DeliaFerreira
@deliaferreira.bsky.social
Argentina. Lawyer. Consultant on Constitutional and Institutional issues, Electoral Systems, Money&Politics, Anticorruption, Democracy, AI, Mis-Disinformation. Former Chair of Transparency International (2017-2023).
On biases and fairness of AI tools👇
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These new AI benchmarks could help make models less biased
They could offer a more nuanced way to measure AI’s bias and its understanding of the world.
www.technologyreview.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On biases and fairness of AI tools👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/11/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/11/1...
Backward move in the fight against global corruption.
The argument seems to be "If we are all corrupt, corruption is not a problem".
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Law Banning Foreign Bribery www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
The argument seems to be "If we are all corrupt, corruption is not a problem".
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Law Banning Foreign Bribery www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Law
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Backward move in the fight against global corruption.
The argument seems to be "If we are all corrupt, corruption is not a problem".
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Law Banning Foreign Bribery www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
The argument seems to be "If we are all corrupt, corruption is not a problem".
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Law Banning Foreign Bribery www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Mis- and disinformation seriously undermine democracy, mislead decision-making, and destroy truth and trust.
Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against U.S.A.I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against U.S.A.I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Mis- and disinformation seriously undermine democracy, mislead decision-making, and destroy truth and trust.
Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against U.S.A.I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against U.S.A.I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
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Meta said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported revenue and profit growth for the fourth quarter.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Meta said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
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in 2017, tech workers who protested Trump could expect their bosses to join in. now the bosses are running a lap between Mar-a-Lago and Joe Rogan's recording studio, and employees are making quieter protests. story with @mikeisaac.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump
As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
in 2017, tech workers who protested Trump could expect their bosses to join in. now the bosses are running a lap between Mar-a-Lago and Joe Rogan's recording studio, and employees are making quieter protests. story with @mikeisaac.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...
Opinion | Trump Takes on Whistle-Blowers
The dismissal of government inspectors general will make it difficult to root out waste and corruption.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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Breaking News: President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 18 recipients, including George Soros, Magic Johnson and Anna Wintour.
Biden Awards 18 Medals of Freedom, and Delivers One Unmistakable Message
With a recipient list stocked with old-guard icons and political backers, the president signaled support for the establishment his successor wants to tear down.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Breaking News: President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 18 recipients, including George Soros, Magic Johnson and Anna Wintour.
La muerte de Jorge Lanata es una pérdida irreparable para la república.
Jorge Lanata murió a los 64 años este lunes 30 de diciembre en el Hospital Italiano, donde había sido internado inicialmente a mediados de junio a causa de un infarto que sufrió mientras ingresaba al sanatorio para un estudio programado.
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
La muerte de Jorge Lanata es una pérdida irreparable para la república.
Money lost to corruption in Latin America and Africa ends in the City of London, the real estate industry in cities like New York, London and Paris, the luxury business in France, and the art market in Geneva.
Corruption is a global problem.
Corruption is a global problem.
Billions that should be funding schools, hospitals and vital infrastructure in Africa end up being hidden abroad. Our findings expose the destinations, tools and assets used to launder and invest dirty money. Check it out! ⬇️
December 28, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Money lost to corruption in Latin America and Africa ends in the City of London, the real estate industry in cities like New York, London and Paris, the luxury business in France, and the art market in Geneva.
Corruption is a global problem.
Corruption is a global problem.
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Corruption researchers, investigative journalists and compliance professionals: you’re going to love this tool!
Introducing "Follow the Money", a tool designed to track connections between businesses, politicians, and influential actors. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gEGu76
Introducing "Follow the Money", a tool designed to track connections between businesses, politicians, and influential actors. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gEGu76
December 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Corruption researchers, investigative journalists and compliance professionals: you’re going to love this tool!
