Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد

Technology & Human Rights. Founder @TaraazResearch & Senior Fellow @mozilla | Ex: @UVADemocracy & @uvadatascience, @Stanford_GDPi, @AMD | @SantaCruzYIMBY member

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

Happy to be a part of this cohort!

My fellowship project, "Equitable AI Benchmarking for Linguistic Diversity," helps civil society to engage in AI evaluation, focusing on multilingual inconsistencies with human rights impacts.

[Mozilla @mozilla]

The future of tech is at a crossroads, but with intention and focus, we can create the future we want and need.

Join us as we welcome our 2025 Fellowship cohort🎉 A group of experts who are working to radically shift the future of tech⬇️ https://t.co/WrkLXhPcc2

[UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy @UVADemocracy]

Interested in #AI transparency and accountability? Join the Karsh Institute's @RoyaPak, practitioner fellow in #Data and #Democracy, at #Datapalooza on Fri., Nov. 15th @uvadatascience https://t.co/NFoGBlQVzd

[Bushra Ebadi @Bushra_Ebadi]

Check out this important work by @KerenWeitzberg and @RoyaPak! Tech-facilitated violations of displaced persons' and migrants' rights are systematic and continue with impunity, despite horrific consequences and the many experts and communities warning of the risks and harms.

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

Proud of @ResObscura!

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“Timothy Leary and the Baby Boomers did not usher in the first psychedelic era,” Benjamin Breen writes in a new book. “They ended it.” https://t.co/saKwkICijk

[Benjamin Breen @ResObscura]

After five years of work, it's publication day for my book TRIPPING ON UTOPIA. Here's the @nytimes review. Please share with any friends you think might be interested! https://t.co/DTwWQlD31m

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

@marle_wi @Damini_Satija Thanks, Marlena. Hi Damini, I couldn't be there in person but we will present our hybrid tutorial, "A Guiding Framework for Vetting Technology Vendors Operating in the Public Sector," on Thursday, 10:15 am (CDT). @sakhrates & @dayvidliu will be there in person from our team.

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

@jackclarkSF Congratulations, Jack. Enjoy every moment of it, so precious.

[ACM FAccT @FAccTConference]

"A Guiding Framework for Vetting Technology Vendors Operating in the Public Sector" @dayvidliu @RoyaPak Sarah Ariyan Sakha

...focusing on bridging communication gaps between governments, civil society organizations, philanthropies, and technology vendors...

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

This issue of my newsletter covers the history of red teaming, from 16th-century Catholic Church to AI. It also has a guide on enhancing LLM red teaming w/:
🌍 multilingual approach
🖇️ Partnerships w/ civil society & Humanities majors
🖍️ Platform design
https://t.co/Nej4vUmVbu

[Farzaneh @farzanehbad]

There is a surge in Islamic Republic officials getting involved with Digital governance processes, especially those led by the UN. Oppressing people in Iran, shutting down the Internet and spreading their archaic, dictatorial values outside! Watch out UN. Who are you enabling?

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

@AzadeAkbari @Ammir @farzanehbad @franfanu Azadeh jan, thank you so much for thinking of me. This sounds like a great session, but I'm not sure if I'll be there in person.

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

Cynthia Conti-Cook from @FordFoundation and I talked w/ @mmarthasramirez about the new framework we developed to vet public sector technology vendors: https://t.co/5hNnzQ3mnZ

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

Philanthropy is often approached to fund tech that will make the public sector more effective or equitable, but such projects often have unintended outcomes. @FordFoundation released a new report to help funders navigate proposals. Martha Ramirez reports: https://t.co/RWGaXYp9zL

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

@octavia_abell Many thanks, Octavia, for all your amazing for and for supporting us in this project.

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

@hdomaguirre Many thanks for all your support and for sharing your expertise and insights with us 🙏

[Taraaz @TaraazResearch]

We worked with @FordFoundation to develop a framework to assess the societal impacts of digital technologies procured by public agencies. The framework includes 21 red flags, questions to identify them, and scenarios to contextualize potential harms.

🔗https://t.co/PveQJyh0XQ

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

@BNonnecke @GoldmanSchool @UCBerkeley @dcwilsonphd Congratulations, Brandie!

[Roya Pakzad - رویا پاکزاد @RoyaPak]

Sign this petition to support Iranian students applying to US graduate programs. Universities should consider:
▫️ a waiver to the admission fees of applicants from Iran.
▫️ an alternative process to review unofficial transcripts from Iranian applicants.
https://t.co/qECHj26qu0

[Sanam Mahoozi @SanamMahoozi]

Iran conducts first known execution of prisoner arrested during protests #مهسا_امینی #MohsenShekari https://t.co/9evLh9AAh5