Migration and Technology Monitor
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Collective of people-on-the-move interrogating #BorderTech experiments ||🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇵🇸 🇪🇸|| IG: http://migration.tech || [email protected]||
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🚨 NEW BOOK RELEASE: "Border Necrotechnics" by Petra Molnar (FREE Open Access!)
Examining how automated border tech decides who lives & dies, in dialogue with Mbembe, Achiume, Benjamin & Browne.
Published with Palgrave Macmillan & Springer Nature.
Download here: bit.ly/460diE5
Examining how automated border tech decides who lives & dies, in dialogue with Mbembe, Achiume, Benjamin & Browne.
Published with Palgrave Macmillan & Springer Nature.
Download here: bit.ly/460diE5
🎓 Honoring 2025/2026 Graduating Fellow Aqila Abdelkarim!
Building on her work with MentalEase, medical professional Aqila combines tech & creative art to simplify mental health access for refugees & communities across East Africa.
Curious about her work? Learn more here: mentalease.org
Building on her work with MentalEase, medical professional Aqila combines tech & creative art to simplify mental health access for refugees & communities across East Africa.
Curious about her work? Learn more here: mentalease.org
August 25, 2026 at 8:02 AM
🎓 Honoring 2025/2026 Graduating Fellow Aqila Abdelkarim!
Building on her work with MentalEase, medical professional Aqila combines tech & creative art to simplify mental health access for refugees & communities across East Africa.
Curious about her work? Learn more here: mentalease.org
Building on her work with MentalEase, medical professional Aqila combines tech & creative art to simplify mental health access for refugees & communities across East Africa.
Curious about her work? Learn more here: mentalease.org
🚨 NEW BOOK RELEASE: "Border Necrotechnics" by Petra Molnar (FREE Open Access!)
Examining how automated border tech decides who lives & dies, in dialogue with Mbembe, Achiume, Benjamin & Browne.
Published with Palgrave Macmillan & Springer Nature.
Download here: bit.ly/460diE5
Examining how automated border tech decides who lives & dies, in dialogue with Mbembe, Achiume, Benjamin & Browne.
Published with Palgrave Macmillan & Springer Nature.
Download here: bit.ly/460diE5
August 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
🚨 NEW BOOK RELEASE: "Border Necrotechnics" by Petra Molnar (FREE Open Access!)
Examining how automated border tech decides who lives & dies, in dialogue with Mbembe, Achiume, Benjamin & Browne.
Published with Palgrave Macmillan & Springer Nature.
Download here: bit.ly/460diE5
Examining how automated border tech decides who lives & dies, in dialogue with Mbembe, Achiume, Benjamin & Browne.
Published with Palgrave Macmillan & Springer Nature.
Download here: bit.ly/460diE5
Celebrating our graduating 2025/2026 Fellows!
Sophia Amimo, founder of Domestic Workers Returnees of Kenya. A returnee herself, Sophia used storytelling & investigative reporting to expose how tech is used to surveil & exploit migrant workers.
Follow her work at dwrok.org
Sophia Amimo, founder of Domestic Workers Returnees of Kenya. A returnee herself, Sophia used storytelling & investigative reporting to expose how tech is used to surveil & exploit migrant workers.
Follow her work at dwrok.org
August 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Celebrating our graduating 2025/2026 Fellows!
Sophia Amimo, founder of Domestic Workers Returnees of Kenya. A returnee herself, Sophia used storytelling & investigative reporting to expose how tech is used to surveil & exploit migrant workers.
Follow her work at dwrok.org
Sophia Amimo, founder of Domestic Workers Returnees of Kenya. A returnee herself, Sophia used storytelling & investigative reporting to expose how tech is used to surveil & exploit migrant workers.
Follow her work at dwrok.org
When war erupted in the Persian Gulf, technology became a double-edged sword for migrant workers. Smartphone alerts offered updates, but social media fueled waves of panic across labor camps.
