Marietje Schaake @MarietjeSchaake@respublicae.eu

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: BREAKING: Netanyahu told Blinken during their meeting today he won't accept a deal that will include ending the war. He said if Hamas doesn't drop this demand there will be no deal and Israel will invade Rafah, per Israeli and U.S. officials

[2024-05-01 11:51 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Have been getting messages all night from human rights and press freedom advocates in other countries. They are in shock that these kinds of scenes could be unfolding here. I guess at some level they all still believed in this country’s exceptionalism.

[2024-05-01 12:44 UTC]

Must read ↘️
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/EdwardGLuce/status/1785623666127933548#m
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[2024-05-01 12:57 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Free to read at the link: When it comes to AI, there is a divide between countries that can focus on regulation and investment, and the many governments of developing economies that are concerned more about access and inclusion, @MarietjeSchaake explains. https://bit.ly/3UE0dLJ

[2024-05-01 12:00 UTC]

Een grote CDA-reunie 😉 ‘Een stem op Caroline is een stem op Ursula’ wordt een mooie campagne! ↘️
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/Else4WBDenHaag/status/1785401770421698941#m
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[2024-04-30 20:36 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Important from @MarietjeSchaake.

It’s twisted &amp; inexplicable that “AI safety” ppl continue to perplex themselves w ill-defined thought experiments focused on the fake far future while AI’s being used by the Israeli military to expedite slaughter now.

https://www.ft.com/content/da03f8e1-0ae4-452d-acd1-ec284b6acd78

[2024-04-30 18:36 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: These licensing deals between publishers and AI companies really, truly depress me—have we learned so little since the last deals w Facebook and Google? Getting a few scraps in exchange for letting tech co's cannibalize and profit from journalists' work?

https://www.ft.com/content/33328743-ba3b-470f-a2e3-f41c3a366613

[2024-04-30 16:52 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: "The decision to not regulate military AI has a human price. The lines between civilian and military uses of AI are blurring, and we have to ask ourselves how meaningful political discussions of AI safety are, if they don’t cover both." — @MarietjeSchaake https://ow.ly/kkEU50Rs24I

[2024-04-30 15:02 UTC]

Why the Military Can’t Trust AI &gt; by my excellent colleague ⁦
https://nitter.privacydev.net/JackieGSchneid
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/MLamparth
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/why-military-cant-trust-ai

[2024-04-30 13:28 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Important piece by @MarietjeSchaake (especially as more AI giants jump on the national security AI gravy train):

"We have to ask ourselves how meaningful political discussions of AI safety are, if they don’t cover military uses of the technology."

https://www.ft.com/content/da03f8e1-0ae4-452d-acd1-ec284b6acd78

[2024-04-30 13:15 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Before I’ll tell you why my fellow Georgians and myself are at the anti-Russian, anti-govt protests already 10 days in a row, I want to highlight that we kicked off ourmassive rally today with the EU and Georgian anthems. 1/10

[2024-04-28 17:45 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Congratulations!!

[2024-04-28 13:11 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: I’m a scholar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a longtime advocate for peace and for Palestinian rights. I have publicly opposed Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, and its blockade and now destruction of Gaza. I support the rights of students and faculty to peacefully protest against Israel, including by establishing protest encampments, such as the one on my campus at UCLA. I do not want these protest camps to be removed by the police, whose propensity for unnecessary and excessive use of force is well-established.

As a Jew, I do not personally feel threatened or unsafe because of the protest encampment at UCLA. I know some of the students taking part and believe they are well-intentioned. Many, probably most, of the protesters are simply horrified by the mass killing and near-famine in Gaza and want it to end. So do I. But I cannot join this protest because it is not just a protest against the war in Gaza.

Among the demands of the protest organizers is the demand to “sever all UC-wide connections to Israeli universities, including study abroad programs, fellowships, seminars, and research collaborations, and UCLA’s Nazarian Center.” Needless to say, I oppose the demand to boycott the Nazarian Center, which I direct. The Center is devoted to the academic study of Israel and has no ties to the Israeli government. I also oppose boycotting Israeli academic institutions and academic boycotts in general.

But it isn’t only the demands of the protest organizers that I have a problem with. One of the organizations behind the protest, Students for Justice in Palestine, has expressed support for Hamas and has even celebrated the massacre of Israelis on October 7. Being in solidarity with Palestinians does not necessitate supporting Hamas. On the contrary, Hamas oppresses Palestinians and has no concern for the lives of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. They have openly stated that they are willing to sacrifice countl…

[2024-04-28 00:00 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Today I visited my alma mater @gwuniversity to see for myself what these protests and the tent encampment was really all about. People are free to make their own judgments based on what they see in this video, but here are some of my impressions.

First of all, the protesters were not violent, not anti-Semitic, and nothing around the protests made me as a journalist or a Jew or a random passer by feel unsafe. There were about 200 people, 3 dozen tents, and a visible but quiet police presence at every entry point to the “encampment,” which is surrounded by metal gates. The protesters inside the gates have been there for more than 2 days, don’t have anywhere to go to the bathroom, and have no intention of leaving anytime soon. Those outside the gates can’t get in, meaning the encampment itself won’t grow although tents are popping up around it.

The leaders held a press conference and said they won’t leave until their demands are met, which include the university divesting of all financial connections to what they called the “Zionist regime.” They said 9 GW students have been suspended for protesting. They said the president of the university refused to speak with them. They called for the police to leave campus. They emphasized that they believe antisemitism is wrong but anti Zionism is right.

Their chants speak for themselves. If you are asking me, I don’t personally agree with what they are chanting. Specifically, I don’t think the term “genocide” is right but I do think there is lots of evidence the Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in Gaza and those alleged crimes must be investigated. But I was not there to express my views. I was there to observe and tell you my readers what I saw.

I saw lots of young people who have lost all hope that the system will do anything to address their grievances or the suffering of their community members. At the same time, I saw a protest effort that is demanding thin…

[2024-04-27 20:44 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: 💥LIVE, from Israel, it is Saturday Night.
In Tel Aviv thousands call for Elections Now &amp; Hostages Now.
(@sha_b_p)

[2024-04-27 18:53 UTC]

😂😂😂😂
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/NwSocContract/status/1784239835995074992#m
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[2024-04-27 22:17 UTC]

Can someone hell me understand? What will the newly appointed DHS AI (industry) Board do that the AI Safety Institute won’t? ↘️
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/04/26/over-20-technology-and-critical-infrastructure-executives-civil-rights-leaders

[2024-04-27 22:15 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: More horrible news. A stringer for @Reuters in Moscow has been arrested (for some alleged other/prior work) according to the court.

Konstantin Gabov, a journalist and video producer, will now face trial and jail in Russia. Local staff always at highest risk

[2024-04-27 19:54 UTC]

EU expert
https://nitter.privacydev.net/DirkGotink
weet dit ongetwijfeld na jaren CDA (oranje boven), of kan het even googlen ↘️
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/CarolineGruyter/status/1784173367051854225#m
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[2024-04-27 14:22 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Swisher asks @C_C_Krebs (former dir of cybersecurity policy for Microsoft) about recent gov report that eviscerates Microsoft for security failures. "The US gov has put a lot of eggs in the Microsoft basket and if you see some of the decisions they've made...at the expense of security...it should be concerning to everyone"

[2024-04-26 20:14 UTC]