Hannah J Draper
@hjdraper8.bsky.social
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Great to be back @uottawa.ca last week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Law Technology and Society; reunite with brilliant, talented and committed colleagues; and talk about the future of digital rights.
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Great to be back @uottawa.ca last week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Law Technology and Society; reunite with brilliant, talented and committed colleagues; and talk about the future of digital rights.
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Flottille #Madleen : le reporter d'@aljazeera.com Omar Faiad a atterri en #France à 16h, après avoir été retenu arbitrairement plus de 24h par les autorités en #Israël. Yanis Mhamdi de @blast-info.fr est toujours détenu. RSF dénonce ces détentions arbitraires et exige la libération de Yanis Mhamdi.
Journalistes de la flottille Madleen : RSF dénonce l'arrestation arbitraire d'Omar Faiad, libéré sous condition par Israël, et appelle à la libération immédiate et inconditionnelle de Yanis Mhamdi
Le journaliste de la chaîne Al Jazeera Mubasher Omar Faiad a atterri en France ce 10 juin à 16 h, après avoir été retenu arbitrairement plus de 24 heures par les autorités israéliennes. Son confrère d...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Flottille #Madleen : le reporter d'@aljazeera.com Omar Faiad a atterri en #France à 16h, après avoir été retenu arbitrairement plus de 24h par les autorités en #Israël. Yanis Mhamdi de @blast-info.fr est toujours détenu. RSF dénonce ces détentions arbitraires et exige la libération de Yanis Mhamdi.
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#Israel: Together with @efjeurope.bsky.social, we urge the Israeli authorities to immediately release French journalist Yanis Mhamdi, who was arbitrarily arrested on board the Madleen vessel. No journalist should be forced to sign documents to secure their release. @blast-info.fr
Israel: No journalist should be forced to sign documents to secure their release / IFJ
French journalists Omar Faiad and Yanis Mhamdi, who were on board the Madleen vessel, were arbitrarily arrested by Israeli authorities when the ship was intercepted on 8 June in international waters a...
www.ifj.org
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#Israel: Together with @efjeurope.bsky.social, we urge the Israeli authorities to immediately release French journalist Yanis Mhamdi, who was arbitrarily arrested on board the Madleen vessel. No journalist should be forced to sign documents to secure their release. @blast-info.fr
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social is carrying aid to Gaza, but today Israel has already jammed their communications and threatened to stop the ship.
🚨 Help protect the international volunteers on board, by sending the letter linked below to their governments 🚨
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🚨 Help protect the international volunteers on board, by sending the letter linked below to their governments 🚨
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Immediate Diplomatic Action: MADLEEN
Email Addresses: , , , , , Subject: [!] Immediate Diplomatic Action Required to Protect Citizens Aboard the Madleen Dear Representatives of France, Sweden, Germany, Brazil, and Spain, I wri...
docs.google.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social is carrying aid to Gaza, but today Israel has already jammed their communications and threatened to stop the ship.
🚨 Help protect the international volunteers on board, by sending the letter linked below to their governments 🚨
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🚨 Help protect the international volunteers on board, by sending the letter linked below to their governments 🚨
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Take one minute: go to bit.ly/IsraelOnNotice and send a letter to the Israeli government, UN officials, and diplomatic missions demanding that Israel abide by international law and refrain from attacking, sabotaging or otherwise interfering with the #Madleen and her mission.
June 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Take one minute: go to bit.ly/IsraelOnNotice and send a letter to the Israeli government, UN officials, and diplomatic missions demanding that Israel abide by international law and refrain from attacking, sabotaging or otherwise interfering with the #Madleen and her mission.
China’s restrictions on 7 rare earth elements (retaliation for Trump-tariffs) raise supply concerns re critical minerals — esp for ICTs and “green” technologies
www.ft.com/content/24187c18-9cfe-4b8c-8863-6f3bf09e2cd4
www.ft.com/content/24187c18-9cfe-4b8c-8863-6f3bf09e2cd4
A geopolitical conflict over minerals may finally be a real threat
The latest set of Chinese restrictions on rare earths exports are the most worrying to date
www.ft.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
China’s restrictions on 7 rare earth elements (retaliation for Trump-tariffs) raise supply concerns re critical minerals — esp for ICTs and “green” technologies
www.ft.com/content/24187c18-9cfe-4b8c-8863-6f3bf09e2cd4
www.ft.com/content/24187c18-9cfe-4b8c-8863-6f3bf09e2cd4
AI was built by humans and fed human inputs- of course it will reflect human values like survival and self-preservation.
“Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.”
techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
“Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.”
techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch
Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.
techcrunch.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
AI was built by humans and fed human inputs- of course it will reflect human values like survival and self-preservation.
“Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.”
techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
“Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.”
techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
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Perhaps it would have helped if over the last 30 years Germany had developed a comprehensive system of free access to legal information, so that it was more likely that non-proprietary alternatives to a German legal LLM could emerge.
German legal closed-access publisher Beck raises huge amounts of money to train proprietary German LLM and calls it ‘sovereign’. This isn’t ‘Eurostack’, this is a new step in the enclosure of access to legal knowledge. techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/n...
Noxtua raises $92M for its sovereign AI tuned for the German legal system | TechCrunch
A startup called Noxtua has raised a $92 million Series B for its sovereign AI tailored for the German legal system.
techcrunch.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Perhaps it would have helped if over the last 30 years Germany had developed a comprehensive system of free access to legal information, so that it was more likely that non-proprietary alternatives to a German legal LLM could emerge.
Al is built on the promise of "humanizing" it, yet human gestures (respect, relationality) are being framed as a barrier to industrial efficiency
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Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power
Sam Altman says OpenAI is spending "tens of millions of dollars" processing chatbot queries made with proper etiquette.
futurism.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Al is built on the promise of "humanizing" it, yet human gestures (respect, relationality) are being framed as a barrier to industrial efficiency
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Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok
Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok
Amazon has submitted a bid to acquire all of TikTok, according to a new report from The New York Times. The last-minute bid comes as TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to shed its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the U.S. However, the parties involved in the deal talks do not appear to […]
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April 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
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We are witnessing live how the extreme right is gentrifying Nazism.
Joseph Goebbels was a literal Nazi and one of Hitler's closest allies.
To my Republican colleagues, it is probably best not to quote him during a congressional hearing.
To my Republican colleagues, it is probably best not to quote him during a congressional hearing.
April 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We are witnessing live how the extreme right is gentrifying Nazism.
"If digital autonomy isn’t at the forefront of these broader defense and infrastructure strategies, Europe risks missing its last best chance to chart an independent course on the global stage"
Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony. The EuroStack is the continent’s last chance for technological sovereignty in the era of AI. My latest on @foreignpolicy.com with Haroon Sheik. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/e...
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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CDT joined @pressfreedom.bsky.social & others urging the U.S. to stand up for press freedom after a March 14 EO called for dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media. USAGM-funded media provide news to those under authoritarian regimes—abandoning them undermines democracy. cdt.org/insights/cdt...
CDT Joins Groups Urging U.S. to Protect Press Freedom and Keep Journalists Safe After Order to Gut USAGM
CDT joined the Committee to Protect Journalists and more than 30 other news and civil society organizations calling on the United States to support and protect press freedom in the wake of a March 14 executive order issued by President Trump, which called for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to be “eliminated to […]
cdt.org
March 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CDT joined @pressfreedom.bsky.social & others urging the U.S. to stand up for press freedom after a March 14 EO called for dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media. USAGM-funded media provide news to those under authoritarian regimes—abandoning them undermines democracy. cdt.org/insights/cdt...
AI isn’t omniscient, it’s a reflection of its imperfect inputs & instructions— themselves reflections of our imperfect selves
I googled David Olusoga to check when his daughter was born and Google AI confidently assured me that he "does not have a daughter". This sort of thing happens a lot. It constantly amazes me that they rolled out this broken technology and put it at the top of the page. It's a misinformation machine.
