Vanja Skoric

❔How can #philanthropy better support civil society advocacy?

🔆This was one of the topics ECNL's @vanjasko.bsky.social discussed with leading thinkers, practitioners, and academics at this year's #TGLSummerAcademy. A big thank you to @thegoodlobby.bsky.social for organising the event!

Operationalizing human rights in AI: The need for a comprehensive framework AI is rapidly reshaping societies, economies, and governance systems, offering significant opportunities for innovation and sustainable development. However, the design, development, deployment and go...

How to take a #HumanRights -based approach to #AI dev't and governance, centring on marginalised groups? Discuss with ECNL's @marle.bsky.social at the #AIforGood Summit:

📣 Panel: Operationalising human rights in AI
📅 11 July, 10:50 CET

Learn more: ➡️ aiforgood.itu.int/event/operat...

It sure seems like men are too emotional to run the most powerful country on earth!

Same! Although he will get deported 🍿🍿🍿

How long before DT deports Musk? Days? Hours? 🍿🍿🍿

Omg quoting Dirty Harry!!! 😱

Algorithmic Gatekeepers: The Human Rights Impacts of LLM Content Moderation, ECNL logo, geometric shapes

📣 Algorithmic Gatekeepers: Human Rights Impact on #LLM content moderation

Our latest report dives into the rising use of LLMs in content moderation, such as flagging, removing, detecting behaviours, and asks how we can use these models responsibly to reduce harms.

▶️ ecnl.org/publications...

🇲🇰 #GiveForGood: Konekt in #NorthMacedonia has launched a fundraising campaign for the families of victims of the nightclub fire in Kočani. Your support matters!

🫶 Go to the Op-op crowdfunding platform and donate today!
konekt.org.mk/en/donor-fun...

A detailed infographic categorizing actions of the Trump administration from January 20 to February 14, 2025. The chart is divided into five color-coded sections: Red: "Undermining Democratic Institutions & Rule of Law; Dismantling of Federal Government" (e.g., executive orders reducing regulation, pardons for Jan 6 rioters, cutting federal oversight). Green: "Suppressing Dissent and Controlling Information" (e.g., attacks on public broadcasting, censorship, press restrictions). Purple: "Dismantling Social Protections & Rights; Enrichment and Corruption" (e.g., banning transgender athletes, legalizing workplace discrimination, weakening labor protections). Blue: "Attacking Science, Environment, Health, Arts & Education" (e.g., defunding NIH, removing climate change references, ending USAID). Gray: "Aggressive Foreign Policy & Global Destabilization" (e.g., trade conflicts, sanctions, shifting alliances). The chart is attributed to Prof. Christina Pagel and visually represents the administration's policies as overlapping threats to governance, rights, and global stability.

Trump’s first month in office, mapped. 📊🔍

An excellent breakdown of policies dismantling democracy, human rights, and stability.

💙💯 @chrischirp.bsky.social

#HumanRights #Democracy

Zelenskyy’s brave stance against WH puppets will go down in history as one of the greatest political roasts. He is, after all, a damn good comedian, too. Just watch him drop “Putin said 3 days ..” 🤘🤘🤘

Zelenskyy and two Russian traitors

This moment is going in the history books as the moment the US became irrelevant as a global power and ushered in the start of world war 3.

Zelenskyy exposed the traitors.

NEW: @law360.bsky.social has created a *public* database of legal cases involving President Trump's executive orders and other actions. The data is searchable and sortable and will be updated regularly; links to coverage for subscribers.
Graphics by @benjayingly.com www.law360.com/trump-legal-...

The International Fact-Checking Network condemns false claims and raid on CRTA in Serbia - Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...

Serbian authorities raided the offices of the fact-checking organization Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability in Belgrade citing "unsubstantiated claims of corruption about USAID made by Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump as justification."

USAID freeze opens door to Russian influence in Eastern Europe Cuts to aid from Washington could dramatically strengthen Moscow’s hand in the region and jeopardize Europe’s security interests.

