Will Byrne

Entrepreneur, activist, writer, citizen. Leading an incubator that taps AI to protect democracy. He / him. Tweets my own

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

Charlottesville Nazis are undertaking sophisticated digital offensive against journalists and activists, which has resulted in the shutdown of multiple journalist accounts on Twitter. @humanrights1st Innovation Lab is engaging Twitter on this dangerous abuse of their policies

[Kris Goldsmith @KrisGoldsmith85]

NEW: Last night nazis of Charlottesville-riot-infamy instructed thousands of followers to mass-report accounts of 48 journalists, anti-racist activists, + anti-fascist researchers for retroactive "violations" of @TwitterSafety's new "Private Information Policy." Some down already

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

@KAlexaKoenig @MiaD Well deserved Alexa - inspired and grateful for your leadership in our space!

[B Capital @BCapitalGroup]

We’re bringing together some of the foremost thought leaders— @ruchowdh, Steve Mills, @WillUppington and @will_byrne —to discuss what bias means in the context of enterprise AI and how to address it. Interested in tuning in? Register here: https://t.co/UWWAWK08r1

[Stephanie Ruhle @SRuhle]

ONE MORE TIME -- THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO WAS TRYING TO STAY IN POWER ILLEGALLY-PLOTTED WITH THE WIFE OF A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHO COULD’VE ENDED UP RULING ON THE TRANSITION OF POWER -

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

Josh Hawley's pedophilia questions drive conspiracy surge + calls for violence against #JudgeJackson across right-wing social media. Analysis c/o @PyrraTech, incubated by @humanrights1st Innovation Lab https://t.co/YoMMVWpyfZ

[Julia Neusner @JuliaNeusner]

Today at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana I watched as MX and US authorities allowed 26 Ukrainian asylum seekers to enter the U.S. and turned away a Mexican family who'd been waiting alongside them, saying they couldn't seek asylum bc of Title 42 and would have to wait. 🧵

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

Collegiate Players Assn filed a civil rights complaint with Dept of Ed today against division 1 schools. US college sports = multibillion dollar industry that doesn’t pay the labor/talent that makes it all possible. This talent is predominantly black. https://t.co/xnFc0IFsUT

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

.@humanrights1st Innovation Lab team member @dooley_dooley interviews Ukrainian #osint investigator Dmytro Koval of https://t.co/Y7BFiFuLYA on how they are monitoring war crimes in their home country

[Brian Dooley: Now on @dooleydooley.bsky.social @dooley_dooley]

We at @humanrights1st have been working with #Ukraine war crime investigators Truth Hounds https://t.co/dcP80kEzZt
Human Rights Defender Dmytro Koval tells me how their work has changed following the Russian invasion

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

@jgoldbeck @RebeccaSolnit https://t.co/HHuXH0ehZD

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

@jgoldbeck You gotta read @RebeccaSolnit old friend!!!

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

Incredible moment of humanity between Ukrainians and one of the many confused, hungry kids an authoritarian sent to do his bidding.

[UkraineEnglishUpdates @EnglishUkraine]

How Ukrainians treat Russian POWs

[Bijan Hosseini @BijanCNN]

My sister was trapped in #Ukraine. This is a thread about her incredible journey to reach #Poland. During her escape she experienced #racism, injuries, freezing temps and sleep deprivation. Her story is only one of the hundreds of thousands of people trying to get out.

[Eliot A Cohen @EliotACohen]

Stipulating that we have no idea how this will turn out, it is worth tallying some of the surprises thus far.

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

.@humanrights1st Innovation Lab is increasingly concerned by Twitter’s repeated shut down of open source investigator and research accounts doing critical work to document and share what’s transpiring in Ukraine. Suspending a respected investigator 3 times is not “human error”

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Twitter are you going to stop locking OSINT accounts?

Last time you said this was an error.

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

Speaking of corporeal, people-in-the-street protest, Ukrainians are doing it too, while military convoys drive at them. Incredible

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

I mean when you ask your citizens to try to block Russian movement by getting in their way, and people respond by literally *running in front of Russian convoys*, you may have struck a chord with your population https://t.co/mdwsISxhnv

[Will Byrne @will_byrne]

Truth. And: we focus so much on guns and dollars and code, but old-fashioned, in-the-streets corporeal resistance from brave Russian citizens can seriously limit Putin’s options

[Pamela Campos-Palma (pamcp on bluesky🦋) @pamcpsio]

Ukrainians have fought hard for progress these last 8 yrs

Fascism is a direct response to progressive power building

People everywhere are rising up.

We will not be intimidated by war criminal mafiosos & real estate billionaires

Hands off Ukraine🇺🇦
#TaxTheRich🇷🇺🇺🇸

[Runa Sandvik @runasand]

I'm able to provide free VPN accounts to journalists in Ukraine. DMs open, reach out and I'll get you set up. 🇺🇦

[?st @questlove]

That was the most beautifulest blackest shit ever. That was the antidote for ALL the “Up With People”ness endured in the last 5 decades.

[Chris Purdy @itsapurdy]

Thank you George Packer (@TheAtlantic) for telling this story. This is a hard read. I'm grateful for all who added their voice. Esp @EvacOurAllies @afghanevac @kim_staffieri @SteveMiska @cmackler @mattczeller @M_Breen @IRAP @TrumanProject @humanrights1st
https://t.co/GVQqtl318m