March 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
AI isn’t omniscient, it’s a reflection of its imperfect inputs & instructions— themselves reflections of our imperfect selves
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Poland opted for an integrated supervisory approach to AI governance, setting up a new AI Commission composed of existing regulators. However, this new body raised questions about the involvement of independent authorities, most notably the DPA.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Questions surround Polish AI governance model after privacy watchdog is left out | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Poland's data protection authority was recently excluded from representation on the new body in charge of AI Act enforcement after it asked to participate as a permanent observer to maintain its indep...
www.mlex.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Poland opted for an integrated supervisory approach to AI governance, setting up a new AI Commission composed of existing regulators. However, this new body raised questions about the involvement of independent authorities, most notably the DPA.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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Marine Le Pen condamnée dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires du FN : ce que la justice lui reproche
Marine Le Pen condamnée dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires du FN : ce que la justice lui reproche
Reconnue coupable de détournement de fonds publics, elle a été condamnée à quatre ans de prison - dont deux ferme - et cinq ans d’inéligibilité. Le tribunal a mis en avant le « rôle central » de l’ex-présidente du RN dans le système mis en place pour détourner l’argent du Parlement européen.
www.lemonde.fr
March 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Marine Le Pen condamnée dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires du FN : ce que la justice lui reproche
UK Police broke into a Quaker Meeting on 27 March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
UK Police broke into a Quaker Meeting on 27 March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation
Parabéns 👏🏽 @yasmincurzi.com @camillegrenier.bsky.social
Parabéns 👏🏽 @yasmincurzi.com @camillegrenier.bsky.social
Very proud of this paper and always a pleasure working with @yasmincurzi.com!
An article I co-authored with @camillegrenier.bsky.social has just been published in @us.theconversation.com. We analyze how U.S. tech companies are using the American legal system to challenge regulation from other countries, signaling a shift from traditional lobbying to transnational lawfare.
March 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation
Parabéns 👏🏽 @yasmincurzi.com @camillegrenier.bsky.social
Parabéns 👏🏽 @yasmincurzi.com @camillegrenier.bsky.social
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The Times: “Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta”. Incredibly proud of my colleague @ravinaikawo.bsky.social at @awo.agency for representing @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social in this landmark case www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
www.thetimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Times: “Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta”. Incredibly proud of my colleague @ravinaikawo.bsky.social at @awo.agency for representing @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social in this landmark case www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
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Bravo à toutes celles et ceux (notamment chez LQDN, chez @signal.org, etc.) et qui se sont mobilisés pour rappeler à la raison tant les Sénateurs que les Députés.
On a réussi à ne pas trop passer pour des cons aux yeux du monde grâce à vos efforts 💪
On a réussi à ne pas trop passer pour des cons aux yeux du monde grâce à vos efforts 💪
L’Assemblée vote pour le maintien de la confidentialité des messageries cryptées, lors d’une nuit agitée
L’Assemblée vote pour le maintien de la confidentialité des messageries cryptées, lors d’une nuit agitée
Malgré une panne du système de vote, les députés ont repoussé la mesure, défendue par Bruno Retailleau, qui aurait permis aux services de renseignement d’accéder aux messageries Signal ou WhatsApp des narcotrafiquants.
www.lemonde.fr
March 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Bravo à toutes celles et ceux (notamment chez LQDN, chez @signal.org, etc.) et qui se sont mobilisés pour rappeler à la raison tant les Sénateurs que les Députés.
On a réussi à ne pas trop passer pour des cons aux yeux du monde grâce à vos efforts 💪
On a réussi à ne pas trop passer pour des cons aux yeux du monde grâce à vos efforts 💪
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Repeal S.230
“They appear to be doing this out of a deep misunderstanding of how the law works combined with an astounding naiveté about how this process will be used by the MAGA faithful.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
“They appear to be doing this out of a deep misunderstanding of how the law works combined with an astounding naiveté about how this process will be used by the MAGA faithful.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics, a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate…
www.techdirt.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Repeal S.230
“They appear to be doing this out of a deep misunderstanding of how the law works combined with an astounding naiveté about how this process will be used by the MAGA faithful.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
“They appear to be doing this out of a deep misunderstanding of how the law works combined with an astounding naiveté about how this process will be used by the MAGA faithful.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...