Tim Engelhardt
@tengelhr.bsky.social
Mostly on human rights, digital tech. Work at UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR). Posts personal.
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Tim Engelhardt
@tengelhr.bsky.social
· Feb 7
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17138
t.co
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; „… without #encryption tools, lives may be endangered. In the worst cases, a Government’s ability to break into its citizens’ phones may lead to the persecution of individuals who are simply exercising their fundamental human rights.” t.co/AWG89rXGkD
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Lancement au Parlement européen du groupe d'intérêt contre les logiciels espions
Parmi nos objectifs avec mes collègues de plusieurs groupes politiques: obtenir enfin l’application des recommandations de la Commission d'enquête #PEGA, notamment leur stricte régulation
#Pegasus #Paragon
Parmi nos objectifs avec mes collègues de plusieurs groupes politiques: obtenir enfin l’application des recommandations de la Commission d'enquête #PEGA, notamment leur stricte régulation
#Pegasus #Paragon
January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
disinfoinstitute.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
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Data brokers’ millions of dollars in lobbying spending in 2020 rivaled that of some Big Tech firms
The Little-Known Data Broker Industry Is Spending Big Bucks Lobbying Congress – The Markup
Data brokers’ millions of dollars in lobbying spending in 2020 rivaled that of some Big Tech firms
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Data brokers’ millions of dollars in lobbying spending in 2020 rivaled that of some Big Tech firms
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JAMA study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Social Media Use and Well-Being Across Adolescent Development
This cohort study investigates 3-year longitudinal associations between after-school social media use and well-being among Australian students in grades 4 through 12.
jamanetwork.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
JAMA study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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AI in education is not just about toys for teacher workload reduction or student engagement, but a serious techno-financial-political enterprise. And African nations are going to be its new sites for testing in the wild and live evidence making.
January 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AI in education is not just about toys for teacher workload reduction or student engagement, but a serious techno-financial-political enterprise. And African nations are going to be its new sites for testing in the wild and live evidence making.
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Always been pretty sceptical of "AI inevitability" claims in education but jeez the cash being pumped into it by the Gates Foundation and Abu Dhabi sovereign fund to make AI happen in education in sub-Saharan Africa ... investment is how you make AI "inevitable" www.wamda.com/2025/12/adq-...
ADQ, Gates Foundation commit $40 million to scale responsible AI, edtech across Africa
ADQ and the Gates Foundation have announced a four-year, $40m partnership to scale the responsible use of AI and EdTech to improve...
www.wamda.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Always been pretty sceptical of "AI inevitability" claims in education but jeez the cash being pumped into it by the Gates Foundation and Abu Dhabi sovereign fund to make AI happen in education in sub-Saharan Africa ... investment is how you make AI "inevitable" www.wamda.com/2025/12/adq-...
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A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
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A new report by the Center for Tech Responsibility at Brown University and the ACLU uses computational tools to analyze legislative trends on AI across 1,804 state and federal bills, while offering recommendations for how to integrate the technology into policy analysis.
Making Sense of AI Policy Using Computational Tools | TechPolicy.Press
A new report examines how to use computational tools to evaluate policy, with AI policy as a case study.
buff.ly
January 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
A new report by the Center for Tech Responsibility at Brown University and the ACLU uses computational tools to analyze legislative trends on AI across 1,804 state and federal bills, while offering recommendations for how to integrate the technology into policy analysis.
“Once the country adjusted the playing field that had long favored oil and gas, renewables outperformed on every front: halving costs, creating 50,000 jobs, and protecting the economy from price shocks.”
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
“Once the country adjusted the playing field that had long favored oil and gas, renewables outperformed on every front: halving costs, creating 50,000 jobs, and protecting the economy from price shocks.”
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🤡"By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"
"Easterlings" The people from the east. Bad guys.🤷🏿♂️
"Southrons" The people from the South. Also bad guys. Known for their war elephants. Subtle.🤷🏿♂️
"Orcs" Bad guys. Described by Tolkien as, well, just read it.
"Easterlings" The people from the east. Bad guys.🤷🏿♂️
"Southrons" The people from the South. Also bad guys. Known for their war elephants. Subtle.🤷🏿♂️
"Orcs" Bad guys. Described by Tolkien as, well, just read it.
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🤡"By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"
"Easterlings" The people from the east. Bad guys.🤷🏿♂️
"Southrons" The people from the South. Also bad guys. Known for their war elephants. Subtle.🤷🏿♂️
"Orcs" Bad guys. Described by Tolkien as, well, just read it.
"Easterlings" The people from the east. Bad guys.🤷🏿♂️
"Southrons" The people from the South. Also bad guys. Known for their war elephants. Subtle.🤷🏿♂️
"Orcs" Bad guys. Described by Tolkien as, well, just read it.
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Zwei Forschende haben verschiedene Wege genutzt, um an die Daten großer Plattformen zu kommen. In einem Vortrag auf dem #39C3 berichten sie von Hindernissen, aber auch davon, wie wertvoll das Recht auf Datenzugang ist.
netzpolitik.org/2026/datenzu...
netzpolitik.org/2026/datenzu...
Datenzugang für Nutzer:innen und Forschung: „Wir haben das Recht auf unserer Seite“
Zwei Forschende haben verschiedene Wege genutzt, um an die Daten großer Plattformen zu kommen. In einem Vortrag auf dem 39. Chaos Communication Congress berichten sie von Hindernissen, aber auch davon...
netzpolitik.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Zwei Forschende haben verschiedene Wege genutzt, um an die Daten großer Plattformen zu kommen. In einem Vortrag auf dem #39C3 berichten sie von Hindernissen, aber auch davon, wie wertvoll das Recht auf Datenzugang ist.
netzpolitik.org/2026/datenzu...
netzpolitik.org/2026/datenzu...
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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“‘The body cam software and the AI report writing software picked up on the movie that was playing in the background, which happened to be ‘The Princess and the Frog…'”
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
AI-powered software Draft One automatically generates police reports from body camera footage. It thought an officer turned into a frog.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
“‘The body cam software and the AI report writing software picked up on the movie that was playing in the background, which happened to be ‘The Princess and the Frog…'”
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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It happened again!
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It happened again!
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Worth bringing back this briefer on how encryption protects and promotes human rights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Worth bringing back this briefer on how encryption protects and promotes human rights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog - www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... #ukgov is out of its tiny mind #encryption
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog - www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... #ukgov is out of its tiny mind #encryption
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All you need: your computer or smartphone, some free tools, and your child’s internet- or Bluetooth-connected toy
We Tested Kids’ Smart Toys for Privacy. Here’s How You Can, Too – The Markup
All you need: your computer or smartphone, some free tools, and your child’s internet- or Bluetooth-connected toy
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
All you need: your computer or smartphone, some free tools, and your child’s internet- or Bluetooth-connected toy
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Beautiful and so important indeed!
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Beautiful and so important indeed!
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This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
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VPNs starting to enter the regulatory frame: now in Denmark www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/d...
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy • The Register
: Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
www.theregister.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
VPNs starting to enter the regulatory frame: now in Denmark www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/d...
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2025 was the year AI hit hard in education after a long lead in
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
2025 was the year AI hit hard in education after a long lead in
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going