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How to harness A.I. in the fight for democracy Autocratic regimes are using artificial intelligence to attack democracies, stirring concern from Romania to Rhode Island. But the technology could also become a powerful tool to safeguard elections if deployed in the right ways.

AI can threaten democracy—but it can also help defend it. Civil society groups are using AI to expand access to trustworthy info, fight deepfakes, and protect voters. Check out CDT @Isabellinzer.bsky.social analysis + recommendations in @Compiler.news: www.compiler.news/ai...

How to harness A.I. in the fight for democracy Autocratic regimes are using artificial intelligence to attack democracies, stirring concern from Romania to Rhode Island. But the technology could also become a powerful tool to safeguard elections i...

In a new op-ed for @compiler.news, CDT’s @isabelalinzer.bsky.social explores how AI can defend democracy from AI-fueled threats without undermining democratic principles – or missing out on its potential benefits. www.compiler.news/ai-democracy...

A great Friday read by my @cdt.org colleague @isabelalinzer.bsky.social laying out how global civil society groups leveraged AI to combat AI threats in 2024

How to harness A.I. in the fight for democracy Autocratic regimes are using artificial intelligence to attack democracies, stirring concern from Romania to Rhode Island. But the technology could also become a powerful tool to safeguard elections i...

Russia’s AI-powered interference in Romania’s election is a serious warning sign, writes @isabelalinzer.bsky.social of @cdt.org. The threat from AI is growing—but with the right tools, attention and resources, it can help defend democracy, not just endanger it.
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I am thrilled share that I'm joining the @freeourfeeds.com team as interim director. Since leaving @globalvoices.org I've been focused on the incentives that influence how we talk to each other in public spaces and online. Free Our Feeds tackles this head on at the level of infrastructure.

What American really feel about A.I. The Trump administration's AI Action Plan received more than 10,000 comments. We analyzed all of them to find out how Americans feel about artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs, human rights,...

"While there are diverging views on how to regulate AI," wrote @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social, "it's clear that Americans are paying attention and more aware of how AI may benefit or harm their lives."

Read the full story here 👇

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The future of AI policy won’t be written by tech CEOs alone.

Thousands of Americans just made clear: They want innovation—but not without rules.

Ignore them at your peril.

Sentiment analysis revealed something surprising: Emotionally, Americans are split—pretty evenly—on AI.

There’s skepticism, yes. But also trust, curiosity, and a surprising amount of hope.

Anthropic warned of bioweapon risks.

Future of Life called for a moratorium on systems that could manipulate humans or evade control.

This was not a kumbaya moment among frontier labs.

Record industry groups (RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, etc) said: Scrap the race talk—just license the damn content.

EFF said even that’s not enough. Licensing deals often screw over independent artists and do little to stop biased or harmful AI.

Of course, companies had thoughts, too.

OpenAI used its comment to frame AI as a Cold War tech race with China, arguing for fewer regulations and more export controls.

Also, they’re getting sued by creators for copyright violations.

Many raised sharp questions about how the U.S. Copyright Office handles AI-assisted work.

They weren't just mad about stolen art. They were interrogating the rules, precedent and fairness.

Using machine learning and sentiment tools, we pulled themes from the comments.

Top words? “Data,” “work,” “rules” and “innovation.”

Top concern? Copyright—especially how creators’ work is being scraped to train models.

The public feedback revealed a deeply engaged, highly nuanced conversation.

90%+ of responses came from individuals, not companies.

Most weren’t doomsayers—they asked hard questions about labor, copyright and data.

🚨 More than 10,000 Americans weighed in on the Trump administration's AI Action Plan.

@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social analyzed all of it.

The results? Not a techlash—something more surprising.🧵

What American really feel about A.I. The Trump administration's AI Action Plan received more than 10,000 comments. We analyzed all of them to find out how Americans feel about artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs, human rights,...

We analyzed 10,066 comments to Trump's AI Action Plan to understand who sent feedback, what they said & how they felt. The results show an engaged public "aware of how AI may benefit or harm their lives," writes @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social.

