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BerlinFokus

As speaking of "obcessed" - have you asked yourself why the horrible #war in #Gaza is getting so under your skin?

What about the horrible war in #Sudan ? #Tigray (one of the bloodiest recent #genocide) ? #Kongo ? #Myanmar ?

Have you even ever heard of these places? Do you know whats going on there? If not - why is that? Did you ever ask yourself these question?

I guess most don't. And they don't even know why.

Thing is, that the combination of the moral high ground & #outrage is dangerous.

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The Nexus of Privacy

Effective moderation of social media to curb genocidal content

"The 2020-2022 Tigray war is reported to be the deadliest armed conflict of the 21𝑠𝑡 century, with an estimated 600 to 800,000 documented deaths and more than 100 thousand victims of rape as a weapon of war. Social media platforms were instrumental in spreading genocidal content during the conflict, and failure to effectively moderate hateful content resulted in the murder of civilians. This work investigates the expertise and processes required to effectively moderate such genocidal content, and compares these findings to the expertise and processes prioritized by social media platforms."

@DAIR's page has a 10-minute video and a link to the CHI paper, and a statement - which I'll include excerpts from in a reply.

www.dair-institute.orgTigray GenocideThe Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.
#moderation#tigraygenocide#tigray
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tj (i make it past the end)

"The war has unleashed innumerable atrocities that have devastated Tigray, becoming the world’s deadliest war, destabilizing Ethiopia, and undermining peace and security in the Horn of Africa. There have been verified reports of widespread civilian massacres, extra-judicial executions, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), man-made famine, looting, destruction of health care facilities, and forced displacement of millions of Tigrayans. The picture emerging since the beginning of the war—albeit incomplete due to a telecommunications blockade affecting large swaths of the region—provides a glimpse into the level of devastation in Tigray."

omnatigray.org/whats-happening

Omna TigrayWhat's happening in Tigray?On November 4, 2020, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed mobilized the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), and the Amhara Special Forces to launch a war against the over 7 million people of the region of Tigray, the northernmost region of the Ethiopian federation.
#Tigray
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Ericka Simone

Thank you for looking at the bigger picture. And it’s not just that. I sit with Black women who have spent their lives trying to free not just themselves but all people. Through education, Black Panther activism, fighting Jim Crow, the right for women to vote, ALL of it.

You don’t want our help. Fine. Don’t cry when he turns your city into #Tigray.

From: @Sablebadger
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Dice.campSablebadger (@Sablebadger@dice.camp)@ErickaSimone@mastodon.social That is completely fair. Black Women did a huge amount of the lifting during the last bit, in courts, and in election. And white folks, my folks, let them down because they just couldn't bring themselves to do it. Fucking short-sighted idiots to be sure, but we did them dirty regardless.
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joene 🏴🍉

Meta has so many blood on their hands, that it is unbelievable people are still using their products. And also don't forget companies like Sama, who are also into the #AI scam. Using people from the global south for mentally damaging (and underpaid) social media moderation and AI training! Just 🛑 STOP using #Meta products! Yes that means #Instagram, #Threads and #WhatsApp as well!

DW: *How social media was weaponized in Ethiopia’s Tigray War *

youtube.com/watch?v=_5SWweypd3

YouTubeHow social media was weaponized in Ethiopia’s Tigray War | DW DocumentaryBy DW Documentary
#Facebook#BoytcottMeta#Zuckerberg
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tj (i make it past the end)

the following links are from ChiChi, who is the source for the Sudanese Gofundmes not complete i linked to earlier

support ChiChi here!

