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Kat Townsend

@diplokat

Listening, learning, & supporting information access for social impact. Director @webfoundation, @Data4Africa, prev @measurementlab @datadotorg, Obama44.

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Update, dear reader, we stopped waiting around for Getaround and went with Budget Car Rental. Had a lovely trip. Now back to your expected content on all things internet and tech policy.

Update, dear reader, we stopped waiting around for <a href="/Getaround/">Getaround</a> and went with <a href="/Budget/">Budget Car Rental</a>. Had a lovely trip. Now back to your expected content on all things internet and tech policy.
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Excited to join and learn from Kenneth Davis on [email protected]'s work on using #opendata to counter on medical #misinformation of #covid19 vaccines fraym.io/case-studies/c… Zoom link at: bit.ly/AODCMonthly

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If you are in NYC tomorrow, 8 March, join an in-person #opendataday2023 training session and #DataVisualization hack for measuring the global internet. Sign up at: eventbrite.com/e/open-data-da…

If you are in NYC tomorrow, 8 March, join an in-person #opendataday2023 training session and #DataVisualization hack for measuring the global internet. Sign up at: eventbrite.com/e/open-data-da…
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Looking forward to this event tomorrow, in person and online to share the latest from Women's Rights Online and World Wide Web Foundation on gaps in data, policies, and tools used to prevent and respond to online gender based violence. Sign up at: bit.ly/policiesdatato… #CSW67 #CSW2023

Looking forward to this event tomorrow, in person and online to share the latest from Women's Rights Online and <a href="/webfoundation/">World Wide Web Foundation</a> on gaps in data, policies, and tools used to prevent and respond to online gender based violence. Sign up at: bit.ly/policiesdatato… #CSW67 #CSW2023
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Excited to be attending the #CSW67 side event on Catalysing Collective Action to End TFGBV with APC UNICEF USA UN Women UNFPA Women of Uganda Network There is so much to learn about TFGBV about data, ethics, accountability, access and generational gaps, push and pull platforms.

Excited to be attending the #CSW67 side event on Catalysing Collective Action to End TFGBV with <a href="/APC_News/">APC</a> <a href="/UNICEFUSA/">UNICEF USA</a> <a href="/UN_Women/">UN Women</a> <a href="/UNFPA/">UNFPA</a> <a href="/wougnet/">Women of Uganda Network</a> There is so much to learn about TFGBV about data, ethics, accountability, access and generational gaps, push and pull platforms.
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I think we can call it shut on 'Open' AI: the 98 page paper introducing GPT-4 proudly declares that they're disclosing *nothing* about the contents of their training set.

I think we can call it shut on 'Open' AI: the 98 page paper introducing GPT-4 proudly declares that they're disclosing *nothing* about the contents of their training set.
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Audience applause for Nighat Dad as she calls for curbing the erosion of civic space and for financial support for civil society especially those from global majority who perform a lot of human rights labor for governments and for tech platforms for free. #SummitForDemocracy

Audience applause for <a href="/nighatdad/">Nighat Dad</a> as she calls for curbing the erosion of civic space and for financial support for civil society especially those from global majority who perform a lot of human rights labor for governments and for tech platforms for free.  #SummitForDemocracy
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#Summit4Democracy: “we can only solve these problems with collaboration and coordination equally across tech industry, government, and civil society” Also #Summit4Democracy: “don’t sit with anyone outside of your sector.”

#Summit4Democracy: “we can only solve these problems with collaboration and coordination equally across tech industry, government, and civil society” Also #Summit4Democracy: “don’t sit with anyone outside of your sector.”
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Environmental activist shot 57 times from protesting $90mm Cop City outside Atlanta, Georgia. No police body can footage to share: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/dekalb-…

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I’m experiencing this first hand, seeing it around and online. #Sudan-ese people are running out of money. In most cases, they can’t access their own money. Banks are closed and mobile banking isn’t working and it’s v. difficult to receive transfers from abroad. +

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Very excited to hear this Dr. Brandusescu! Link to dissertation please? And everyone watch for even more great work from this star!

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We compared hospital markets affected by natural disasters & found that areas with smaller public hospitals were disproportionally affected. Understanding the effects of climate change is important for health justice. Paula Chatterjee Penn LDI NCSP at Penn AcademyHealth 1/2

We compared hospital markets affected by natural disasters &amp; found that areas with smaller public hospitals were disproportionally affected. Understanding the effects of climate change is important for health justice. <a href="/ChatterjeePaula/">Paula Chatterjee</a> <a href="/PennLDI/">Penn LDI</a> <a href="/NCSP_Penn/">NCSP at Penn</a> <a href="/AcademyHealth/">AcademyHealth</a> 1/2
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Thanks Steve Lohr Jessica Rosenworcel for announcement and reporting on returnning #netneutrality nytimes.com/2023/09/26/tec… only the assertion that blocking, throttling and paid prioritization are not a problem is contradicted by good work & research from David Choffnes & Measurement Lab

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Always taught by military that development is what keeps America safe. The last time Trump tried to defund #foreignaid, more than 120 3 and 4* generals signed an open letter calling on Congress preserve foreign aid: tinyurl.com/3rh66ma3 #SaveForeignAid #USAID #StandwithUSAID