Rajendra Paudel examines fear and uncertainty in the UAE: bit.ly/4fYTBkM
Rajendra Paudel examines fear and uncertainty in the UAE: bit.ly/4fYTBkM
August 11, 2026 at 6:06 AM
When war erupted in the Persian Gulf, technology became a double-edged sword for migrant workers. Smartphone alerts offered updates, but social media fueled waves of panic across labor camps.
Rajendra Paudel examines fear and uncertainty in the UAE: bit.ly/4fYTBkM
Rajendra Paudel examines fear and uncertainty in the UAE: bit.ly/4fYTBkM
We were thrilled to moderate and present at #DRAPAC2026, in a panel titled “Reimagining Borders: Migration, Surveillance, and Human Rights in the Global South.”
Thank you organizers DAKILA and Foundation for Media Alternatives, and partners OHCHR, @idcoalition.bsky.social, and ELSAM.
Thank you organizers DAKILA and Foundation for Media Alternatives, and partners OHCHR, @idcoalition.bsky.social, and ELSAM.
June 19, 2026 at 7:48 AM
We were thrilled to moderate and present at #DRAPAC2026, in a panel titled “Reimagining Borders: Migration, Surveillance, and Human Rights in the Global South.”
Thank you organizers DAKILA and Foundation for Media Alternatives, and partners OHCHR, @idcoalition.bsky.social, and ELSAM.
Thank you organizers DAKILA and Foundation for Media Alternatives, and partners OHCHR, @idcoalition.bsky.social, and ELSAM.
The AI Resist List is LIVE 🎉
Co-built w/ @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, & @refugeelab.ca, this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, showing how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim from Big Tech's dominance.
airesistlist.org
Co-built w/ @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, & @refugeelab.ca, this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, showing how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim from Big Tech's dominance.
airesistlist.org
June 16, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The AI Resist List is LIVE 🎉
Co-built w/ @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, & @refugeelab.ca, this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, showing how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim from Big Tech's dominance.
airesistlist.org
Co-built w/ @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, & @refugeelab.ca, this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, showing how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim from Big Tech's dominance.
airesistlist.org
In an interview with a Kashmiri journalist writing under a pseudonym, everyday life emerges as a landscape shaped by checkpoints, phone searches, and the constant possibility of state scrutiny.
Read the full interview via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/surveillance...
Read the full interview via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/surveillance...
June 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
In an interview with a Kashmiri journalist writing under a pseudonym, everyday life emerges as a landscape shaped by checkpoints, phone searches, and the constant possibility of state scrutiny.
Read the full interview via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/surveillance...
Read the full interview via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/surveillance...
For too long, the Global North has deployed digital tools to manage migration without involving those most affected. This has led to "digital othering," where algorithms scale discrimination and strip people of their agency. 🧵
bit.ly/4wjc8zk
bit.ly/4wjc8zk
June 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM
For too long, the Global North has deployed digital tools to manage migration without involving those most affected. This has led to "digital othering," where algorithms scale discrimination and strip people of their agency. 🧵
bit.ly/4wjc8zk
bit.ly/4wjc8zk
The MTM is at #DRAPAC - The Digital Rights Asia Pacific Assembly in Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭 organized by @engagemedia.org, Foundation for Media Alternatives, and DAKILA.
Come see our panel on border surveillance with ELSAM, @idcoalition.bsky.social, OHCHR, as well as Shakeen, journalist from Kashmir
Come see our panel on border surveillance with ELSAM, @idcoalition.bsky.social, OHCHR, as well as Shakeen, journalist from Kashmir
June 8, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The MTM is at #DRAPAC - The Digital Rights Asia Pacific Assembly in Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭 organized by @engagemedia.org, Foundation for Media Alternatives, and DAKILA.
Come see our panel on border surveillance with ELSAM, @idcoalition.bsky.social, OHCHR, as well as Shakeen, journalist from Kashmir
Come see our panel on border surveillance with ELSAM, @idcoalition.bsky.social, OHCHR, as well as Shakeen, journalist from Kashmir
The right to repair is a right to a future.