“If the European Union doesn’t stand up for the cause and work through more sustainable mechanisms for partnership … it will not be able to deliver its own goals,” @ecnl.bsky.social @khme.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/usai...

“But the email presented Americans with one of the other really perfect responses to fascism: ridicule.” 🙏

There is no need for "dialog". DMA and DQA are laws, adopted in a democratic procedure. The Commission has to enforce them. That is not negotiable. End of story. #Sefkovic.

Bezuinigingen Klever bekend: alleen nog ontwikkelingshulp in direct Nederlands belang Nederland stopt alle projecten op het gebied van vrouwenrechten, gendergelijkheid, beroeps- en hoger onderwijs en sport en cultuur.

Where Trump goes, Schoof follows

“The Netherlands is halting all aid in the areas of women's rights, gender equality, vocational and higher education, sports and culture. Aid in the areas of climate, civil society and multilateral cooperation is also being cut back significantly”

nos.nl/l/2556575

This is basically asteroid-impact fast.

Where to find ECNL at RightsCon 2025? Join us at the 13th edition of RightsCon in Taipei, the largest global summit on human rights in the digital age.

Join @ecnl.bsky.social at RightsCon in Taipei, largest global summit on human rights in the digital age with stellar colleagues leading and contributing to discussions on our brighter (digital) future @marle.bsky.social karolina iwanska, @therealfranfanu.bsky.social : ecnl.org/news/where-f...

Sustaining Open Government through Uncertain TImes - Open Government Partnership Dear friends and colleagues, We understand that many of us are confronting a moment of deep uncertainty, anxiety, and pain. We recognize and share in your concerns as our community of committed govern...

👏 An inspiring message of solidarity from @opengovpart.bsky.social !

As recent shifts in funding have serious impacts on #OpenGov reforms, OGP steps up with a proactive response to recommit to shared values and mobilise diverse support for the community.
www.opengovpartnership.org/news/sustain...

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

rsf.org/en/index

The EU must take the US’ withdrawal as leader of the free world as an opportunity to step into that role: to fund where USAID retreats, to hire talent, to boost its industry and defense, to step up and reinvigorate democratic leadership. Bring people along in this future vision

✍ In their contribution to the Verfassungsblog symposium on ‘Musk, Power, and the EU', Prof. Alemanno and Jacquelyn Veraldi highlight potential mechanisms for dealing with US plutocratic power.

📰 Read the piece here: verfassungsblog.de/does-the-eu-...

@verfassungsblog.de @alemanno.bsky.social

Coping with a toxic ex - time for a new EU’s polyamorous approach to foreign policy 💖

This didn't age very well! Commissioner McGrath replied to MEPs defending the AI Liability Directive on the same day the Commission decided to withdraw it! "Legal certainty regarding liability is important for reducing risks and encouraging businesses... to invest in AI."

We enter beyond cringe era👇

Session on Public Interest AI at the Paris AI Action Summit

So grateful for @abeba.bsky.social on stage at the AI Action Summit, challenging us to be honest about the fact that we’re moving backward, not forward toward a shared social contract as Big Tech have now walked back nearly every voluntary commitment they once made to be responsible social actors.

Unpopular opinion: ‘shock n awe’ approach is better than ‘slowly boiling the frog’ in long-term fight for regaining democracy and rule of law. It peels off any facade of ‘normal’ and prevents incremental silent surender of institutions, as seen in many (European) democracies. Keep the fight!

4 figures working on laptops around a desk with EU stars, a law paragraph sign, a gravel, a megaphone and binary codes around them

📣 With the first #EUAIAct prohibitions now in effect, are you wondering how to use the Act to advocate for stronger protections for fundamental freedoms in your country?

💡 Check out our brand new module on the EU AI Act on #LearningCenterECNL💡
https://buff.ly/4hcHfF9