David Kaye

@davidkaye
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I teach law at the University of California, Irvine. UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression from 2014 to 2020. Chairing board of Global Network Initiative.
you think content moderation is power. how about drone-strike moderation?
why does peter baker get ink in the times? this is such a pathetic framing.
i pity the people who write this claptrap, for the times no less.
NSO gets a little PR boost at the end of this #Pegasus #Mexico story. has the company prevented abuse? well, a senior exec says so! if they're told of abuse, will they shut down access? so they say! then okay! https://nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/americas/mexico-spying-pegasus-israel.html
Mexican Official, Alejandro Encinas, Victim of Pegasus Spyware Attack

While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country’s top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world’s most notorious spyware, The Times found.

The New York Times
ah the antisemites who crawl out from under their rocks, entitled & coddled, in the trump-musk era
it's been nearly five years since i published a report to the UNGA on #AI and human rights. it didn't garner much attention then but now, as it's become the Big Thing, maybe it can have a second life. see it here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/reports/promotion-and-protection-right-freedom-opinion-and-expression-note-secretary. among other conclusions:
Promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression - Note by the Secretary-General

OHCHR
musk is so freaking ignorant. pathetic. he's truly the trump of social media, intimidated by strongmen.
superbloom #LosAngeles
twitter’s problems are product and content moderation. the new boss can’t change the ad revenue without fixing those. good luck with that.
as part of its aggression against #Ukraine, #Russia criminalized criticism of the Russian military ("discrediting"). it's a blatant violation of basic human rights norms which Russia is obligated to uphold. together with @article19 we filed an amicus in favor of Russians challenging the law. https://www.article19.org/resources/russia-repeal-legislation-that-penalises-criticism-of-armed-forces/
Russia: Repeal legislation that penalises criticism of armed forces - ARTICLE 19

ARTICLE 19 and the International Justice Clinic submitted an amicus brief urging the Russian Constitutional Court to stop prohibiting criticism of the armed forces.

ARTICLE 19