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DatafiedEmma

@datafiedemma.bsky.social
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Tutor and PhD Researcher at the OU, interested in digital citizenship, privacy, datafication and discourse (and a bit of a privacy activist now thanks to Edward Snowden)

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/08/2026
We are at a critical juncture. We must ensure AI works for everyone. Join Cory Doctorow and Nicole Ozer for a livestream with Q&A on August 12 to learn how you can help! eff.org/livestream-sai
EFFecting Change: Who The Machine Serves
Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 10 AM PT
Featuring Nicole Ozer, Cory Doctorow, and Sarah Hamid
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 05/08/2026
“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying. “AI” written in large wonky font against a black background
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/07/2026
England is predicted to reach water shortages of 5bn litres a day by 2055. Data centres are becoming one of the most water-intensive forms of infrastructure Why is the government letting the AI industry keep its consumption private, asks @adelewalton.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
We’re being asked to save two buckets of water a day. Meanwhile data centres drink a town’s worth. Image of dry, cracked earth with a data centre in the background
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026
So if you look at the features on this app, there’s a function to register your own perv glasses, so how anti-Zuck is it really.
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‘Antizuck’ iOS app that claims to detect nearby smart glasses tops App Store chart - 9to5Mac
Vibes around Meta’s AI glasses are off lately. So much so that one of the top three paid iPhone apps...
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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Reposts appreciated here for #PsychPhD opportunities at @micireland.bsky.social . Join us in Limerick! #PsychJobs
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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
If you've recently completed your doctoral research with qualitative research, check out @qmip.bsky.social Doctoral Research Award! @bps-social-psych.bsky.social @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social @powes.bsky.social
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
The gorgeous AI Resist List homepage
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Jon Penney @penney.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I have a new Op-Ed in @theguardian.com (with Bruce Schneier) on the social chill of AI surveillance. If widely deployed, it will be corrosive to democracy & social progress. We cite my new book #ChillingEffects on how surveillance & tech shapes behavior at scale: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress | Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney
These systems will soon be able to track our public and private lives. But we can make the policy choices to reject it
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/07/2026
Academics “examined the behaviour of mainstream large language models provided by Elon Musk’s xAI, Meta, Google, China’s Alibaba and France’s Mistral and found the introduction of bias happens even when the AI tool is instructed to preserve the original sense.”
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AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds
Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Why Does a Suspected Anti-Muslim Attack Barely Make the News?" Zeteo UK's Shehab Khan on the double standards from politicians & the media when it comes to attacks on Muslims. No front page headlines on Edinburgh; no Cobra meeting; no sustained outrage. Read/share/subscribe:
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Why Does a Suspected Anti-Muslim Attack Barely Make the News?
The political and media reaction to a knife-wielding man allegedly attacking Muslims in Edinburgh raises uncomfortable questions about whose safety Britain takes seriously.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
“We can’t live a full dignified life — with the ability to question authority, have different relationships with people, test ideas [and] blow off steam — if we don’t have private communication.”
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Signal's Meredith Whittaker: The Push for Online Safety Risks Mass Surveillance
The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are converging into a new architecture of surveillance.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 27/04/2026
This week’s main story is about AI chatbots! Why they are overly flirtatious, often incorrect, and posing a genuine threat to the public. But the story is also about what John would ask AI Satan. In case you were worried we had overlooked that. We haven’t.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
NEW: Palantir’s revolving door. A new investigation by @thenerve.news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption. 1/ Link ⬇️
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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
📖 What can psychology learn about time from the films of Christopher Nolan? New research by Paul Stenner & Tania Zittoun explores 5 Nolan films, showing how they reshape our understanding of time & space—and why this matters for psychology. 🌐 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (open access)
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Three Acres And A Cow @threeacresacow.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🐮 our shows are a-moo-sing! threeacresandacow.co.uk/shows/
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DatafiedEmma @datafiedemma.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
'capitalism's final stage: a world of all capital, no labour' is a chilling thought...
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.” www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live
Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/04/2026
good thread! + the "dangerously capable AI" framing magically disappears the individuals in AI companies that make decisions at every step of the way in the AI development and deployment pipeline allocating accountability to an artifact
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 05/04/2026
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the ‘right to exist’ argument about Israel and why the discourse is clear Israeli propaganda plus he shares three ways you can counter-argument if you find yourself stuck in the same bullsh*t debate. Watch now: youtu.be/JEoIUoH6kZY
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Does Israel Have a ‘Right to Exist’? Mehdi Debunks This ‘Bullsh*t’ Argument
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Fossil fuel giants, arms dealers, banks and big tech are set to make eye‑watering profits off the illegal war on Iran. We must say no to profiteering, protect people & break free from fossil fuels. Act now: bit.ly/4m3H7ej
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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🌐 Forthcoming publication on collective action 👉 "Navigating the boundary between ‘normative’ and ‘non-normative’ collective action: A British case study of the removal of a public statue associated with racism" By John Dixon, Magi Young & Paul Stenner. #CuSP #SocialPsychology #BLM
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/03/2026
Reminder that the eugenicists currently dismantling public health think everyone should be outfitted with a wearable.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve.news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses. Hugely important by @charlienotold.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
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‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security
Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state ...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Palantir has no place in our NHS. The Labour government must get this Mandelson and Trump backed company out now. Listen to what health workers are saying. news.sky.com/story/nhs-ho...
