Anna Bacciarelli
@abacci.bsky.social
Human rights nerd trying to make AI OK. Human Rights Watch Senior AI Researcher + REAL ML Executive Director.
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are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
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January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
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ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Hannah has been a top, top reporter on all things DOGE and the federal government. Hard to see this other than anything but an attempt to chill journalism and the First Amendment protected right to a free press. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Hannah has been a top, top reporter on all things DOGE and the federal government. Hard to see this other than anything but an attempt to chill journalism and the First Amendment protected right to a free press. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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An internet shutdown has plunged Iran into a communications blackout as authorities continue to unleash their deadly repression against protesters.
UN member states should press Iran to stop the bloodshed and pursue accountability.
UN member states should press Iran to stop the bloodshed and pursue accountability.
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
An internet shutdown has plunged Iran into a communications blackout as authorities continue to unleash their deadly repression against protesters.
UN member states should press Iran to stop the bloodshed and pursue accountability.
UN member states should press Iran to stop the bloodshed and pursue accountability.
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ICE Opens Interdimensional Detention Center To Indefinitely Imprison Immigrants Across Infinite Number Of Multiverses https://theonion.com/ice-opens-interdimensional-detention-center-to-indefini-1837476700/
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
ICE Opens Interdimensional Detention Center To Indefinitely Imprison Immigrants Across Infinite Number Of Multiverses https://theonion.com/ice-opens-interdimensional-detention-center-to-indefini-1837476700/
Excessive restrictions on protests by multiple UK governments came in the context of a massive rise in technosolutionist approaches to policing, including biometric surveillance and predictive policing, creating more risk of rights abuses and undermining accountability for harms
The right to protest is under attack in the United Kingdom.
In a new report, HRW documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qerKB0
In a new report, HRW documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qerKB0
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Excessive restrictions on protests by multiple UK governments came in the context of a massive rise in technosolutionist approaches to policing, including biometric surveillance and predictive policing, creating more risk of rights abuses and undermining accountability for harms
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#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
Ending Item Price Tests on Instacart | Instacart
Over the past couple weeks, there’s been a lot written about Instacart and how pricing works on our platform . Some of that coverage raised fair questions. Much of it included misconceptions and misin...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
The UK government’s plans to use AI to guess the age of child refugees is misguided and cruel, and is set to make a broken system even worse www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘I was left homeless after the Home Office claimed I wasn’t a child’
The Home Office has advertised a £1.3m contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong
www.independent.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The UK government’s plans to use AI to guess the age of child refugees is misguided and cruel, and is set to make a broken system even worse www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that proposes to challenge and dismantle a range of “cumbersome” AI laws.
This would promote a future in which many components of society are reliant on AI but with little accountability.
This would promote a future in which many components of society are reliant on AI but with little accountability.
Trump Administration Takes Aim at AI Accountability Laws
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that proposes to challenge and dismantle a range of “cumbersome” artificial intelligence (AI) laws at state and city level in the US and replace th...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that proposes to challenge and dismantle a range of “cumbersome” AI laws.
This would promote a future in which many components of society are reliant on AI but with little accountability.
This would promote a future in which many components of society are reliant on AI but with little accountability.
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➡️ Banning exploitative zero hours contracts
➡️ Sick pay for all from day one
➡️ Expanding paternity, parental & bereavement leave
➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment
➡️ Making flexible working the default
➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws
➡️ Sick pay for all from day one
➡️ Expanding paternity, parental & bereavement leave
➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment
➡️ Making flexible working the default
➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
➡️ Banning exploitative zero hours contracts
➡️ Sick pay for all from day one
➡️ Expanding paternity, parental & bereavement leave
➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment
➡️ Making flexible working the default
➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws
➡️ Sick pay for all from day one
➡️ Expanding paternity, parental & bereavement leave
➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment
➡️ Making flexible working the default
➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws
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🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law.
This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.
This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law.
This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.
This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.
Trump once again puts tech business interests before people’s rights, with plans to spend federal funds on litigating against state and city level AI laws. This could have major consequences for AI accountability and internet connectivity across the US. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Trump Administration Takes Aim at AI Accountability Laws
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that proposes to challenge and dismantle a range of “cumbersome” artificial intelligence (AI) laws at state and city level in the US and replace th...
www.hrw.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump once again puts tech business interests before people’s rights, with plans to spend federal funds on litigating against state and city level AI laws. This could have major consequences for AI accountability and internet connectivity across the US. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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“Road repairs, bridge reconstructions and sewer overhauls are at risk of getting delayed as the data center boom sucks up resources in the construction market.”
