Lauren Armistead

Head of the Children and Young People’s Digital Rights team and Deputy Director @AmnestyTech @Amnesty. She/her. Tweets = my own. RT ≠ endorsement.

[Lauren Armistead @lauren_d_a]

🚨New @amnesty reports “I Feel Exposed” & "Driven into Darkness" expose how TikTok’s 'For You' feed & invasive data collection pose risks to young users by amplifying depressive & suicidal content that risk worsening existing mental health challenges (TW) https://t.co/tWSVBfs0oa

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨 We’ve found that TikTok abuses your privacy, is addictive by design, and younger users signaling an interest in mental health risk falling into rabbit holes of harmful content.

Join our global campaign to make TikTok safer for younger users! #FixTikTok

TW: self harm, suicide

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨A year after the racist violence that followed the murder of three young girls in Southport @amnesty has found that social media platform X played a key role in spreading false narratives & harmful content, contributing to racist violence targeting Muslims & migrants in the UK.

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

Today @Amnesty's youth researcher spoke about how red-tagging in the Philippines impacts young people, as well as its chilling effect on civil society. Sign our petition & call on the Philippine government to stop attacks on young human rights defenders 👇https://t.co/kHz3mzlWId

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

📲TikTok claims to protect users but ignores research on risks to children's safety. In 2023, @Amnesty found teens drawn into dangerous rabbit holes—no real change since. Sign our petition to #FixTikTok: https://t.co/RTzJqFYwfG

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

Today @Amnesty & the DSA Civil Society Coordination Group published its analysis of the Risk Assessments Reports under the EU Digital Services Act (#DSA). It focuses on the reports of Google (Search & YouTube), Meta (Facebook & Instagram), TikTok, and X.

[Lisa Dittmer @lisdittmer]

👀 Interesting new polling data & a great visual summary of research into the impact of online abuse faced by activists and ordinary users on platforms. Echoes @AmnestyTech’s findings on young activists’ mental health toll, self-censorship and social media withdrawal.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

You can help. Sign @Amnesty's petition to demand TikTok prioritize young users' mental health and privacy: https://t.co/Xgwkg7lsXs #FixTikTok

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

It's #SaferInternetDay! Let's talk about making the online world safer for everyone, especially children and young people. 🧵

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Damini Satija, Director of Tech and Human Rights at @Amnesty is at the Paris #AIActionSummit. She's sharing three things we're asking decision makers to take heed of today on AI harms and regulation 👇

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, let's talk about the potential harmful impacts of TikTok on young minds. In 2023, @Amnesty research revealed alarming findings about the platform’s effect on children's mental health. 🧵👇

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

The US Supreme Court's decision to uphold a government ban on TikTok, unless sold to a US entity by Sunday does not address endemic human rights concerns associated with the surveillance-based business models of TikTok & other big tech like Google Meta.
https://t.co/5YvnQW9aEh

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

The Australian government wants to ban children & young people under the age of 16 from social media. Instead of a ban, the government should regulate to enhance the protection of children’s privacy & personal data prioritising human rights. Read more 👇

https://t.co/EPFr60aceI

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in Denmark’s welfare system process sensitive data about welfare applicants without their knowledge. This data powers algorithms that identify people at high-risk of committing social benefits fraud.

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨NEW: @Amnesty research exposes how the Danish welfare authority, Udbetaling Danmark, is using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to flag individuals for social benefits fraud investigations, risking discrimination against marginalized groups.
https://t.co/MONEVV5tWo

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

Join @amnestytech’s @DonnchaC tomorrow afternoon @WebSummit in #Lisbon, #Portugal at Stage 11 Pavilion 4 for a discussion on how to create systems that protect journalists and human rights activists against spying.

https://t.co/X44KYrtOVg

#WebSummit2024

[Amnesty Philippines @amnestyph]

The harms of red-tagging go beyond the screen. For young Filipino activists, it means real-life threats: social isolation, mental distress, and even physical danger. Our latest report shares their stories.

Take action now!
https://t.co/ns1nWAPT82
#BilangTibak #ProtectTheProtest

[Lisa Dittmer @lisdittmer]

Young activists around the world face criminalisation & violence for speaking up about human rights. In the Philippines, courageous HRDs are refusing to stay silent in the face of threats, false arrests & disappearances.
#NoToRedTagging #ProtectTheProtest https://t.co/L3dM8LSq78

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨@Amnesty & fourteen other coalition partners led by @laquadrature submitted a complaint to the Council of State in France, demanding the discriminatory risk-scoring algorithmic system used by the National Family Allowance Fund (CNAF) be stopped. https://t.co/CQWyWJi4OF

[Lisa Dittmer @lisdittmer]

Meta approved Facebook ads & failed to remove posts inciting violence against activists in the 🇵🇭. Far from the first time that researchers have found #Meta to amplify content that creates “real world” harms. Read the report and sign the petition here:
https://t.co/eSmzyAOvi1

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨A new @Amnesty report highlights how Philippine authorities are using Facebook in red-tagging campaigns, vilifying and targeting young activists investigating and exposing human rights abuses by government entities.

https://t.co/LO2CLbMxjk

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

More band aids instead of actual change: Social media platforms continue to compete for teens’ attention with addictive design elements. A break from notifications at night & asking them to limit their own use through prompts is not enough to change that.
https://t.co/uJIiAJ0POZ