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05Sep/23

Africa Climate Summit: “opportunity” awaits

September 5, 2023EnvironmentAppolinaire Djikeng, Bhutan, Climate change controversies, Dorji Dhradhul, Dubai, Environment, Graaff-Reinet, Kenya, Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi, Mohamed Adow, Mwangi, NAIROBI, New York, Panama, Roli Srivastava, Simon Stiell, Soipan Tuya, South Africa, Suriname, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Climate Change Conference, United States, US Dollar, William Rutoadmin

By Alister Doyle | Climate Correspondent

The Africa Climate Summit (ACS) is hearing a lot about “opportunities” for combating climate change on the continent that has done least to cause warming yet is most vulnerable to its harmful impacts.

The September 4-6 summit in Nairobi is a striking shift for African governments, who have berated rich nations for failing to meet a promise to mobilise $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020. That year, it totalled just $83 billion. Continue reading →

25Jul/23

Women storm climate leadership

July 25, 2023EnvironmentBelgium, Bert Bolin, Brazil, Claudia Ringler, Climate change, Debra Roberts, Hoesung Lee, Indah Lestari, India, Indonesia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC First Assessment Report, IPCC Third Assessment Report, James Skea, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Jim Skea, Kanpur, Michael Taylor, Monaco, Moscow, NAIROBI, Roli Srivastava, Russia, Shivraj Nishad, South Africa, Sweden, Thelma Krug, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, United Nations Environment Programme, Vladimir Putin, Women in climate change, World Meteorological Organizationadmin

By Alister Doyle | Climate Correspondent

July 25, 2023 /Environment/ — Since it was set up in 1988, the U.N.’s prestigious panel of climate scientists has been led by men – a Swede, an Anglo-American, an Indian and a South Korean.

That 35-year all-male run may end this week when governments pick a new chair for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at a meeting in Nairobi from July 25-28. Continue reading →

06Jul/23

World’s oldest profession: still fighting

July 6, 2023SocialAnti-social behaviour order, Claire Finch, Dawson Claire Finch, Decriminalization of sex work, Diana Johnson, English Collective of Prostitutes, Gemma, Human sexuality, Human trafficking, Jack the Ripper, Juno Mac, Lauren Crosby Medlicott, Lenuta Haidemac, London, Migrant sex work, Molly Smith, Niki Adams, Prostitution, Prostitution in the United Kingdom, Prostitution law, Sex and the law, Sex industry, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdomadmin

By Lauren Crosby Medlicott | Freelance Journalist

The policies:

Street Offences Act 1959, Section 1.

The Crime and Disorder Act, 1998.

Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 53.

Modern Slavery Act 2015

The Impact:

Criminalised for kerb crawling and working together, British sex workers feel they are fighting a desperate battle with the law to provide for themselves and their families. Continue reading →

14Mar/23

Climate ‘danger zone’

March 14, 2023EnvironmentArticles, Bangladesh, Brazil, Climate change, Dhamrai, Freddy, Global warming, H&M, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Lula, Malawi, Mosabber Hussain, Mozambique, Natural environment, Nature, Nepal, Physical geography, Saleemul Huq, Saudi Aramco, Senegal, Shefali Akter, Sweden, Tahmid Zami, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanessa Nakate, Vanuatu, Zambeziaadmin

By Megan Rowling | Just Transition Editor

Climate scientists and government officials are gathered in Switzerland this week to agree the final summary for policymakers in the latest blockbuster series of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on global warming and how to keep it in check.

