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@deblebrown @hrw @a_bacci @samdubberley @notzachcampbell Amazing!! Dream leader for a dream team 💕

Work update: I’m humbled and excited to be starting as deputy director @hrw to lead our technology & human rights work. I’m lucky to continue working alongside brilliant colleagues like @a_bacci @samdubberley @notzachcampbell in this new role

🇺🇳 First #UNGA resolution on #AI: a positive step reinforcing #HumanRights approach, but more is needed. The #UN has to set higher standards, including for #participation in AI governance & systems used for #NationalSecurity. Read our joint statement ⤵️ accessnow.org/press-release/…

🧵”Insufficient evidence”. After 13 years under criminal investigation for my human rights work as head of @eipr, 8 years under a travel ban and a freeze on my assets and only bank account without trial, facing up to 25 years in prison, l and other colleagues are exonerated /1

The enduring costs of communication blackouts and lack of connectivity in Gaza: "We can't even call an ambulance. We use a horse cart to get the dead or injured into the hospital” Radio has become the easiest, most reliable way to get the news in Gaza. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/palestini…

More profound when you consider that Doctors Without Borders rarely makes political statements.

Heading to LA later this week to join in conversation with some fabulous people about the role of human rights in AI: promiseinstitute.law.ucla.edu/symposium/huma… @UCLA_Law @PromiseInstUCLA @vazquezllorente @ShannonRSingh @KAlexaKoenig @marle_wi @M_Karanicolas

At the symposium on #AI & #HumanRights hosted by @PromiseInstUCLA, ECNL's @marle_wi w/ @bechamilton, @MarietjeSchaake, @M_Karanicolas & Randi Michel will center human rights in AI dev't to ensure that #GlobalSouthVoices are involved in decision making. promiseinstitute.law.ucla.edu/symposium/huma…

Happy to see this work on arxiv! In it, we survey 300+ AI audit papers & dozens of audit reports from various domains (academia, civil society, govt, etc) to taxonomize what exactly is going on in the AI audit space & how their methods relate to impact on actual accountability.

The Council is going to vote on the EU #AIAct tomorrow and until the last moments 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 have been voicing their opposition to the law. The AI Act is NOT going to effectively protect human rights but is this what is motivating them? Our take: ecnl.org/news/eu-govern…

🚨 No carve-outs for private sector, national defence or national security in #AI global treaty!🚨 W/ @CoE_NGO, AlgorithmWatch, @theCAIDP & 30+ orgs, we call on #COE negotiators to ensure COE Convention on AI is not an empty shell! Read more & sign on: ecnl.org/news/open-lett…

Witnesses say Israeli soldiers separated a group of Palestinian men from women and children and then killed at least 11 of the men in front of their family. The remaining family were either shot at or hit with a grenade, seriously injuring some, including an infant and a child.

Watch the full press conference, featuring @deblebrown and myself from @hrw, @marwasf from @accessnow, and @JalalAK_jojo from @7amleh: youtube.com/live/pW7bma3f_…

fucking infuriating. denying future researchers the knowledge of extant work is like an ongoing harm that sets everyone back forever. now we have to to do extra work to mitigate the internet observatory's erasure by creating & citing brand new work that properly acknowledges this

Love to see this! Shout out to @JenniOlsonSF @leannagarfield for their fearless work! And check out the social media safety index at glaad.org/publications/s…🏳️‍🌈

.⁦@UNHumanRights⁩ reports Disturbing information from the north of Gaza of mass detentions, ill-treatment and enforced disappearances of possibly thousands of Palestinians #ceasefirenow reliefweb.int/report/occupie…