Roya Pakzad
@royapak.bsky.social
Technology and Human Rights researcher and advocate.
👩🏻💻 Founder of Taraaz: taraazresearch.org
👩🏻💻 Senior Fellow @mozilla.org
✍🏼 writing https://royapakzad.substack.com/
👩🏻💻 Founder of Taraaz: taraazresearch.org
👩🏻💻 Senior Fellow @mozilla.org
✍🏼 writing https://royapakzad.substack.com/
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Roya Pakzad
@royapak.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Just us, or is the future of the internet feeling weirder and more precarious than ever?
The good news? Our 2025 Fellowship cohort is imagining something much better. Dig into their predictions and hopes for the future of tech here mzl.la/3EcV3k6
The good news? Our 2025 Fellowship cohort is imagining something much better. Dig into their predictions and hopes for the future of tech here mzl.la/3EcV3k6
Bold Predictions for the Future of Technology: Insights from Mozilla's 2025 Fellows
Discover groundbreaking predictions from Mozilla's 2025 Fellows about the future of technology. From AI-led security to labor justice and online activism, explore their bold visions and read more abou...
foundation.mozilla.org
Happy to be a part of this cohort!
My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.
My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.
Reposted by Roya Pakzad
ICYMI, highly recommend this human rights impact assessment of @wikimediafoundation.org AI/ML work by @royapak.bsky.social (w/ @farzdusa.bsky.social and david liu)
upload.wikimedia.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ICYMI, highly recommend this human rights impact assessment of @wikimediafoundation.org AI/ML work by @royapak.bsky.social (w/ @farzdusa.bsky.social and david liu)
Reposted by Roya Pakzad
I wrote about her and some of her company’s work in this chapter called “The Baby and the Black Box”: marhicks.com/writing/Hick...
August 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I wrote about her and some of her company’s work in this chapter called “The Baby and the Black Box”: marhicks.com/writing/Hick...
New report: Key Considerations for AI Procurement in the Public Sector
Covers: Third-party dependencies • Large vs small vendors • AI demos/pilots • Master Service agreements • Performance-based contracts • Union engagement • Function creep • Model contracts
taraazresearch.org/ai-procurement
Covers: Third-party dependencies • Large vs small vendors • AI demos/pilots • Master Service agreements • Performance-based contracts • Union engagement • Function creep • Model contracts
taraazresearch.org/ai-procurement
AI Procurement — Taraaz
New Report by Taraaz and CRCR: Key Considerations for Responsible AI Procurement in the Public Sector
taraazresearch.org
August 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
New report: Key Considerations for AI Procurement in the Public Sector
Covers: Third-party dependencies • Large vs small vendors • AI demos/pilots • Master Service agreements • Performance-based contracts • Union engagement • Function creep • Model contracts
taraazresearch.org/ai-procurement
Covers: Third-party dependencies • Large vs small vendors • AI demos/pilots • Master Service agreements • Performance-based contracts • Union engagement • Function creep • Model contracts
taraazresearch.org/ai-procurement
Less frustrated-sounding and more productive version 🙂
royapakzad.substack.com/p/guide-for-...
royapakzad.substack.com/p/guide-for-...
July 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Less frustrated-sounding and more productive version 🙂
royapakzad.substack.com/p/guide-for-...
royapakzad.substack.com/p/guide-for-...
I'm at #TrustCon. Half the sessions are on tech companies' responsibilities on child safety (not Palestinian children though) and the well-being of trust and safety professionals, yet the conference design completely ignores the realities of working parents, especially for mothers. My experience 👇
July 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm at #TrustCon. Half the sessions are on tech companies' responsibilities on child safety (not Palestinian children though) and the well-being of trust and safety professionals, yet the conference design completely ignores the realities of working parents, especially for mothers. My experience 👇
Reposted by Roya Pakzad
Over 18 months, CDT studied content moderation in four low-resource languages—Maghrebi Arabic, Kiswahili, Tamil, and Quechua—across South Asia, North/East Africa, and South America. cdt.org/insights/con...
July 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Over 18 months, CDT studied content moderation in four low-resource languages—Maghrebi Arabic, Kiswahili, Tamil, and Quechua—across South Asia, North/East Africa, and South America. cdt.org/insights/con...
Happy to be a part of this cohort!
My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.
My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.
Just us, or is the future of the internet feeling weirder and more precarious than ever?
The good news? Our 2025 Fellowship cohort is imagining something much better. Dig into their predictions and hopes for the future of tech here mzl.la/3EcV3k6
The good news? Our 2025 Fellowship cohort is imagining something much better. Dig into their predictions and hopes for the future of tech here mzl.la/3EcV3k6
Bold Predictions for the Future of Technology: Insights from Mozilla's 2025 Fellows
Discover groundbreaking predictions from Mozilla's 2025 Fellows about the future of technology. From AI-led security to labor justice and online activism, explore their bold visions and read more abou...
foundation.mozilla.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Happy to be a part of this cohort!
My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.
My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.
Reposted by Roya Pakzad
🚨 Great new project by Algorithm Watch lead by @fabiochiusi.bsky.social pulling together research, policy briefs, and coalition building on #bordertech in the EU - including a great list tracking private companies and research projects!
algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio...
algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio...
Automation on the Move - AlgorithmWatch
Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees, and travelers. Too often, this is done withou...
algorithmwatch.org
November 28, 2024 at 5:10 PM
🚨 Great new project by Algorithm Watch lead by @fabiochiusi.bsky.social pulling together research, policy briefs, and coalition building on #bordertech in the EU - including a great list tracking private companies and research projects!
algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio...
algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio...
My latest newsletter is about parenthood and GenAI. Read about: multilingual inconsistency in LLM generated responses, breastfeeding as a taboo in image generation tools, voice-cloned lullabies, embedded ads in LLM-based parenting advice, and more. open.substack.com/pub/royapakz...
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 PM
My latest newsletter is about parenthood and GenAI. Read about: multilingual inconsistency in LLM generated responses, breastfeeding as a taboo in image generation tools, voice-cloned lullabies, embedded ads in LLM-based parenting advice, and more. open.substack.com/pub/royapakz...
I wrote about red teaming, from its origin in 16th-century Catholic Church to red teaming generative AI systems. Read here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/royapakzad/p/old-advocacy-new-algorithms?r=9cbk0&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
https://open.substack.com/pub/royapakzad/p/old-advocacy-new-algorithms?r=9cbk0&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Old Advocacy, New Algorithms: How 16th century "Devil's Advocates” Shaped AI Red Teaming
The Humane AI newsletter has moved to Substack
open.substack.com
May 16, 2023 at 7:18 PM
I wrote about red teaming, from its origin in 16th-century Catholic Church to red teaming generative AI systems. Read here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/royapakzad/p/old-advocacy-new-algorithms?r=9cbk0&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
https://open.substack.com/pub/royapakzad/p/old-advocacy-new-algorithms?r=9cbk0&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post