much to say about GDPR, AI Act etc But somehow Google and Meta got consulted?

At #UNGA79, there were more events on AI than one could keep up with, with plenty of platitudes about a rights-based approach to ensure safe, trustworthy AI, but little substance. So what is the current AI governance debate missing at the moment?