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🧵1/2: Often sold as an assistive feature, a step towards national security,or protection for the vulnerable, modern surveillance wears the mask of a caretaker. But is it really?

Our newest installation in The DN Download series uncovers the uncomfortable truths about our surveilled 24/7 reality.

THE DN DOWNLOAD

SURVEIL. CENSOR. CONTROL.

DAY 1:
The State Of Surveillance

Countries across the world are ramping up surveillance on a larger scale
under the guise of security and protecting the masses.

The UK now requires age verification to access many sites, forcing citizens to submit their personal data.

The EU is enforcing biometric entry/exit, allowing it to obtain non-EU citizens’ biometrics.

Why?

Modern surveillance capabilities have already expanded beyond our imagination and control.

CCTV cameras, Alexa, and smartphones can do what an entire village of prying eyes cannot. .

Even your Wi-Fi can help someone pinpoint your precise position in your own house.

How did surveillance become so intrusive and routine?

People can easily identify blunt attempts at control, but covert manipulation is harder to spot.

Powerful groups push for mass surveillance through propaganda.

The public then allows surveillance mechanisms into society, unknowingly surrendering their right to privacy.

October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM

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The world jumped to adopt AIs without proper guardrails in place, and we are seeing the impacts of this today.

But is ethical AI possible? Yes.

Here’s what it could look like.

#Day4 #DeleteNothing #WhatsInTheAI #NewSeries #AIbreakdown #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

THE DN DOWNLOAD
What’s In The AI?!

Day 4: Ethical AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be helpful but we do not need to compromise on privacy, humanity or the environment to achieve this.

To determine if an AI is unethical, ask:

Who needs it most and for what purposes?
Who directly benefits from it?
But more importantly, who gets hurt by it and what are we allowed to do about this?

UNETHICAL AI RED FLAGS CHECKLIST

Facilitates mass surveillance
Compromises on user privacy
Built on colonial exploitation
Trains on uncompensated human labour

Limited/no transparency and accountability
Recycles bigotry (e.g. sexism and racism)
Created by dominant groups to benefit the elite
Cost-cutting at the expense of human dignity and sanity

September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM

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Narrow AI has already carved out its own space in society. We are handing serious decision-making power, along with swathes of sensitive information, to AI without adequate guardrails in place.

How is this affecting us?
🧵 🧵 🧵 Part 1 of 2

#WhatsInTheAI #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

THE DN DOWNLOAD
What’s In The AI?!

Day 3: AI proliferation

How deeply has AI been integrated into society and how is it affecting us?

Previously, we spoke about Narrow AI -- the only form of AI that currently exists.

The theoretical AIs are:
General AI - Able to perform intellectual tasks that match human capability
Superintelligence - Surpasses human capabilities and outperform us cognitively

We are far away from realising these AIs but …

Narrow AI is what should concern us right now.

It has already established a stronghold in society.

Due to the rushed adoption by individuals, companies, and even governments, AI is being used in some capacity across most sectors.

But how is it affecting us?

People are becoming reliant on AI, using it as a replacement for a

Friend
Therapist
Career counsellor
Marketing writer
Research assistant
Data compiler
Programmer
Healthcare advisor
HR professional
Illustrator/artist

And more.

September 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM

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Why isn’t AI true intelligence and within what parameters can existing AI work?

🧵 🧵 🧵 Part 1 of 2

#DeleteNothing #WhatsInTheAI #NewSeries #AIbreakdown #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

THE DN DOWNLOAD
What’s In The AI?!

Day 2: AI at its core

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be confusing.

It’s a catch-all term that is both too narrow and too broad to properly define what it is.

AI isn’t conscious.

It can’t truly reason and isn’t self-aware.

It also:
Has no culture or society of its own
Has no identity, belief system or emotions
Holds no ethical concerns or moral dilemmas

It simply does what it’s programmed to do.

It may appear to mimic reasoning or awareness based on pre-existing interactions, patterns and whatever data it was trained on.

