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sebasmartl.bsky.social
Human rights, technology and extractivism. Senior Research Fellow at ARU
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I have just published a piece on how Latin American governments are dealing with Musk, Zuckerberg and others theconversation.com/latin-americ...

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www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...

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Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms

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www.404media.co/email/d8f4c3... Zuck happy to let rightwing propaganda fly while censoring stories about FB that don't flatter the company's supposed commitment to absolutist free speech.

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Curious about human rights cases? Discover: 1️⃣ One of the current most significant human rights investigations in Chile. 2️⃣ How lawyers used technologies, including AI, in their litigation strategy. Join us!

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BREAKING: #ExxonMobil lobbyist investigated over hacking of American nonprofits. Hacked material fed PR campaigns & lawsuits against environmental advocacy orgs. Latest chapter in sprawling #infosec & #cybersecurity tale 1/ By @raphae.li & @chrisbing.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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Major U.S. tech companies, including Microsoft and Google, have incubated Chinese startups that later provided surveillance tools to Chinese law enforcement agencies. Ex. LLVision, supply smart glasses to police & Tophant, developed tech to detect anti-gov content restofworld.org/2024/microso...

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"Your Boss is Probably Spying on You: New Data on Workplace Surveillance" by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez lpeproject.org/blog/your-bo...

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DSA systemic risk assessment and audit report for @wikimedia.bsky.social! foundation.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:E... ht @ramshajahangir.bsky.social

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Que desolador. Una misión sin financiamiento es otro ejemplo mas del poco compromiso de los paises “El Estado se ha derrumbado por completo” www.nytimes.com/es/2024/11/2...

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US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Solve the climate crisis with... energy and water-hungry tech The logic here isn’t purely environmental—it’s deeply tied to Big Tech's negotiating power news.un.org/en/story/202...

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"whether computer programmes are owed similar welfare rights as humans or animals." Applying a rights frameworks to AI, demands a whole new way of thinking. To prepare for 2035, we first need to regulate AI's impact on human rights now. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business on.ft.com/48SbygW

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Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Regulación de la IA en Chile desde una perspectiva de DDHH

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Seminario: rol de la IA en la litigación de derechos humanos en el emblemático caso contra el Alto Mando de Carabineros de Chile . 🗓️ 11 Dic | 1 PM Reino Unido / 10 AM Chile 📍 En línea, con traducción español/inglés 🔗 Regístrate aquí: forms.office.com/e/jskRGa8XuJ cc @censelio.bsky.social

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NSO – not government clients – operates its spyware, legal documents reveal.WhatsApp filed suit in California after it revealed that it had discovered that 1,400 of its users – including journalists and human rights activists – had been targeted by the spyware. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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"Court stressed that business environmental rules were getting tougher. Both the EU’s corporate sustainability reporting directive and CSDDD, impose climate-related obligations on companies such as Shell." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Gaza is experiencing both a genocide and an ecocide. Their combination is an expression of eco-apartheid - a system that sacrifices lives and ecosystems to sustain the interests of a privileged few. www.tni.org/en/article/s...

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🚨 Upcoming Event! 🚨 Join us for a seminar on AI in Human Rights Litigation. Explore the case against Chilean Police Command for 2019 protest abuses. 📅 11 Dec 2024 ⏰ 1 PM UK | 10 AM Chile 🌐 Online (Spanish/English available) 🔗 Register: forms.office.com/e/jskRGa8XuJ #HumanRights #AI #Justice #Chile

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