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- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor#FilistinİçinTeknoloji serimizin bu bölümünde "Migration and Technology Monitor" (@migrationtechmonitor.com) kolektifinin Filistinli araştırmacı ve dijital haklar savunucusu Mona Shtaya (@monashtaya.bsky.social) ile yaptığı söyleşiyi çevirdik: bianet.org/haber/filist...
- 📢 We are thrilled to welcome our THIRD cohort of fellows! Joining us are: 🔵 Sophia Amimo, Kenya 🔴 Aqila Abdelkarim, Somaliland 🟡 Abid, Kashmir 🟢 Issa Amro, Palestine 🟠 Nuria Arias and Ever Martinez, detained in the United States ➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/2025fellows What will they work on?
- Sophia Amimo is the founder of Domestic Workers Returnees of Kenya, an organization assisting migrant workers facing exploitation in the Middle East. Sophia will engage in storytelling, investigative reporting, and outreach to expose the hidden technological barriers they encounter. dwrok.org
- Aqila Abdelkarim is a medical and mental health professional with a vision to enhance access to mental health services across East Africa. Her project seeks to find technical solutions for gaps in mental health care, support people-on-the-move, and challenge stigma around mental wellness.
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View full threadTogether, over the course of this year our new colleagues will interrogate technology, surveillance, and migration. Follow their work and stay tuned for updates about their projects! www.migrationtechmonitor.com/2025fellows Sign up for our newsletter: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter
- Israel is using state-of-the-art technology against Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also against residents in the West Bank. 2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation ➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorThanks @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity to reflect on social media surveillance and migration under the Trump Administration, referencing great work by @nanjala.bsky.social and @danmcquillan.bsky.social, and reporting by @aclu.org and @404media.co, among others
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorAI use is rapidly growing in DHS for social media surveillance, visa revocations, and deportations—an alarming trend evident even before Trump’s second term, warns Paromita Shah, co-founder and executive director of Just Futures Law.
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorWhile marginalized communities are the most affected, not even the powerful are immune - like ex-CISA director Chris Krebs. www.forbes.com/sites/tonybr... - Tony Bradley @forbes.com Silence from the cybersecurity community - only a few spoke out, like @k8em0.bsky.social @lutasecurity.bsky.social
- #CrossCommunityJournalism is a collaboration between the MTM, @fromsea2city.bsky.social and @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social. A Greek and a Lebanese reporter, both based in #Thessaloniki, will join forces to make #localreporting on #migration more equitable. #BuildingBridges #Humanrights
- Automated self-deportation: #CBPhome is part of #Trump's immigration reforms. The app invites people to initiate their own deportation process, @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social reports. Earlier this year, Trump took down #CBPOne, the only way for #asylumseekers to get an appointment at the border.
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorAnother avoidable tragedy in the central Mediterranean: 6 dead, 40 missing after shipwreck near Lampedusa. Survivors reported that some of the missing had fallen off the boat in rough seas. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor🚨 New Report: The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions finds @citizenlab.ca Read the report here: citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor"We want to keep as much out of the landfill as possible.We even found a home for jalapeños this year.We found out that pigs really like jalapeños"🌶️ Amazing Interview with Yoli Soto, Founder of Borderlands Produce Rescue - @mdelbosque.bsky.social @theborderchronicle.bsky.social tinyurl.com/7vj745xz
- “Nothing about us without us”: People on the move interrogate border tech with the Migration and Technology Monitor. #MTM's @petramolnar.com writes for #OpenGlobalRights about gaining new perspectives through participation. #HumanRights #TechMigration www.openglobalrights.org/people-on-mo...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorBig thanks to Aman Sethi @opendemocracy.net for this conversation about border tech and dystopia, but also strategies of care and solidarity! Open Democracy is a great venue to share your work, like my chapter excerpt from The Walls Have Eyes earlier this year: www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine...
- From Palestine to Kashmir to Xinjiang, technology is used to oppress and occupy. Want to learn more? Read our latest newsletter and sign up for MTM updates. #bordertech #humanrights To sign up: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter Latest Newsletter: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/campaigns/vi...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorFor #WorldBookDay, here is a roundup of some of my recent favourite books. What are you reading right now? My top 10: 1. Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times by @joyfulcarla.bsky.social and Nick Montgomery www.akpress.org/joyful-milit...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor🚨Don’t miss this excellent piece by the amazing journalist @waelqarssifi.bsky.social, our @migrationtechmonitor.com 2023 Fellow reflecting on the importance of data protection in post-Assad Syria (Available in English and Arabic) www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/cujot17...
