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Just Giulio

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Humanitarian tech and stuff @Access Now. Also, random shitpoasting

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 5h
The headline they assigned is pretty hilarious, too. Professor points out that a fictional story is fictional! That that is news, well.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 10h
There’s “a default stance of protecting the company and not really thinking about the broader consequences of that.” nymag.com/intelligence...
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What Would You Do If Your Employer Could Destroy the World?
Exit interviews with defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 13h
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13h
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From António Guterres to leaders and officials from Mexico, Greece, Barbados, Ukraine, and beyond, governments and UN officials highlighted concerns about #AutonomousWeapons, human control and the need for international law. Swipe through for key quotes from the week. 🧵 #KillerRobots #UNGA
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SEHLAC @redsehlac.bsky.social · 7h
SEHLAC junto a @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social, impulsamos normas internacionales que prohíban sistemas de armas autónomas que no garanticen un control humano significativo. Las voces de líderes refuerzan la urgencia de avanzar hacia un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante. #MartesdeSKR Leé abajo😍
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 16h
Norway's move is a welcome protection against big tech's greedy attempts to extract ever more data, often in absence of any thought for the privacy or rights of others. No reality exists in which people expect to be secretly surveilled going about their daily lives apnews.com/article/norw...
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https://apnews.com/article/norway-ai-glasses-ban-be20dbd949ce058023864b66219f9c2b
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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 8h
In the current landscape of Responsible AI we're moving further away from the crucial ethical questions. Some thoughts from me on the occasion of the 2026 Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs Global Ethics Day www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/online-exclu...
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The Ethics of Responsibility in a World of Military AI
Responsibility in warfare remains a human affair. Rather than ask “what is required to make instruments of violence legally compliant?,” we should ask “is what we are doing right now likely to propel ...
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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · 05/10/2026
We spoke to @thenationalnews.com about the environmental consequences of the Israeli-US war against #Iran, oil spills aside, international attention and interest has been unusually short lived by the standards of recent conflicts www.thenationalnews.com/news/gulf/20...
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Gulf nations urged to tackle 'unprecedented' environmental damage from Iran war | The National
Efforts to safeguard mangroves, seagrass and corals are needed, scientists say
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Germany knows from its own history where it leads when state power flouts the law and humanity. So supporting the ICC... is also part of our historic responsibility." Germany’s foreign minister visits the #ICC, pledging full support despite Trump’s sanctions: apnews.com/article/icc-...
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Germany’s foreign minister visits the ICC, pledging full support despite Trump's sanctions
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has visited the International Criminal Court to show support for the tribunal. The court faces criticism from U.S.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In which @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social remind us that the risk of AI is not "superintelligence gone rogue," but human reliance on flawed systems in high-stakes situations: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New York Times’ Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-yor...
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New York Times’ Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI
When Malachy Browne started piecing together videos of the Arab Spring in early 2011, he wasn’t thinking about building a new kind of journalism. He was just trying to figure out what was real.What be...
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Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let me guess: the answer is more AI
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Android has rolled out some new features for Advanced Protection, including intrusion logging, which is especially useful for survivors because nearly all commercially-available Android stalkerware is installed by a person with physical access logging in: blog.google/security/and...
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6 ways Advanced Protection on Android keeps you safe
Discover new Advanced Protection features on Android designed to defend against sophisticated threats and keep your data safe.
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exclusive: Israeli spyware maker Paragon positions itself as more responsible than competitor NSO Group. But company's new US CEO says in candid interview that while they will cut off customers who misuse their spyware they have no ability to detect or investigate customer misuse, nor want ability
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The Secrets of a US Spyware King
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.
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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026
I absolutely know who needs to hear this, though I won’t name names. Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Abolish 👋 Capital 👋 Punishment 👋 NOW 👋 inhumane, arbitrary, and never a power government should have.
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
E un altro pezzo di democrazia muore, una tecnologia autoritaria alla volta www.hdblog.it/sicurezza/ar...
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"If collecting data were the same as knowing things, Nairobi would be one of the best-understood cities in the world. It isn't. Why, and what we could build instead" medium.com/spatial-coll...
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We Don’t Have a Data Collection Problem
Why so much field data ends up in a closet, and what it would take to change that.
