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"We were excited to have a panel accepted on the role of technology in genocide in Gaza at this year’s Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels. However, CPDP then requested that Access Now & others remove the word “genocide” from panel titles & descriptions. We declined."
Two accepted panels on Palestine were targeted after the preliminary programme was published online: Technologies at war: The role of tech companies and the EU in facilitating war crimes and genocide in Gaza, and Cyber Surveillance and Data Violence in Palestine: Protection, Practice, and Legality. CPDP approached the panel organisers and advised them to remove the word ‘genocide’ in the titles and descriptions, including references to crimes and violations of international law. CPDP then unjustifiably singled out these two panels with a disclaimer that read: “The text of this panel represents the opinions of the Panel Organiser and not those of CPDP. The case before the ICJ regarding the categorization of Israel’s activities in Gaza has yet to be decided.” Upon the request of the panels’ organisers, the disclaimer was removed. Discussions about human rights abuses, atrocity crimes, or genocide do not require a court ruling to be legitimate. At the core of international law and human rights work is prevention — a responsibility that also extends to private companies, which are expected to identify and mitigate risks of contributing to such abuses. These obligations are clear under the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its provisionary measures orders, affirmed the responsibility of state and non-state actors to take actions in the face of a clear and imminent risk of genocide. Multiple UN bodies and experts, genocide scholars, and leading human rights organisations have already categorised the Israeli conduct in Gaza as genocide that has met all legal elements of this crime.
May 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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new #datajustice paper from the Global Data Justice project in @robkitchin.bsky.social's new journal:
Who do current #datagovernance models benefit, who has a say in how they work, and what benchmarks could we use if we want justice-oriented #AI governance?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Governing artificial intelligence means governing data: (re)setting the agenda for data justice - Linnet Taylor, Siddharth Peter de Souza, Aaron Martin, Joan López Solano, 2025
The field of data justice has been evolving to take into account the role of data in powering the field of artificial intelligence (AI). In this paper we review...
journals.sagepub.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
alisongillwald.bsky.social
#WSiS+20 has revived significant original commitment to enhanced cooperation which recognised need for greater majority world participation in Internet Governance and its relation position to UN SG ‘digital cooperation’ which some argue is stronger, but is it? @researchictafrica #GDJF #WSIS2025
July 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
alisongillwald.bsky.social
#SouthAfrica’s H E @SollyMahlatsi takes over South Africa leadership of the #WorldSummitontheInformationSociety #WSIS+20 @researchictafrica
July 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM