Shannon Raj Singh
@shannonrsingh.bsky.social
Independent expert on tech & mass violence.
Athena Tech & Atrocities Advisory / Former Human Rights Counsel @ Twitter
Athena Tech & Atrocities Advisory / Former Human Rights Counsel @ Twitter
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📣 It’s out! I’m thrilled to announce the publication of Leveraging Social Media for Genocide & Mass Atrocity Prevention, a report I authored with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. @ushmm.bsky.social
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Commented on this @nbcnews story on the chaos of the recent X location product rollout. As tempting as it is to dunk on the "United States" accounts posting from unexpected places, I would caution folks not to jump to conclusions. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
X’s new location labels unmask users. Insiders say the idea was rejected for years.
A new feature meant to boost transparency on Elon Musk’s platform relies on data that researchers say can be inaccurate or easily spoofed.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Commented on this @nbcnews story on the chaos of the recent X location product rollout. As tempting as it is to dunk on the "United States" accounts posting from unexpected places, I would caution folks not to jump to conclusions. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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🗓️ Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00 CET
📍 World Forum, The Hague
Attending next week's ICC Assembly of States Parties session?
Join us for a civil society workshop that will explore the crimes against humanity treaty effort and gender justice.
Register: bit.ly/cahtreatyatASP
🕙 10:00 CET
📍 World Forum, The Hague
Attending next week's ICC Assembly of States Parties session?
Join us for a civil society workshop that will explore the crimes against humanity treaty effort and gender justice.
Register: bit.ly/cahtreatyatASP
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🗓️ Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00 CET
📍 World Forum, The Hague
Attending next week's ICC Assembly of States Parties session?
Join us for a civil society workshop that will explore the crimes against humanity treaty effort and gender justice.
Register: bit.ly/cahtreatyatASP
🕙 10:00 CET
📍 World Forum, The Hague
Attending next week's ICC Assembly of States Parties session?
Join us for a civil society workshop that will explore the crimes against humanity treaty effort and gender justice.
Register: bit.ly/cahtreatyatASP
"Hathaway said the protection of civilians under international humanitarian law was being 'eroded to the point of threatening to lose all meaning'" and calls for a coalition of states to stop the international legal order falling apart. Worth a read:
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Hathaway said the protection of civilians under international humanitarian law was being 'eroded to the point of threatening to lose all meaning'" and calls for a coalition of states to stop the international legal order falling apart. Worth a read:
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How should platforms moderate content in armed conflict? Our latest decisions show Meta’s rules can create imbalances in the information people see from warring sides. The Board overturns Meta's removal of two posts.
www.oversightboard.com/news/add-too...
www.oversightboard.com/news/add-too...
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
How should platforms moderate content in armed conflict? Our latest decisions show Meta’s rules can create imbalances in the information people see from warring sides. The Board overturns Meta's removal of two posts.
www.oversightboard.com/news/add-too...
www.oversightboard.com/news/add-too...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's UNGA threat to use both loudspeaker operations and forced cellphone messaging to reach Palestinians in Gaza presents novel risks and profound dangers, Shannon Raj Singh and others write.
Netanyahu's UNGA Speech Escalated Digital Warfare in Gaza | TechPolicy.Press
Israel's threats to use loudspeaker operations and forced cellphone messaging in Gaza should spark concern, Shannon Raj Singh and others write.
www.techpolicy.press
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's UNGA threat to use both loudspeaker operations and forced cellphone messaging to reach Palestinians in Gaza presents novel risks and profound dangers, Shannon Raj Singh and others write.
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Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.
Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.
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Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
www.thedissident.news
July 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
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Over the last few months, we've seen the rise of a new tool for misinformation: AI-generated satellite imagery.
This one, for instance, claims to show damaged Russian aircraft after Ukrainian drone attacks.
But it's AI-generated, as evidenced by physical anomalies and asymmetrical features.
This one, for instance, claims to show damaged Russian aircraft after Ukrainian drone attacks.
But it's AI-generated, as evidenced by physical anomalies and asymmetrical features.
June 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Over the last few months, we've seen the rise of a new tool for misinformation: AI-generated satellite imagery.
This one, for instance, claims to show damaged Russian aircraft after Ukrainian drone attacks.
But it's AI-generated, as evidenced by physical anomalies and asymmetrical features.
This one, for instance, claims to show damaged Russian aircraft after Ukrainian drone attacks.
But it's AI-generated, as evidenced by physical anomalies and asymmetrical features.
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Here's a useful term to capture today’s global atmosphere: hypernormalization, a Soviet-era concept that describes a reality where everything feels broken yet oddly normal. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Here's a useful term to capture today’s global atmosphere: hypernormalization, a Soviet-era concept that describes a reality where everything feels broken yet oddly normal. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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Total we launch 2 additional reports from the Iran Digital Archive Coalition that underscore the int'l crimes we've been documenting through open source investigations + the importance of the #IranFFMI's continuing work #HRCLab humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inv...
April 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Total we launch 2 additional reports from the Iran Digital Archive Coalition that underscore the int'l crimes we've been documenting through open source investigations + the importance of the #IranFFMI's continuing work #HRCLab humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inv...
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🇲🇩 AI bots, fake local engagement & synchronized posting? A new investigation from @victoriaolari.bsky.social exposes a #Telegram network manipulating #Moldova's political discourse. Likely Russian in origin, it uses automation & “soft engagement” to build influence
bit.ly/4inUpiR
bit.ly/4inUpiR
Telegram network seeks to manipulate Moldova’s local political discourse
Network of automated Telegram channels using coordinated disinformation tactics appears to be Russian in origin
bit.ly
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🇲🇩 AI bots, fake local engagement & synchronized posting? A new investigation from @victoriaolari.bsky.social exposes a #Telegram network manipulating #Moldova's political discourse. Likely Russian in origin, it uses automation & “soft engagement” to build influence
bit.ly/4inUpiR
bit.ly/4inUpiR
I'm here in Taipei for RightsCon this week - it's hard to imagine a more urgent time for conversations around tech and human rights.
I'll be speaking in the following sessions, hosted by @article19law.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, & @accessnow.org
Join us & say hello! #RightsCon25
I'll be speaking in the following sessions, hosted by @article19law.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, & @accessnow.org
Join us & say hello! #RightsCon25
February 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I'm here in Taipei for RightsCon this week - it's hard to imagine a more urgent time for conversations around tech and human rights.
I'll be speaking in the following sessions, hosted by @article19law.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, & @accessnow.org
Join us & say hello! #RightsCon25
I'll be speaking in the following sessions, hosted by @article19law.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, & @accessnow.org
Join us & say hello! #RightsCon25
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Important new report from HRC research fellow @shannonrsingh.bsky.social on "how tools deployed or developed by social media companies might reduce the risk of mass violence and contribute constructively to atrocity prevention efforts"
📣 It’s out! I’m thrilled to announce the publication of Leveraging Social Media for Genocide & Mass Atrocity Prevention, a report I authored with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. @ushmm.bsky.social
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...
December 12, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Important new report from HRC research fellow @shannonrsingh.bsky.social on "how tools deployed or developed by social media companies might reduce the risk of mass violence and contribute constructively to atrocity prevention efforts"
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Thanks to @justsecurity.org and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict for including this piece in their excellent symposium, "Thinking Beyond Risks: Tech and Atrocity Prevention." When attempting to leverage tech for accountability, the focus is too often on new and shiny tools.
#OpenSource digital investigations uncover valuable evidence that justice systems need to prosecute #atrocities.
UN info management officer Keith Hiatt @lawrightstech.bsky.social on what #tech can – and can't – do to aid #accountability.
#AtrocityPrevention
www.justsecurity.org/105215/tech-...
UN info management officer Keith Hiatt @lawrightstech.bsky.social on what #tech can – and can't – do to aid #accountability.
#AtrocityPrevention
www.justsecurity.org/105215/tech-...
Making Tech Work for Global Criminal Justice
Digital evidence of crimes from open-source investigations can be linked with UN systems to support accountability and atrocity prevention.
www.justsecurity.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Thanks to @justsecurity.org and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict for including this piece in their excellent symposium, "Thinking Beyond Risks: Tech and Atrocity Prevention." When attempting to leverage tech for accountability, the focus is too often on new and shiny tools.
📣 It’s out! I’m thrilled to announce the publication of Leveraging Social Media for Genocide & Mass Atrocity Prevention, a report I authored with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. @ushmm.bsky.social
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...
December 5, 2024 at 5:59 PM
📣 It’s out! I’m thrilled to announce the publication of Leveraging Social Media for Genocide & Mass Atrocity Prevention, a report I authored with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. @ushmm.bsky.social
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...
vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedi...
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New report detailing Russia's systematic program of coerced adoption and fostering of Ukraine's children. This is likely to lead to new war crimes & crimes against humanity charges against Putin, Lvova-Belova & others. Madeline Babin, Isabel Gensler & I explain:
www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...
www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...
New Report Documents Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children
Researchers identified 314 individual Ukrainian children that Russian officials transferred from Ukraine to Russia for coerced adoption.
www.justsecurity.org
December 3, 2024 at 12:45 PM
New report detailing Russia's systematic program of coerced adoption and fostering of Ukraine's children. This is likely to lead to new war crimes & crimes against humanity charges against Putin, Lvova-Belova & others. Madeline Babin, Isabel Gensler & I explain:
www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...
www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...
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📕 Interesting and useful guide from the @icrc1.bsky.social regarding Private Businesses and Armed Conflict, covering the applicability of international humanitarian law to companies present in conflicts or operating around them, and the ensuing legal consequences.
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November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
📕 Interesting and useful guide from the @icrc1.bsky.social regarding Private Businesses and Armed Conflict, covering the applicability of international humanitarian law to companies present in conflicts or operating around them, and the ensuing legal consequences.
shop.icrc.org/private-busi...
shop.icrc.org/private-busi...
A bright spot in an otherwise dark time for international law: the Sixth Committee adopts resolution moving the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity to negotiations. Thanks so much @akilarad.bsky.social @leilasadat1.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social for your tireless advocacy! ⚖️
Today, the UNGA 6th Committee has an opportunity to take a step to close a 75 year old legal gap by moving the draft crimes against humanity treaty to negotiations. This is a crucial opportunity to advance global justice, including for gender-based crimes. #CaHTreatyNow
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
A bright spot in an otherwise dark time for international law: the Sixth Committee adopts resolution moving the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity to negotiations. Thanks so much @akilarad.bsky.social @leilasadat1.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social for your tireless advocacy! ⚖️
In my latest with @justsecurity.org, I explore the potential of social media to contribute to atrocity prevention, drawing on my new report with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (out soon!)
Thanks for including me in this fascinating symposium on #tech & #atrocityprevention!
Thanks for including me in this fascinating symposium on #tech & #atrocityprevention!
Digital spaces provide a wealth of opportunities to help prevent #atrocities.
@shannonrsingh.bsky.social encourages policymakers to understand the tools and how to use them for good.
Next in our #tech and #AtrocityPrevention symposium:
#SocialMedia
www.justsecurity.org/104948/socia...
@shannonrsingh.bsky.social encourages policymakers to understand the tools and how to use them for good.
Next in our #tech and #AtrocityPrevention symposium:
#SocialMedia
www.justsecurity.org/104948/socia...
How Social Media Interventions Can Aid Atrocity Prevention
Bridging responsible social media with the expertise of those well-versed in the dynamics of mass violence can greatly bolster interventions.
www.justsecurity.org
November 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM
In my latest with @justsecurity.org, I explore the potential of social media to contribute to atrocity prevention, drawing on my new report with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (out soon!)
Thanks for including me in this fascinating symposium on #tech & #atrocityprevention!
Thanks for including me in this fascinating symposium on #tech & #atrocityprevention!
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Afghan & Iranian women have used the term "gender apartheid" for years to describe the systematic gender segregation & subjugation they live under.
A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.
Full campaign timeline👇🏼
A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.
Full campaign timeline👇🏼
November 19, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Afghan & Iranian women have used the term "gender apartheid" for years to describe the systematic gender segregation & subjugation they live under.
A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.
Full campaign timeline👇🏼
A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.
Full campaign timeline👇🏼
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Starter pack for those working on misinfo, disinfo, information integrity, digital authoritarianism, propaganda etc. Definitely a work in progress, reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/V4Po9wB
November 15, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Starter pack for those working on misinfo, disinfo, information integrity, digital authoritarianism, propaganda etc. Definitely a work in progress, reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/V4Po9wB
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I updated this list. In case useful. It doesn’t include everyone I follow. Or who I reskeet (is that a thing now?) And sure I’ve missed loads. But reflects how happy I am that lots of you are here. So much easier. go.bsky.app/8W7MRZb
November 17, 2024 at 8:31 AM
I updated this list. In case useful. It doesn’t include everyone I follow. Or who I reskeet (is that a thing now?) And sure I’ve missed loads. But reflects how happy I am that lots of you are here. So much easier. go.bsky.app/8W7MRZb
📣 If you’re looking to rebuild your digital community of those working in (or adjacent to!) international criminal law, check out this helpful starter pack by @santiagovargasn.bsky.social:
At @mhproulx.bsky.social's request: voici the official @bsky.app ICL (adjacent) starter pack. Become one of us 🧟♂️🧟♀️
go.bsky.app/CNaLAwU
go.bsky.app/CNaLAwU
November 14, 2024 at 11:42 PM
📣 If you’re looking to rebuild your digital community of those working in (or adjacent to!) international criminal law, check out this helpful starter pack by @santiagovargasn.bsky.social:
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November 12, 2024 at 4:23 PM