That’s what drives Mathew Lubari, our 2024 MTM Fellow. As the Co-founder of Community Creativity for Development (CC4D), he’s teaching refugee youth and women how to reclaim their technology.
Mathew shares his perspective at our 2025 gathering in Nairobi.
That’s what drives Mathew Lubari, our 2024 MTM Fellow. As the Co-founder of Community Creativity for Development (CC4D), he’s teaching refugee youth and women how to reclaim their technology.
Mathew shares his perspective at our 2025 gathering in Nairobi.
June 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The right to repair is a right to a future.
That’s what drives Mathew Lubari, our 2024 MTM Fellow. As the Co-founder of Community Creativity for Development (CC4D), he’s teaching refugee youth and women how to reclaim their technology.
Mathew shares his perspective at our 2025 gathering in Nairobi.
That’s what drives Mathew Lubari, our 2024 MTM Fellow. As the Co-founder of Community Creativity for Development (CC4D), he’s teaching refugee youth and women how to reclaim their technology.
Mathew shares his perspective at our 2025 gathering in Nairobi.
How do we move beyond research that just observes harm and toward methodologies that build power? ✊
The MTM Fellowship is built on 7 Core Principles of Participatory Methodologies.
See the thread to explore the pillars of how we are building a different world.
The MTM Fellowship is built on 7 Core Principles of Participatory Methodologies.
See the thread to explore the pillars of how we are building a different world.
June 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
How do we move beyond research that just observes harm and toward methodologies that build power? ✊
The MTM Fellowship is built on 7 Core Principles of Participatory Methodologies.
See the thread to explore the pillars of how we are building a different world.
The MTM Fellowship is built on 7 Core Principles of Participatory Methodologies.
See the thread to explore the pillars of how we are building a different world.
Displaced communities are used as a testing ground for surveillance and border tech. “Nothing about us, without us” - people who have lived through these systems are the only ones qualified to lead the research, define the strategies, and design the pushback.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migration...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migration...
May 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Displaced communities are used as a testing ground for surveillance and border tech. “Nothing about us, without us” - people who have lived through these systems are the only ones qualified to lead the research, define the strategies, and design the pushback.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migration...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migration...
MTM Co-Founder @petramolnar.com joins Aman Sethi of @opendemocracy.net in the In Solidarity podcast to discuss why the “Border Industrial Complex” is booming and what it means for people on the move and how surveillance makes the world impassable for some people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPt2...
May 26, 2026 at 8:31 AM
MTM Co-Founder @petramolnar.com joins Aman Sethi of @opendemocracy.net in the In Solidarity podcast to discuss why the “Border Industrial Complex” is booming and what it means for people on the move and how surveillance makes the world impassable for some people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPt2...
The MTM Manifesto was one of the most important outcomes of our 2025 gathering in Nairobi, Kenya.
Look through the thread to see the core pillars of the movement we’re building together, and read the full report at the link in bio ☝️
Look through the thread to see the core pillars of the movement we’re building together, and read the full report at the link in bio ☝️
May 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The MTM Manifesto was one of the most important outcomes of our 2025 gathering in Nairobi, Kenya.
Look through the thread to see the core pillars of the movement we’re building together, and read the full report at the link in bio ☝️
Look through the thread to see the core pillars of the movement we’re building together, and read the full report at the link in bio ☝️
The AI Resist List is LIVE 🎉
Co-built by @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @refugeelab.ca this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, and how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim its power from Big Tech.
Check it out www.airesistlist.org
Co-built by @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @refugeelab.ca this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, and how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim its power from Big Tech.
Check it out www.airesistlist.org
May 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The AI Resist List is LIVE 🎉
Co-built by @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @refugeelab.ca this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, and how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim its power from Big Tech.
Check it out www.airesistlist.org
Co-built by @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @refugeelab.ca this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, and how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim its power from Big Tech.