- Reposted by Migration and Technology MonitorThe fall of Assad’s terror regime in Syria created a very complex and developing situation. Amid this reality, data safety does not seem like a priority. In this @migrationtechmonitor.com piece I explain why the issue should not be ignored. www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/cujot17...
- #DataSecurity does not come to mind as a priority in post-Assad #Syria. But effective protection of citizens’ data goes hand in hand with fundamental rights. #MTM ’s @waelqarssifi.bsky.social explains why Syrians should worry. www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/cujot17... #dataprotection
- Learn about the work of Judith Cabrera, one of our 2024 Fellows! Judith codirects the Border Line Crisis Center in Tijuana and was interviewed by @mdelbosque.bsky.social with @theborderchronicle.bsky.social. www.theborderchronicle.com/p/i-try-to-f...
- Have you watched @aljazeera.com's FREE documentary by journalist Antony Loewenstein called The Palestine Laboratory? It features our very own 2024 Fellow @monashtaya.bsky.social and MTM's @petramolnar.com as well as friends like @memomiller.bsky.social @theborderchronicle.bsky.social!
- 🚨Don't miss Antony Loewenstein's groundbreaking documentary The Palestine Laboratory, investigating how Israel tests out technology on Palestinians and exports it around the world. Free to watch on Youtube with @aljazeera.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtxs... 🧵
- Last week, we hosted @elladodd.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social for our monthly MTM webinars! Don't miss their report with @borderviolence.bsky.social on Greece's high-tech refugee camp on Samos island, monitored by EU-funded CCTV cameras & fingerprint collection: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
- MTM director Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com with Just Security @justsecurity.org shares some of the border technologies under the second Trump administration. #humanrights #asylumseekers #bordertechBorder Technologies Under Trump 2.0 www.justsecurity.org/105662/borde...
- The Just Security Podcast: How Border Technologies Impact Migration www.justsecurity.org/106020/podca... #humanrights #bordercrossing #asylumseekers #bordertech #usmexicoborder
- Judith Cabrera borderlinecrisis.org/home, Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com, Paras Shah @pshah518 on X, and Clara Apt @claraapt25 on X discuss how border technologies impact migration in light of US President Trump's second term. #humanrights #bordercrossing #asylumseekers #bordertech #usmexicoborder
- Want to keep up with the Migration and Technology Monitor? Need information on what the Trump presidency plans to do with #bordertech? Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter #dataandprivacyday #peopleonthemove #humanrights #bordertech
- And check out our latest issue here: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/campaigns/vi... #dataandprivacyday #peopleonthemove #humanrights #bordertech
- (Edit: The corrected link to the emergency app is www.azfamily.com/2025/01/23/m... . As we are still unsure of the parameters of the app and possible privacy and safety repercussions, please use at your own risk.) #dataandprivacyday #peopleonthemove #humanrights #bordertech
- MTM 2023 Fellow @vmreports.bsky.social writes about the demise of the CBP One applications and the impacts on border communities in the age of Trump 2.0: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/the-sud... #humanrights #bordercrossing #asylumseekers #bordertech #usmexicoborder
- www.azfamily.com/2025/01/23/m... Written by Alexandra Rangel with @azfamily.com, some good news in the app space on the border of Mexico and the US.
- Thank you to everyone who shared and applied to MTM's 2025 Fellowship! A little update: we are in awe of the amount of over 500 applications, the diversity of applicants and the projects. We are going through everyone's submissions and we hope to be in contact in February 2025. #humanrights
- gr.boell.org/en/media/aud... Migration and Technology: Listen to this podcast published by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Thessaloniki. #TechAndMigration #SurveillanceTech #PylosShipwreck #HumanRights.
- It was recorded on the sidelines of the Shipwrecked Conference in Thessaloniki (June 2025), commemorating the deadly shipwreck off the coast of #Greece, where hundreds of asylum seekers drowned. You want to know how technology was involved in this? #TechAndMigration #SurveillanceTech #PylosShipwreck
- Listen to our very own Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com and Wael Qarssifi @waelqarssifi.bsky.social sharing their views on the use of technology in migration .... #TechAndMigration #SurveillanceTech #PylosShipwreck #HumanRights.
- and discuss with Greek investigative journalist Giorgos Christides and Drew Mitnick, program director of digital policy at Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Washington D.C. #TechAndMigration #SurveillanceTech #PylosShipwreck #HumanRights.
- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor🚨The amazing @theborderchronicle.bsky.social 🦂 is on here! Some of the most in-depth, carefully written, community grounded journalism out there! Follow the work of @memomiller.bsky.social and @mdelbosque.bsky.social www.theborderchronicle.com (Still need a gift? Consider a gift subscription!)
- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor🎧 Gewalttätiger Einsatz von KI zur Grenzkontrolle Ausgrenzende & gewalttätige Grenzpolitiken werden durch KI forciert u. ohne Regulierung global vorangetrieben. 🎤 @petramolnar.com, @migrationtechmonitor.com/@refugeelawlab.bsky.social @realcatbrooks.bsky.social via @philmandelbaum.bsky.social 1/2
- Reposted by Migration and Technology Monitor🎧 Der gewalttätige Einsatz von #KI zur #Grenzüberwachung 📻 bei KPFA auch direkt zum reinhören oder ⏬mp3-download. @petramolnar.com @migrationtechmonitor.com @refugeelawlab.bsky.social #BorderTech #BorderViolence #BorderSurveillance 2/2 👇
- Rajendra Paudel is a returnee migrant worker from Saudi Arabia and UAE, having lived there for over 8 years. Currently in Nepal, he works to provide aspiring and current migrant workers with information and training on personal finance, career development, and business planning and development.
- His reach on Social Media is incredible. 436.000 people subscribed to his youtube channel (www.youtube.com/@rp.srijan) alone, where he posts content tailor-made for the necessities of migrant workers. Rajendra's work shows how important information is, especially for vulnerable people.
- A whole industry has developed, exploiting the despair of workers, who are forced to find jobs abroad. Fake visas, high fees, and slave-like conditions in the host countries lead people into a vicious cycle of dependency and perpetuated poverty. #HumanRightsDay
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View full threadDo you want to stay informed regarding the work of the MTM? Subscribe to our newsletter www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter, dedicated specifically to technology and migration/occupation. #HumanRightsDay
- Nery Santaella is a Venezuelan refugee and the Director of Voices Of Venezuela (voicesofvenezuela.com). #HumanRightsDay
- Her initiative has allowed Venezuelan refugees to access services, programs, and protection mechanisms in their host communities through innovative uses of communication technologies such as a ChatBot at the local level. #HumanRightsDay
- She was a fellow of the first cohort (2022/23) and has amazed us with her expertise regarding situations on the ground in Colombia and Venezuela, as well as technical knowledge regarding chat bots, data sets and programming. #HumanRightsDay
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View full threadDo you want to stay informed regarding the work of the MTM? Subscribe to our newsletter www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter, dedicated specifically to technology and migration/occupation. #DigitalPeace #DigitalRight #AccessToInformation #TechForJustice #FightMisinformation #HumanRightsDay
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- Mariana Rangel and Judith Cabrera work with the Borderline Crisis Center. borderlinecrisis.org/home #MujeresMigrantes #MigracionDigna #HumanRightsDay
- They are an organization that strives to offer comprehensive care networks to the migrant community, whether they are in transit, refugees, deportees or asylum seekers, always taking as a starting point their needs, regional resources, and the sociopolitical conditions in which they find themselves
- Working and living in #Tijuana, they witness the hardship of people on the move every day. In order for asylum seekers to even get an appointment at a border crossing point from #Mexico to the #US, they need to download the #CBPOne app. #MujeresMigrantes #MigracionDigna #HumanRightsDay
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View full threadThe MTM is grateful to have them as fellows in our 2024/25 cohort. Do you want to stay informed regarding the work of the MTM? Subscribe to our newsletter www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter, dedicated specifically to technology and migration/occupation. #HumanRightsDay
- Today we are happy and proud to introduce to you Gamil. Gamil is a #digitalSecurity specialist, marketer, and content creator. #HumanRightsDay #DigitalPeace #DigitalRight
- His work has earned him journalism fellowships from both #Internews and the Samir Kassir Foundation (www.samirkassirfoundation.org/en/Home-Page), highlighting his commitment to impactful storytelling and advocacy in the realm of religious freedoms. #HumanRightsDay #DigitalPeace #DigitalRight
- Gamil is from #Sudan and fled the brutal war in his country. As a refugee in Egypt, his aim is to strengthen digital security for vulnerable groups. Life for people on the move is hard enough, but for vulnerable groups it’s even harder – also online.#HumanRightsDay #DigitalPeace #DigitalRight
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View full threadDo you want to stay informed regarding the work of the MTM? Subscribe to our newsletter www.migrationtechmonitor.com/newsletter, dedicated specifically to technology and migration/occupation. #HumanRightsDay
