Stop Killer Robots
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Stop Killer Robots works to ensure human control in the use of force. Our campaign calls for new international law on autonomy in weapons systems. #TeamHuman
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🚨🗳️The #AutonomousWeapons resolution has been adopted. Resolution L.41 tabled by
@austriaun.bsky.social and 30 cosponsor states at #FirstCommittee has passed with broad cross-regional support.
✅ 156 in favour
🟡8 abstentions
❌5 against
Read our analysis: stopkillerrobots.org/news/156-sta...
@austriaun.bsky.social and 30 cosponsor states at #FirstCommittee has passed with broad cross-regional support.
✅ 156 in favour
🟡8 abstentions
❌5 against
Read our analysis: stopkillerrobots.org/news/156-sta...
“While the drone is not a person, its targets might very well be. It removes soldiers from the direct act of killing.”
The increasing use of #AI and automation on the battlefield makes decision making opaque and accountability unclear. #StopKillerRobots #BGR
www.bgr.com/2070900/ai-t...
The increasing use of #AI and automation on the battlefield makes decision making opaque and accountability unclear. #StopKillerRobots #BGR
www.bgr.com/2070900/ai-t...
AI Is Transforming The Military For The Better (And Worse) - Here's How - BGR
AI-driven software and hardware will change the nature of war in the future. From unmanned AI-controlled drones to logistics bots, the military is gearing up.
www.bgr.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“While the drone is not a person, its targets might very well be. It removes soldiers from the direct act of killing.”
The increasing use of #AI and automation on the battlefield makes decision making opaque and accountability unclear. #StopKillerRobots #BGR
www.bgr.com/2070900/ai-t...
The increasing use of #AI and automation on the battlefield makes decision making opaque and accountability unclear. #StopKillerRobots #BGR
www.bgr.com/2070900/ai-t...
Speakers discussed the range of issues – legal, ethical, political, military– that autonomous weapons raise, the path toward regulation, and Italy’s role in making this a reality. Here's #StopKillerRobots campaigner and Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo's Campaign's Coordinator Francesco with more ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Speakers discussed the range of issues – legal, ethical, political, military– that autonomous weapons raise, the path toward regulation, and Italy’s role in making this a reality. Here's #StopKillerRobots campaigner and Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo's Campaign's Coordinator Francesco with more ⬇️
Yesterday, our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social was in Rome for an event on #AutonomousWeapons that brought together Italian civil society, technical experts and lawmakers to discuss the action to #StopKillerRobots.
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Yesterday, our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social was in Rome for an event on #AutonomousWeapons that brought together Italian civil society, technical experts and lawmakers to discuss the action to #StopKillerRobots.
“The issue is not just whether these weapons will be used, but how their precursor systems are already transforming the way wars are fought, minimizing the time needed to authorize a lethal attack...”
–@nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
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–@nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
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Quando l’algoritmo entra nella “kill chain” | il manifesto
Intelligenza artificiale (Commenti) L’applicazione di automazione e intelligenza artificiale a progetti e funzioni viene spesso raccontata come sinonimo di efficienza e precisione. Ma quando questa lo...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“The issue is not just whether these weapons will be used, but how their precursor systems are already transforming the way wars are fought, minimizing the time needed to authorize a lethal attack...”
–@nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
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–@nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
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#HappeningNow: Our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social is in #Rome to discuss the legal, ethical, political and military issues with #KillerRobots for the "Stopping the threat of lethal autonomous weapons" event organised by Rete Pace e Disarmo.
📺 Watch: webtv.senato.it/webtv/altri-...
📺 Watch: webtv.senato.it/webtv/altri-...
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
#HappeningNow: Our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social is in #Rome to discuss the legal, ethical, political and military issues with #KillerRobots for the "Stopping the threat of lethal autonomous weapons" event organised by Rete Pace e Disarmo.
📺 Watch: webtv.senato.it/webtv/altri-...
📺 Watch: webtv.senato.it/webtv/altri-...
For those who believe machines should not make life or death decisions, this piece is essential reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
#StopKillerRobots
#StopKillerRobots
In Ukraine, a New Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
For those who believe machines should not make life or death decisions, this piece is essential reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
#StopKillerRobots
#StopKillerRobots
Our campaign Vice Chair Peter Asaro underscored the dehumanising trajectory of these #MilitaryTech advancements, saying:
“The capacity to autonomously select targets is a moral line that should not be crossed”
“The capacity to autonomously select targets is a moral line that should not be crossed”
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Our campaign Vice Chair Peter Asaro underscored the dehumanising trajectory of these #MilitaryTech advancements, saying:
“The capacity to autonomously select targets is a moral line that should not be crossed”
“The capacity to autonomously select targets is a moral line that should not be crossed”
We spoke with @nytimes.com’s about the consequences of the speedy integration of #AI and autonomy in warfare – and the need for regulation to catch up to development. The article highlights the advanced autonomous capabilities of drones being used in the ongoing conflict in #Ukraine.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
We spoke with @nytimes.com’s about the consequences of the speedy integration of #AI and autonomy in warfare – and the need for regulation to catch up to development. The article highlights the advanced autonomous capabilities of drones being used in the ongoing conflict in #Ukraine.
