M. Alessandro 🇨🇦
@manfrommolise.bsky.social
💼 Foreign policy and digital.
Cyclist. Armchair urbanist. NCR.
Cyclist. Armchair urbanist. NCR.
May 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The more I work in digital policy the more I feel drawn, in other areas of life, to the analogue, the antiquated, the dogmatically unplugged version of moving through the wrold. (As I write this on a social media platform!)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Art of Taking It Slow
Contemporary cycling is all about spandex and personal bests. The bicycle designer Grant Petersen has amassed an ardent following by urging people to get comfortable bikes, and go easy.
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May 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The more I work in digital policy the more I feel drawn, in other areas of life, to the analogue, the antiquated, the dogmatically unplugged version of moving through the wrold. (As I write this on a social media platform!)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Truly thoughtful and essential analysis of the AI field from @randomwalker.bsky.social @sayash.bsky.social. States what many felt, but haven't articulated. Pairs well with Shazeda Ahmed's "epistemic culture of AI safety" and others' work on risk and anti-trust.
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AI as Normal Technology
knightcolumbia.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Truly thoughtful and essential analysis of the AI field from @randomwalker.bsky.social @sayash.bsky.social. States what many felt, but haven't articulated. Pairs well with Shazeda Ahmed's "epistemic culture of AI safety" and others' work on risk and anti-trust.
knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
The erasure of labour, of toiling data labelling, of dehumanizing content moderation, of supply chains that start with brutal extractive industries and conflict minerals — these are the people who quite literally built the “modern world” and keep it running.
2025 will go down as the year when all the subtext became text
February 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The erasure of labour, of toiling data labelling, of dehumanizing content moderation, of supply chains that start with brutal extractive industries and conflict minerals — these are the people who quite literally built the “modern world” and keep it running.
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Canadian officials are currently providing a background briefing on Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, and on Ottawa's response to them.
Officials say there was a strategic selection of what things to tariff, with an eye to create a bit of shock on the American side.
Officials say there was a strategic selection of what things to tariff, with an eye to create a bit of shock on the American side.
February 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Canadian officials are currently providing a background briefing on Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, and on Ottawa's response to them.
Officials say there was a strategic selection of what things to tariff, with an eye to create a bit of shock on the American side.
Officials say there was a strategic selection of what things to tariff, with an eye to create a bit of shock on the American side.
freedomonlinecoalition.com/foc-issues-j...
Timely statement given the trends we see in international tech governance..
Timely statement given the trends we see in international tech governance..
FOC Issues Joint Statement on the Future of the Multistakeholder Approach at the United Nations - Freedom Online Coalition
Today, the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) has issued a Joint Statement on the Future of the Multistakeholder Approach at the United Nations. The drafting of the statement was spearheaded by […]
freedomonlinecoalition.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:06 PM
freedomonlinecoalition.com/foc-issues-j...
Timely statement given the trends we see in international tech governance..
Timely statement given the trends we see in international tech governance..
www.techpolicy.press/openais-sora...
As always, keen observations from Sam Gregory at WITNESS, including a critically underreported point about global inequities in the access to tools to uphold information integrity, especially in fragile media ecosystems.
As always, keen observations from Sam Gregory at WITNESS, including a critically underreported point about global inequities in the access to tools to uphold information integrity, especially in fragile media ecosystems.
OpenAI's Sora Is Here. There Is Still Time To Prepare For The Threat Such Technologies Pose | TechPolicy.Press
WITNESS executive director Sam Gregory says there are fundamental gaps in access to detection tools that disadvantage journalists and civil society.
www.techpolicy.press
December 13, 2024 at 12:56 AM
www.techpolicy.press/openais-sora...
As always, keen observations from Sam Gregory at WITNESS, including a critically underreported point about global inequities in the access to tools to uphold information integrity, especially in fragile media ecosystems.
As always, keen observations from Sam Gregory at WITNESS, including a critically underreported point about global inequities in the access to tools to uphold information integrity, especially in fragile media ecosystems.
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🧵 Disinformation is different from lying: The "Santa Claus" test.
As the image below shows, it is common to think that disinformation is more or less equivalent to lying. While the intention is welcome, this belief is incorrect and unhelpful.
Credit: @brentlee.bsky.social
As the image below shows, it is common to think that disinformation is more or less equivalent to lying. While the intention is welcome, this belief is incorrect and unhelpful.
Credit: @brentlee.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 AM
🧵 Disinformation is different from lying: The "Santa Claus" test.
As the image below shows, it is common to think that disinformation is more or less equivalent to lying. While the intention is welcome, this belief is incorrect and unhelpful.
Credit: @brentlee.bsky.social
As the image below shows, it is common to think that disinformation is more or less equivalent to lying. While the intention is welcome, this belief is incorrect and unhelpful.
Credit: @brentlee.bsky.social
The banality of automated decision-making.
As "AI" has become synonymous with generative systems, the policy focus has shifted away from the inumerable, mostly inscrutable, ways ML and other automated systems affect lives - from surveillance to access to essential services.
As "AI" has become synonymous with generative systems, the policy focus has shifted away from the inumerable, mostly inscrutable, ways ML and other automated systems affect lives - from surveillance to access to essential services.
December 3, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The banality of automated decision-making.
As "AI" has become synonymous with generative systems, the policy focus has shifted away from the inumerable, mostly inscrutable, ways ML and other automated systems affect lives - from surveillance to access to essential services.
As "AI" has become synonymous with generative systems, the policy focus has shifted away from the inumerable, mostly inscrutable, ways ML and other automated systems affect lives - from surveillance to access to essential services.
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Digital transnational repression (DTR) is increasingly becoming the cornerstone of ‘everyday’ transnational repression, posing a significant threat to the rights and freedoms of dissidents and activists living in exile.
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Digital Transnational Repression Explained
YouTube video by The Citizen Lab
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November 29, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Digital transnational repression (DTR) is increasingly becoming the cornerstone of ‘everyday’ transnational repression, posing a significant threat to the rights and freedoms of dissidents and activists living in exile.
youtu.be/FkPCec7jG5I
youtu.be/FkPCec7jG5I
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📢 New Report: No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression.
We examine how gender shapes digital transnational repression—where governments target, suppress, and surveil activists across borders using digital tools
📖 citizenlab.ca/2024/12/the-...
📢 New Report: No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression.
We examine how gender shapes digital transnational repression—where governments target, suppress, and surveil activists across borders using digital tools
📖 citizenlab.ca/2024/12/the-...
December 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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📢 New Report: No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression.
We examine how gender shapes digital transnational repression—where governments target, suppress, and surveil activists across borders using digital tools
📖 citizenlab.ca/2024/12/the-...
📢 New Report: No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression.
We examine how gender shapes digital transnational repression—where governments target, suppress, and surveil activists across borders using digital tools
📖 citizenlab.ca/2024/12/the-...
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“Critical Mass” is back in Toronto because of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s vindictive and dangerous war on safe bike infrastructure and successful city-building. This was last night. #CriticalMass #Toronto #BikeLanes
November 30, 2024 at 5:50 PM
“Critical Mass” is back in Toronto because of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s vindictive and dangerous war on safe bike infrastructure and successful city-building. This was last night. #CriticalMass #Toronto #BikeLanes