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In a new report, our field team in #Gaza documents testimonies from 100 released Palestinian detainees, confirming horrific crimes of arbitrary detention, torture, & inhumane treatment by Israeli authorities during Israel's ongoing war. Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture
➡euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6342
BBC investigation found young voters in election battlegrounds being recommended fake AI videos of party leaders, misinformation, and abusive content on TikTok www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co… via BBC News Africa
🔴 Rising authoritarianism and threats to press freedom are driving journalists to flee their home countries.
Our CEO Antonio Zappulla OMRI writes for Project Syndicate on how media organisations in democratic countries have a collective duty to support them. ⤵️ bit.ly/4aIvDpl
Tony Tony Roberts from Institute of Development Studies, Anand Anand and Tanya UCT Research presenting critical findings from the African Digital Rights Network on #digitalcitizenship #digitalsurveillance and #disinformation at the IFIP Working Group 9.4 2024 conference in Cape Town.
5 African governments are spending $1 billion per year on digital #surveillance technologies. The total spend for the 55 countries on the continent is likely to be ten times that amount. #DigitalRights
Netzpolitik interview with Antonella Napolitano and me on 'AI at Europe's borders' after our re:publica talk 'Against Automated Fortress Europe'
netzpolitik.org/2024/interview…
Major Korean #gigeconomy platform workers protest action in #Korea .
Food delivery riders are taking action against a 30% reduction in take rates at #DeliveryHero owned platform.
Solidarity.
'There are 17 elections due to take place in Africa this year, and the fear is that digital disinformation will distort every one of them.'
IDS researcher Dr Tony Roberts Tony Roberts on #digitaldisinformation during elections👇
Demand that the UK and G7 governments #PayUp for the climate crisis, now!✍️
At the UN Climate Change Bonn climate talks this week, and the upcoming G7 summit in Italy, we’ll be calling for funding to help Global South countries deal with the climate crisis.🧵
secure.waronwant.org/page/150866/ac…