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    The 'cynical space' where aid, tech, and militaries intersect

    Giulio Coppi, senior humanitarian officer at Access Now, has mapped out the relationships between private technology companies and international humanitarian organizations. He says his findings are alarming.

    By Sara Jerving // 15 February 2024

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    “An opaque world, increasingly consolidated in few hands, dealing in the data of the world's most vulnerable and providing fertile ground to greedy data brokers and intermediaries.”

    That’s how Giulio Coppi, senior humanitarian officer at Access Now, describes the landscape surrounding the digital transformation of humanitarian responses.

    He mapped out the relationships between private technology companies and international humanitarian organizations in a new report published on Thursday which he said raises “ample reason for alarm.”  

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