”The era of killer robots has begun to take shape on the battlefield.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
#AI #Drones #StopKillerRobots #NewYorkTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
#AI #Drones #StopKillerRobots #NewYorkTimes
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
”The era of killer robots has begun to take shape on the battlefield.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
#AI #Drones #StopKillerRobots #NewYorkTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
#AI #Drones #StopKillerRobots #NewYorkTimes
The trajectory of #AI on the battlefield – which has already caused grave humanitarian harm– is not inevitable. Political leaders can create the legal safeguards we need to #StopKillerRobots.
📢 Call on your government to act: stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
📢 Call on your government to act: stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
January 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The trajectory of #AI on the battlefield – which has already caused grave humanitarian harm– is not inevitable. Political leaders can create the legal safeguards we need to #StopKillerRobots.
📢 Call on your government to act: stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
📢 Call on your government to act: stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
What does the path to an #AutonomousWeapons treaty look like in 2026?
#ICYMI read our latest Substack post to see how progress on #KillerRobots has developed across international forums – from New York to Geneva – and what it means for the new year.
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/the-un-pat...
#ICYMI read our latest Substack post to see how progress on #KillerRobots has developed across international forums – from New York to Geneva – and what it means for the new year.
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/the-un-pat...
The UN path to stopping killer robots
From the Big Apple to the Peace Capital, how progress on killer robots has developed in international forums.
stopkillerrobots.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
What does the path to an #AutonomousWeapons treaty look like in 2026?
#ICYMI read our latest Substack post to see how progress on #KillerRobots has developed across international forums – from New York to Geneva – and what it means for the new year.
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/the-un-pat...
#ICYMI read our latest Substack post to see how progress on #KillerRobots has developed across international forums – from New York to Geneva – and what it means for the new year.
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/the-un-pat...
Join us on the path to #StopKillerRobots ⬇️
🏛️ Write to your local representative and ask them to sign our Parliamentary Pledge – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
✍️ Sign our petition – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
🚀 Share this article – stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/machines-s...
🏛️ Write to your local representative and ask them to sign our Parliamentary Pledge – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
✍️ Sign our petition – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
🚀 Share this article – stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/machines-s...
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Join us on the path to #StopKillerRobots ⬇️
🏛️ Write to your local representative and ask them to sign our Parliamentary Pledge – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
✍️ Sign our petition – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
🚀 Share this article – stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/machines-s...
🏛️ Write to your local representative and ask them to sign our Parliamentary Pledge – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
✍️ Sign our petition – stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
🚀 Share this article – stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/machines-s...
With the growing gap between development and regulation in #AI and autonomy, which has already resulted in devastating humanitarian harm, we need legal safeguards now. #StopKillerRobots
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
With the growing gap between development and regulation in #AI and autonomy, which has already resulted in devastating humanitarian harm, we need legal safeguards now. #StopKillerRobots
2026 presents an opportunity for states to move toward a treaty on #AutonomousWeapons that we all need.
#StopKillerRobots
#StopKillerRobots
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
2026 presents an opportunity for states to move toward a treaty on #AutonomousWeapons that we all need.
#StopKillerRobots
#StopKillerRobots
Machines shouldn’t make life or death decisions. It’s that simple.
We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots now.
We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots now.
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Machines shouldn’t make life or death decisions. It’s that simple.
We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots now.
We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots now.
👏 Great news from Brazil - congratulations to campaigners at Dhesarme for their work getting more parliamentarians to join the call to #StopKillerRobots
📩 use our template form to get your local rep involved: www.stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
📩 use our template form to get your local rep involved: www.stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
December 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
👏 Great news from Brazil - congratulations to campaigners at Dhesarme for their work getting more parliamentarians to join the call to #StopKillerRobots
📩 use our template form to get your local rep involved: www.stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
📩 use our template form to get your local rep involved: www.stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...
“The racial bias in these stats shows the damaging real-life impacts of letting police use facial recognition without proper safeguards in place” - @libertyhq.bsky.social
This is #DigitalDehumanisation in action.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This is #DigitalDehumanisation in action.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects
Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“The racial bias in these stats shows the damaging real-life impacts of letting police use facial recognition without proper safeguards in place” - @libertyhq.bsky.social
This is #DigitalDehumanisation in action.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This is #DigitalDehumanisation in action.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AutonomousWeapons are an environmental issue.
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
www.ejiltalk.org/ai-enabled-w...
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
www.ejiltalk.org/ai-enabled-w...
AI-Enabled Weapons Systems and the Environment: The Overlooked Costs of AI-Driven Warfare
Introduction The relationship between AI-enabled weapons systems and environmental harm grown in significance in contemporary society. These two areas fall within fields that have attracted increasing...
www.ejiltalk.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#AutonomousWeapons are an environmental issue.