E.g., if an AI model is programmed to be harmful or trained on harmful talking points, the AI’s output will mirror that ideology.

But it doesn’t have the capability to challenge or correct any of its beliefs by itself.

And that’s because the AI we have today is the weakest of the theorised categories.

August 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM

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In Part 2 of our CEDAW Initial Position Paper deepdive, we’re discussing why TFGBV is so rampant online today.

#CEDAW #TFGBV #TFGBVAW
#DeepDiveWithDN #DeleteNothingDeepDive

Recognising And Combatting
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Women (TFGBVAW)

PART 2

Insights from the CEDAW Initial Position Paper

August 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM

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The DN Download: What’s In The AI?

DAY 1
We’re going to touch on humanity’s history with AI, why we chase it, and how our relationship with AI is rapidly changing (for better or worse).

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THE DN DOWNLOAD
What’s In The AI?!

Day 1: Why do humans seek AI?

With roots extending to ancient Greek automata and Ismail al-Jazari’s centuries-old feats in mechanical programming, humans have seemingly always chased the ultimate tool: Artificial Intelligence (AI).

As a concept, AI has been referenced countless times across cultures …

A machine that can think and act on its own so that we humans can finally kick back and relax.

We littered our fiction with fantasies of marvelous, intelligent technology in varying forms.

Ancient Greek mythos gave us the ichor-fueled Talos, a bronze automaton and guardian of the island of Crete.

Gulliver's Travels has The Engine, which could generate a book without any human intervention.

Before AI became a technological possibility, we had already put it on a pedestal.

It was more powerful, akin to the gods, so it was sacred.

It could do things faster without us, so it was simply better.

August 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM

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[1/9] Recognising And Combatting Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Women (TFGBVAW): PART 1

Insights from the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Initial Position Paper*

August 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM

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Delete Nothing is debuting a new breakdown series: The DN Download

Watch our pages for the very first breakdown--What’s In The AI?!

#DeleteNothing #WhatsInTheAI #NewSeries #AIbreakdown #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

August 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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It’s time to talk Shift ⬆️ again!

This time, we’ll be speaking with Long-time Educator, Researcher and Activist Niluka Gunawardena on why there’s pride in disability.

⏳7:30 PM - 8 PM IST
🗓️Wednesday, 6th August 2025
📍IG Live

#DeleteNothing #ShiftTalk #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPride

Shift ⬆️ Talk

Ep 3: There’s pride in disability

Niluka Gunawardena (She/ Her)
Educator, Researcher and Activist

Dr. Misha’ari Weerabangsa
(She/Her)
Co-Lead - Programmes, Delete Nothing

6th July 2025
7:30 PM - 8 PM IST

English

August 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM

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Queer people are people.

They face bigotry for simply being who they are but also contend with the same obstacles everyone else does.

In this increasingly hostile world, building bridges, listening and learning have never been more important.

June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM

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We speak up because love is stronger. We fight for our rights because love is stronger. We stay hopeful because love is stronger.

During our Pride Month discussion with OLGA, the queer community and allies came together to talk about building community and countering queerphobic rhetoric.

June 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM

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මිනිසුන් අතර බිය පුබුදුවන, ව්‍යාජ තොරතුරු බෙදා හරින සහ ආන්තික තත්වයක සිටින පුද්ගලයින්ට එරෙහිව ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය දිරිමත් කරන විශාල ඔන්ලයින් ජාලයක් පවතිනවා.

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ඔන්ලයින් වෛරී ප්‍රකාශනවලට සැබෑ ජීවිතයේ ප්‍රතිවිපාක ඇත.

එය හානි කරයි.

එය මරා දමයි.

ඔන්ලයින් වෛරය. ඕෆ්ලයින් ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය.

තිරය කියන්නේ ඒ අතර ඇති තුනී මායිමක්.

