Watch: An intergenerational Q&A with UN’s new envoy on technology

Описание: As part of the content series Generation Why: Youth, rights and responsibilities in the digital age, Devex is hosting a series of discussions between young digital rights activists and policymakers in different regions.

This intergenerational dialogue features Kate Pundyk, a Canadian researcher focusing on the intersection of technology and mass atrocities who is currently completing her graduate studies at the Oxford Internet Institute as a Rhodes Scholar. She was in conversation with Amandeep Singh Gill, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ new envoy on technology.

Watch their discussion to hear about Gill’s viewpoint on tech and how to manage its risks, who should be responsible for protecting the privacy of vulnerable populations such as refugees, and how the U.N.’s model — built to protect people from harm perpetrated by states — can keep up with fast-paced changed in a world where private companies are growing more powerful than many countries.

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