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NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally
The NHS Federated Data Platform is designed to collate information from across the service so hospitals can analyse it more easily and improve how care is delivered and supporters say it is already he...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
"You don't liberate people at the barrel of a gun. Have we learned nothing from Iraq or Afghanistan? All we seem to have learned is from Gaza. Israel has learned that you can bomb hospitals & schools with impunity." Me on MSNOW with @chrislhayes.bsky.social Full intv: youtube.com/watch?v=u7LU...
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404 Media @404media.co · 05/03/2026
UPDATE: Another $5.6 million from ICE to Palantir, in part for its continued work on ELITE (Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement), which we revealed in January to be the Palantir tool ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid. Read about it:
404media.co
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Keir Starmer when you were running for Labour leader you promised to introduce this legislation to stop the UK being dragged into illegal wars - it's time to show you were serious about that.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Let’s just see how the BBC is framing this war of aggression, shall we?
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 26/02/2026
Humanitarian organizations in Gaza say they are days away from an impossible choice: Comply with Israeli rules to hand over data on staff and funding or be banned from operating in the Palestinian territories.
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Aid workers face expulsion from Gaza. They hope EU privacy laws can save them.
Israel is implementing new rules that NGOs and data privacy regulators say are unlawful.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
British.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/02/2026
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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404 Media @404media.co · 18/02/2026
As 404 Media has shown, Palantir considers Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a “mature” partner, and is working on a tool called ELITE that ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16/02/2026
This is the best write up I’ve seen about the whole Ring Super Bowl commercial/backlash/Flock divorce, with the added context of a thorough interview with Simonoff. I appreciate how Nilay Patel presses Simonoff on a lot of his claims about Ring.
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Let’s talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state
The security camera maker’s Search Party feature, advertised during the Super Bowl, has sparked a surveillance backlash.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16/02/2026
Just like asking for a business card 🙄
Another approach will be to talk up the accessibility opportunity: AI descriptions for the blind, for example, or a way to help people with “prosopagnosia,” an inability to remember faces. The latter was a use case apparently sincerely suggested by Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s chief technology officer. Here’s what he said in a 2023 interview with Semafor:
“An easy solution might be, if we’re looking at each other’s faces, I said to you, ‘hey, do you mind if I just remember your face?’ And you said, ‘Yeah, that’s fine.’ And I say ‘Hey, glasses, remember this face.’”
Maybe we should be thankful to executives like Bosworth that the social awkwardness of saying “I’m so sorry, I’ve forgotten your name” can now finally be replaced with “Hey, glasses, remember this face.
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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · 06/02/2026
Happy Friday from Project Liberty! This week’s newsletter details the rise of surveillance capitalism in the AI age, with personalized ads now entering the world’s leading AI chatbots. And here’s Issue 33 of our Week in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12/02/2026
OPINION: The most consequential struggle of our time may not be unfolding on traditional battlefields at all. It’s playing out in the digital realm.
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Personal data is the new battleground for democracy
As the world’s leaders gather in Munich, I call on them to help build a better foundation for AI that embeds Western values and protects future generations.
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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
✨ We’re excited to share the first articles from AI & ARCHIVES — a special issue of the new journal Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society (Cambridge University Press). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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AI & Archives
AI & Archives
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New from Alistair Nightingale and Sarah Jay of @ulpsych.bsky.social . A nuanced examination of the rhetorical justifications used by protestors against the accommodation of asylum seekers at a rural Irish hotel, and how such protesters seek to inoculate themselves against accusations of prejudice.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
‘It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep. It makes you discount the warnings of others. “Surely,” you say to yourself, “things aren’t that bad. My life is pretty much what it was.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Frankel had observed the rise of Nazi rule as a working lawyer and committed social democrat and noted that ordinary Germans enjoyed the benefit of what Huq describes as a "capitalist economy governed by stable laws" even as other parts of the German system changed into an engine of genocide and war.
The two components of the dual state are the normative state - the seemingly normal world that you and I inhabit, where, as Huq writes, the "ordinary legal system of rules, procedures and precedents" applies - and the prerogative state, which is marked (in Frankel's words) by "unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by any legal guarantees."
"The key here," Huq writes, "is that this prerogative state does not immediately and completely overrun the normative state. Rather, Frankel argued, dictatorships create a lawless zone that runs alongside the normative state."
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13/01/2026
U.K. communications regulator Ofcom is facing its biggest test yet against Big Tech, amid calls to potentially block Elon Musk's X in Britain over deepfakes produced by the platform's AI chatbot Grok. 🔗 politi.co/4aWOa4T
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/12/2025
Tech companies are actually pretty explicit about this: The point is to have a device that you can’t escape, one that always has access to you and makes you a constant source of data beyond what a phone does. Surveillance-first devices.
theverge.com
In 2025, wearables made a hard pivot to AI
If you want to put AI on someone 24/7, wearables are the best bet.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/12/2025
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
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Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“That kind of thinking cultivates empathy and challenges your assumptions. It's also something you have to practice. If we can offload that cognitive work, it's far too easy to become reflexive and hateful, while having a robot cheerleader telling you that you were right about everything all along.”
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AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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DatafiedEmma @datafiedemma.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I can't believe I only just watched this, it's brilliant. Data is key and privacy is power. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
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This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
“Only by focusing on power can the law best address the problems of privacy and technology.” – from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dr Anastasia Rousaki @anastasiarousaki.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Great news on a Sunday(+a journal with a 5% acceptance rate! @efpraxiaz.bsky.social and I analysed the EU AI Act via Critical Discourse Analysis. While it initially emphasises human rights, it then constructs migrants+refugees as threats, justifying surveillance tech (and even polygraphs?)
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