Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Noura Aljizawi
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Advocates call on Anand to raise transnational repression concerns with China’s top diplomat during Canadian visit.
Concerns include family members imprisoned without a trial and an RCMP cooperation agreement with Chinese Communist police. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
danah boyd recently argued that social media (as we knew it) is mostly dead; what we have now is parasocial media: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I agree. Networked social media is disappearing, replaced by a new logic/structure of content creator, creator-centered community, & algorithm.
A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. This brings "AI" slop in line with all other products: "AI" is basically the only product where a provider can deliver unchecked garbage and put all liability on the consumer.
Noura Aljizawi
NEW: malware developers added nuclear & biological weapons text to to their spyware.
Goal? To trigger LLM safety refusals... so that their spyware wouldn't be analyzed by an AI security scanner.
Cleanest practical example I can think of for why over-indexing on first order "safety" is risky. 1/
Bruce Schneier (@schneier.com) and I have a new essay in @theconversation.com on the Trump administration's strategy of weaponizing law, technology, & surveillance to chill protest, dissent, & political opposition.
In short, the chilling effects are the point.
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Noura Aljizawi
When practitioners used the term “social media” to describe the internet tools that emerged in the mid-aughts, they were giving a name to the kinds of platforms...
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
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Judy Trinh
“Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris”
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Kudos to @kate-ro.bsky.social @cyn-k.bsky.social @digitalprivacy.ca for their remarkable analysis of Bill C-22. It's essential reading. Please read it and share it widely in your network.
A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
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John Scott-Railton
Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors.
This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government
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The BBC's own reporting includes the fact that hundreds of masked fascists yelled 'foreigners out' and yet the story is about how 'one MP says people targeted based on skin colour.'
It's just that one MP is saying it. It's not that that's literally what happened.
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New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x
This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional...
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Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.
The Far Right riot in Belfast last night was nothing less than “a race-based pogrom”, Belfast MP and leader of the SDLP Claire Hanna said.
The mob hunted down non-whites and set fire to their homes.
Carl Whyte, a local councillor, called it “a hard Far Right element”.
Cynthia Khoo
On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says.
