Amnesty International - Tech.
We are a global collective of advocates, campaigners, hackers, researchers & technologists defending our rights in a digital age.
Ahead of Brazil’s presidential election @amnesty submitted @facebook ads, to test @Meta's moderation system but with no intention of publishing them. Over half of the disinformation ads were accepted, while the rest were rejected but not directly for containing disinformation.
Argentina is joining a global wave of techno-authoritarianism.
The authorities must ban the development, production, sale, and use of remote biometric recognition technologies for mass and targeted discriminatory surveillance.
🚨NEW: The expanded use of AI-driven surveillance in Argentina during the first two years of the Javier Milei’s administration reinforces a techno-authoritarian infrastructure of social control.
A US court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for causing harm to children. The verdict is an important step towards a safer social media for children. By ordering changes to platform features, the ruling recognizes harms children experience online.