Introducing "Follow the Money", a tool designed to track connections between businesses, politicians, and influential actors. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gEGu76
Introducing "Follow the Money", a tool designed to track connections between businesses, politicians, and influential actors. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gEGu76
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Instead of building schools and hospitals, billions in public funds from Africa vanish into offshore accounts, luxury real estate and shell companies.
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
Dirty money’s hiding spots: How corruption funds disappear overseas -…
How dirty money disappears overseas and corruption-linked African assets are hidden in wealthy nations
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December 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Instead of building schools and hospitals, billions in public funds from Africa vanish into offshore accounts, luxury real estate and shell companies.
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
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📢🚨New GI-ACE blog by Michael Hornsby and David Szakonyi explores how cross-sector collaborations—bringing together journalists, academics, and civil society—can amplify efforts to uncover kleptocracy and money laundering.
🔗Read the blog bit.ly/3BCTE5B
🔗 Explore their research project bit.ly/3P1GfHh
🔗Read the blog bit.ly/3BCTE5B
🔗 Explore their research project bit.ly/3P1GfHh
Academics aren’t usually part of leaked data investigations. That’s starting to change. - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence
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December 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
📢🚨New GI-ACE blog by Michael Hornsby and David Szakonyi explores how cross-sector collaborations—bringing together journalists, academics, and civil society—can amplify efforts to uncover kleptocracy and money laundering.
🔗Read the blog bit.ly/3BCTE5B
🔗 Explore their research project bit.ly/3P1GfHh
🔗Read the blog bit.ly/3BCTE5B
🔗 Explore their research project bit.ly/3P1GfHh
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Corruption in candidate countries threatens those societies and the entire EU.
The EU Commission must take a firm stand against this, while ensuring transparency and consultation. ⬇️
The EU Commission must take a firm stand against this, while ensuring transparency and consultation. ⬇️
EU enlargement must prioritise fighting corruption - News
Corruption in EU candidate countries endangers democracy and the Union's future. Discover how anti-corruption reforms can strengthen Europe's stability.
www.transparency.org
December 17, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Corruption in candidate countries threatens those societies and the entire EU.
The EU Commission must take a firm stand against this, while ensuring transparency and consultation. ⬇️
The EU Commission must take a firm stand against this, while ensuring transparency and consultation. ⬇️
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🆕 In a major #openjustice victory, earlier today @spotlightcorruption.org won the right to publish the transcripts and Court documents from a major corruption trial that highlighted UK government complicity with a foreign bribery scheme.
Open justice: Spotlight wins right to publish documents from major UK corruption trial - Spotlight on Corruption
Today, in an important ruling with wider implications for open justice, Spotlight on Corruption won the right to publish the transcripts and Court documents
www.spotlightcorruption.org
December 17, 2024 at 1:01 PM
🆕 In a major #openjustice victory, earlier today @spotlightcorruption.org won the right to publish the transcripts and Court documents from a major corruption trial that highlighted UK government complicity with a foreign bribery scheme.
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Bright lights floating or flying in the night sky above New Jersey are a combination of airplanes, helicopters, stars and drones being flown legally, four federal agencies said in a statement on Monday. The authorities also say they do not pose a threat. Here’s what we know.
U.S. Officials Say Sightings Are Mix of Planes, Stars and Legal Drones
Reports of flying objects continue to occur throughout the Northeast, but the authorities say they do not pose a threat. Here’s what we know.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Bright lights floating or flying in the night sky above New Jersey are a combination of airplanes, helicopters, stars and drones being flown legally, four federal agencies said in a statement on Monday. The authorities also say they do not pose a threat. Here’s what we know.
Business integrity in real estate: tackling illicit financial flows
To be a gatekeeper or become an enabler, that is the question
www.rics.org/news-insight...
To be a gatekeeper or become an enabler, that is the question
www.rics.org/news-insight...
www.rics.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Business integrity in real estate: tackling illicit financial flows
To be a gatekeeper or become an enabler, that is the question
www.rics.org/news-insight...
