Mark Dummett
@markdummett.bsky.social
Head of business and human rights team @amnesty - currently enjoying a sabbatical. ex HRW, BBC & Reuters. All posts my own.
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Interesting video. A position that is right now a minority in Congress. But seems very plausible that this becomes pretty mainstream for 2026 and 2028 elections
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Interesting video. A position that is right now a minority in Congress. But seems very plausible that this becomes pretty mainstream for 2026 and 2028 elections
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Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Eastern #DRCongo: @hrw.org statement following capture of #Uvira by #Rwanda-backed #M23 👇
@kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: EU should finally put full pressure on #Rwanda, end impunity for crimes & violations of int'l law.
@kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: EU should finally put full pressure on #Rwanda, end impunity for crimes & violations of int'l law.
Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have entered the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Uvira, with reports of artillery fire in towns and villages, civilian casualties, and other abuses.
These reports underscore the urgent need for civilian protection.
These reports underscore the urgent need for civilian protection.
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Eastern #DRCongo: @hrw.org statement following capture of #Uvira by #Rwanda-backed #M23 👇
@kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: EU should finally put full pressure on #Rwanda, end impunity for crimes & violations of int'l law.
@kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: EU should finally put full pressure on #Rwanda, end impunity for crimes & violations of int'l law.
Excellent work
Gianni Infantino accused of breaking Fifa rules with Trump’s peace prize
Gianni Infantino accused of breaking Fifa rules with Trump’s peace prize
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Complaint from FairSquare calls for investigation
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Infantino awarded Trump peace prize at World Cup draw
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaching his organisation’s rules on political neutrality in relation to United States president Donald Trump.
Infantino and Trump have formed a close bond in recent years, with the US one of the co-hosts for next year’s men’s World Cup. Infantino even presented Trump with the inaugural Fifa peace prize at last Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington DC. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Excellent work
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5/5 Families need secure homes, fair wages and services run for people, not profit. Without real change frustration builds and insecure lives give the authoritarian right room to move in. Britain needs renewal built on fairness, security and democratic power.
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
5/5 Families need secure homes, fair wages and services run for people, not profit. Without real change frustration builds and insecure lives give the authoritarian right room to move in. Britain needs renewal built on fairness, security and democratic power.
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4/5 In Norwich problems are stark. 4 in 10 children in poorest wards live in poverty. Rents swallow nearly forty per cent of take‑home pay. 1 in 5 households live in fuel poverty. Local groups warn national promises won'treach families here without affordable housing, insulation and regeneration.
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
4/5 In Norwich problems are stark. 4 in 10 children in poorest wards live in poverty. Rents swallow nearly forty per cent of take‑home pay. 1 in 5 households live in fuel poverty. Local groups warn national promises won'treach families here without affordable housing, insulation and regeneration.
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2/5 New in 2025: scrapping the two‑child limit, a duty to alert when children become homeless, ending B&B use beyond six weeks, and a £950m fund for 5,000 homes. Reaffirmed: free school meals and childcare support.
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
2/5 New in 2025: scrapping the two‑child limit, a duty to alert when children become homeless, ending B&B use beyond six weeks, and a £950m fund for 5,000 homes. Reaffirmed: free school meals and childcare support.
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1/5 Labour’s Child Poverty Strategy marks a step forward. Its aim is to ease the stress and suffering of around 550,000 children and families. This only counts if backed by clear targets and funding.
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
1/5 Labour’s Child Poverty Strategy marks a step forward. Its aim is to ease the stress and suffering of around 550,000 children and families. This only counts if backed by clear targets and funding.
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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By me and @andy-rowell.bsky.social
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
By me and @andy-rowell.bsky.social
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
More shocking evidence of how polluted the Niger delta has become after 60 years of oil production - unbelievable footage of gas bubbling up through the ground. Massive health risk to the people of this community
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrHR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrHR...
ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY: RESIDENTS OF BILLE RAISE ALARM OVER ENDLESS GAS BUBBLING FROM THE GROUND.
YouTube video by NDNTV Nigeria
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
More shocking evidence of how polluted the Niger delta has become after 60 years of oil production - unbelievable footage of gas bubbling up through the ground. Massive health risk to the people of this community
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrHR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrHR...
