Hannah Storey
@Hannah_e_Storey
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Advocacy & Policy Advisor, Big Tech accountability @amnesty Views my own (she/her) Follow the work of my team @AmnestyTech
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Australia has introduced a social media ban for children & young people under the age of 16. A growing number of countries are also considering similar bans. But will that make the online world safe for young people? Hereâs a view from a young South African digital activist.
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đ¨ A new @Amnesty report shows how Kenyan authorities used digital violence to suppress Gen Z-led protests against corruption & the introduction of new tax legislation between June 2024 & July 2025. https://t.co/q2SVzqAU2V
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Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated campaign to to suppress Gen Z-led protests.
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đ¨NEWS: @EU_Commission's so-called âdigital omnibusâ proposals will tear apart accountability on digital rights. It will lead to a weakening of peopleâs rights and expose them to digital oppression. https://t.co/AcZ5gy6sU9
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Responding to the European Commissionâs so-called âdigital omnibusâ proposals, which will dismantle the blocâs protections against digital threats, Damini Satija, Programme Director at Amnesty...
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Four young digital rights activists from Ireland, Argentina & France are delivering a global @amnesty petition with 170, 260 signatures at TikTok's Dublin office, urging the platform to do more to protect children & young people from harmful content. https://t.co/VsrshUvFjV
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More than 170,000 people back global petition calling on TikTok to fix its toxic and addictive design harming children and young people.
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The Kenyan government must stop tech-facilitated violence, troll campaigns & smear narratives that vilify critics as âpaid activistsâ or âforeign agentsâ & instead investigate enforced disappearances, unlawful killings &Â surveillance of Gen Z protesters. https://t.co/e1UEwgIT2f
amnestykenya.org
Digital spaces should empower young people, not endanger them.
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A new @LHreports investigation shows how First Wap, a surveillance company registered in Indonesia, has allegedly been covertly selling its products to state & private actors by exploiting gaps in export control regulations in the surveillance industry. https://t.co/AeewdPuxxM
lighthousereports.com
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
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Five Big Tech companies basically control the internet! We need to rein them in if we really want an online world that respects our rights Hear more in our video explainer below!
Five big technology companies wield enormous control over our online lives. They have become so embedded in our daily lives that meaningful participation in society depends on using their services. @Amnesty's @Hannah_e_Storey explains how their power threatens our rights.
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Very proud to been a part of this launch today!
đ¨ Today we have launched the âBreaking up with Big Techâ briefing which calls on governments to rein in the power of big technology companies in order to protect human rights. https://t.co/sFnzgifyMU
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Amnesty's 2025 annual report, The State of the World's Human Rights, highlights how tech has played a key role in governments using repressive tactics to attack human rights and silence critics...đ§ľ
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On 26 February @Amnesty will run an online session at #RightsCon on #hatespeech and @Metaâs role in conflicts. @M_Sawyed and @AmareMeareg will discuss the deadly offline outcomes of online hate on Facebook in Ethiopia & Myanmar.
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#16DaysOfActivism We @Amnesty are actively campaigning for an end to digital gender-based violence everywhere. Check out the work weâve been doing this year with women, girls and LGBTI activists around the world. 𧾠https://t.co/9H1VFyhFa6
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Our ability to communicate with people around the world online can be a powerful force for good. But it also creates new ways for people to inflict harm.
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Did you know the major tech platforms have just released risk assessments which look at the risks they pose to fundamental rights (in the EU)? Interested to know what they say? See @PeopleVsBigTech's initial analysis below!
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Over the past year, Pakistan has teetered on the edge of digital oppression, and the proposed ban on âunregisteredâ VPNs could be the tipping point toward becoming a fully mass-surveilled state. @AmnestyTech writes for @thenews_intl: https://t.co/c9Kg5utPMD
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Over the past year, Pakistan has teetered on the edge of digital oppression, and the proposed ban on âunregisteredâ VPNs could be the tipping point toward becoming a fully...
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How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)
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Denmarkâs welfare authority is using AI & algorithms to detect benefits fraud, functioning as a social scoring system & creating mass surveillance. This risks discrimination against racialized communities, refugees, migrants, & exclusion of people with disabilities.
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Read more in 'How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?' from the BBC Facebook, X and TikTok: How social media algorithms shape speech - BBC News 6/6
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I suspect many of us would be resistant to returning to the chronological feeds of old, but this could give us some control over what we see, while still allowing us to find new content. What do you think? Could middleware be part of the solution to harmful algorithms? 5/6
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Instead of only being able to pick between 'curated by Big Tech' and chronological feeds a solution could be 'middleware' - forcing social media companies to open up to third parties apps so we can choose our algorithm. 4/6
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