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
www.ejiltalk.org/ai-enabled-w...
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
www.ejiltalk.org/ai-enabled-w...
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3/ Elizabeth Minor @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social discusses lethal autonomous weapons and what should be done next year to create a legally binding instrument to address their dangers in first video of the #LookingAhead2026 series youtu.be/IkUoEwqUa-U
Looking Ahead 2026 - Elizabeth Minor - autonomous weapons systems
YouTube video by Forum on the Arms Trade
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December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
3/ Elizabeth Minor @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social discusses lethal autonomous weapons and what should be done next year to create a legally binding instrument to address their dangers in first video of the #LookingAhead2026 series youtu.be/IkUoEwqUa-U
“We join the United Nations secretary-general and the International Committee of the Red Cross in their call for a new treaty to be concluded by 2026 on autonomous weapons systems.” – @nytimes.com
There's no time to wait. We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There's no time to wait. We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up?
Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“We join the United Nations secretary-general and the International Committee of the Red Cross in their call for a new treaty to be concluded by 2026 on autonomous weapons systems.” – @nytimes.com
There's no time to wait. We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There's no time to wait. We need a treaty to #StopKillerRobots.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"In the environment of wartime, both normality and democratic oversight are suspended, making conflict an important factor in economic returns. Peace is a less economically attractive proposition, and risks are de-prioritised.” – @elkeschwarz.bsky.social
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capi...
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capi...
Venture Capital Statecraft: The UK’s New Growth Model
The UK government has tied its growth model and security strategy to the development of a US-dominated defence tech sector.
transitionsecurity.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"In the environment of wartime, both normality and democratic oversight are suspended, making conflict an important factor in economic returns. Peace is a less economically attractive proposition, and risks are de-prioritised.” – @elkeschwarz.bsky.social
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capi...
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capi...
"My work on #AI and militarization, especially... #AutonomousWeapons, has taught me a lot about one essential thing: AI is not neutral. It reflects political and ethical choices." – #StopKillerRobots campaigner Guy Feugap
#WorldBeyondWar
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#WorldBeyondWar
worldbeyondwar.org/technology-f...
Technology for Demilitarization - World BEYOND War
We must choose to use AI in such a way that we have control over what we seek in it, so that we do not ultimately lose our humanity, our responsibility and our freedom. It is up to us to ensure that o...
worldbeyondwar.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"My work on #AI and militarization, especially... #AutonomousWeapons, has taught me a lot about one essential thing: AI is not neutral. It reflects political and ethical choices." – #StopKillerRobots campaigner Guy Feugap
#WorldBeyondWar
worldbeyondwar.org/technology-f...
#WorldBeyondWar
worldbeyondwar.org/technology-f...
Check if your rep has signed & urge them to join the call to #StopKillerRobots:
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#AutonomousWeapons #Parliamentarian #Disarmament
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#AutonomousWeapons #Parliamentarian #Disarmament
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Check if your rep has signed & urge them to join the call to #StopKillerRobots:
🔗 www.stopkillerrobots.org/parliamentar...
#AutonomousWeapons #Parliamentarian #Disarmament
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#AutonomousWeapons #Parliamentarian #Disarmament
🇳🇬 Update from Nigeria!
Hon. Soji Adetunji has signed our Parliamentary Pledge — joining 150+ parliamentarians worldwide committed to addressing the ethical, legal & humanitarian risks of #AutonomousWeapons.
👏 Big thanks to campaigners at Cultural Youth Movement Education Foundation for their work!
Hon. Soji Adetunji has signed our Parliamentary Pledge — joining 150+ parliamentarians worldwide committed to addressing the ethical, legal & humanitarian risks of #AutonomousWeapons.
👏 Big thanks to campaigners at Cultural Youth Movement Education Foundation for their work!
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🇳🇬 Update from Nigeria!
Hon. Soji Adetunji has signed our Parliamentary Pledge — joining 150+ parliamentarians worldwide committed to addressing the ethical, legal & humanitarian risks of #AutonomousWeapons.
👏 Big thanks to campaigners at Cultural Youth Movement Education Foundation for their work!
Hon. Soji Adetunji has signed our Parliamentary Pledge — joining 150+ parliamentarians worldwide committed to addressing the ethical, legal & humanitarian risks of #AutonomousWeapons.
👏 Big thanks to campaigners at Cultural Youth Movement Education Foundation for their work!
AI weapons are being used in ongoing conflicts — reducing people to data points that match target profiles. Right now, people make the final choice to strike in conflict, but without regulation soon that will be another decision made by machines. We must #StopKillerRobots now.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
AI weapons are being used in ongoing conflicts — reducing people to data points that match target profiles. Right now, people make the final choice to strike in conflict, but without regulation soon that will be another decision made by machines. We must #StopKillerRobots now.