Coming before an important review of global progress on climate goals at the end of this year, it doesn’t take a PhD to work out that the key message will be along the lines of “must do better”.
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03Mar/23

ID of 93 million Nigerians at risk in landmark election

March 3, 2023SecurityAbuja, amnesty international, Automatic identification and data capture, Babajide Briggs, Biometrics, Countries, Elections in Nigeria, Electoral fraud, Facial recognition system, Felix Morka, Ghana, Identity document, International organizations, Kenya, Kolawole Oluwadare, Lagos, Learning, Malawi, Matt Mahmoudi, Nigeria, Rotimi Oyekanmi, Samson Itodo, Sierra Leone, Surveillance, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Video surveillance, Voter registration, YIAGA Africa, Yolaadmin

Facial recognition and fingerprints needed to cast votes
Privacy experts fear mass breach of Nigerians’ identity
Aim is to root out widespread electoral fraud

LAGOS – Africa’s biggest electorate votes on Saturday in a poll that experts fear could unleash a mass breach of privacy as Nigerians relinquish reams of personal data to cast their vote.
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03Mar/23

Snooping on campaigners

March 3, 2023SecurityAdam Smith, Arshak Makichyan, Articles, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Beijing, Bogota, China, Closed-circuit television, Crime prevention, Diana Baptista, Disha Ravi, Facial recognition system, India, Internet privacy, Kim Harrisberg, Learning, María Quiñones Triana, Metaverse, Mexico, Moscow, National security, Peter Rest, Prevention, Rina Chandran, Security, Surveillance, Tanzania, Thomson Reuters Foundation, TikTok, Triana, United States, Video surveillanceadmin

By Kim Harrisberg | South Africa correspondent

From phishing traps to arrests based on their social media posts alone, activists from Russia to Uganda say they’re increasingly being watched for their online campaigning.
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23Feb/23

The EU’s AI Act – Innovations Vs Human Rights

February 23, 2023SecurityAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence in healthcare, Brazil, Cameroon, Cannes, Central African Republic, China, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Emerging technologies, Ethics of artificial intelligence, France, Qian Ji Data Co, Technology, Thomson Reuters Foundation, united nations high commissioner for refugeesadmin

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is everywhere. Thanks to a lack of red tape, it’s transforming our homes, economies and cultures – from ChatGPT and virtual DJs, to facial recognition and predictive policing tools.

However, the rise of AI has also come at a significant cost. As we’ve discussed in recent weeks, AI often undermines our privacy, entrenches societal biases, and creates opaque systems that lack accountability.
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17Feb/23

Kids’ online safety: A fragile balance

February 17, 2023SecurityBill, Child protection, Digital media, Elizabeth, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Airport, Human behavior, Humans, Iceland, Identity management, India, Internet privacy, Joe Biden, London, New Delhi, Parental controls, Privacy, Privacy law, Samuel Woodhams Digital, SNAPCHAT, Social media, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

Last week, Joe Biden sounded the alarm over the lack of child protections online during his State of the Union address. He called for a ban on the collection of kids’ personal data and the prohibition of targeted advertising to children, saying: “We must finally hold social media companies accountable for the experiment they are running on our children for profit.”
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27Jan/23

The spy clause and the end of anonymity

January 27, 2023SecurityAnonymity, Canada, China, Computer networking, Computing, Cryptography, David Kaye, Digital technology, Hamilton, Human rights, Instant messaging, Internet privacy, Iran, Manchester, Mathew Ryder, Phil Bradley-, Rebecca Mackinnon, Russia, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Social networking services, Terms of service, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, Virtual private network, WhatsAppadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

The long, turbulent history of UK’s Online Safety Bill can be traced back to 2017, with the publication of the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. Since then, the proposed legislation has gone through endless revisions, been delayed and, at times, looked like it might be dropped entirely. Continue reading →

19Jan/23

Digital welfare dystopia

January 19, 2023SecurityAtos, Australia, Brisbane, China, Crime prevention, Data mining, Internet privacy, Law enforcement, Lina Dencik, Machine learning, Manchester, Mass surveillance, Melanie Klieve, Melbourne, National security, Netherlands, Philip Alston, Prevention, Profiling, Qian Ji Data Co, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Security, Skills, Surveillance, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdomadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

Algorithms to determine welfare payments and detect fraud are becoming standard practice around the world. From Manchester to Melbourne, peoples’ lives are being shaped by secretive tools that determine who is eligible for what, and how much debt is owed.

Although the technology has been around for some time, the outbreak of COVID-19 renewed enthusiasm for the digital welfare state and, for thousands of cash-strapped public bodies, the promise of increased efficiency and lower costs has proven irresistible.
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