❤️Still so overwhelmed with this ruling. Incredibly proud on the team, especially Robin for taking all this on. As she said "WE DID IT!"
It is so valuable that the law sees that software can discriminate, even without the intention of the dvlprs or targeting protected traits.
ALT picture with Hans de Zwart, Robin Pocornie and Naomi Appelman in front of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, the day of the hearing.
We won! 🔥🎉🔥 Het is ons gelukt aan te tonen dat de gezichtsherkenningssoftware die de VU gebruikte tentamens af te nemen Zwarte studenten discrimineert. De VU mag dit nu nog ontkrachten 1/..
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No place is safe in Gaza.
The head of UNRWA said “Gaza has been decimated... Children are dying of malnutrition and dehydration, while food and clean water wait in trucks”
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At #MozFest panel ‘We are life: AI Accountability During War’
The amazing @marwasf tells us about technologies of death:
“Palestine has long been a laboratory for the development of Israeli military and surveillance tech. These systems existed before the current war.”
Sterk antwoord op de 15 rectoren door de studenten: "Wij studenten blijven protesteren totdat de rectoren naar ons luisteren"
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FNV members at UvA voted overwhelmingly in favour of the trade union becoming involved in the struggle for the right to demonstrate at UvA, and for the breaking of relations with institutions complicit in human right abuse. Congratulations!
🎉We are pleased to announce that @jorisvanhoboken has been appointed, per 1 March 2024, as a full professor at IViR, to the chair ‘Information Law, with special emphasis on Law and Digital Infrastructure’.
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Some personal professional news: very honored to have been appointed to full professor in Information Law, with special emphasis on 'Law and Digital Infrastructure' at my alma mater @UvA_Amsterdam and intellectual home @ivir_uva
🎉We are pleased to announce that @jorisvanhoboken has been appointed, per 1 March 2024, as a full professor at IViR, to the chair ‘Information Law, with special emphasis on Law and Digital Infrastructure’.
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♀️ Op #InternationaleVrouwendag zetten we graag een aantal vrouwen op een rij die volgens ons enorm bijdragen aan een open, eerlijke en inclusieve toekomst. Ze inspireren ons, en wie weet kunnen ze ook jou inspireren.
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ALT Een lijst met inspirerende vrouwen op internationale vrouwendag.
Wij zijn sceptisch over de AI-verordening. De bescherming van mensenrechten bij het gebruik van AI is alles behalve vanzelfsprekend. Lees meer:
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The EU Parliament has adopted the EU AI Act with a broad majority. It regulates AI by risk, but it's a mixed bag. Some promising parts, but also some troubling aspects, like the broad law enforcement exceptions which could endanger our privacy and free speech rights.
More great news from the Netherlands:
"The police intelligence services have gone over the line. They unlawfully monitored entire population groups"
What are these population groups you ask? Based on "ethnicity, religion, or profession" 1/
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The issue is continuously phrased as that the surveillance is not properly **substantiated**
"These intelligence services look at these types of communities to get a picture, which is not unusual. But the choice of which community you look at is not well substantiated."
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Case and point, the minister:
"[he] acknowledges that the justification for why an entire community is being monitored must be improved [..] But he also states that research is being conducted for a reason: "There is a threat and it sometimes takes place within a community" fin
Together with 300 academics, our open letter proposes a series of substantial and immediate actions for the EU and academic institutions to address their risk of becoming complicit to human rights violations and genocide through their participation in research projects🧵
Palestine: 300 academics call for halt to EU research funding that violates international law
They want the EU to stop funding research projects "that may, directly or indirectly, violate international law and human rights."
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300 academics across Europe and beyond call for the EU and academic institutions to halt ongoing research projects that may directly or indirectly violate international law and human rights. You can read our arguments/proposals/sign our letter below:
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Meta is suing the EU over a levy it has to pay to enforce a flagship content moderation law, the Digital Services Act. Scoop by @clothildegouj: pro.politico.eu/news/175280