Antonella Napolitano
@svaroschi.bsky.social
Working on surveillance technology, migration, welfare.
Collaborating with public interest newsrooms and human rights orgs.
Bridging and connecting.
Previously at Privacy International, Open Migration, TechPresident.
Collaborating with public interest newsrooms and human rights orgs.
Bridging and connecting.
Previously at Privacy International, Open Migration, TechPresident.
I hope the report will provide material for researchers, journalists, communities, advocates all over the globe to look into emerging practices.
Please, be in touch if you want to learn more or work on this:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
Please, be in touch if you want to learn more or work on this:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I hope the report will provide material for researchers, journalists, communities, advocates all over the globe to look into emerging practices.
Please, be in touch if you want to learn more or work on this:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
Please, be in touch if you want to learn more or work on this:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
The report also sets out 10 Guiding Principles to ensure technology reduces, rather than extends, detention. These principles provide a roadmap to move away from surveillance-driven approaches and towards genuine alternatives grounded in freedom, dignity and community integration.
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The report also sets out 10 Guiding Principles to ensure technology reduces, rather than extends, detention. These principles provide a roadmap to move away from surveillance-driven approaches and towards genuine alternatives grounded in freedom, dignity and community integration.
➡️ Technology framed as ATD is too often used for surveillance and enforcement, rather than rights-based support, expanding the detention net.
In the report, we look at
- Surveillance Technologies,
- Digital Reporting Tools, and
- Digital Support Services
In the report, we look at
- Surveillance Technologies,
- Digital Reporting Tools, and
- Digital Support Services
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
➡️ Technology framed as ATD is too often used for surveillance and enforcement, rather than rights-based support, expanding the detention net.
In the report, we look at
- Surveillance Technologies,
- Digital Reporting Tools, and
- Digital Support Services
In the report, we look at
- Surveillance Technologies,
- Digital Reporting Tools, and
- Digital Support Services
NEW: For the last year, I have been closely working with the @idcoalition.bsky.social to research the use of technology in alternatives to detention.
It is now a report, written with the @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and the Refugee Law Lab:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
Patterns in this thread:
It is now a report, written with the @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and the Refugee Law Lab:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
Patterns in this thread:
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
NEW: For the last year, I have been closely working with the @idcoalition.bsky.social to research the use of technology in alternatives to detention.
It is now a report, written with the @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and the Refugee Law Lab:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
Patterns in this thread:
It is now a report, written with the @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and the Refugee Law Lab:
idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...
Patterns in this thread:
The criminalisation of solidarity is an incredible worrying element of the EU's response to migrant smuggling.
We went deep on this issues with @gesanchez.bsky.social , @bramfrouws.bsky.social and @bernd-parusel.bsky.social in this seminar hosted by @sieps.bsky.social
sieps.se/en/seminars/...
We went deep on this issues with @gesanchez.bsky.social , @bramfrouws.bsky.social and @bernd-parusel.bsky.social in this seminar hosted by @sieps.bsky.social
sieps.se/en/seminars/...
July 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The criminalisation of solidarity is an incredible worrying element of the EU's response to migrant smuggling.
We went deep on this issues with @gesanchez.bsky.social , @bramfrouws.bsky.social and @bernd-parusel.bsky.social in this seminar hosted by @sieps.bsky.social
sieps.se/en/seminars/...
We went deep on this issues with @gesanchez.bsky.social , @bramfrouws.bsky.social and @bernd-parusel.bsky.social in this seminar hosted by @sieps.bsky.social
sieps.se/en/seminars/...
And @ethanz.bsky.social on speaking with honesty, AI, authenticity and the issue with the Joe Rogans of the world
June 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And @ethanz.bsky.social on speaking with honesty, AI, authenticity and the issue with the Joe Rogans of the world
Sunday reading of @annpettifor.bsky.social’s article and @samfr.bsky.social’s column (nerdy but on a Greek beach) - the description of Farage’s comeback is spot on
June 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sunday reading of @annpettifor.bsky.social’s article and @samfr.bsky.social’s column (nerdy but on a Greek beach) - the description of Farage’s comeback is spot on
Not even that 😂
April 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Not even that 😂
Important policy analysis on the EU Faciliation proposal for @sieps.bsky.social by @gesanchez.bsky.social, a leading expert on migrant smuggling:
If adopted, she writes, "the new directive would expand the punitive scope of counter-smuggling measures"
sieps.se/globalassets...
🧵 A few key points:
If adopted, she writes, "the new directive would expand the punitive scope of counter-smuggling measures"
sieps.se/globalassets...
🧵 A few key points:
April 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Important policy analysis on the EU Faciliation proposal for @sieps.bsky.social by @gesanchez.bsky.social, a leading expert on migrant smuggling:
If adopted, she writes, "the new directive would expand the punitive scope of counter-smuggling measures"
sieps.se/globalassets...
