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Soizic Pénicaud

@soizicpenicaud.bsky.social
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Researcher and activist based in France. I focus on public sector tech + algorithms (especially in digital welfare) and technology-facilitated violence. Co-founder odap.fr. ex-Etalab

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Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
J’ai la chance de pouvoir contribuer à la rédaction de cette lettre d’info mensuelle -on essaye de la garder pédagogique, courte, et accessible mais pointue ! N’hésitez pas à vous abonner :)
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 09/03/2025
Oh! She has! In at least one interview she talked about the briefings she's received on counter-intelligence. She has made music videos to click tracks instead of audio so it wouldn't leak. Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.
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Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I'll be at RightsCon next week -would love to talk to people working on: - AI/tech in the public sector - Methods for community-driven research on online harms (discrimination/online hate) // movement building between digital rights & antidiscrimination orgs. See you soon!
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Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
If you aren't subscribed yet, I can only recommend @frederike.bsky.social's EU AI Industrial Policy monitor for @ainowinstitute.bsky.social. It's jam-packed with information and analyses that I'm not seeing anywhere else. New edition today: euaipolicymonitor.substack.com/p/the-week-w...
euaipolicymonitor.substack.com
The week when decades happened
Transatlantic ruptures, AI investment spectacles, and Europe’s governance crossroads—where do we go from here?
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Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Atterrée par l’interview d’Arthur Mensch et de Xavier Niel sur France Inter @radiofrance.fr ce matin. Déroulez pour un fil énervé.
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Johanna Siméant-Germanos @jsimeant.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Il faut absolument écouter (au moins) les premières minutes de l’emission, elles sont vertigineuses. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Comment l'extrême centre a mis l'extrême droite au pouvoir (en Allemagne, en 1933)
En revenant, en historien rigoureux, sur les conditions dans lesquelles Hitler est arrivé au pouvoir, Johann Chapoutot souligne les analogies avec la période contemporaine. Il est rejoint par l'écriva...
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Like it or not, this absolutely changes the security and threat prevention model for digital government. Every worst-case scenario conjured by civil society orgs and rights advocates - the things people say will never happen - is unfolding at pace. Relying on lawful benevolence is not enough.
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TechTonic Justice @techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The best/only I know of off top is this AI Now report from 2019 about NYC's algorithmic decision-making task force. ainowinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
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Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Looking for papers / reports / case studies that show that ethics committees for AI governance in the public sector are usually "ethics washing" and a waste of time. Any tips (or counterexamples)? cc @anabrandusescu.bsky.social @blairaf.com @biancawylie.com @techtonicjustice.bsky.social
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Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Hello Bluesky! A few words about me and my work. 
 I am a qualitative researcher and policy specialist at the intersection of tech/AI and human rights. I have two main areas of focus. ⤵️ (1/8)
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