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Melanie Green

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Program director at Ouano Foundation. Former podcaster + journalist. Fascinated by all things people, policy and ... the future.

Joined September 2016
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“This worldview reframes social problems in light of for-profit technological solutions. As a result, concerns that belong in the public domain are reimagined as entrepreneurial opportunities in the marketplace.” nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opi…


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NEW: The first part of a @TheSpec investigation into the rise of hate in Ontario. We spent months tracking a Hamilton neo-Nazi group. It is part of a vast "white lives matters" network on Telegram - something the platform is doing nothing to curtail. thespec.com/news/hamilton-…


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Media and policymakers take note: These are the people who have the deep expertise required in this moment, not the "fly-by-night" activists. Pass the mic & lend your ears to the women & non-binary people of the global majority who understand the oppressive applications of tech.

For too long media coverage of tech & AI has been defined by white tech barons and their PR machines. Today I join @safiyanoble @timnitGebru @dalitdiva @nighatdad @arzugeybulla @Nanjala1 @joana_varon & others to call for a more inclusive conversation. freepress.net/sites/default/…



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A primer on the once-fringe worldviews could shape pivotal debates on AI washingtonpost.com/technology/202…


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Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “#AI pause” letter | @timnitGebru @EmilyMBender @McMillan-Majora @mmitchell_ai "Regulatory efforts should focus on transparency, accountability and preventing exploitative labor practices." bit.ly/3nz9J4S


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new from me: RCMP got cell site simulator technology in 2005 but while the devices are still being used in the lower mainland by the force, they still have no finalized policy on their use theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…


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Exorbitant fees for basic services, controlling payment infrastructure, and being totally entwined with the feds... It's time to talk about the Big Five and competition because they're about to get even bigger. With @alexvronces, @colindeacon & @KeldonB canadaland.com/podcast/monopo…


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#Breaking: Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a court of tax evasion charges on Wednesday, a judge said. cbc.ca/1.6716702


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My latest in @ForeignAffairs⁩ "The Autocrat in Your iPhone: How Mercenary Spyware Threatens Democracy" foreignaffairs.com/world/autocrat…


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Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.” #Colbert


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octavia butler said, “what we don’t see, we assume can’t be. what a destructive assumption.”


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“It in many ways lowers the psychological hurdle for enacting that violence when it’s just a button on a remote control.” says EFF's @mguariglia on police attempts to arm robots. theintercept.com/2022/10/17/pol…


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“I’m writing, first and foremost, for my fellow adoptees, to affirm their complex experiences.” “Invisible Boy” follows @HarrisonMooney as the only Black child in a devoutly Christian family who adopted him in 1985. It should be required reading. 📖 thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/0…


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The next day, September 22, we're celebrating @VPL's 18th Writer in Residence @HarrisonMooney! Come join Harrison as he launches his residency with a conversation about his powerful new memoir, Invisible Boy, with Melanie Green (@mdgmedia). vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/631a628…

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Former Twitter security chief files whistleblower complaints apnews.com/article/techno…

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Against the urging of the international community, #Myanmar’s junta says it has executed four pro-democracy activists. They include Phyo Zeya Thaw, a hip hop artist who became an MP, and Ko Jimmy, one of the country’s most beloved veteran activists. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

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How mercenary hackers sway litigation battles reuters.com/investigates/s… via @SpecialReports


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