Outstanding observation by Melb Law School researcher Lina Przhedetsky about AI technology: the people who stand to lose the most from AI are also those who stand to benefit the most from it.

In case this sounds like a deepity, consider the case study we heard about yesterday — the Brazilian AI chatbot that informs people in poverty about their right to welfare and public services.

To the extent that it works, it can help people transform their lives. Bosa programs have lifted 30m Brazilians out of poverty. But if it gets things wrong, it's a slightly different version of Robodebt, potentially creating debts to repay or even criminal liability for fraudulent claims. #Progress2026

Paul Ferris describes coposting all GetUp's Insta content on the account Hayden Gets Political and says 'Hayden is basically our in-house influencer...'

I cannot begin to count the ways in which that's an insanely bad outreach strategy. If Hayden ever cracks the shits with GetUp, they are in a position to fundamentally disavow all their previous messaging. #Progress2026

Siobhan from Uplift in Ireland says e-mail is not dead! The challenge is breaking through the noise of the world, the media etc, via trusted direct relationships. Increasingly fractured news environment makes 'signal' particularly valuable amidst conflicting 'noise.' (SNR is the communication metaphor that just won't die. It is so, so misleading in its implications.)

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Martins created an AI chatbot on Insta (300K) and WhatsApp (30K/mo contacts) that helps very poor Brazilian welfare recipients to understand their rights to demand support and address disputes.

My question is what happens to considerations like accuracy of information and cultural safety when you're a small NFP trying to oversee 30K chats per month.

#Progress2026

Ricardo Borges Martins from Brazil says digital campaigning is no longer an event but a state of permanent war. (!)

We can no longer use websites to deliver content and let people act on calls to action — we now have to do both on the social media platform itself.

#Progress2026