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  Lale Teki?alp

  Associate Director, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量

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  Lale Teki?alp

  Associate Director, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量

  San Francisco

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  Lale works with 黑料正能量 member companies across industries to incorporate human rights into business operations and strategy. She focuses on the intersection of human rights and technology, and she leads the  collaborative initiative.

  Prior to 黑料正能量, Lale worked with the Partnership on AI to help build its AI for Social Good strategy. Previously, she held several different marketing roles at Microsoft, where she played a key role in establishing the company's cloud business across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa.

  Lale holds a MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she focused on responsible business and social sector leadership. She received a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

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  Recent Insights From Lale Teki?alp

  • Protecting Children in the Digital Environment: The Role of Impact Assessments / February 26, 2025 / Blog
  • Child Rights Impact Assessments in Relation to the Digital Environment / January 30, 2025 / Reports
  • A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025 / December 19, 2024 / Blog
  • An Impact-Based Approach to Responsible AI / October 10, 2024 / Blog
  • Responsible and Sustainable AI / June 4, 2024 / Audio

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  Faraz Ansari

  Associate, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量

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  Faraz Ansari

  Associate, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量

  New York

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  Faraz works with 黑料正能量 member companies across industries in human rights and technology.

  Prior to 黑料正能量, Faraz was an Advocacy Fellow at Access Now, where he contributed to digital rights campaigns. Previously, he worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Human Rights Initiative, where he researched business, human rights, and technology.

  Faraz holds an MA from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in International Law and Economic Policy. Prior to SAIS, he graduated from the Ohio State University, where he served as a John Glenn Fellow at the US Department of Justice and as a Critical Language Fellow at the US Department of State.

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  Recent Insights From Faraz Ansari

  • Twitch Human Rights Impact Assessment / April 18, 2023 / Reports
  • A Human Rights Impact Assessment of Twitch / April 18, 2023 / Blog
  • Human Rights Assessment of the Software-as-a-Service Sector / May 12, 2022 / Reports
  • Advancing Human Rights in the SaaS Sector / May 12, 2022 / Blog

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  Hannah Darnton

  Director, Technology and Human Rights, 黑料正能量

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  Hannah Darnton

  Director, Technology and Human Rights, 黑料正能量

  San Francisco

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  Hannah works with companies that develop and deploy technology to integrate human rights-based approaches into their policies, products, and strategies. She specializes in conducting human rights due diligence on emerging technologies, such as generative AI, affective tech, facial recognition, and surveillance, and in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to children in digital environments.

  She has worked extensively with companies to prepare for and comply with human rights-related regulatory requirements in alignment with the OECD Guidelines and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This includes conducting and reviewing risk assessments under the EU Digital Services Act and the UK's Online Safety Act, as well as preparing for forthcoming obligations under the EU AI Act, CSDDD, and CSRD.

  Prior to joining 黑料正能量, Hannah worked at the Skoll Foundation and spent several years working in anti-human trafficking. 

  Hannah holds a Master’s in NGOs and Development with a specialization in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of Michigan.

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  Recent Insights From Hannah Darnton

  • Human Rights Across the Generative AI Value Chain / February 25, 2025 / Reports
  • Child Rights Impact Assessments in Relation to the Digital Environment / January 30, 2025 / Reports
  • The Human Rights Impacts of AI / June 4, 2024 / Audio
  • The EU AI Act: 11 Recommendations for Business / May 21, 2024 / Blog
  • The EU AI Act: What It Means for Your Business / April 25, 2024 / Blog

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Software-as-a-service (SaaS) makes up the largest segment of the public cloud market. SaaS services address numerous business needs, and they are behind many of the consumer-facing products and platforms we use every day. As these services become increasingly common, a deeper understanding of how SaaS services may impact human rights, and the appropriate actions to address those impacts, is needed.

To unpack the SaaS sector’s connection to human rights, 黑料正能量 worked with seven business-to-business (B2B) SaaS providers to conduct a human rights assessment of the SaaS sector. This report identifies salient human rights risks and makes recommendations to SaaS providers on how to avoid, prevent, and mitigate adverse human rights impacts associated with their individual services and the sector as a whole.