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Webinar announcement: Technology for apartheid and genocide

On 16 June 2024, the International Union of Scientists (IUS) will present a conversation with two leading experts on how Israel uses technology to surveil and kill, in Palestine and beyond, and how Israeli technology enables repression elsewhere. Webinar presented by Jane Duncan and Matt Mahmoudi, with special guest Mick Napier, and moderated by Natalya Dinat and Manabendra Nath Bera.

Webinar: UTC (GMT) 14:00 on Sunday 16 June 2024.

To attend the webinar, register here or in the form below.

Duncan: Exporting the Israeli Surveillance State

Duncan: “Never has there been a more important time to call for the isolation of the Israeli state, including through a two-way arms embargo that escalates beyond targeted sanctions.”

Jane Duncan is Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow, and a Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg. She is author of The Rise of the Securocrats (2014), Protest Nation (2016), Stopping the Spies (2018) and National Security Surveillance in Southern Africa (2022). Suggested reading for Professor Duncan is a recent article at the Daily Maverick.

Mahmoudi: Hi-Tech Powered Genocide in Gaza

Mahmoudi: “By understanding how technology increasingly plays a role in allowing the scaling of violence, we also begin to realize that there’s nothing fundamentally inevitable about the development, sales, and deployment of these tools.”

Matt Mahmoudi is Researcher & Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Amnesty International. He is an Affiliated Lecturer in Sociology, University of Cambridge, lead author of Automated Apartheid (2023), and author of Migrants in the Digital Periphery (2025). Suggested reading for Dr Mahmoudi is an interview at +972.com.

Webinar at UTC (GMT) 14:00 on Sunday 16 June 2024.

To register, either use the form above or check the invitation page.