To be a gatekeeper or become an enabler, that is the question
www.rics.org/news-insight...
We should not delegate decision-making to algorithms!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate
Despite a stellar reference from a landlord of 17 years, Mary Louis was rejected after being screened by firm SafeRent
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:45 PM
We should not delegate decision-making to algorithms!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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En este resumen de políticas, se analiza cómo definir y capturar información sobre la titularidad y el control de los fondos de inversión, y los beneficios derivados de ellos, organizados como entidades jurídicas y estructuras jurídicas.
www.openownership.org/es/publicaci...
www.openownership.org/es/publicaci...
Definición y recopilación de información sobre beneficiarios finales de fondos de inversión
Este resumen aporta consideraciones para ayudar a los formuladores de políticas y a aquellos que implementan o apoyan las reformas de la BOT a pensar en diversos temas y enfoques para garantizar la tr...
www.openownership.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:49 AM
En este resumen de políticas, se analiza cómo definir y capturar información sobre la titularidad y el control de los fondos de inversión, y los beneficios derivados de ellos, organizados como entidades jurídicas y estructuras jurídicas.
www.openownership.org/es/publicaci...
www.openownership.org/es/publicaci...
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🗣️ "The royal family should heed concerns about their wider sources of funding. Knowing who they get their money from is key to identifying potential conflicts of interest...”
@duncanhames.bsky.social on the need for transparency around royal donations.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
@duncanhames.bsky.social on the need for transparency around royal donations.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Prince Andrew defied order to stop listing China firm at palace
The Duke of York’s Pitch@Palace Global project was paused after his disastrous Newsnight interview, but he retained an interest in its Chinese arm
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:56 AM
🗣️ "The royal family should heed concerns about their wider sources of funding. Knowing who they get their money from is key to identifying potential conflicts of interest...”
@duncanhames.bsky.social on the need for transparency around royal donations.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
@duncanhames.bsky.social on the need for transparency around royal donations.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Inadmisible!!
Es el zorro controlando el gallienro
Es el zorro controlando el gallienro
Andrés Vázquez, designado por Milei en la DGI, el organismo q controla el pago de impuestos, tiene participación en compañías q son propietarias de 3 departamentos en USA que no declaró ante la Oficina Anticorrupción #PandoraPapers @elclip.bsky.social @icij.org
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El nuevo jefe de impuestos de Argentina había comprado inmuebles en Miami que no declaró a la Oficina Anticorrupción - El Clip
Andrés Vázquez, designado por Javier Milei en la Dirección General Impositiva, el organismo que debe controlar el pago de tributos, compró tres departamentos en Miami por US$ 2 millones a través de so...
www.elclip.org
December 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Inadmisible!!
Es el zorro controlando el gallienro
Es el zorro controlando el gallienro
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We have officially arrived in late-stage social media, J Wortham writes. “The services and platforms that delighted us and reshaped our lives when they began appearing a few decades ago have now reached total saturation and maturation.”
Another New Twitter? Good Luck With That.
Users are now flocking to Bluesky. But every social media platform becomes a wasteland in the end.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM
We have officially arrived in late-stage social media, J Wortham writes. “The services and platforms that delighted us and reshaped our lives when they began appearing a few decades ago have now reached total saturation and maturation.”
Integrity in political finance - New @anticorruption.bsky.social's standards.
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Standards for integrity in political finance: A global policy…
The Standards for Integrity in Political Finance provide a blueprint to mitigate corruption and ensure transparency in political funding.
www.transparency.org
December 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Integrity in political finance - New @anticorruption.bsky.social's standards.
www.transparency.org/en/publicati...
www.transparency.org/en/publicati...
On Money & Politics👇
In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/t...
In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/t...
Tech Industry and CEOs Curry Favor With Trump Ahead of His Inauguration
It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
On Money & Politics👇
In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/t...
In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/t...