RT by @MarietjeSchaake: NEW: US Intelligence @ODNIgov: expects increasing use of spyware & generative AI in transnational repression.
Confirms at least 74 countries have purchased spyware.
Assesses it is increasingly used to target journalists & dissidents.
Source: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf
[2024-03-11 21:17 UTC]
Chief of Staff to
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23Navalny
violently attacked in the EU ↘️
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/world/europe/navalny-aide-leonid-volkov-attacked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
[2024-03-13 00:20 UTC]
Governments wrestle with AI, and its risks to jobs, national security and democracy. Interview for
https://nitter.privacydev.net/ProSyn
↘️
https://www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-social-media-risks-governance-regulatory-challenges-by-marietje-schaake-2024-03?h=lc0hKGBTUNh0j%2fsQuZSzpYBk6yyehOr3QUUW2iZDs3g%3d&
[2024-03-12 04:30 UTC]
That didn’t tak long: Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ and invade Rafah ↘️
https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-netanyahu-says-he-will-defy-bidens-red-line-and-invade-rafah/
[2024-03-10 18:46 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Congress to probe Elon Musk's Starlink over allegations Russia is using its technology https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/elon-musk-starlink-congress-investigation-ukraine-rcna142536?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
[2024-03-10 04:46 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Me, @RachelKleinfeld and @amandacarpenter explain why Viktor Orban's assault on Hungarian democracy was bad for his country and bad for business - and why Trump wants to copy him
https://youtu.be/WRHqJpow8GE?si=RtQxuEu0Dmgip1r6
[2024-03-09 18:46 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Google's blunder in creating synthetic images of racially diverse white supremacists with its Gemini software leaves "big questions" about the development process, market readiness, and feasibility of corrections to AI systems, says @MarietjeSchaake. https://ow.ly/vgyE50QNNG4
[2024-03-08 21:30 UTC]
Heeft iemand al eens een vergelijking gezien tussen stroomgebruik elektrische autos versus data centra? >> Waarschuwingen van netbeheerders stapelen zich op: het is code rood in stroomland ↘️
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/03/07/waarschuwingen-van-netbeheerders-stapelen-zich-op-het-is-code-rood-in-stroomland-a4192416
[2024-03-08 01:17 UTC]
Congratulations to
https://nitter.privacydev.net/kingjen
on being awarded the Tech Integrity Award! ↘️
[2024-03-08 00:14 UTC]
There are more effective ways for the US to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Also: “Questions remain about how aid delivered by sea would make it to desperate Gazans”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/07/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/us-gaza-aid?smid=url-share
[2024-03-07 22:31 UTC]
Thanks to the
https://nitter.privacydev.net/UCBerkeley
https://nitter.privacydev.net/GoldmanSchool
for organizing the Tech Policy Summit ☀️↘️
[2024-03-07 21:59 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Microsoft’s search engine #Bing is getting more popular in #China, but its success (& being the only Western search engine left there) comes at a cost. @rj_gallagher shares his investigation into MSFT’s operations in China on the Big Take pod. Listen: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/inside-microsoft-s-censorship-of-bing-in-china-big-take-podcast
[2024-03-07 12:25 UTC]
Pijnlijk hoezeer een brede tech visie voor ons land ontbreekt en ook niet op de politieke agenda staat. Blijkbaar liep het hoog op voor er in Den Haag aandacht was voor dit kern bedrijf. Komt ook na door VS gepushte export beperkingen ↘️
https://nos.nl/l/2511736
[2024-03-06 21:12 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: EU should have reigned in its toxic companies but glad to see the US moving full steam ahead >> Treasury slaps sanctions on notorious European spyware maker ↘️ https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/05/treasury-sanctions-european-spyware-maker-00144908
[2024-03-06 00:55 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: A team from the @UN says they found “clear and convincing” information sexual violence occurred on Oct 7 and that hostages in Gaza were/are currently sexually abused.
My analysis on the importance of this report shutting the door to any doubts that these atrocities happened.
[2024-03-05 18:59 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: More than 100 top AI researchers including @random_walker @rajiinio @percyliang @BlancheMinerva @ShayneRedford signed an open letter asking OpenAI, Meta, Midjourney, Google for a legal and technical safe harbor for independent research https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/05/ai-research-letter-openai-meta-midjourney
[2024-03-05 16:05 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: "#Meta [is] developing a wristband that would read your brainwaves and #Apple [is] patenting a future version of AirPods that would scan your brain activity through your ears". I want out. Disappointed in Apple. Meta, to be expected. #privacy
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24078512/brain-tech-privacy-rights-neurorights-colorado-yuste
[2024-03-04 08:25 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Total economy of The Netherlands at around 40% of Microsoft’s market value (over 1 trillion Euros) for the first time in history 💃🏼↘️ (in Dutch) https://www.nu.nl/economie/6303901/nederlandse-economie-voor-het-eerst-groter-dan-1-biljoen-euro.html
[2024-03-05 05:29 UTC]
Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming ↘️
https://on.ft.com/3Tkwoz8
[2024-03-04 14:53 UTC]
Facts never mattered for Trump and his supporters now AI helps them too: "I'm not out there taking pictures of what's really happening. I'm a storyteller." said
https://nitter.privacydev.net/markkayeshow
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images ↘️
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150
[2024-03-04 13:34 UTC]
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