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Pleased to share new paper w/ Dr Madon on the 'value' of #digitalID as a platform for #refugee management, and the governance requirements of ID platformisation Digital identity as a platform for improving refugee management - ISJ (Open Access) bit.ly/3zs8OEO

Please join me, Yussuf Bashir (@Haki_na_Sheria), @laurambing (Temple U. Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology), & @NoraNadja this Wed, 15th, 2pm GMT as we discuss digital ID, humanitarian tech, & the identification challenges facing migrants/refugees shorturl.at/yYtIh

Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives? | Social media | The Guardian theguardian.com/technology/202…

Social Media as It Should Be by Robin Berjon - Project Syndicate project-syndicate.org/commentary/ope…

Good piece on #DPI, #EuroStack and #techsovereignty from ⁦@ECDPM⁩ - and how a European approach to DPI could deliver on European foreign policy goals Tech sovereignty and a new EU foreign economic policy - ECDPM ecdpm.org/work/tech-sove…

I’d love to see a geographic breakdown of Bluesky users theverge.com/2024/11/23/243…

Huge milestone in Europes #digitalID and #DPI journey

The visual language of the UN HQ was exported all over the world through the concept of “itinerant platforms”. The UN sought to export a format for organizing global public life in the image of its headquarters, all the way down to the local village center sitezones.net/reviews/the-bi…

Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog • The Register theregister.com/2024/11/18/opi…

World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wants the Internet Back - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Apparently there’s a plugin for Google Chrome, Edge & Firefox called “Sky Follower Bridge” which lets you find all the people you follow here on X/Twitter on Bluesky A great tool to help you exit this hell-hole while keeping in touch with contacts 👍🏻 ➡️ chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-fol…

The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ | Media | The Guardian theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

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Britain must treat tech giants like nation states, minister warns The white flag of surrender thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

I feel anxious and saddened by Trump’s election. Years of turmoil and uncertainty await us. I have also come to believe that this is not Trump’s win. It is the Democrats who have lost this election.

What Big Tech CEOs want from a second Trump presidency #techcoup ↘️ ft.com/content/79f87a…

Pakistan moves to recognise digital currency | Digital Watch Observatory dig.watch/updates/pakist…

Staggering class realignment/shift in working class Harris lost DESPITE major shift of affluent voters her way 2020: Trump wins voters over $100K, 54-52 2024: *Harris* wins voters over $100K, 54-45 2020: Biden wins voters $50K-$100K, 57-42 2024: *Trump* w/ voters $50K-$100K, 49-47 2020: Biden wins voters under $50K, 55-45 2024: Trump massive improvement w/ voters under $50K, 49-48

“The Big Short” and “Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay says it's "time to abandon" the Democratic Party. “Who would have guessed lying about Biden’s cognitive health for 2 yrs, refusing to do an open convention for a new nominee, never mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr long slaughter of children in Gaza wouldn’t be a winning strategy?” variety.com/2024/film/news…

If you’re curious about the biometrics industry’s debates about AI and regulation, read this by @KerenWeitzberg & @empo11on medium.com/caribou-digita…