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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 2d

Last week at @periodismomigra.bsky.social we had a great conversation w @gonzalofanjul.bsky.social @josebautista.bsky.social about development agencies and EU funds in externalization policies.

I wrote about the surveillance component of this EU approach to cooperation
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Outsourcing surveillance: The technological side of border externalisation | Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Thessaloniki Office

One of the latest iterations of the border externalisation strategy includes the export of surveillance technologies and border control infrastructure. These tools – ranging from biometric databases a...

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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 8d

Somalis abroad send hundreds of millions of dollars home each year, more than official aid flows.
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The diaspora lifeline that helps keep Somali families afloat

Somalis abroad send hundreds of millions of dollars home each year, more than official aid flows.

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 9d

A video I recorded w/Women in Identity underlining the dangers of universal #digitalidentity, the significant impact of these rapidly evolving technologies & the (un)intended consequences they will have in challenging people's right to exist & citizenship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBV1...

Talking Legal Identity, Race and Belonging with Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf

YouTube video by Women in Identity

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · 10d

Read this excellent summary of our article on the proposed UK #digitalidentity system.

Thanks Antonella @svaroschi.bsky.social

#Britcard

Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 11d

In July, Keren Weitzberg, @empo11on.bsky.social and @margchee.bsky.social wrote about the digital ID proposal.

The three experts say that the current proposal presents a false choice between digital exclusion and mass surveillance.

A few key points 🧵
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The Britcard – progressive or concerning? | British Politics and Policy at LSE

The Government is considering Labour Together's proposal to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in an effort to tackle irregular migration. There are problems with that.

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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 11d

In July, Keren Weitzberg, @empo11on.bsky.social and @margchee.bsky.social wrote about the digital ID proposal.

The three experts say that the current proposal presents a false choice between digital exclusion and mass surveillance.

A few key points 🧵
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The Britcard – progressive or concerning? | British Politics and Policy at LSE

The Government is considering Labour Together's proposal to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in an effort to tackle irregular migration. There are problems with that.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Keren Weitzberg @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social · 12d

Public criticism of compulsory ID has a long history in the UK, which predates the advent of Twitter/X (in fact, it even predates the Blair-era controversy over biometric ID cards in the early 2000s). Also, criticism of the new scheme is coming from BOTH the right & left of the political spectrum.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13d

Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public.

Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 13d

what a time to be alive

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Aaron Martin @empo11on.bsky.social · 17d

It appears the UK Labor government is moving forward with plans to introduce digital IDs to address complex migration challenges www.ft.com/content/f2b3...

In July, @margchee.bsky.social, @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social and I wrote about the challenges that lie ahead

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Keir Starmer set to unveil digital ID scheme

UK prime minister hoping to avoid his Labour predecessor’s failure to push through plan in the 2000s

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Aug 19

How aid distribution turned lethal - the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation www.economist.com/interactive/...

Satellite images show how receiving aid in Gaza became so deadly

Hundreds of Palestinians have reportedly been killed by Israeli gunfire and in crushes while trying to collect food

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · Aug 19

“Cryptocurrency, once just a niche financial curiosity, is now at the forefront of economic warfare,” argue Adam Zarazinski and Bruno Faviero.

Swap Around and Find Out: The New Rules of International Digital Economic Warfare - War on the Rocks

On Feb. 21, 2025, North Korean state hackers linked to the Lazarus Group pulled off the largest digital theft in history, stealing around $1.5 billion

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Aaron Martin @empo11on.bsky.social · Jul 29

New paper out in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social on #humanitarian #data #sovereignty💥

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My deep gratitude to @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social, @margchee.bsky.social, @emryss.bsky.social, Quito Tsui, Paul Currion, @sophiebt.bsky.social, and @massimomarelli.bsky.social for the inspiration ❤️

Why sovereignty matters for humanitarian data - Aaron Martin, 2025

Technological interventions in aid are both complex and deeply ambiguous. Nonetheless, many contemporary controversies surrounding humanitarian data reflect und...

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jul 24

Data Protection in Humanitarian Action:
Responding to Crises in a Data-Driven World www.routledge.com/Data-Protect...

Data Protection in Humanitarian Action: Responding to Crises in a Data-Driven World

This book is the product of a collaboration between the data protection offices of the ICRC and UNHCR, alongside the Global Privacy Assembly, to reflect on a decade of progress in data protection in h...

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jul 16

New blog based on our research with humanitarians navigating the current funding crisis.

