Yeah! Listening to the Quadrature du Net & their steps to identify discriminatory algorithm in the social wealth fair systems in France. They published the source code, showcasing the variables targeting people with less resources, single-mothers, coming from poorer neighborhoods. #PrivacyCamp24
Looking forward to a deep-dive discussion at #PrivacyCamp24 comparing #healthdata regimes in the #EU and #UK and how (and if at all) they protect #patients' rights.
Of course #KULeuven clinical #pharmacology researcher Teodora Lalova-Spinks makes clear from the start that primary and secondary use of medical records under the proposed #EHDS is not the same regarding #privacy.
Nina Djukanovic #GreenTransition and #DigitalTransition. Rio Tinto discovered a large réservé of lithium in Serbia. Mining was supposed to start in January last year. But Resistance blocked the project from happening. After months of massive protests, the government cancelled the mining permit in January 2022.
Last week the Serbian government announced they would like to reopen negotiations with Rio Tinto.
Mariana In northern Portugal, an open pit mine would destroy 600 Ha of land in the middle of an agricultural region. The population has been challenging this mining project. The mine should have opened in 2019 but it's not operating yet. Repression is intensifying and violence is growing.
Madhuri: 24 raw materials are included in the Critical Materials Act, they're not just for consumer products or digital transition, but also defense and space exploration, etc.
Traceability of raw materials is decorrelated from support to point of origin countries.
Indigenous rights are overlooked.
The reason why this legislation can be so devastating is that it's very extractive and neocolonial: serving Europe, not resource rich countries.
We must realize the scale of the need for lithium to achieve a digital transition. This means so much more mining to happen, both in and outside Europe.
The destination of this metal is going to be, by 2050, more than 95% for electric vehicles: a massive profit for private companies at a huge cost for the environment and so many people.
We're going to open all these mines for vehicle companies, not saving the world.
The term "Green Extractivism" recreates the violent colonialist extractivist structure with a green agenda. It criminalizes resistance, capturing the narrative, telling the public that people who resist extractivism are actually working against progress and saving the planet.
The propaganda is extremely violent, removing autochtone population from the picture and replacing them with modernity and 'clean' mining.
Copper is going to be a key element, since it's required and cannot be substituted, contrary to lithium which can be substituted with sodium.
The demand for copper is going to drive prices up: there's not enough copper to satisfy the projected picture at a global scale.
We need to make choices as a society: I don't need the latest model, I can perfectly do with second hand devices. People should be choosing, not companies, not markets, not governments.
National growth is antithetical to keeping minerals underground. Indigenous and peasant populations are always sacrificed.
The focus on growth means the hunger for more metals won't go away easily. We must think about fighting this ideology.
More solidarity among affected communities should be a priority. I want electrical public transport, more justice. Invest in trains not cars. Reduce our dependance on new products. Bring back autonomy to people.
#Privacy is not about protecting your data, it's about protecting you from effects and actions you'd rather avoid. It's a means to a very important end.
Would you prefer driving an electric car or drinking water?
Questions:
How do you see environmental and digital activists working together? Concrete synergies.
We need a diversity of actions on different fronts from policy to legislation, from media to ground action. Mining companies are stock companies, they can be attacked on markets and their investors can be influenced.
Climate philanthropy is very keen on tech optimism. Digital rights can share..