Nighat Dad on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Nighat Dad

Founder of the Digital Rights Foundation and digital-rights advocate.

Human rights due diligence, as most AI companies practice it today, does not really meet the standard of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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Nighat Dad, remarks at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, July 7, 2026.

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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models

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AI Verified In the cited UN accountability context, says current AI human-rights due diligence is inadequate; supports stronger liability for deployed harms. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified In context, criticizes inadequate AI human-rights due diligence and supports stronger corporate accountability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The UN Global Dialogue transcript records Nighat Dad’s 7 Jul 2026 statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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