Check it out www.airesistlist.org
In a piece for @opendemocracy.net, MTM Fellow Simon Drotti challenges the way the world views displaced communities with Memory Scroll, a social platform designed to return narrative power to those who have lived through displacement. Read Simon’s full reflection here: bit.ly/3P5mS3S
May 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM
In a piece for @opendemocracy.net, MTM Fellow Simon Drotti challenges the way the world views displaced communities with Memory Scroll, a social platform designed to return narrative power to those who have lived through displacement. Read Simon’s full reflection here: bit.ly/3P5mS3S
What happens when the people most impacted by border tech are the ones in charge of the narrative?
We worked with incredible Fellows and partners who are proving that the future of tech and migration can be participatory and justice-rooted.
Read the report here: bit.ly/3QqskhT
We worked with incredible Fellows and partners who are proving that the future of tech and migration can be participatory and justice-rooted.
Read the report here: bit.ly/3QqskhT
April 24, 2026 at 8:12 AM
What happens when the people most impacted by border tech are the ones in charge of the narrative?
We worked with incredible Fellows and partners who are proving that the future of tech and migration can be participatory and justice-rooted.
Read the report here: bit.ly/3QqskhT
We worked with incredible Fellows and partners who are proving that the future of tech and migration can be participatory and justice-rooted.
Read the report here: bit.ly/3QqskhT
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Last year, I had the privilege to join the in-person gathering of the @migrationtechmonitor.com Fellowship, an initiative that supports people with lived experiences of migration.
I also joined some of them on this podcast discussing technology and injustice open.spotify.com/episode/5FAj...
I also joined some of them on this podcast discussing technology and injustice open.spotify.com/episode/5FAj...
Digital Othering - How Technology Increases Injustice
open.spotify.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Last year, I had the privilege to join the in-person gathering of the @migrationtechmonitor.com Fellowship, an initiative that supports people with lived experiences of migration.
I also joined some of them on this podcast discussing technology and injustice open.spotify.com/episode/5FAj...
I also joined some of them on this podcast discussing technology and injustice open.spotify.com/episode/5FAj...
👋 We're back! We know it's been a while, but just because we've been quiet, doesn't mean we have not been busy! Check out some of the things we have been working on over the last few months - also on our website: www.migrationtechmonitor.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
👋 We're back! We know it's been a while, but just because we've been quiet, doesn't mean we have not been busy! Check out some of the things we have been working on over the last few months - also on our website: www.migrationtechmonitor.com
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#FilistinİçinTeknoloji serimizin bu bölümünde "Migration and Technology Monitor" (@migrationtechmonitor.com) kolektifinin Filistinli araştırmacı ve dijital haklar savunucusu Mona Shtaya (@monashtaya.bsky.social) ile yaptığı söyleşiyi çevirdik:
bianet.org/haber/filist...
bianet.org/haber/filist...
Filistinlilere karşı gözetim teknolojisi, duygu tanıma ve öngörücü yapay zekâ: Mona Shtaya ile söyleşi
“Hayatı zorlaştıran teknoloji değil, teknolojiyi güvenlik ve askerî amaçla kullanan İsrail. Bu teknolojileri önce Filistinliler üzerinde test edip sonra dünyaya satıyorlar; işgalden kâr ediyorlar.”
bianet.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#FilistinİçinTeknoloji serimizin bu bölümünde "Migration and Technology Monitor" (@migrationtechmonitor.com) kolektifinin Filistinli araştırmacı ve dijital haklar savunucusu Mona Shtaya (@monashtaya.bsky.social) ile yaptığı söyleşiyi çevirdik:
bianet.org/haber/filist...
bianet.org/haber/filist...
📢 We are thrilled to welcome our THIRD cohort of fellows!
Joining us are:
🔵 Sophia Amimo, Kenya
🔴 Aqila Abdelkarim, Somaliland
🟡 Abid, Kashmir
🟢 Issa Amro, Palestine
🟠 Nuria Arias and Ever Martinez, detained in the United States
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/2025fellows
What will they work on?
