Tracy Kariuki

William Ruto came into power promising to be a digital champion: Digital jobs, Digital government, digital everything. Instead what he & Kenya Kwanza are turning out to be, are digital tyrants. They've created a formula & they're perfecting it. My latest for @thecontinent_ 🧵

The world is scrambling to understand Kenya’s historic protests – this is what too many are missing | Nanjala Nyabola #Echobox=1719835936" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

It’s time to re-access our budget priorities! We’re advocating for a more effective use of taxpayer’s money! #RejectFinanceBill2024 #OccupyParliament2024

When people are tired, they don’t need a leader. They become TRIBELESS! They grow more FEARLESS! And merge together PARTY-LESS! They only need UNITY and that’s what’s happening in Kenya during this #RejectFinanceBill2024 revolution. #TotalShutdown

AlgorithmWatch's Algorithmic Accountability reporting fellows tapping around the black box at #Dataharvest2024 💻 Do you have an algorithmic story to research but no resources? New fellowship round is coming up! Write me at bellio(at)algorithmwatch(dot)org for info 📩 #EIJC24

Does AI need a narrative shift? Absolutely! Come to our movement media inspired panel moderated by my brilliant colleague @solanasaurus w. fierce journalists @JuliaAngwin & @ItikaSPunit. Proud moment seeing our baby project showing up @mozillafestival >> linkedin.com/events/shiftin…

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What do you get if you ask generative AI chatbots to give you the latest top stories from specific news outlets? @richrdfletcher @Marina__Adami and I have had a look. In most cases, you get a version of "I'm unable to". From there, it gets complicated 1/5 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/im-unable-how-…

This is what happens when newsrooms are diverse, and have a plurality of lived experiences!!! Amazing work🔥🔥🔥🔥 @halimasalat @daniel_howden, @LHreports, and all the distributed teams on this reporting!!

@hannah_ajala @AbangMercy This panel was 🔥🔥🔥!

Listening to how journalists in India are planning to cover Parliamentary elections, which kicked off yesterday. #ijf24 “It’s not business as usual” says Supriya Sharma, Executive Editor Scroll

@amyfallon @AbangMercy @amyfallon are you still at Perugia? I’ve been with Mercy multiple times. Surprising that we haven’t met in the social circles.

Molto excited to see lovely CEO of Hostwriter @AbangMercy and others speak now on the rise of news influencers: what journalists must learn in Sala Delle Colonne! journalismfestival.com/programme/2024… #ijf24 #journalism #news

Meta is winding down the transparency tool CrowdTangle. Its cofounder, @brandonsilverm, told me the only way we'll ever get that kind of insight into platforms again is through regulation. For @WIRED wired.com/story/meta-kil…

@heyitsseher @marcwalsh @zeeabiassy @sxsw @mozilla Voted! All the best!

👋🏽Myself, @marcwalsh & @zeeabiassy submitted a session to iconic @sxsw festival & it's open for community voting Our session is a case study on how @mozilla builds trustworthy AI movements online If you have 2 min, please vote for our session 🥺🙏🏽 panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/144982 #SXSW

We are looking for an Advocacy Lead - East and Southern Africa - to join our Africa Innovation Mradi team at @mozilla. Apply if interested or share with your community. mozilla.org/en-US/careers/…

Join us for our first event of the summer! ⤵️⤵️ Journalists: strengthen your relationships with PR Tickets, Wed 19 Jul 2023 at 18:00 | Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/journalists-…

I wrote about @Tidepool | @Mozilla's Data Futures Lab incubatee that recently got FDA clearance for an automated insulin dosing app. The first patient-led open-source solution for diabetes! Data commons ➕ community-led innovation 🚀.Check them out>> shorturl.at/aqsNP

Henry Ford buys the New York Times

Ama Ata Aidoo sadly died just a few weeks ago. There's a lovely piece about the impact of her life in @guardian today,written by Routledge handbook contributor @nas009. Link to both the article & Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah's chp below. theguardian.com/global-develop… routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/97…