🧵 A few key points:
If adopted, she writes, "the new directive would expand the punitive scope of counter-smuggling measures"
sieps.se/globalassets...
🧵 A few key points:
Civil society condemns Facilitation Directive’s failure to protect migrants and call for rejection of Europol Regulation.
www.equinox-eu.com/eu-stop-crim...
www.equinox-eu.com/eu-stop-crim...
March 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Civil society condemns Facilitation Directive’s failure to protect migrants and call for rejection of Europol Regulation.
www.equinox-eu.com/eu-stop-crim...
www.equinox-eu.com/eu-stop-crim...
Muy feliz por mi amiga Aurora, ¡cuyo libro saldrá en español el próximo 19 de marzo!
Amigos hispanohablantes, ¡no os lo perdáis!
www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-ape...
Amigos hispanohablantes, ¡no os lo perdáis!
www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-ape...
March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Muy feliz por mi amiga Aurora, ¡cuyo libro saldrá en español el próximo 19 de marzo!
Amigos hispanohablantes, ¡no os lo perdáis!
www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-ape...
Amigos hispanohablantes, ¡no os lo perdáis!
www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-ape...
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social is one of the smartest analysts of technology and foreign policy (and former politician.)
The intro of her “The Tech Coup” is an indictment of liberal actors who thought they could control the security obsession - not realizing they let it erode their supposed values.
The intro of her “The Tech Coup” is an indictment of liberal actors who thought they could control the security obsession - not realizing they let it erode their supposed values.
December 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social is one of the smartest analysts of technology and foreign policy (and former politician.)
The intro of her “The Tech Coup” is an indictment of liberal actors who thought they could control the security obsession - not realizing they let it erode their supposed values.
The intro of her “The Tech Coup” is an indictment of liberal actors who thought they could control the security obsession - not realizing they let it erode their supposed values.
And to quash another stereotype: Sweden's Freedom of the Press Act of 1766 is the oldest in the world.
Read about the Social Insurance Agency's stonewalling *over 3 years* to make hard for media - and citizens! - to scrutinize their work
(well done @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social)
Read about the Social Insurance Agency's stonewalling *over 3 years* to make hard for media - and citizens! - to scrutinize their work
(well done @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social)
November 27, 2024 at 11:37 AM
And to quash another stereotype: Sweden's Freedom of the Press Act of 1766 is the oldest in the world.
Read about the Social Insurance Agency's stonewalling *over 3 years* to make hard for media - and citizens! - to scrutinize their work
(well done @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social)
Read about the Social Insurance Agency's stonewalling *over 3 years* to make hard for media - and citizens! - to scrutinize their work
(well done @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social)
The @journalismfund.bsky.social newsletter has a quote by Helen Darbishire which stopped me in my tracks, and reminded me of how much I learned from her many years ago.
Helen left us too soon. Her legacy lives on at Access Info Europe and in many more places.
www.access-info.org/2024-10-18/h...
Helen left us too soon. Her legacy lives on at Access Info Europe and in many more places.
www.access-info.org/2024-10-18/h...
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 AM
The @journalismfund.bsky.social newsletter has a quote by Helen Darbishire which stopped me in my tracks, and reminded me of how much I learned from her many years ago.
Helen left us too soon. Her legacy lives on at Access Info Europe and in many more places.
www.access-info.org/2024-10-18/h...
Helen left us too soon. Her legacy lives on at Access Info Europe and in many more places.
www.access-info.org/2024-10-18/h...
Surely they meant “don’t do anything like this”, right? Right?
(Oh, conversations with lawyers)
(Oh, conversations with lawyers)
April 9, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Surely they meant “don’t do anything like this”, right? Right?
(Oh, conversations with lawyers)
(Oh, conversations with lawyers)
EuroMed Rights has beautifully summarized the report I wrote for them on how the EU uses surveillance in their border externalisation policies - infographic here: euromedrights.org/wp-content/u...
Full report here: euromedrights.org/wp-content/u...
Full report here: euromedrights.org/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2023 at 12:42 PM
EuroMed Rights has beautifully summarized the report I wrote for them on how the EU uses surveillance in their border externalisation policies - infographic here: euromedrights.org/wp-content/u...
Full report here: euromedrights.org/wp-content/u...
Full report here: euromedrights.org/wp-content/u...
The year of summer.
November 2, 2023 at 11:38 PM
The year of summer.
Today, at the AI + Society Forum in London: The keynote by @abeba.bsky.social focuses on real concerns beyond the hype: spread of misinformation, lack of audit, resource intensive development.
Importantly, people with more resources are able to shape the field.
Importantly, people with more resources are able to shape the field.
October 31, 2023 at 1:20 PM
Today, at the AI + Society Forum in London: The keynote by @abeba.bsky.social focuses on real concerns beyond the hype: spread of misinformation, lack of audit, resource intensive development.
Importantly, people with more resources are able to shape the field.
Importantly, people with more resources are able to shape the field.