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The @EU_Commission's preliminarily findings that TikTok's "rabbit hole" algorithm breached the Digital Services Act must change the social media industry whose major players’ business models are purpose-built on the exploiting people’s attention.
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AI is blurring the line between security & surveillance. From social engineering to cyber breaches & modern warfare. How can public accountability be enforced?
Join @AmnestyTech Director, Damini Satija @TRF's #TC2026 for discussions on this & more.
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A group of Civil society organizations, including @amnesty have raised concern over the growing number of harmful exports of surveillance technologies from EU countries to destinations where they may be used to violate rights.
The groups are calling on @EU_Commission to use the evaluation of the 2021 Dual Use Regulation to strengthen export controls for both listed and unlisted cyber-surveillance items to stop human rights violations.
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Morocco’s surveillance machine is designed to spy, track, monitor & silence journalists & human rights defenders. New research by @Amnesty provides the most comprehensive picture to date of Morocco's surveillance system, including the notorious Pegasus spyware.
🚨 In a new @amnesty report, an ex-security agent exposes how Morocco’s surveillance system works, explaining how journalists & activists are targeted in operations designed to instill fear & ultimately silence & stop them from doing their work.
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The report provides the most detailed picture to date of how Moroccan authorities deployed high-tech spyware, audio bugging systems & trackers to spy on journalists and activists.
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If you are in New York for #UNGA, please do come to our side event with our partner @humanusofficial. We'll be discussing how to improve access to remedy for Big Tech harms in conflict-affected settings, and the lessons we need to take forward in the era of AI.
The UK & France must prioritize human rights as they lead the Pall Mall Process to develop Industry Guidelines on Commercial Cyber Intrusion Capabilities, including spyware to ensure these tools are not used to harm people, communities & institutions.
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Digital technologies are being used to gatekeep asylum systems.
"Asylum Is Unavailable," a new book by @StephenDamianos exposes how the Greek Asylum Service used a skype line between 2014 and 2022 as part of a digital push back against asylum seekers.
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Artificial intelligence dominated the news this week.
@amnesty is calling for an international, rights-based & multi-stakeholder regulatory framework, not one decided by just a few powerful states & companies.
States must pause all development & deployment of harmful AI tech.
The @EU_Commission has proposed in #SOTEU a social media ban for children under 13, “mini accounts” for 13- to 14-year-olds with limited features, a one-hour time limit & an obligation for tech platforms to provide 15 to 18 year-olds with safe-by-design accounts.
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.@amnesty welcomes the focus on safety-by-design. The approach recognizes that addictive & harmful product design must be strictly regulated, with bans on infinite scrolling & autoplay & strict limitations on how algorithmic feeds are shaped.
We’ve joined 140+ organisations in calling on @EU_Commission President @vonderleyen to ensure tech companies prove their products are safe & age-appropriate before they reach children.
Design for safety not exploitation.
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In January 2025, @Meta changed its moderation policies, weakening safeguards for high‑risk groups. Our latest research shows how @Meta failed to adequately assess the risk to LGBTI people in Hungary and address harmful rhetoric against them.
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Meta reached an $18 billion settlement with US states over child safety & committed to make design changes to its social media apps.
This is a turning point not just for Meta but all social media. They must fix their harmful features to protect children.
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The fact that @Meta's moderation system failed to catch more than half of @amnesty election-related disinformation ads shows that @Meta is not doing enough to prevent its platform from being a vector of disinformation.
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Argentina is joining a global wave of techno-authoritarianism.
The authorities must ban the development, production, sale, and use of remote biometric recognition technologies for mass and targeted discriminatory surveillance.
🚨NEW: The expanded use of AI-driven surveillance in Argentina during the first two years of the Javier Milei’s administration reinforces a techno-authoritarian infrastructure of social control.
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A US court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for causing harm to children. The verdict is an important step towards a safer social media for children. By ordering changes to platform features, the ruling recognizes harms children experience online.
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The UK Supreme Court has rejected Bahrain's bid to block a UK lawsuit brought by two activists over alleged spyware use. The ruling should serve as a signal that states may no longer be able to hide behind claims of sovereign immunity.
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