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We officially launched the #BerkeleyProtocol on Digital Open Source Investigations with @UNHumanRights High Commissioner @volker_turk and launched HRC's 30th Anniversary year! We're deeply grateful for our partnership with UN OHCHR, and look forward to our future collaborations.
As new tech risks new rights abuses, our ability to monitor & defend others' rights is increasingly vital.
I'm proud to work w/ inspiring @BerkeleyLaw students to launch the Berkeley Protocol: a tool to ensure digitally documented evidence can contribute to legal accountability.
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🔴🇺🇸 [#DeportationProject]: NEW VIDEO OUT.
“The plan of the US federal government was to make an example of me, to say: 'If you mess with ICE, what happened to this Salvadoran journalist is going to happen to you too.' And maybe it worked, because after my arrest and deportation, many journalists became afraid.”
Mario Guevara - Salvadoran journalist
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NEW: A new @hrcberkeley investigation found that in Mexico during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration (December 2018 to September 2024), 337 journalists and human rights defenders were killed—a number much higher than previously reported.
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What's the biggest risk posed by LLMs, according to HRC's newest research evaluating the human rights impacts of LLMs across journalism, education, and law? "Freedom of thought," said @betsy_popken on @BerkeleyLaw's "Voices Carry" podcast:
law.berkeley.edu/podcast-epi…
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"LLMs enable you to do things...without having to organize your thoughts, without having to research, it cuts back on so many steps...that was the biggest area that we saw at risk across sectors, particularly those that could impact children whose minds are still developing."
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Listen to the full podcast now, where @gwynethshaw interviews co-authors @betsy_popken, @VyomaRaman, and Camille Chabot:
law.berkeley.edu/podcast-epi…
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All of us at HRC are overwhelmed with gratitude. Last week, you helped us raise $129,835 from 66 donors for our Investigations Lab during Bear-a-thon 2026. Thank you for believing in our students & supporting them as they take on the next decade of this work. 💙💛 #FiatLux
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🔴🇺🇸 [#DeportationProject] « Faites savoir au monde entier » : au Cameroun, enquêter sur les expulsés des États-Unis peut mener en détention.
Le 17 février 2026, quatre journalistes camerounais sont brièvement placés en détention à Yaoundé après s'être rendus dans un centre où des personnes expulsées des Etats-Unis étaient discrètement détenues. Leur matériel est confisqué et leurs images supprimées.
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📣🚨There’s only three and a half hours left in Bear-a-thon 2026! 📣🚨 So far we’ve raised a whopping $129,760 for our Investigations Lab. Help keep our momentum going for the next few hours! Every gift you make right now is matched 5x: givingday.berkeley.edu/givin…
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It's officially Day 2 of #Bear-a-thon 2026! Every $1 you give to HRC's Investigations Lab is matched 5x, giving our students the tools they need to tackle 21st-century human rights challenges. But the match expires at 1 PM tomorrow, so don't wait:
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🧵1/2 It's here! Celebrate HRC's Investigations Lab's 10th & #Oski's 85th birthday. For a decade, our students have used open source tools to document abuses & drive accountability. Support them today with a gift that goes towards $100K of matching funds: givingday.berkeley.edu/givin…
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🧵2/2 For the next 72 hours only, every $1 given unlocks $5, & 50 donors unlocks another $50K — up to $100K total! Help us train the next generation of human rights investigators, journalists, and attorneys ready to take on what's next:
givingday.berkeley.edu/givin…
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New human rights evaluation of large language models (LLMs) by @hrcberkeley finds threats to freedom of thought, access to information, and right to equality.
bit.ly/4yuccg4
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Where is the field of #OSINT today, and where is it going? That's what @CJR asked experts across the field, including HRC Faculty Director and Investigations Lab Co-Founder, @KAlexaKoenig:
cjr.org/feature/the-future-o…
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The @hrcberkeley has released a human rights assessment of the use of large language models (LLMs) in the fields of law, journalism and education: bit.ly/3SHuf3j #BerkeleyLaw
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🧵1/3 HRC's @betsy_popken, @VyomaRaman & @camille_xoxox release a new human rights assessment of LLMs based on interviews w/ 56 experts & practitioners across 24 countries + a review of existing literature and model evaluations:
humanrights.berkeley.edu/pub…
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🧵 2/3 They find that LLMs pose broader risks to freedom of thought, access to information & right to equality, with impacts varying widely by region, and positive and negative impacts across law, journalism, and education.
📖 Read the full report: humanrights.berkeley.edu/pub…
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🧵 3/3 Finally, check out @betsy_popken and @VyomaRaman’s new piece breaking why this report matters with Tech Policy Press:
📰 techpolicy.press/building-ll…
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🚨3 days left to apply!🚨Are you an analyst, lawyer, journalist, or researcher interested in skilling up in #OSINT? Join us + @InstituteIntlthis December in The Hague for our advanced open source investigations training:
🗓️Dec. 7–11
🖊️Apply by Sept. 4
iici.global/courses/open-sou…
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🚨🚨 LAST DAY: Apply for our #InvestigationsLab by 4:00 PM PT today! If you're a @UCBerkeley student (grad or undergrad) interested in investigating violations of human rights, submit your application today:
humanrights.berkeley.edu/joi…
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.@UCBerkeley students only have 4 days left to apply for our #InvestigationsLab! If you're passionate about human rights and interested in working with professional partners such as @amnesty & @P4HR on projects with local and global impact, apply today:
humanrights.berkeley.edu/joi…
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Applications for the 2026–2027 academic year are open until August 31 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Scroll to the “For Students” section to learn how to apply, based on whether you are a graduate or undergraduate student.
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