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Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters.

Law of War Questions Raised by Exploding Pagers in Lebanon

The exploding pagers in Lebanon raise a number of factual and legal questions related to the obligations of the attacker under the law of armed conflict.
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Competition, Not Control, is Key to Winning the Global AI Race

Winning the global AI innovation race requires more than export controls.
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History Has Already Discredited the TikTok Ban

The TikTok ban is a reincarnation of past reactionary efforts to limit Americans from accessing media from abroad.
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The Just Security Podcast: Strategic Risks of AI and Recapping the 2024 REAIM Summit

Just Security Senior Fellow Brianna Rosen shares key takeaways from the 2024 REAIM Summit and strategic risks of AI in the military domain.
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In the Woomera Manual, International Law Meets Military Space Activities

An editor of the new Woomera Manual analyzes cutting-edge developments in the international law of outer space.

Election Certification Refusers Are a Movement: Georgia Lawsuit Highlights Alarming Trend

"What exactly is happening in Georgia offers insight into trend lines in other parts of the country."
Four screenshot images from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia's TikTok account, showing a range of their educational outreach activities.

Vlogging International Criminal Justice? Digital Optics at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), tasked with addressing the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime, has ventured into uncharted territory: TikTok.
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Telegram’s Security Sham

Its track record and transparency practices, as well as the testimony of researchers, make it plain its claims of security are not to be trusted.
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Putting the Second REAIM Summit into Context

The upcoming REAIM Summit on responsible AI in the military domain is a valuable multistakeholder forum that can catalyze diplomatic and normative processes.
In this photo illustration the logo of US online social media and social networking site 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) is displayed centrally on a smartphone screen alongside that of Threads (L) and Instagram (R) on August 01, 2023 in Bath, England. On the top row the logo of online video sharing and social media platform YouTube is seen alongside that of Whatsapp and TikTok. Along the bottom row Facebook, Quora amd Messenger are displayed.

Book Review: A Misinformation Researcher’s Guide to the ‘Carnival of Mirrors’

DiResta’s book, "Invisible Rulers" provides an essential guide to what she calls “the carnival of mirrors” of the information environment.

Durov, Musk, and Zuckerberg: Tech Oligarchs Cry Censorship and What It All Means

"It is important for the heads of social media companies to demand fair and legitimate boundaries are set. The current strategy by some of them seems more like the tale of the…
Wiley and Zuckerberg are sitting at a table in a hearing room, with others seated behind them, against a backdrop of a heavy-looking dark red curtain.

Don’t Downplay Risks of AI for Democracy

In the midst of the first-ever round of AI-influenced elections globally, it’s important to guard against a false sense of security.
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