
Zach Campbell
@notzachcampbell
senior researcher, tech & human rights @hrw | recovering journalist: bylines @theintercept @guardian @bw @atavist | DMs are open | en/es/cat
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Governments should heed the call of United Nations head António Guterres to negotiate by 2026 a new international treaty “to prohibit weapons systems that function without human control or oversight" hrw.org/news/2024/08/2… #AutonomousWeapons #KillerRobots


‼️Breaking‼️ 1/7 New report from Human Rights Watch finds #Lebanon and #Cyprus pulled back, expelled and forced refugees back to Syria, underwritten by funding from the #EuropeanUnion for so-called "border management" projects. The EU should stop outsourcing abuses. hrw.org/news/2024/09/0…


🚨New: Human Rights Watch found that the Israeli military is using 4 digital tools to inform military actions in ways that could contravene Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law, in particular the rules of distinction and precaution Zach Campbell hrw.org/news/2024/09/1…


Countries seeking to shape international norms on "responsible" military use of AI must consider if the current direction of practice-which is not limited to 1 country-is responsible let alone acceptable - Stop Killer Robots stopkillerrobots.org/wp-content/upl… #REAIM2024 #REAIM #ResponsibleAI


Human Rights Watch researcher Ramzi Kaiss / رمزي قيس says the Israeli pager attack in Lebanon that killed at least 12 and injured thousands more was an "indiscriminate attack" and "unlawful under the laws of war."

Meta’s Oversight Board rules ‘From the River to the Sea’ isn’t hate speech, but the company still has a long way to go to address its broader censorship of protected speech about Palestine on its platforms. Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/09/1…

#Niger The new counterterrorism order allows people to be labeled suspected terrorists on vague criteria, with no credible evidence. Gvt should suspend the database until grounds for inclusion and other provisions meet int'l human rights standards, Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/09/3…

🇺🇸US govt has failed to disclose the nature of the services Paragon will be providing to ICE, what terms govern those services & possible use of spyware, how US government agencies & Paragon would monitor for potential abuse, writes Zach Campbell Human Rights Watch. hrw.org/news/2024/10/1…


Work with me, Deborah Brown and Zach Campbell! Vacancy for a senior tech researcher in our lovely team Human Rights Watch. There's scope to shape the role - expertise in platforms, internet infrastructure, commercial data exploitation especially welcome. Closes 5 Jan. job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswat…

New statement from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Tech on the UK gov reportedly serving an anti encryption order to apple which threatens to harm the human rights of people around the globe hrw.org/news/2025/02/1…