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AI Boom Threatens to Suck Resources Away From Road, Bridge Work
The data center construction boom is sucking up resources from other parts of the market. State and local projects may face particular competition for labor.
www.bloomberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Road repairs, bridge reconstructions and sewer overhauls are at risk of getting delayed as the data center boom sucks up resources in the construction market.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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This EO is a win for tech companies and a loss for ordinary people, at a time when AI is increasingly shaping our lives. It seeks to displace state and local laws with a regulatory vacuum, leaving people at risk of serious harm at the hands of unaccountable AI systems. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump signs order blocking states from enforcing own AI rules
California's governor Gavin Newsom issued a strongly-worded statement in response to the executive order.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This EO is a win for tech companies and a loss for ordinary people, at a time when AI is increasingly shaping our lives. It seeks to displace state and local laws with a regulatory vacuum, leaving people at risk of serious harm at the hands of unaccountable AI systems. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google takes a big step closer to acquiring Israeli cloud security company Wiz, after clearing US antitrust review archive.ph/3cNQF
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November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Google takes a big step closer to acquiring Israeli cloud security company Wiz, after clearing US antitrust review archive.ph/3cNQF
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This weekend, governments will head to Hanoi to sign the deeply flawed UN Convention on Cybercrime. @hrw.org and partners issue new recommendations on how governments can prevent and mitigate the human rights risks posed the treaty
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Joint Statement on the Signing of the UN Convention on Cybercrime
We, the undersigned organizations, remain deeply concerned that the UN Convention Against Cybercrime (UNCC) will facilitate human rights abuses across borders.
www.hrw.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This weekend, governments will head to Hanoi to sign the deeply flawed UN Convention on Cybercrime. @hrw.org and partners issue new recommendations on how governments can prevent and mitigate the human rights risks posed the treaty
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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The attack on southern Lebanon in October 2023 killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters.
NGOs welcome Lebanon’s push for justice over Israeli attack on journalists
The attack on southern Lebanon in October 2023 killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The attack on southern Lebanon in October 2023 killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters.
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New calls on Microsoft to suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses & international crimes by the Israeli military & other government bodies
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
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@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses
Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch...
www.hrw.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New calls on Microsoft to suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses & international crimes by the Israeli military & other government bodies
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
Rights groups call on Microsoft to immediately end any involvement with Israel's systemic repression of Palestinians.
@hrw.org, @amnesty.org, @7amleh.bsky.social call for urgent action from Microsoft to avoid contributing to grave violations of international law www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org, @amnesty.org, @7amleh.bsky.social call for urgent action from Microsoft to avoid contributing to grave violations of international law www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses
Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch...
www.hrw.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rights groups call on Microsoft to immediately end any involvement with Israel's systemic repression of Palestinians.
@hrw.org, @amnesty.org, @7amleh.bsky.social call for urgent action from Microsoft to avoid contributing to grave violations of international law www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org, @amnesty.org, @7amleh.bsky.social call for urgent action from Microsoft to avoid contributing to grave violations of international law www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
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#UK's @phsombudsman.bsky.social finds:
1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme
2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal
@hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme
2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal
@hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#UK's @phsombudsman.bsky.social finds:
1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme
2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal
@hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme
2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal
@hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
WTF? Thought it was a @ledbydonkeys.org job at first glance. In central London today.
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
WTF? Thought it was a @ledbydonkeys.org job at first glance. In central London today.
Starmer going all the way by deploying a bot to head up DSIT 🤖
September 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Starmer going all the way by deploying a bot to head up DSIT 🤖
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🌟 Breaking good news! Brazil’s Senate just passed a bill to protect children’s rights online… for the second time. The bill now awaits President Lula’s signature. 🇧🇷
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Brazil One Step Away from Protecting Children Online
Brazil’s Senate has passed a long-awaited bill to protect children’s rights online. The bill now heads for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s signature into law.
www.hrw.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🌟 Breaking good news! Brazil’s Senate just passed a bill to protect children’s rights online… for the second time. The bill now awaits President Lula’s signature. 🇧🇷
(En): www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
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