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US: Spyware Ruling a Welcome Step Towards Accountability for Those Targeted with NSO Spyware

This court order sends a clear signal to the surveillance industry that it cannot continue to enable spyware abuse with…

March 1, 2024

Credit: Eliana Rodgers A migrant is confronted by mass surveillance at a border crossing and is reminded of his uncertain future. Activists work to resist these systems.

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Global: Amnesty International Publishes an Introduction to Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age

Technology developments in asylum and migration management systems becoming key human rights concern; have discriminatory impact on refugees, migrants and…

February 5, 2024

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Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age

Digital technology interventions are increasingly shaping and delivering the migration management and asylum policies of states.

February 5, 2024

Sri Lankan man protests Online Safety Act
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Sri Lanka: Online Safety Act Major Blow to Freedom of Expression

Amnesty International states that the passing of the Online Safety Act is a major blow to human rights in Sri…

January 24, 2024

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Silicon Shadows: Venture Capital, Human Rights, and the Lack of Due Diligence

Leading VC firms are largely failing in their responsibility to address risks and actual harms, including by conducting human rights…

January 8, 2024

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Venture Capital Firms Funding Generative Artificial Intelligence Ignoring Duty to Protect Human Rights

Surveys with the ten largest venture capital funds and two largest start-up accelerators investing in Generative AI companies revealed hardly…

December 13, 2023

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Digitally Divided: Technology, Inequality, and Human Rights

This Amnesty International report examines how new technologies are increasingly central to how people access work and essential services around…

October 3, 2023

A CORUÑA GALICIA, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 05: A person observes one of the works at the opening of the international exhibition 'Al: More than human', at the headquarters of Afundacion Obra Social de ABANCA, on September 5, 2022, in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. (Photo By M. Dylan/Europa Press via Getty Images)

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Global: Emerging Technology and AI Are Driving the Crisis of Widening Inequality Around the World

Many uses of emerging technology, including AI, are directly contributing to widening social, racial, and economic inequality around the world,…

October 2, 2023

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Mandatory Use of CBP One Mobile Application Violates Right to Seek Asylum

The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of entering the United States to seek…

May 9, 2023

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Israel/Opt: Israeli Authorities Are Using Facial Recognition Technology To Entrench Apartheid

The Israeli authorities are using an experimental facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh…

May 1, 2023

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Leading US University Endowments Fail to Ensure Their Billions Aren’t Funding Human Rights Abuses

Today Amnesty International USA released its first Limited Partner Scorecard, grading 10 of the largest university investment offices in the…

April 26, 2023

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Release Russian Journalists Detained Over Critical Coverage of Ukraine Invasion

Responding to the news that Russian authorities have detained an editor-in-chief and a founder of local newspaper from the Russian…

April 14, 2022