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Complete list of Senators worth considering for President.

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.

The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...

Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.

www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...

Over the last few months, we've seen the rise of a new tool for misinformation: AI-generated satellite imagery.

This one, for instance, claims to show damaged Russian aircraft after Ukrainian drone attacks.

But it's AI-generated, as evidenced by physical anomalies and asymmetrical features.

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

One of the most significant cases with far-reaching effects, which I've previously flagged to watch.

On motion to dismiss, Judge Chutkan finds for plaintiffs on both counts:

-Musk's position is in violation of Appointments Clause
-DOGE Executive Order is without statutory or constitutional basis

Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

Here's a useful term to capture today’s global atmosphere: hypernormalization, a Soviet-era concept that describes a reality where everything feels broken yet oddly normal. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

“Americans who are waiting for Trump to cross some imaginary red line neglect the fact that they have more leverage to defend American democracy today than they will tomorrow, or next week, or next month.”

One of my closest friends was diagnosed last year - she’s feeling loads better after starting medication.

Total we launch 2 additional reports from the Iran Digital Archive Coalition that underscore the int'l crimes we've been documenting through open source investigations + the importance of the #IranFFMI's continuing work #HRCLab humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inv...

Telegram network seeks to manipulate Moldova’s local political discourse Network of automated Telegram channels using coordinated disinformation tactics appears to be Russian in origin

🇲🇩 AI bots, fake local engagement & synchronized posting? A new investigation from @victoriaolari.bsky.social exposes a #Telegram network manipulating #Moldova's political discourse. Likely Russian in origin, it uses automation & “soft engagement” to build influence
bit.ly/4inUpiR

I'm here in Taipei for RightsCon this week - it's hard to imagine a more urgent time for conversations around tech and human rights.

I'll be speaking in the following sessions, hosted by @article19law.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, & @accessnow.org

Join us & say hello! #RightsCon25

Important new report from HRC research fellow @shannonrsingh.bsky.social on "how tools deployed or developed by social media companies might reduce the risk of mass violence and contribute constructively to atrocity prevention efforts"

Thanks to @justsecurity.org and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict for including this piece in their excellent symposium, "Thinking Beyond Risks: Tech and Atrocity Prevention." When attempting to leverage tech for accountability, the focus is too often on new and shiny tools.

Thanks to the many experts and practitioners that shared their expertise & insights with me to inform this report, as well as activists with lived experiences with the risks & opportunities of social media in at-risk communities.

Please read, share, and let me know if you’d like to discuss!

The objective is to expand the understanding of both policymakers & social media teams about available tools in the digital toolbox that can support AP efforts, to help us design atrocity prevention strategies that meet the challenges of the moment.

This report aims to fill that gap, expanding the atrocity prevention toolbox to include digital tools & interventions. It offers a landscape assessment of available tools, maps them against AP strategies, & articulates a possible theory of change for each, as well as associated risks & limitations.

Digital spaces today are at the front lines of where atrocity risks materialize & unfold. But while there's increasing awareness of how social media can fuel mass violence, there's far less awareness of how social media tools can support atrocity prevention.

📣 It’s out! I’m thrilled to announce the publication of Leveraging Social Media for Genocide & Mass Atrocity Prevention, a report I authored with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. @ushmm.bsky.social
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...

New Report Documents Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children Researchers identified 314 individual Ukrainian children that Russian officials transferred from Ukraine to Russia for coerced adoption.

New report detailing Russia's systematic program of coerced adoption and fostering of Ukraine's children. This is likely to lead to new war crimes & crimes against humanity charges against Putin, Lvova-Belova & others. Madeline Babin, Isabel Gensler & I explain:

www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...

Thanks for the heads up!!

📕 Interesting and useful guide from the @icrc1.bsky.social regarding Private Businesses and Armed Conflict, covering the applicability of international humanitarian law to companies present in conflicts or operating around them, and the ensuing legal consequences.
shop.icrc.org/private-busi...

A bright spot in an otherwise dark time for international law: the Sixth Committee adopts resolution moving the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity to negotiations. Thanks so much @akilarad.bsky.social @leilasadat1.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social for your tireless advocacy! ⚖️

Literally so awesome 🧙‍♀️

In my latest with @justsecurity.org, I explore the potential of social media to contribute to atrocity prevention, drawing on my new report with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (out soon!)

Thanks for including me in this fascinating symposium on #tech & #atrocityprevention!

Afghan & Iranian women have used the term "gender apartheid" for years to describe the systematic gender segregation & subjugation they live under.

A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.

Full campaign timeline👇🏼

Yes please! 💅

Starter pack for those working on misinfo, disinfo, information integrity, digital authoritarianism, propaganda etc. Definitely a work in progress, reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/V4Po9wB

Would love to be added, thanks!

I updated this list. In case useful. It doesn’t include everyone I follow. Or who I reskeet (is that a thing now?) And sure I’ve missed loads. But reflects how happy I am that lots of you are here. So much easier. go.bsky.app/8W7MRZb