diaspora.imtj (@blackfinalboi@diaspora.im)Gofundmes for Sudan that have not met their goals via chichistreams on the birdsite https://www.gofundme.com/f/fight-hunger-in-sudan-the-khartoum-kitchen-appeal https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-15-families-evacuate-el-fashir-darfur https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mujtabas-family-escape-sudans-war https://www.gofundme.com/f/vwb99n-help-sudanese-families https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-asjad-and-her-family-escape-war-in-sudan https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-thomaserena-recover-from-war https://www.gofundme.com/f/relocation-debt-relief-for-sudanes-family https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-aalaas-family-escape-to-safety https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-support-3-families-escaping-war-in-sudan https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-home-bombarded-and-destroyed #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #EyesOnSudan #TalkAboutSudan
#Congo#CongoIsBleeding#Sudan
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Davide Tommasin ዳቪድ

🔴 #Etiopia 🇪🇹 #genocidio in #Tigray, il report giuridico di New Lines Institutes lo conferma, ma è sottaciuto dai media in Italia 🇮🇹 rivolti ad altri contesti strumentalmente politicizzati‼️
tommasin.org/blog/2024-06-11/e
cc: @gubi @laura @filobus

Davide Tommasin ዳዊት · Etiopia, genocidio in Tigray, un report giuridico lo confermaIn Tigray, stato regionale settentrionale in Etiopia, tra il novembre 2020 e il novmebre 2022 si è combattuta una guerra dai risvolti ed atti genocidi. Un genocidio dimenticato dal resto del mondo, oggi dimenticato dall'informazione dei media in Italia, che guardano strumentalmente ad altre crisi politicizzate e con più risorse a cui attingere. La guerra...
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Mathieu Gotteland

A "war", as opposed to a "conflict", reaches at least 1,000 battle-related deaths (both combattants and civilians) within a calendar year. By this account, there have been 9 wars in 2023, 5 of which occurred in Africa (#BurkinaFaso, #Ethiopia, #Nigeria, #Somalia and #Sudan). Sudan has seen the deadliest war in 2023 (5,000). Meanwhile the #Tigray war has reached almost half of all battle-related deaths on the period 2021-2023 (286,000).

#Africa#DRC
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Lyla Mehta

28 UN offices in Addis Ababa failed to protect civilians in Northern Ethiopia, including Tigray. The genocidal Tigray war was horrific & not widely reported.

The UN often fails in civil wars & mistakes are being repeated in #Sudan. More coordination needed between UN agencies & humanitarian & dev. efforts.

Time for accountability.

#Tigray #UN #CivilWar #Ethiopia

thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion

The New Humanitarian · The UN-led response in Ethiopia was a failure. It’s time for accountability.Aid obstruction, UN disunity, and a failure to respond to large-scale sexual violence: What went wrong in Ethiopia, and why it matters elsewhere.
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Davide Tommasin ዳቪድ

🔴 #Etiopia, report sul #genocidio nel #Tigray: gravi violazioni del diritto internazionale
Doppio standard occidentale tra le risorse in #Africa neo coloniale e quelle di #Ucraina e #Palestina
tommasin.org/blog/2024-06-04/e

Davide Tommasin ዳዊት · Etiopia, report sul genocidio nel Tigray: gravi violazioni del diritto internazionaleLa guerra genocida svoltasi nel Tigray, stato regionale dell' Etiopia, tra il novembre 2020 e il novembre 2022, può essere considerata la più mortale del ventunesimo secolo: le stime parlano di 800.000 persone uccise. Tigray : la Guerra Genocida Dimenticata dal Mondo – Archivio La guerra è stata combattuta in totale blackout elettrico e comunicativo,...
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Lyla Mehta

New report by international legal experts concludes that genocide has been committed against Tigrayans. Ethiopia as a State failed to discharge its responsibility under international law to prevent & punish genocidal acts committed by ENDF, ASF & EDF. The international community needs to respond & take action.

#Tigray #Ethiopia #Genocide

newlinesinstitute.org/rules-ba

New Lines Institute · Genocide in Tigray: Serious breaches of international law in the Tigray conflict, Ethiopia, and paths to accountability - New Lines InstituteEthiopia’s war in Tigray left more than 400,000 soldiers and as many as 300,000 civilians dead. This report outlines a reasonable basis to believe that the Tigrayans were victims of genocide and calls for a full investigation and accountability for the suffering created.
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