David Nolan
dmnolan.bsky.social
David Nolan
@dmnolan.bsky.social
Investigative Researcher, Tech and Human Rights, Amnesty Tech

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🚨Today, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @amnesty.org are publishing the 2,700 docs we’ve forced the NYPD to release on their use of facial recognition against New Yorkers🚨

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social

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Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses
Records obtained by Amnesty International and S.T.O.P. reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of rights-violating facial recognit...
www.amnesty.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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FT reveals Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG and suggested the term. Now trying to frantically distance themselves ↘️ on.ft.com/4lJ8FnV
Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
on.ft.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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We’re committed to showing how we work. Our full methodology and the underlying code are available on Github.
How we investigated Amsterdam’s attempt to build a ‘fair’ fraud detection model
Amsterdam spent years trying to build an unbiased welfare fraud algorithm. Here’s what we found when we analyzed it.
www.lighthousereports.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Amnesty's 2025 annual report, The State of the World's Human Rights, highlights how tech has played a key role in governments using repressive tactics to attack human rights and silence critics...🧵
May 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Late post but I'm at #RightsCon2025 in Taipei this week in-person, do reach out if you want to chat all things AI & Human Rights, particularly around public sector use of emerging technologies, would love to chat
February 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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NEW: Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles
The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk's SpaceX.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Damini Satija, Director of Tech and Human Rights at Amnesty is at the Paris #AIActionSummit.

She's sharing three things we're asking decision makers to take heed of on AI harms and regulation 👇
February 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New year's resolution to stop looking at twitter
January 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM