I'm now posting my work in the online magazine 'perspicacity' - focused on disinformation, corruption and human rights.
You can read it here:
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Was Iran "2-4 weeks" from nuclear weapons?
Read my latest piece, on disinformation in the Iran conflict.
It looks at how official claims, viral content and AI-generated material are shaping what people think is happening.
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My latest article deals with the #humanrights implications of #AI, from image rights & intellectual property to freedoms from surveillance & discrimination and the right to give informed consent for medical procedures.
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Edition 11 of perspicacity’s Conflict & Human Rights Update is published! 😊💫 🎉
Featuring:
➡️ assassination of Colombian presidential candidate
➡️ renewed evidence of Gaza genocide
➡️ Kenyan protestors killed by police
➡️ famine in South Sudan
tinyurl.com/bde3hy3f
#humanrights #genocide #famine
Members of the US Congress House of Representatives have been banned from using WhatsApp due to lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, & potential security risks.
Officials instead recommend Signal, iMessage, Teams.
(via Reuters tinyurl.com/4s6dynar)
Proud to be featured in the second edition of the 3Space zine 'Tall Storeys'! Thanks to Lois Stevenson and all at
3space! 😀😎🎉🥳
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Published! 🤩💥 Ed9 of my Media & #Disinformation newsletter, featuring:
➡️ Grok 3 'study' claims humans not responsible for #globalwarming
➡️ Meta fails to prevent advertising of health scams to users
➡️ Russia's disinfo campaign against France
➡️ Trump’s muzzling of US press
tinyurl.com/3zehfzjp
Summary of Amnesty International article about the devastating consequences of the US withdrawal of aid from Yemen
The US has been by far the largest aid donor to Yemen in the past 5 years. The withdrawal of this aid is having devastating consequences. Featured in Edition 9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights newsletter tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#malnutrition #GBV #displacement #Trump #USAID
Venezuela has met protests against the dubious results of the 2024 elections with brutal repression - featuring in the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#HumanRights #repression #elections #Maduro
Summary of analysis by International Crisis Group on the repurposing of the US war on terror to target domestic concerns of President Trump
The Trump White House is repurposing the concept of #terrorism to go after drug cartels, migrants & domestic political opponents, as well as threatening war with Mexico - featured in the latest Conflict & Human Rights update from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#WarOnTerror #Terrorism #Trump
Summary of investigation by Centre for Information Resilience on airstrikes by Myanmar military in aftermath of worst earthquake in decades
Myanmar's military carried out dozens of air strikes despite announcing a ceasefire in the aftermath of the country's worst earthquake in decades - read more in the latest Conflict & Human Rights update from perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
Israeli leaders are seeking to take away the Islamist group’s capacity to govern #Gaza by targeting its top civilian administrators and blowing up what remains of the enclave’s public infrastructure - more in the latest Conflict & #HumanRights update from Perspicacity
tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
A summary of an article on The Verge about Russian cyberattacks against France
France has accused Russia over cyberattacks against the country spanning more than a decade. Featured in Ed9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights update tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#cybercrime #cyberwarfare
Summary of analysis from International Crisis Group of the raging war in Sudan and the risk of it spreading to Chad and South Sudan
The Sudanese military recaptured Khartoum, but war rages on with foreign support, and there's a risk of conflict spreading to #Chad and #SouthSudan - featured in the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#HumanRights #Sudan #Conflict #RSF
Summary of article by Human Rights Watch about arbitrary detention as a tool of repression in Tunisia.
Arbitrary detention has become a cornerstone of Tunisia's repressive policies, aimed at depriving citizens of their rights - featuring in Edition 9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights update tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#Tunisia #repression #humanrights
Text summary of an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about China's use of its domestic repression tactics overseas.
#China is exporting its #repression playbook to its overseas operations - featuring in Ed9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights update tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
Summary of a story from Amnesty International about the impact of witchcraft accuasations in Ghana.
Witchcraft accusations in Ghana are driving elderly and disadvantaged women from their homes - featuring in the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from Perspicacity
tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v
#humanrights #witchcraft
Published! 🎉🎉 #Conflict & #HumanRights Update 9, featuring: the tools of China’s overseas repression, Russian cyberattacks in France, the plight of those accused of witchcraft in Ghana, & the US gov’s reframing of #terrorism to include domestic opponents tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #elections #displacement
Generative AI search tools returned incorrect information 60% of the time in this test of their ability to retrieve and cite specific content by @columjournreview.bsky.social and the @towcenter.bsky.social. Grok was wrong an astonishing 94% of the time.
#AI #media #misinformation
The war in Gaza has had a catastrophic impact on food production, with three quarters of its cropland damaged or destroyed, according to the @cen4infores.bsky.social
#humanrights #warcrimes #malnutrition
For this & more on conflict & human rights issues:
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...companies in Kyrgyzstan that enable Russia to import French & US aeronautical equipment in defiance of sanctions; and the publication of Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks S. Sudan as the most corrupt country in the world, and Denmark as the least
Published! Ed7 of my newsletter on international Crime & Corruption.
This edition features industrial-scale scam centres in N Korea & Myanmar; trafficking of cocaine & fentanyl in Latam and synthetic drug Captagon in Syria; the resilience of the Sicilian mafia...
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In Egypt, public prosecutors neglect to investigate torture of police detainees
via @arijnetwork.bsky.social
#humanrights #torture #Egypt
Coming soon!
#moneylaundering #drugtrafficking #corruption #fraud #mafia #sanctions
Governments may suck, but people are kind. An antidote to the current global moment. My latest Substack post on perspicacity - On the Kindness of Strangers
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A bar chart showing China is the largest jailer of journalists, followed by Israel and the OPT, Myanmar, Belarus and Russia. #pressfreedom #freedomofspeech
#Meta stops fact-checking, China launches #DeepSeek, China & Russia interfere in elections in Spain, Germany & Croatia, EU investigates X support for German far right.
Read more in latest edition of perspicacity @ tinyurl.com/y9ajdj24 😊
#disinformation #influenceoperations #electioninterference
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My latest international Crime & Corruption update!
- how Iran moves sanctioned oil
- Chinese suppliers behind ads for deadly opioids targeting Europe
- evolution of migrant smuggling on French coast
- organised crime fueling M23 crisis in eastern DRC
richardnield.substack.com/p/crime-and-...