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Join us: The Future of Online Expression In The Trump Era: Freedom vs Regulation" lunch with @ashkhen.bsky.social, Jenna Leventoff @aclu.org, Chris Marchese @netchoice.bsky.social, @lehogg.bsky.social
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Kenyan lawsuit against Meta will test Big Tech accountability A Kenyan court will hear a $1.6 billion lawsuit that alleges Facebook helped incite genocide in Ethiopia. The case could be a model for those looking to hold platforms responsible for online hate and ...

The Kenyan case against Meta is one of the only measures of accountability the company faces for how its platform has been weaponized by military and paramilitary groups to destabilize nations and target ethnic minorities, writes @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social.

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Kenyan lawsuit against Meta will test Big Tech accountability A Kenyan court will hear a $1.6 billion lawsuit that alleges Facebook helped incite genocide in Ethiopia. The case could be a model for those looking to hold platforms responsible for online hate and ...

@amnesty.org, @hrw.org & other groups accused the Ethiopian military of engaging in ethnic cleansing & war crimes against ethnic Tigrayans. A lawsuit alleging Meta played a role could set a global precedent by holding Big Tech accountable for real-world harms.

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Kenyan lawsuit against Meta will test Big Tech accountability A Kenyan court will hear a $1.6 billion lawsuit that alleges Facebook helped incite genocide in Ethiopia. The case could be a model for those looking to hold platforms responsible for online hate and ...

The $1.6B suit against Meta brought by @marthadark.bsky.social & Foxglove Legal alleges Meta played a key role in fueling Ethiopia’s civil war by amplifying hate speech & failing to remove threats. If the case succeeds, it will set a global precedent.

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Kenyan lawsuit against Meta will test Big Tech accountability A Kenyan court will hear a $1.6 billion lawsuit that alleges Facebook helped incite genocide in Ethiopia. The case could be a model for those looking to hold platforms responsible for online hate and ...

In a $1.6B lawsuit, Meta is accused of helping incite ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia. If the case succeeds, writes @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social, it could open the door to real accountability for platform-enabled violence worldwide.

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Great piece by @compiler.news tying together AI powered surveillance, its effect on online speech, and how tools designed for stopping online abuse can potentially be exploited. My caveat is that many tools are more basic than AI, like keyword matches and basic ML

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Grateful for the excellent edits from @elleryrb.bsky.social. Read my latest on the consequences of using AI to "catch and revoke" the visas of non-citizens protesting against the war in Gaza and those deemed by the government to have "pro-hamas" views.

The chilling effects of using A.I. to hunt ‘pro-Hamas’ activists The State Department is attempting to use artificial intelligence to target visa holders in the United States who express views counter to U.S. foreign policy. Is the real goal legitimizing a politica...

Good reminder here: Immigration authorities in the U.S. have been collecting social media data since Trump 1.0. Now they're using it to justify their "catch and revoke" scheme.

Important reporting and analysis by @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social

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The chilling effects of using A.I. to hunt ‘pro-Hamas’ activists The State Department is attempting to use artificial intelligence to target visa holders in the United States who express views counter to U.S. foreign policy. Is the real goal legitimizing a politica...

Models that fuel AI systems have historically been biased against minorities, says @alexhanna.bsky.social. These biases are exacerbated when asking models to work in a language like Arabic. “It’s going to do a bad job.”
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The chilling effects of using A.I. to hunt ‘pro-Hamas’ activists The State Department is attempting to use artificial intelligence to target visa holders in the United States who express views counter to U.S. foreign policy. Is the real goal legitimizing a politica...

“We've talked to non-citizen students and faculty around the country—and people are terrified,” says @alexabdo.bsky.social. Students and faculty are already self-censoring in fear of deportation, removing social media posts or taking down past scholarship.
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The chilling effects of using A.I. to hunt ‘pro-Hamas’ activists The State Department is attempting to use artificial intelligence to target visa holders in the United States who express views counter to U.S. foreign policy. Is the real goal legitimizing a politica...

The Trump administration’s access to potentially hazardous AI tools gives it far greater strength to execute what political experts and international observers worry is a quick slide into tech-fueled authoritarianism, writes @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social.
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