What should the future of humanitarian data management look like?

caribou.global/publications... @emryss.bsky.social

The Reset Imperative: Digital Identity in Humanitarian Response | Caribou

In crisis situations, establishing a person’s identity remains a fundamental challenge. Here's how digital ID systems need to improve in humanitarian response.

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jul 16

New blog with the team @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social @empo11on.bsky.social about the concerns we have about the proposed mandatory UK digital ID system blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp... @lseblogs.bsky.social

The Britcard – progressive or concerning? - British Politics and Policy at LSE

The Government is considering Labour Together's proposal to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in an effort to tackle irregular migration. There are problems with that.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Keren Weitzberg @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our latest on Labour's ill-advised "Britcard" blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp... with @empo11on.bsky.social and @margchee.bsky.social

The Britcard – progressive or concerning? - British Politics and Policy at LSE

The Government is considering Labour Together's proposal to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in an effort to tackle irregular migration. There are problems with that.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jul 10

"digital identity as an object of knowledge is not coterminous with how migrants make and perceive themselves as subjects. This latter is in part shaped by the multiple bordering mechanisms and by violent extractive processes"

Martina Tazzioli @smartitaz.bsky.social · Jul 8

Glad to see the article “Which Data Am I?”. The Making of Migrants' Scattered Subjectivities and the Impossibility of Giving an Account of Oneself" now out in International Migration.
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special issue on The Digitized Migration

“Which Data Am I?”. The Making of Migrants' Scattered Subjectivities and the Impossibility of Giving an Account of Oneself

This paper interrogates the making of digital subjectivities that stem from the multiple data extractions that migrants experience. It argues that the digitalisation of the border regime does not pro...

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jul 8

Digital borders operate within humanitarian spaces, not just at national frontiers.

@kerenweitzberg.bsky.social's new paper: how humanitarian biometric systems don't only track refugees - they actively exclude people from citizenship rights.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Keeping people out of camps: biometric technologies, contested sovereignty, and border practices within humanitarian spaces

Drawing upon fieldwork, interviews and grey literature, this article focuses on the experiences of Kenya's ‘double registered’: citizens registered as refugees. Due to policy decisions dating back ...

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Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social · Jul 8

Very proud to share our project website 'Reimagining Digital Identity systems among Karen refugees in Thailand'. www.redid.net The site is in S'gaw Karen & English - we wanted to foreground the language of our participants as our research is primarily for them, not just English-speaking audiences

Home | REDID Project

Reimagining Digital Identity Practices among Karen refugees in Thailand

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jul 7

'On July 15th the government will launch “digital IDs” for use on the internet, shifting responsibility for online verification from private firms to the government. This is a potentially huge change in the state’s control over data.' www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

China’s giant new gamble with digital IDs

They could change its internet for good and turbocharge AI efforts

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Molly White @molly.wiki · Jun 16

Just updated my diagram of Trump’s crypto entanglements based on his most recent financial disclosures 😵‍💫

Extremely tangled diagram depicting relationships between LLCs, major companies, the Trump family, Bill Zanker and various other individuals, and various crypto projects including the $TRUMP memecoin, NFTs, World Liberty Financial, etc.

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jun 5

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I received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo Rumbelow

The judge wanted us to show remorse, but I can’t apologise for fighting the climate disaster, writes Indigo Rumbelow, co-founder of Just Stop Oil

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Jun 2

When humanitarians adopt low earth orbit connectivity (like Musk's Starlink) for critical activities, what are the risks? www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/06/2...
@empo11on.bsky.social & Quito Tsui

Humanitarian Connectivity in Crisis

Aaron Martin and Quito Tsui on the risks of an unprepared humanitarian sector utilising low earth orbit (LEO) connectivity for critical humanitarian activities.

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · May 30

New ways of funding refugee aid... a financial product where crypto 'staking' rewards are automatically donated to UNHCR www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

Cardano Foundation and Switzerland for UNHCR cooperate in Industry-First ETP That Funds Refugee Support Through Crypto Staking, Geneva, Switzerland

With over 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, the humanitarian system faces unprecedented challenges in funding essential services. In...

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · May 30

Biometric warehousing for migrant children's future crimes www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

www.wired.com

Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · May 30

Biometric aid proposed in Gaza idtechwire.com/palestinians...

Palestinians Reportedly Flock to Gaza Aid Centers Despite Biometric Screening Effort - ID Tech

Aid distribution centers recently established in Gaza have drawn large crowds despite ongoing concerns about planned biometric screening procedures. The centers, operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Human...

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