moira (@moira) on T2

@moira2d

Things you can do on the margins of #rightscon

Gabor Cselle

@gabor2d

This banner made me check my bottom-right icon on my phone's homescreen. It's Chrome. Likely not spyware.

@moira3d

👋 from #rightscon Already lots of drama: visa denials, protests and bed bugs!

Limhi Montoya

@limhi3d

Bed bugs?! 😲 *shudders*

@moira3d

Needless to say, I switched hotels

Limhi Montoya

@limhi3d

That happened to me once at a hotel. Not pleasant to say the least. Hopefully you got a refund too.

@sarah3d

Somehow still have fomo.

Rob Hoitt

@robhoitt3d

Bedbugs are a deal breaker for me. I once lived in an apartment and had a neighbor get infested... Which meant everyone else got quickly infested too. I do miss some of the furniture I left behind, but...

@moira1w

Any T2ers going to #rightscon? If so, what's your top "must attend" session?

@moira1w

@sarah drop a few subscriptions on the RightsCon Twitter feed or do a special one (if scaling globally is in the cards right now, that is).

@sarah1w

Glad to do this!

@sarah1w

@shannon @AlexWarofka @rose

Rose Jackson

@rose17h

Whoops. Hi from the last day of rightscon ☠️

@moira1w

There will be people that say #Succession was a bad show, the finale was lacking...I think we all know those are not serious people.

Jay Jurisich

@jay1w

Ha! I thought it was a good show, but the finale was lacking. So at least I'm half-serious. I'll take that.

Edgar Archila

@archila1w

I think the finally was okay, the show is good, but to many seasons in my opinion.

@moira3w

Caught a sneak preview of the new Showtime series Ghosts of Lebanon last night. 👍👍👍

Michael Leggett

@leggett3w

I totally misread this as "Ghosts of LeBron [James]" 😆 I modify how T2 crops images such that I only saw the top of your picture until I clicked.

Gideon

@gideon3w

That’s a totally different show and takes place in Cleveland 😬 😆

@moira2w

🤣🤣🤣

East Europe governments urge tech firms to fight disinformation

This is interesting. These countries see big tech focusing on Europe while their info space is awash in Russian disinformation. reuters.com/technology/east-europe-governments-urge-tech-firms-fight-disinformation-2023-03-29/...

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Ukraine and seven other central and eastern European nations have called on the world's top tech firms to act to fight disinformation on their social media platforms by hostile powers which they say undermine peace and stability.

We are doing some user testing of Board. We have a plan to create some user personas, test bias, language, etc...like candidate information for an election in North Macedonia. What would you test? Hard democracy challenges preferred.

Is this for Bard?

Darn auto correct...yes!

@RobButler

RobButler

@RobButler2mo

My life! Autocorrect is my arch nemesis.

Did I schedule my T2 verification MTG w @sarah so I could have an excuse to see her? Yes, yes I did. So should you!

✔️✔️

jonathanreiber

@jonathanreiber2mo

Totally thought of doing the same, just for fun.

Shannon Raj Singh

@shannon2mo

Sure did @moira!!

FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Prohibit U.S. Government Use of Commercial Spyware that Poses Risks to National Security | The White House

First big news out of the #summitfordemocracy week is the new order on surveillance technology. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/27/fact-sheet-president-biden-signs-executive-order-to-prohibit-u-s-government-use-of-commercial-spyware-that-poses-risks-to-national-security/...

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Presidential Directive Will Serve as a Cornerstone Initiative During the Second Summit for Democracy Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order that prohibits, for the first time, operational use by the United States Government of commercial spyware that poses risks to national security or has been misused by foreign actors to enable human rights abuses…

Launching the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse | GPC | The White House

One to watch on #summitfordemocracy is work I'm especially proud of to end online violence against women. It builds on work I do every day and that @sarah may have had a hand in helping us launch. 😉 Here's the WH from last year. whitehouse.gov/gpc/briefing-room/2022/03/18/launching-the-global-partnership-for-action-on-gender-based-online-harassment-and-abuse/...

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By: Cailin Crockett and Rachel Vogelstein White House Gender Policy Council This week, during the 66th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the Biden-Harris Administration proudly launched the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse (Global Partnership), together with Australia, Denmark, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. …

Here is our work with specific things platforms must do to make online spaces safe for women and marginalized groups to engage in political discourse. ndi.org/publications/interventions-end-online-violence-against-women-politics...