This is a paraphrasing of an article written by Suresh Venkatasubramanian and published last year on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ website, entitled How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy. In March 2025, the U.S. State Department launched a program called “Catch and Revoke,” which uses AI to scan the social media accounts of tens…
Agentic AI refers to an artificial intelligence system that can act autonomously to achieve a specific, complex goal. Unlike a standard chatbot that just gives advice, an agentic AI system can plan, make decisions, and take a series of actions on its own to get a job done. As AI For Good’s panel Solutions Stage…
From resource depletion to mass surveillance, the true price of digital infrastructure is only beginning to be understood. Environmental and Social Disadvantages Data centers, the sprawling industrial facilities that power everything from streaming services and cloud storage to artificial intelligence, have become one of the most contentious land-use issues facing communities across the United States….
VATICAN CITY – 25 May 2026 – In a historic teaching document released on May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV has called for the global community to “disarm” artificial intelligence, warning that without immediate moral safeguards, the technology could lead to “new forms of slavery” and render traditional just war doctrines obsolete. In his first encyclical,…
At the opening of the 14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk urged governments and companies to “build digital technologies that advance human rights and serve the public good.” The 14th hashtag#UNForumBHR is chaired by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights….
DDN is thrilled to announce and extend a warm welcome to Mr. Mahmoud Salem as our new Non-Resident Senior Fellow for Global Cyber Security and Digital Rights Research and Policy Innovation. We are incredibly fortunate to have an individual of Mr. Salem’s distinguished caliber join our mission. His appointment marks a significant step forward in our commitment to shaping…
DDN is thrilled to announce the appointment of Samar Elhussieny to our Board of Directors. Samar is a distinguished human rights professional with a formidable background in advocacy, international law, and movement building. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Egyptian Human Rights Forum and was previously the MENA Research and Engagement Coordinator at the Centre…
Digital Democracy Now in collaboration with Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Egyptian Human Rights Forum [Samar Elhusseiny], Euromed Rights – [Moataz El fegiery] organized a saide-event panel entitled Transnational Repression and the Shrinking Space for Freedom of Expression in the MENA region at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva…
