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Asena Soydas
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Project Manager reframe[Tech] @Bertelsmann Stiftung | Politics, Digitalisation & Stuff | Alumna @UniKonstanz & @SciencesPo38 I she/her
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k1k1.bsky.social
The secretariat-general of the EU Commission is being reshuffled - and gets a standalone unit for "tech sovereignty".
Eurative reports: www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
#bigtech #EUCommission #techsovereignty
EXCLUSIVE: European Commission’s most powerful department set for shake-up - Euractiv
Internal documents seen by Euractiv show the secretariat-general, comprised of top EU officials, will be revamped on Friday.
www.euractiv.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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postkulturwissenschaften.de
Heute hörte ich beim aufwachen DLF Nachrichten und hörte “Fordstreik”? Als Historiker dachte ich sofort an die migrantische Selbstorganisation der vor allem türkischen Arbeiter bei Ford 1973.

germanhistory-intersections.org/de/migration...
May 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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cyber-rights.org
Bluesky platform continues to restrict accounts and content from Turkey. So far, we identified 63 accounts which were communicated officially to Bluesky and 19 accounts and 5 content items have been restricted. We are happy to talk about this further @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @bluefacts.app
engelliweb.com EngelliWeb @engelliweb.com · Apr 20
Bluesky censorship update:

• 63 accounts were ordered to be blocked from access by various judgeships.
• 19 out of the 63 accounts were geo-blocked in Turkey by Bluesky PBC.
• 5 posts were geo-blocked in Turkey by Bluesky PBC.

ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/b...
April 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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afelia.bsky.social
Ich war heute im KZ Buchenwald, um zum 80. Tag der Befreiung zu sprechen. Eine schwierige Aufgabe. Hier ist, was ich gesagt habe: marinaweisband.de/rede-zum-80-...
Rede zum 80. Befreiungstag des KZ Buchenwald - Marina Weisband
Rede als Video ansehen Sehr geehrte Menschen,   es war eine sehr schwere Aufgabe, eine Rede für heute zu schreiben. Weil ich keine Überlebende bin. Weil ich eine Nachfahrin der Überlebenden bin. Weil ...
marinaweisband.de
April 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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amadeuantonio.bsky.social
Am 4. April 2006 wurde Mehmet Kubaşık in Dortmund vom NSU ermordet. 19 Jahre später kämpfen seine Familie & die Angehörigen weiterer NSU-Opfer immer noch für Gerechtigkeit. Wir gedenken ihm und fordern: Kein Vergessen, kein Schlussstrich! #KeinVergessen #KeinSchlusstrich 1/10
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
I'm looking for a postdoc to work on justice-oriented audit frameworks. Closing date April 30, 2025. pls share widely
aial.ie AI Accountability Lab @aial.ie · Apr 2
We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on developing a justice-oriented audit framework synthesising computational methods, theories of justice, and existing regulations to premeditatively focus audits towards meaningful accountability. www.adaptcentre.ie/careers/post...
Research project/Challenge The AIAL (AI Accountability Lab) is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on developing a justice-oriented audit framework synthesising computational methods, theories of justice, and existing regulations to premeditatively focus audits towards meaningful accountability. The goal of the framework is to provide audit practitioners with practical tools such as guiding questions and rubrics that shape perspectives towards rigorous justice oriented audits. The position corresponds to work in one or more of the following areas: Accountability Mapping accountability mechanisms and governance structures and their alignments with fundamental rights and freedoms and legal frameworks. Challenging existing accountability mechanisms that do not consider or sufficiently address social inequalities, power and resource asymmetries. Developing new methods for ensuring accountability beyond technical and organisational considerations that provide empirical evidence for holding stakeholders accountable for AI development, provision, and deployments. Auditing Developing audit methodologies for specific stages in the AI lifecycle focused on ensuring justice, accountability, and transparency beyond merely satisfying legal requirements. Development of verifiable, replicable, and reproducible design methodologies and frameworks and using these in the execution of audits. Developing audit tools and frameworks to evaluate AI development and deployments with a specific focus on risk and harm mitigations beyond technical and organisational issues.
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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netzpolitik.org
Der Bundesrat will, dass die Polizei bundesweit Palantir als Software einsetzt. Das Unternehmen gehört dem rechten Milliardär und Strippenzieher Peter Thiel. Diesem Feind der Demokratie Geld und Daten in den Rachen zu werfen, ist unverantwortlich. Ein Kommentar.

netzpolitik.org/2025/palanti...
Palantir: Wer jetzt bei Peter Thiel Software kauft, hat wirklich nichts verstanden
Der Bundesrat will, dass die Polizei bundesweit Palantir als Software einsetzt. Das Unternehmen gehört dem rechten Milliardär und Strippenzieher Peter Thiel. Diesem Feind der Demokratie Geld und Daten...
netzpolitik.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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liselhintz.bsky.social
Opposition contender İmamoğlu arrested.

100s of those protesting this were detained.

Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.

Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
March 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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selimkoru.bsky.social
My take on the events in Turkey: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/turkey-res...
Turkey Resists
By arresting İmamoğlu, Erdoğan banks on public apathy. He's getting the opposite.
kulturkampftr.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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cyber-rights.org
Öğrenci hesaplarından sonra, aralarında KazDağı Doğal ve Kültürel Varlıkları Koruma Derneği, Eşitlik İçin Kadın Platformu, Kadın Savunması ve Feminist Gündem gibi oluşumların hesapları da yer alan 50'den fazla sivil toplum ve kadın dayanışması X hesabı da sansürlendi.
engelliweb.com EngelliWeb @engelliweb.com · Mar 22
19 Mart ve sonrasında yaşananlara dair bilgi paylaşan ve eleştirilerde bulunan X hesaplarına erişim engeli getirilmeye başlandı. Erişime engellenen 26 gençlik örgütününe ek olarak, en az 50 X hesabı daha erişime engellendi. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/s...
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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sinemadar.bsky.social
Reflections on the events of the last two days in Turkey:

1) The arrest of Imamoglu (alongside 105 others) has created a societal backlash across TR, including in Anatolian cities. At the forefront are university students. Not surprising given the ever-disappearing perspective for the future.
Growing Public Discontent in Turkey: A Breaking Point for Autocracy?
While the AKP leadership's narrative of strength and grandeur may resonate with some, it fails to reflect the experiences of a significant portion of the population.
www.iemed.org
March 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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parismarx.com
Elon Musk’s DOGE is tearing through the US government with disastrous consequences.

But beyond its borders, the extreme right is gearing up to push their own DOGE-inspired austerity campaigns in countries around the world.
DOGE is going global. It needs to be stopped.
The extreme right is organizing for a new austerity campaign modeled on Elon Musk’s destructive efforts
www.disconnect.blog
March 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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kattascha.bsky.social
Um es mal ganz klar zu sagen: Wer der Bekämpfung von Desinformation, KI-Fakes sowie Erkennung und Beseitigung von Biases (Verzerrungen) keine Priorität einräumt, sorgt ganz sicher nicht dafür, dass die Menschheit mithilfe von KI „aufblühen“ wird.
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
www.wired.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
📢 KI-Aufsicht in Deutschland: Über die Herausforderungen & Perspektiven haben wir mit Andrea Sanders-Winter, Franziska Weindauer und Miika Blinn diskutiert. Das Wichtigste haben wir für Sie im Nachbericht zusammengefasst: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/transfer/ver...
March 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Good morning #RightsCon. According to a new report launched in Taipei yesterday, 2024 was the worst year for internet shutdowns, with governments imposing at least 296 outages in 54 countries. @ramshajahangir.bsky.social explores key findings from @accessnow.org in @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
Why 2024 Was The Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns | TechPolicy.Press
According to a new report, 2024 was the worst year for internet shutdowns, with governments imposing at least 296 outages in 54 countries.
www.techpolicy.press
February 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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roofjoke.netzpolitik.org
Ich war heute morgen im Studio 9 auf Deutschlandfunk Kultur zu Gast und habe über unser Buch gesprochen. Ab heute ist "Digitaler Kolonialismus: Wie Tech-Konzerne und Großmächte die Welt unter sich aufteilen" offiziell im Handel. #digitalerkolonialismus

www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/digitaler-ko...
Digitaler Kolonialismus - Wie Tech-Konzerne den globalen Süden ausbeuten
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
February 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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aidabaghernejad.bsky.social
Fünf Jahre Hanau. Ich denke an Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar und Kaloyan Velkov. Ich denke an die Überlebenden. Die Angehörigen. Ich denke an den Schmerz, an diese Wunde, die nicht zuwachsen will.
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel.

👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
Bending the arc of AI towards the public interest
By Abeba Birhane, 18/02/2025 Following the first in Bletchley Park in 2023 and the second in Seoul in 2024, the third AI Action Summit took place in February 2025 in Paris. In the context of previous ...
aial.ie
February 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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nathaliesmuha.bsky.social
📢 Applications for the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI are now open.

If you'd like to join, apply by *17 March* the latest!

All application info can be found here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...

Hope to see you in Leuven this summer @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social!
February 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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paulrosenberg.bsky.social
"there actually has been a really important right-wing strain in Silicon Valley for decades at this point. And a lot of what we’re seeing right now is that coming to fruition, really reaching an apex, rather than emerging out of nowhere." -- @beccalew.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
"a ceo billionaire whose propaganda machine is destroying democracy across the globe urges a racist-mysogynist felon of a president elect to stop the EU from protecting fundamental rights"

fixed it!
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jan 11

🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. government under incoming President Donald Trump should intervene to stop the EU from fining American tech companies for breaching antitrust rules and other violations, Meta chief exec Mark Zuckerberg said late Friday.
Full story: trib.al/IWW9g57
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.
trib.al
January 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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mathver.bsky.social
Albania bans TikTok for a year after fatal stabbing of teenager last month www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Albania bans TikTok for a year after fatal stabbing of teenager last month
Prime minister announces move after meeting with parents’ groups and teachers over social media fears
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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vdignum.bsky.social
A starterpack on important, critical voices on #AI #ResponsibleAI #AIgovernance #AIpolicy #AIethics
More suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/ECWQzUA
November 19, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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reframetech.bsky.social
📰 "Aber die Frage, wer in dieser Debatte [über generative KI] am Tisch sitzt, ist essenziell", sagt @soydasena.bsky.social im Gespräch mit @derstandardat.bsky.social 📰
Die Arbeit zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisation & gesetzliche Regulierung ist wichtig, um die negativen Auswirkungen einzudämmen 💪
February 26, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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reframetech.bsky.social
Diskurse in sozialen Medien sind stark von Polarisierung geprägt. Dabei könnten die Debatten mithilfe von sogenannten Bridging-Algorithmen konstruktiver werden. Wie sie genau funktionieren und wo sie bereits zum Einsatz kommen, zeigen wir in einer interaktiven Web-Publikation bridging.reframetech.de
Brücken bauen statt polarisieren • Bertelsmann Stiftung
Klimakrise, Kriege, Pandemien: Die Welt sieht sich mit großen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. In dieser Situation sollte die oberste Priorität eigentlich darin liegen, gemeinsam Lösungen zu entwick...
bridging.reframetech.de
December 4, 2023 at 8:04 AM