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DisruptionNetworkLabToday we have private companies involved in war to target individuals or assist states in doing so. Watch Khalil Dewan discuss the privatisation of war at the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference in Berlin last November: <a href="https://dnlb.org/34video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dnlb.org/34video</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/killcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#killcloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a>

DisruptionNetworkLab"Our task is to redirect resources into projects of descalation and demilitarisation in the name of social justice and planetary security for all." Listen to Lucy Suchman moderating the panel "Disarming the Kill Cloud" during our conference "Investigating the Kill Cloud" last November in <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> & online: <a href="https://dnlb.org/34video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dnlb.org/34video</a><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabWhat is happening in Palestine concerns us all because it paves the way for the spread of smart violence elsewhere. Listen to Matt Mahmoudi at the Investigating the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference.Watch the full video here: <a href="https://dnlb.org/34video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dnlb.org/34video</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/killcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#killcloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@DocMattMoudi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DocMattMoudi</a>

DisruptionNetworkLab"... But the responsibility only stays with the humans."Listen to Jutta Weber moderating the panel "Disarming the Kill Cloud". Watch the full video here: <a href="https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/killcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#killcloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabIshmael Bhila’s review of the Investigating The <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference, published in the Journal of Digital War. A must-read piece that condenses the conference and makes it accessible to the wider audience: <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s42984-025-00101-x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s42984-025-00101-x</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warfare</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabJournalist Sophia Goodfriend presents +972 magazine's reporting showing that Israel used AI targeting systems to maximise damage in Gaza.Watch the full video here: <a href="https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4</a><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>

DisruptionNetworkLab"...And yet the real frontier of AI is not just the data but connecting to the very structures underneath to generate that data."Listen to the whole speech of Thomas Drake discussing the danger of <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> at Investigating the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference: <a href="https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabThe conference "Investigating the Kill Cloud", held last November in Berlin, looked at IT companies and their contributions to military programs. The aim was to shed light on the ethical problems associated with the current use of AI and other technology. Read the full article on neues deutschland: <a href="https://buff.ly/4h3pGa8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4h3pGa8</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AutonomousWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AutonomousWeapons</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/@ndaktuell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ndaktuell</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabMatt Mahmoudi (Researcher & Advisor on AI & Human Rights) discusses how <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> is being instrumentalized for the development of vast architectures of <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> and control. Watch the full panel here: <a href="https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> @<a href="https://mastodon.social/@DocMattMoudi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DocMattMoudi</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabJennifer Menninger and Ishmael Bhila, members of the Stop Killer Robots Campaign, in this article document the proceedings of the “Investigating the Kill Cloud” Conference. In doing so, they map out avenues for multistakeholder and multidisciplinary collaboration to address the dehumanising effects of the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/killcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#killcloud</a>.To read the full article: <a href="https://stopkillerrobots.medium.com/investigating-the-kill-cloud-a-conference-on-information-warfare-autonomous-weapons-and-ai-6962c0fc3676" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stopkillerrobots.medium.com/investigating-the-kill-cloud-a-conference-on-information-warfare-autonomous-weapons-and-ai-6962c0fc3676</a><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/bankillerrobots" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bankillerrobots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drones</a>

DisruptionNetworkLab"Thanks to whistleblowers, we found out how the government undercounted, minimized or covered up civilian deaths by categorizing them as collateral damage."Watch Jesselyn Radack speaking about whistleblowers and the right for citizens to know the truth and make governments accountable: <a href="https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabWatch Joana Moll's lecture performance on the ubiquity of <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cookies</a> and the advertising technology industry (<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdTech</a>) given at the Investigating the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference: <a href="https://buff.ly/4fnSBnS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4fnSBnS</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a>

DisruptionNetworkLab"The experience was that the sky instantly collapsed into an oppressive lid over our heads." Watch "Visualising Threats" a dialog between Anthony Downey and Shona Illingworth on supporting the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AirspaceTribunal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirspaceTribunal</a> for the right to live without physical or psychological threat from above.Watch the video here: <a href="https://buff.ly/4iFlTBq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4iFlTBq</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabThe panel "Disarming the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a>" in cooperation with the BMBF* project Swarm Technologies. Control and Autonomy in Complex Weapons Systems’, Paderborn University, examines the proliferation of <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>-driven human-machine assemblages and their highly problematic sociotechnical practices. Watch the panel here: <a href="https://buff.ly/4iziQdO" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4iziQdO</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabIn their introduction to the Investigating the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference, Jesselyn Radack and Thomas Drake discuss the key role of whistleblowers in the narrative of <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warfare</a>. Watch the video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/YNgjdU1qMIQ?si=QHQ2mU0S7JkrDgN0&t=58" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/live/YNgjdU1qMIQ?si=QHQ2mU0S7JkrDgN0&t=58</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabWatch the 4 <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DisruptionNetworkInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisruptionNetworkInstitute</a> Fellows, Lisa Ling, Joana Moll, Naomi Colvin and Jack Poulson, present their findings after 15 months of research into the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a>: the networked <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/industrialmilitarycomplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#industrialmilitarycomplex</a> that affects us all: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/kYEWVNIatCY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/live/kYEWVNIatCY</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a>

DisruptionNetworkLab<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lawfare</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drone</a> targeting, norm contestation, <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a>. These are just few of the topics discussed during the panel "Automated <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> & Targeted Killing in <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a>" at the Investigating the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference.Re-watch the panel here: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/X3E6J9wTE3c?feature=shared&t=572" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/live/X3E6J9wTE3c?feature=shared&t=572</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@DocMattMoudi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DocMattMoudi</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabSolid talks, panels that gave chills to the audience, so much to do to to put pressure on governments to stop the madness of warfare. Thanks to the all the speakers and to our always engaged and sharp audience for joining us at the Investigating the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> conference. Check all the talks if you missed it: <a href="https://dnlb.org/34" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dnlb.org/34</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/automatedweapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automatedweapons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/palestina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestina</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabStreaming starting NOW! Panel: "Automated Surveillance & Targeted Killing in Gaza" with Matt Mahmoudi, Sophia Goodfriend, Khalil Dewan. Moderated by Matthias Monroy.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/X3E6J9wTE3c?si=LpUuf9Ikc-o7Z-6i" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/live/X3E6J9wTE3c?si=LpUuf9Ikc-o7Z-6i</a><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@DocMattMoudi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DocMattMoudi</a>

DisruptionNetworkLabStreaming starting NOW! Conversation "Visualising Threat", with Shona Illingworth and Anthony Downey.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/YIvz9cbAvMw?si=vjPPRzYS4UoYPVyL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/live/YIvz9cbAvMw?si=vjPPRzYS4UoYPVyL</a><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DNL34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNL34</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KillCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillCloud</a>

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