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>Nov 7, 2023 | Brad Smith, Microsoft Vice Chair and President, andTeresa Hutson,Corporate Vice President, Technology forFundamental Rights
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>>Microsoft announces new steps to help protect elections
>Brad Smith's Co-author on the "protect election" blog post
>>Nov 7, 2023 | Brad Smith, Microsoft Vice Chair and President, andTeresa Hutson,Corporate Vice President, Technology forFundamental Rights
This looks like some sort of United Nations or Eurofag connection.
Vienna+30 Symposium
Teresa Hutson
Teresa Hutson
Vice President of Microsoft’s Technology and Corporate Responsibility Group
In her current role, Teresa Hutson helps to realise Microsoft’s mission through initiatives that support and protect the fundamental rights of people around the world. Utilising data and technology, the group focuses on priorities related to safeguarding democratic institutions to ensure healthy information ecosystems, advance racial justice and equality, protect human rights through responsible business practices in its supply chain, and enable the right to meaningful connectivity and accessible technology.
Before joining Microsoft in 2008, Teresa Hutson worked in private practice. Over the years, she has held various positions within the company, including Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Microsoft's HR Legal Group. In this role, shemanaged the Immigration, Employment Law, and Employment Compliance teams.
Teresa's commitment to fundamental rights and an equitable society extends beyond her role at Microsoft.She dedicates her time to pro-bono work in support of immigrationand veterans' rights and is an active participant in the business community, collaborating with local Seattle businesses and associations to highlight and advance important local issues.
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To mark the 30th anniversary of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, a high-level symposium entitled “Vienna World Conference 30 Years On: Our Rights – Our Future” took place in Vienna on 6 June 2023. At this event, organised by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs in cooperation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), human rights stakeholders from diverse backgrounds discussed current and future challenges as well as best practices in the promotion and protection of human rights.
In addition to the high-level symposium, the Foreign Ministry co-organised the Vienna Youth Human Rights Defenders Conference and cultural events with a human rights focus. For the general public, the Vienna-based International Organisations together with the Foreign Ministry presented their engagement in the field of human rights on 5 and 6 June in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier.
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Clint Fucking Wattsis going to protect our elections, anons.
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>Same old fuckingGlowNiggers
>Clint Fucking Wattsis going to protect our elections, anons.
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>Teresa Hutson
>This looks like some sort of United Nations or Eurofag connection.
>Vienna+30 Symposium
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>Clint Fucking Watts
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Microsoft’s approach to the current media crisis
How can technology support press freedom at a time when the journalism landscape becomes more fraught? Devex speaks to Microsoft’s Teresa Hutson about the company’s new Journalism Hub and the role of technology in the future of journalism.
By Devex Partnerships // 08 June 2023
Journalism and independent media are under threat around the world. Photo by: Microsoft
Independent journalism and press freedom are vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals but are currently facing huge challenges, according to Teresa Hutson, corporate vice president of technology and corporate responsibility at Microsoft.
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“Journalism and independent media are under threat around the world. We see this with the rise of authoritarianism, an increase in threats across online, and legal and even physical threats against journalists, particularly affecting journalists who hold governments and power to account,” she said.
The environment for journalism is “bad” in seven out of 10 countries and only satisfactory in three out of 10, according to the World Press Freedom Index. In 2022, at least 67 journalists were killed in relation to their work — an almost 50% increase from 2021.
“There's the big problem with the declining effectiveness of the newsroom business model that is foundational to all of this,” Hutson said. Research found that in the United States over 360 newspapers had shuttered following the COVID-19 pandemic, while in recent weeks thousands of job cuts have been made across the industry.
But without quality information to shine a light on inequities and hold institutions to account, upholding democracy and democratic values can be difficult.
“What we need for a democratic society is facts.We can’t hold power to account, we can't participate in government, we can’t make informed decisions, we can't engage with our fellow citizens in democracy without facts,” Hutson said. “It all accrues to SDG 16 on promoting peace, justice, and strong institutions; one of which is journalism.”
"Journalism can promote the stories of underrepresented communities and help bridge divides. That supports SDG 5 on gender equality and SDG 10 on reducing inequalities,” she added.
Sitting down with Devex, Hutson explained how Microsoft’s new Journalism Hub and Media Viability Accelerator will help to support journalism business models and press freedom, how this work fits into the technology company’s portfolio, and the role it sees technology and artificial intelligence playing in the future of journalism.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
How is Microsoft working to support local news ecosystems and restore trust in news?
At Microsoft, we believe that we have a responsibility to advance and protect people's fundamental rights and address the challenges that technology can create.
On May 3, we launched a journalism hub, a resource center for the journalism community around the world. This new online tool is a one-stop shop for media to access tools, technology, and services from across Microsoft and our partners that can help them rebuild capacity in local news ecosystems, restore trust in news, and build their businesses. With this hub we are, at scale, giving access to the various assets that Microsoft can bring to the equation.
>Devex speaks to Microsoft’s Teresa Hutson about the company’s new Journalism Hub and the role of technology in the future of journalism.
Democracy relies on an informed public but in recent years many independent media organizations have gone out of business. Without independent news sources to inform, track, and keep public officials accountable, democracy around the world is at risk. We are providing tools for journalists through this hub, including data visualization tools and discounts on Microsoft 365 to help their businesses. We think about the ways in which our technology can increase the efficiency and reach of a newsroom through the tools we offer. This can help improve research, reporting, and other editorial needs.