2025 වෛරී ප්‍රකාශනවලට එරෙහි ජාත්‍යන්තර දිනය

June 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM

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பயத்தை உண்டாக்குவதன் மூலமும், பிழையான தகவல்களைப் பரப்புவதன் மூலமும், ஓரங்கட்டப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கு எதிராக வன்முறைச் செயல்களைத் தூண்டுவதன் மூலமும் வெறுப்பை ஊக்குவிக்கும் மதவெறிகொண்ட ஒரு பரந்த அமைப்பு ஆன்லைனில் உள்ளது.

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ஆன்லைன் வெறுப்புப் பேச்சு
நிஜ வாழ்க்கையில் விளைவுகளை ஏற்படுத்துகிறது.

அது தீங்கு விளைவிக்கும்.

அது கொல்லும்.

ஆன்லைன் வெறுப்பு. ஆஃப்லைன் வன்முறை.

திரைகள் இவற்றிற்கிடையில் இருக்கும் மெல்லிய கோடாகும்.

வெறுப்புப் பேச்சுக்கு எதிரான சர்வதேச தினம் 2025

June 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM

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There is a vast online ecosystem of bigotry that promotes hatred by stoking fear, spreading disinformation and urging for acts of violence against marginalised people. [1/3]

June 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM

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Wait! Delete Nothing’s hosting free queer film screenings for Pride 2025?

And you’re getting TWO movies in ONE screening?

You HAVE to be there!

Save your seat: forms.gle/WfHjJuForswi...

#GetLouder4Pride #QueerVisibility #Pride #PrideMonth #June #DeleteNothing #QueerFilms #SriLanka

Sebadak Nowe (Not A Peahen)

Ishara is the “man of the house” in a world of diverging masculinities.

Pran Chithrawansha

Becoming Me
A mother learns to truly accept her queer son as he grows into his identity.

Rashen Imara &
Sudesh Abeynayaka

Thursday, 19th June
6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
Lakmahal Community Library

June 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM

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Let’s talk about Shift ⬆️

EPISODE 2:
WHO’S BEHIND THE SCREEN?

⏳8 - 8:30 PM IST
🗓️Wednesday, 18th June 2025
📍Instagram (@deletenothinglk)

#GetLouder4Pride #Queerphobia #QueerVisibility #Pride #PrideMonth #June #DNShiftTalk #DeleteNothing

June 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM

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අපි නොමිලේ පවත්වන අපගේ අභිමානී චිත්රපට ප්රදර්ශනය “Your Daughter Was Here” සමඟ ආරම්භ කරනවා.

දක්ෂ හා අවංක අධ්යක්ෂිකාවක් වන සදිනි වීරසේකර ගෙන එන මෙම චිත්රපටිය හද කම්පා කරවන එකකි. එය ඔබ තුළ දැඩි සහකම්පනයක් ඇති කරන බව නියතයි. (1/2)

June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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"Your Daughter Was Here” (உங்கள் மகள் இங்கே இருந்தாள்) படைப்புடன் எங்கள் இலவச பெருமை மாத திரைப்படத் திரையிடல்களைத் தொடங்குகிறோம்.

திறமையான மற்றும் நேர்மையான இயக்குனர் சதினி வீரசேகர, மனதை நெகிழ வைக்கும் ஒரு குயர் குறும்படத்தை வழங்குகிறார், அது நிச்சயமாக உங்களில் ஆழமான ஒத்துணர்வை ஏற்படுத்தும். (1/2)

June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM

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We’re kicking off our free Pride film screenings with “Your Daughter Was Here”.

Talented and honest director Sadhini Weerasekera brings to the table a queer short film so intimately heart-rending, you can’t help but empathise deeply with it. (1/2)

June 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM

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Let’s talk about Shift ⬆️

Tune in to our brand new IG Live series, Shift ⬆️ Talk, through which we’ll be getting to the heart of feminist resistance, tech justice, and positive social change.

⏳8 - 8:30 PM IST
🗓️Thursday, 05th June 2025
📍Instagram Live (@deletenothinglk)