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Negotiations around a proposal for a new treaty on minerals are tough. A live update from pre-negotiations of the UN Environment Assembly next week in Nairobi:
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
Proposal for global minerals deal meets opposition as China looks away
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia oppose a UN resolution for nations to start discussing options for a global minerals agreement
www.climatechangenews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Negotiations around a proposal for a new treaty on minerals are tough. A live update from pre-negotiations of the UN Environment Assembly next week in Nairobi:
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
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📢 🇸🇪 A new review by the Swedish Burma Committee, Justice For Myanmar and Fair Finance Guide reveals that Sweden’s national pension funds AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4 and AP7 have invested over US$484 million in 12 companies linked to Myanmar’s illegal military junta.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
📢 🇸🇪 A new review by the Swedish Burma Committee, Justice For Myanmar and Fair Finance Guide reveals that Sweden’s national pension funds AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4 and AP7 have invested over US$484 million in 12 companies linked to Myanmar’s illegal military junta.
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1/ Proud to announce the launch of a new @amnesty.org @amnestybhr.bsky.social report, detailing the lessons learned from our corporate crimes project. This works to address business involvement in crimes linked to human rights abuses.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
The Corporate Crimes Handbook - Amnesty International
Following a nearly two-year study, Amnesty International presents the Corporate Crimes Handbook which compiles insights and lessons learned by practitioners, communities, and law enforcement who are s...
www.amnesty.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
1/ Proud to announce the launch of a new @amnesty.org @amnestybhr.bsky.social report, detailing the lessons learned from our corporate crimes project. This works to address business involvement in crimes linked to human rights abuses.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
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EU inaction in DRC kills!
Today activists from LUCHA RDC & @amnesty.org
gathered outside the European Council to demand EU act to end horrific abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Today activists from LUCHA RDC & @amnesty.org
gathered outside the European Council to demand EU act to end horrific abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
EU inaction in DRC kills!
Today activists from LUCHA RDC & @amnesty.org
gathered outside the European Council to demand EU act to end horrific abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Today activists from LUCHA RDC & @amnesty.org
gathered outside the European Council to demand EU act to end horrific abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Not this again. Referring to "blood smartphones", like "blood cobalt" or "blood batteries" does nothing to help the people of the DRC, but instead encourages those bad faith actors who don't want battery tech to succeed so that we keep driving cars fueled by petrol.
worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/...
worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/...
Blood Smartphones? Congolese Mining And The Human Cost Of High Tech
An accident in an illegal mine near Kolwezi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has left at least 70 people dead. It is yet another tragedy in a region where hundreds of thousands of people work wit...
worldcrunch.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Not this again. Referring to "blood smartphones", like "blood cobalt" or "blood batteries" does nothing to help the people of the DRC, but instead encourages those bad faith actors who don't want battery tech to succeed so that we keep driving cars fueled by petrol.
worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/...
worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/...
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Sports clubs are, at the end of the day, answerable to their supporters. Fans of all the other teams helping Rwanda sportswash its reputation should take their cue from the Gunners For Peace. www.instagram.com/p/DRPGbqHjNZw/
Gunners For Peace on Instagram: "This is a Big Club decision. We all know that money talks, but if fans get together and speak louder then they have to listen.
It shows that @arsenal Football Club ...
1,224 likes, 43 comments - gunnersforpeace on November 19, 2025: "This is a Big Club decision. We all know that money talks, but if fans get together and speak louder then they have to listen.
It s...
www.instagram.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Sports clubs are, at the end of the day, answerable to their supporters. Fans of all the other teams helping Rwanda sportswash its reputation should take their cue from the Gunners For Peace. www.instagram.com/p/DRPGbqHjNZw/
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@hrw.org : Israel Emptying Refugee Camps in West Bank a Crime Against Humanity www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity
The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said ...
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
@hrw.org : Israel Emptying Refugee Camps in West Bank a Crime Against Humanity www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Finally!
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Finally!
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How powerful do fossil fuel companies feel right now? Energy Transfer, the company that built Dakota Access Pipeline and recently won a big verdict against Greenpeace, wants a North Dakota court to step in and halt a lawsuit against it in the Netherlands.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
How powerful do fossil fuel companies feel right now? Energy Transfer, the company that built Dakota Access Pipeline and recently won a big verdict against Greenpeace, wants a North Dakota court to step in and halt a lawsuit against it in the Netherlands.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...