We are also thinking about how we can help to restore trust in news. This isn't just a news problem. Trust in traditional institutions has fallen across the board; trust in government, higher education, science, and media. To work on this issue for journalism,we’ve partnered closely with NewsGuard to build its publisher rating tool— that shows trust scores and ratings for news and information websites based on their adherence to nine journalistic criteria — and include it in the hub. It’s also easy to install the tool on our Edge browser. We've also included digital media literacy tools in this hub to help readers of news become more informed consumers.
Finally, the hub also includes tools that reduce risks for journalists, including tools to address cyberthreats and how we can help to reduce some legal risks. We have a number of tools to enhance their online safety, including AccountGuard for journalists on Microsoft 365, which helps protect their online presence from cyberattacks. We have also worked with the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to develop and support a program called ProJourn, which is providing journalists with no-cost legal help.
How does the work that you do in journalism fit into Microsoft’s overall portfolio and mission?
Our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We will do this in a way where we advance fundamental rights, support inclusive growth, create a sustainable future, and earn trust. My team is focused on fundamental rights; specifically, how we are using data and technology to advance and protect fundamental rights. We think about where technology can help close the digital divide and, as technology gets more advanced, how we can deliver access to connectivity and make sure technology is accessible for people with disabilities. We think about how technology can protect and advance equitable and fair societal systems. We think about this in our work related to justice as well as about how we engage as a business in a responsible way.
Foundational across all of this is a need to support and advance democracy. Business does better in a democracy. About 95% of our business is done in democratic countries. Democracy creates stability, predictability, and an environment where people can live, work, and thrive. Journalism is core to that.
What would your call to action be for the global development community around press freedom?
Stay engaged and support your local news. More than anything else, we need an informed public and consumers of independent media. We encourage people to check out our journalism hub and partner with us to deliver even more tools and resources. Try Bing and the AI tools available and let us know how they are useful to you so we can make more of those opportunities available. Help promote digital and media literacy so that we have a world of critical thinkers and consumers of news. We need everybody in the ecosystem to lean into it.
https://www.devex.com/news/sponsored/microsoft-s-approach-to-the-current-media-crisis-105632
> Devex speaks to Microsoft’s Teresa Hutson about the company’s new Journalism Hub and the role of technology in the future of journalism.
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Microsoft is continuing to use the founders of the stupid Russian BoTs hoax.
The Hamilton 68 niggers continuing the grift
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The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD)develops policy recommendations through research projects, including those on election integrity and analyzing various Russian state-backed communications. The Alliance for Securing Democracy is led by Laura Thornton and consists of an advisory council of more than a dozen individuals including John Podesta, former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
In early 2023, Hamilton 68, a digital dashboard the group promoted in 2017 as an effort to “help ordinary people, journalists, and other analysts identify Russian messaging themes and detect active disinformation” was exposed by left-leaning journalist Matt Taibbi as a “scam.” As part of his work on the Twitter Files, Taibbi provided internal emails from the social media firm during 2017 and early 2018 in which Twitter analysts found that Hamilton 68 did not primarily track Russian influence, but instead “generally right-leaning users” 1 2
“I’m increasingly of the opinion that this dashboard is actively damaging and promotes polarization and distrust through its shoddy methodology,” said one Twitter executive of Hamilton 68. “Real people need to know they’ve been unilaterally labeled Russian stooges without evidence or recourse. It’s a major problem.” 3
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Alliance for Securing Democracy is led by director Laura Thornton, a senior fellow who has prior experience at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), a think tank where she managed various teams across Europe. She also previously worked at the National Democratic Institute. She earned her BA from Northwestern University, and she attended Princeton University and Oxford University for her graduate studies. 14
ASD’s advisory council consists of over a dozen individuals who either previously served as members of Congress, worked in think tanks, or worked in various intelligence agencies.Advisory council members include Michael McFaulpedo, former ambassador to Russia in the Obama administration;Michael Morell, former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama; John Podesta,pedo former chair of Hillary for America and an official in the Clinton and Obama White Houses; and Kori Schake, the director of foreign policy at the right-of-center American Enterprise Institute. 15
>Teresa Hutson takes on new role at Microsoft
Teresa Hutson collaborating with the University of Washington
Uof W was one of thefounding partners for the Election Integrity Partnership
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Over the years, the University of Washington has found ways to show how it benefits individual lives, communities and society as a whole while deepening its connections with its alumni and the communities of Washington.
In February,at a Council for Advancement and Support of Education conferencein Bellevue,UW President Ana Mari Caucetook the stage to discuss the issue. She was joined by Teresa Hutson, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for the Technology and Corporate Responsibility Group,and Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education and a former U.S. undersecretary of education.
Mitchell said he was already talking about the troubling trend of declining public trust five years ago. Today, the situation is worse. “The meter is going the wrong way,” he told the audience of higher education workers. “The American public has lost a lot of confidence over time.” In addition to a partisan split, focus groups are showing that political independents, a growing category, are also trending down, he added.
All colleges and universities need to do more to communicate their value, said UW President Ana Mari Cauce.
Another of the UW’s pathways to raise public awareness and boost support for education came about in 2019, when UW and other Washington state colleges and universities worked alongside the business community to increase state support for scholarships. The resulting Washington College Grant has been the state’s most significant investment in higher education in a decade.
The businesses, which included Microsoft and Amazon, asked the state to tax them for the purposes of developing a larger workforce and a stronger community in which to operate.Businesses need predictability, said Hutson of Microsoft.There is predictability in knowing this state is investing in the people who live here, who go to college here, she added.
But the secret ingredient in the legislative recipe was the alumni voice. More than 2,000 people, many of them Huskies, wrote to their legislators in favor of the new tax. Olympia heard from constituents in 48 of the state’s 49 legislative districts.
https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/in-a-challenging-time-for-higher-ed-institutions-try-to-restore-public-trust/