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Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your regular reminder that: 1) we don't owe anyone a debate 2) stupid / malicious actors thrive on clout, and know no shame 3) when in doubt "block/mute and move on" is always a good idea
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Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New memeable content just dropped. Please screenshot at will and spread the wisdom
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
50 years at work... ... Unfortunately, some very bad actors have figured out how to "flood the zone" with bullshit, including Search Engine Optimization, which has led to LLMs routinely lying to people. www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-fir...
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My first day at work, 50 years ago today
Fifty years ago, 27 September 1976, I entered the adult, grown up workforce, taking a job at IBM in south Florida. I was working on a (doomed) mini-computer, the Series/1.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 28/09/2026
People will literally be like "AI slop is ruining the internet" and then spend 24 hours angrily discussing a TikTok video of a woman who put a bonsai in her fridge for clicks.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"While the impact has been limited, these trials set the principle of individual criminal responsibility of company directors in international crimes." In Nuremberg, “we started to judge company executives and managers" justiceinfo.net/en/106304-nu...
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really great piece for the @globalvoices.org Protest in Democracy spotlight, from our friends at @rankingdigitalrights.org globalvoices.org/2026/09/28/w...
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When telcos shut down the internet, they shut down protests for the government
Room to protest is narrowing in Africa, as governments lean on arrests, curfews, and internet blackouts to blunt dissent. When the streets become too dangerous, dissent often migrates online.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Spyware maker Paragon is reportedly going public. "Paragon and REDLattice generated combined revenue of $267 million in the 12 months ended June 2026, representing a 29% increase from the same period a year earlier." www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...
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Israeli cyber company Paragon to go public through Nasdaq SPAC merger at $1.25 billion valuation | CTech
The company and U.S. partner REDLattice generated $267 million in combined revenue over the past year, up 29%.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At @citizenlab.ca we spend enormous time labouring over the ethical and legal limits to our investigative methods (for good reason!) If we didn't, we'd surely be shut down. Meanwhile AI platforms routinely unleash their systems to hack left, right and centre *without consequence* 🤷‍♂️
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Ezequiel Jimenez @ezejim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
3/3 Withdrawals have a direct impact in the cooperation and budget regimes of the Court on top of denying access to justice to victims, in this case, potentially related to environmental crimes. Vanuatu’s proposal for ecocide together with Fiji and Samoa will now be weakened.
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 25/09/2026
Israeli forces demolished 12 homes, as well as water tanks and animal shelters earlier this week in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, Palestine. This was third mass demolition in Masafer Yatta just this month.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Donald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good piece from @marthadark.bsky.social on Palantir's new lobbyist: "in 2015, he brought a legal challenge against the UK Government over its plans to 'spy on citizens.' Now, he’s taking up a role at the world’s most prominent spy-tech company."
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Palantir's New Senior VP Swaps Lords Pass for Labour Leverage
Lord Tom Watson’s new position contrasts starkly with his public views a decade ago, writes Foxglove's Martha Dark.
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Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Register here to join us: rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-...
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Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join us online today (1:30pm CEST - link in first reply) to co-create a collaborative, multistakeholder emergency response mechanism to protect Internet access in conflicts and crises! This online session is part of @rightscon.org Continues @accessnow.org @apc.org @7amleh.bsky.social
Screenshot of the event's banner, mostly repeating the title and speakers for this event
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 23/09/2026
🇮🇹New @irpimedia.eu investigation: Dataflow Security, founded by hacker Luca Todesco, develops exploits targeting computers and smartphones – and has generated nearly €63m in three years, mostly from outside the EU. irpimedia.irpi.eu/dataflow-cyb...
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
She's a hero.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So the blockade was lifted and one key part of the agreement was that FAMAS/AC should stop atrocities and harassment against pastoralists in transhumance zones. But it seems the opposite is happening in spite of frantic efforts by community leaders to talk to all sides. Microcosm of Mali crisis
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Access Now @accessnow.org · 19/09/2026
Join @djleufer.bsky.social, our Senior Policy Analyst, and experts from Signal, the UK AI Security Institute, Diversa + the Swiss Federal Office of Communications at RightsCon Continues for a chat on rights-respecting AI governance. 📅 Sep 22 | 9:15 pm CEST rightscon.summit.tc/catalog/righ...
Fireside chat: AI safety for whom? Rethinking AI governance through a human rights lens. September 22, 2026 at 9:15 pm CEST.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
“our ai broke out and hacked some organisations” = "we failed to set up appropriate safeguards, failed to continuously monitor our experiments, and ignored a basic principle of reinforcement learning: if hacking gets rewarded, the system learns to hack"
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