Joining us are:
🔵 Sophia Amimo, Kenya
🔴 Aqila Abdelkarim, Somaliland
🟡 Abid, Kashmir
🟢 Issa Amro, Palestine
🟠 Nuria Arias and Ever Martinez, detained in the United States
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/2025fellows
What will they work on?
April 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📢 We are thrilled to welcome our THIRD cohort of fellows!
Joining us are:
🔵 Sophia Amimo, Kenya
🔴 Aqila Abdelkarim, Somaliland
🟡 Abid, Kashmir
🟢 Issa Amro, Palestine
🟠 Nuria Arias and Ever Martinez, detained in the United States
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/2025fellows
What will they work on?
Joining us are:
🔵 Sophia Amimo, Kenya
🔴 Aqila Abdelkarim, Somaliland
🟡 Abid, Kashmir
🟢 Issa Amro, Palestine
🟠 Nuria Arias and Ever Martinez, detained in the United States
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/2025fellows
What will they work on?
Israel is using state-of-the-art technology against Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also against residents in the West Bank.
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
April 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Israel is using state-of-the-art technology against Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also against residents in the West Bank.
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
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Thanks @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity to reflect on social media surveillance and migration under the Trump Administration, referencing great work by @nanjala.bsky.social and @danmcquillan.bsky.social, and reporting by @aclu.org and @404media.co, among others
Widespread surveillance leads to abuses of power, discrimination, and the stifling of freedom of expression, says Petra Molnar. Historically marginalized communities will bear the disproportionate brunt of this type of social media surveillance, she writes.
Trump’s Social Media Surveillance: Social Scoring by Another Name | TechPolicy.Press
Widespread surveillance leads to abuses of power, discrimination, and the stifling of freedom of expression, writes Petra Molnar.
www.techpolicy.press
April 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thanks @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity to reflect on social media surveillance and migration under the Trump Administration, referencing great work by @nanjala.bsky.social and @danmcquillan.bsky.social, and reporting by @aclu.org and @404media.co, among others
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AI use is rapidly growing in DHS for social media surveillance, visa revocations, and deportations—an alarming trend evident even before Trump’s second term, warns Paromita Shah, co-founder and executive director of Just Futures Law.
Five Findings from an Analysis of the US Department of Homeland Security’s AI Inventory | TechPolicy.Press
AI use is rapidly growing in DHS for social media surveillance, visa revocations, and deportations, warns Just Futures Law's Paromita Shah.
www.techpolicy.press
April 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
AI use is rapidly growing in DHS for social media surveillance, visa revocations, and deportations—an alarming trend evident even before Trump’s second term, warns Paromita Shah, co-founder and executive director of Just Futures Law.
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While marginalized communities are the most affected, not even the powerful are immune - like ex-CISA director Chris Krebs.
www.forbes.com/sites/tonybr... - Tony Bradley @forbes.com
Silence from the cybersecurity community - only a few spoke out, like @k8em0.bsky.social @lutasecurity.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/tonybr... - Tony Bradley @forbes.com
Silence from the cybersecurity community - only a few spoke out, like @k8em0.bsky.social @lutasecurity.bsky.social
Deafening Silence From The Cybersecurity Industry
Chris Krebs affirmed the 2020 election was secure. Now he's the target of an Executive Order—and the cybersecurity industry’s silence is enabling a dangerous precedent.
www.forbes.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
While marginalized communities are the most affected, not even the powerful are immune - like ex-CISA director Chris Krebs.
www.forbes.com/sites/tonybr... - Tony Bradley @forbes.com
Silence from the cybersecurity community - only a few spoke out, like @k8em0.bsky.social @lutasecurity.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/tonybr... - Tony Bradley @forbes.com
Silence from the cybersecurity community - only a few spoke out, like @k8em0.bsky.social @lutasecurity.bsky.social