Julia-Silvana Hofstetter
@jshofstetter.bsky.social
Technology & Human Rights Fellow @harvardkennedy.bsky.social | Senior Advisor @ict4peace.bsky.social | Non-Res. Fellow, AI Security Initiative @berkeleyischool.bsky.social | Studying gender, cybersecurity, and digital peacebuilding
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The UN Cybercrime Convention’s flaws are hard to fix, as it lacks a way to suspend states that systematically violate human rights or the rule of law, notes Deborah Brown. Still, rights-respecting states that ratify can take steps to limit its harmful effects.
Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention | TechPolicy.Press
Rights-respecting states supporting the treaty despite flaws can hit the brakes before it goes completely off the rails, writes Deborah Brown.
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The UN Cybercrime Convention’s flaws are hard to fix, as it lacks a way to suspend states that systematically violate human rights or the rule of law, notes Deborah Brown. Still, rights-respecting states that ratify can take steps to limit its harmful effects.
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When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Ad history gone? 🤯
Disturbing report: Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search - for countless elections across 27 countries - gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
Disturbing report: Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search - for countless elections across 27 countries - gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
Google just erased 7 years of our political history
Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for coun...
www.thebriefing.ie
September 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ad history gone? 🤯
Disturbing report: Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search - for countless elections across 27 countries - gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
Disturbing report: Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search - for countless elections across 27 countries - gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
Wow. Meanwhile, at Harvard: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... (not a university-sanctioned event, though)
Far-Right Thinker Curtis Yarvin Argues for Remaking of Harvard at Faculty Club Debate | News | The Harvard Crimson
The far-right thinker Curtis Yarvin joined University Professor Danielle Allen for a debate Monday evening, where Yarvin in turn derided Harvard as “an essentially oligarchic institution” and suggeste...
www.thecrimson.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Wow. Meanwhile, at Harvard: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... (not a university-sanctioned event, though)
The new alliance of tech oligarchs and conservative political forces is waging an epistemic war on feminist knowledge and women’s visibility in the public memory.
Read my blog post for the @harvard.edu Carr Center here:
#InternationalWomensDay
Read my blog post for the @harvard.edu Carr Center here:
#InternationalWomensDay
Invisible Women 2.0: Threats to Women’s Epistemic Rights in the Digital Age
The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to e...
www.hks.harvard.edu
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The new alliance of tech oligarchs and conservative political forces is waging an epistemic war on feminist knowledge and women’s visibility in the public memory.
Read my blog post for the @harvard.edu Carr Center here:
#InternationalWomensDay
Read my blog post for the @harvard.edu Carr Center here:
#InternationalWomensDay
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Neben Microtargeting haben viele Parteien auch KI-generierte Posts im digitalen Wahlkampf verwendet. Mit dem CampAIgn-Tracker könnt ihr alle erkannten KI-generierten Posts sehen.
https://zdfmagaz.in/campaigntracker
#Grauburgunderbereich
https://zdfmagaz.in/campaigntracker
#Grauburgunderbereich
February 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Neben Microtargeting haben viele Parteien auch KI-generierte Posts im digitalen Wahlkampf verwendet. Mit dem CampAIgn-Tracker könnt ihr alle erkannten KI-generierten Posts sehen.
https://zdfmagaz.in/campaigntracker
#Grauburgunderbereich
https://zdfmagaz.in/campaigntracker
#Grauburgunderbereich
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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More risks of tech platform obedience / subservience to Trump:
Platforms collect huge volumes of highly-revealing PII on users that security agencies will want access to
In past, some legally resisted. Forget that now.
Who's most at risk? Migrants, refugees, investigative journalists...
Platforms collect huge volumes of highly-revealing PII on users that security agencies will want access to
In past, some legally resisted. Forget that now.
Who's most at risk? Migrants, refugees, investigative journalists...
January 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More risks of tech platform obedience / subservience to Trump:
Platforms collect huge volumes of highly-revealing PII on users that security agencies will want access to
In past, some legally resisted. Forget that now.
Who's most at risk? Migrants, refugees, investigative journalists...
Platforms collect huge volumes of highly-revealing PII on users that security agencies will want access to
In past, some legally resisted. Forget that now.
Who's most at risk? Migrants, refugees, investigative journalists...
Das Statusupdate des #Informationszeitalters: Die Party ist vorbei. Zwischen sich radikalisierenden #Techbros und #Überwachungsstaaten bildet die Hackerszene einen Gegenpol.
Um herauszufinden, ob uns die Nerds wirklich retten werden, war ich in #LasVegas am grössten #Hackertreffen der Welt.
Um herauszufinden, ob uns die Nerds wirklich retten werden, war ich in #LasVegas am grössten #Hackertreffen der Welt.
December 14, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Das Statusupdate des #Informationszeitalters: Die Party ist vorbei. Zwischen sich radikalisierenden #Techbros und #Überwachungsstaaten bildet die Hackerszene einen Gegenpol.
Um herauszufinden, ob uns die Nerds wirklich retten werden, war ich in #LasVegas am grössten #Hackertreffen der Welt.
Um herauszufinden, ob uns die Nerds wirklich retten werden, war ich in #LasVegas am grössten #Hackertreffen der Welt.