(he/him) accessibility, artificial intelligence, intersectional justice | @AmnestyTech | Rants are my own, RT sometimes endorsement - you guess when 🤷♂️
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
Azerbaijan continues to destroy the public and private property in Artsakh. According to the recent footage, this time the historic government building of Artsakh has been destroyed. Unfortunately, the international community chooses to turn a blind eye on the vandalism and destruction of the cultural and religious heritage of Artsakh, which is nothing short of hypocrisy and double standards.
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
11 Mar 2025
🚨🚨 The @EU_Commission's new "EU Return Regulation" should be called what it really is:
𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞.
Read more here of our initial analysis here 👉🏿equinox-eu.com/eudeportation…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
10 Feb 2025
Damini Satija, Director of Tech and Human Rights at @Amnesty is at the Paris #AIActionSummit. She's sharing three things we're asking decision makers to take heed of today on AI harms and regulation 👇
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
10 Feb 2025
🚨NEWS: The #AIActionSummit must center binding and enforceable regulation to curb AI-driven harms.
With rising global backlash against human rights, world leaders must not give a carte blanche to tech companies, to operate without rules or guidelines.
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
7 Feb 2025
🚨As leaders gather for the Paris #AIActionSummit, they must confront a stark reality: rapid deployment of AI in the public sector is deepening inequality, expanding mass surveillance, & violating human rights.
Our analysis in @techpolicypress 👇
techpolicy.press/ai-as-doubl…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
6 Feb 2025
🚨NEWS: It’s a shame that Google has chosen to reverse its ban on AI for weapons and surveillance, after years of recognizing that their AI programme should not be used in ways that could contribute to human rights violations. amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
5 Feb 2025
This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, let's talk about the potential harmful impacts of TikTok on young minds. In 2023, @Amnesty research revealed alarming findings about the platform’s effect on children's mental health. 🧵👇
ALT A smartphone with TikTok hashtags related to harmful mental health-related content and a person sitting with their head between their knees, against a net-like background suggesting that such content brings users down "rabbit holes".
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
16 Jan 2025
The EU Commission AI Office must ensure the upcoming guidelines on AI definition and prohibited systems in the AI Act provide fundamental rights-based enforcement. Read our demands alongside the AI civil society and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalitions:
accessnow.org/press-release/…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
18 Dec 2024
How do you say genocide in the EU's 24 languages?
As EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Israel's actions in #Gaza, we sent them a message they can't ignore #EndGazaGenocide 👇
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6 Dec 2024
Fraud detection deployment in welfare (and other areas) is in itself largely based on bias and prejudice, racist views and vilification of harmed communities.
I hope growing evidence of harms shifts discourse to outlawing welfare surveillance by default.
theguardian.com/society/2024…
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5 Dec 2024
RT @amnesty: The state of Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza strip.
Watch this video to understand h…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Amnesty International’s landmark new report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed - and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
What this means for the EU & its member states 🧵
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Full report, out now.
#EndGazaGenocide amn.st/6014Q6K9g
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
4 Dec 2024
Civil society has been working for years to denounce the use of AI in Europe to oppress people in all forms (fraud detection used to disintegrate families, predictive policing against kids)
The @EP_HumanRights delusional stance is beyond baffling - and a dangerous step back
4 Dec 2024
Started listening to the @EP_HumanRights presentation on ‘Artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights: Using AI as a weapon of repression and its impact on human rights’. Three case studies focus on China, Russia, Iran.
Why take a good look in the mirror instead? #AIAct🙃
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4 Dec 2024
Started listening to the @EP_HumanRights presentation on ‘Artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights: Using AI as a weapon of repression and its impact on human rights’. Three case studies focus on China, Russia, Iran.
Why take a good look in the mirror instead? #AIAct🙃
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
28 Nov 2024
As the new college of European Commissioners is put into place, @Amnesty along with @edri and other civil society organisations are proposing the collective vision for EU tech policy that serves the public interest and puts human rights first.
edri.org/our-work/centering-…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
Over the past year, Pakistan has teetered on the edge of digital oppression, and the proposed ban on ‘unregistered’ VPNs could be the tipping point toward becoming a fully mass-surveilled state.
@AmnestyTech writes for @thenews_intl:
thenews.com.pk/print/1256432…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
13 Nov 2024
Pleased to see @AmnestyTech digging deeper into the welfare surveillance algorithms deployed in Denmark's welfare system that we investigated in our Suspicion Machines series. They highlight severe human rights risks and call for the system to be halted. amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
30 Nov 2024
I have co-written a piece about anonymisers such as VPNs and Tor Project with my colleague @DrWhax (Jurre) from @AmnestyTech.
We argue how Pakistans ban on ‘unregistered’ VPNs will axe all digital freedoms and enable a sweeping mass surveillance state.
thenews.com.pk/print/1256432…
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Mher Hakobyan retweeted
29 Nov 2024
👀 The first self-assessments by Big Tech companies under the EU’s Digital Services Act #DSA are out. We @Amnesty are taking a closer look at what TikTok is saying about its systemic risks: tiktok.com/transparency/en/d…
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