Second Fellowships Round · 2025–2026

Investigating the Kill Cloud: AI, Big Tech & Migration Control

Fellows: Cian Westmoreland (Whistleblower, Former US Air Force Drone Technician, US), Namir Shabibi (Independent Investigative Journalist, UK), Tiara Roxanne (Scholar and Artist, US/DE)

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11. September 2025

New research round launched: Investigating the Kill Cloud: AI, Big Tech and Migration Control

Research Papers · November 2024

Research published by our fellows Lisa Ling, Jack Poulson, Joana Moll & Naomi Colvin.

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Die Kill Cloud · Auswirkungen der netzwerzentrierten Kriegsführung auf die reale Welt

Von Cian Westmoreland & Lisa Ling, aus Whistleblowing for Change, 2021, transcript Verlag

Research Fellows 2025–2026

Architecture of Disappearance: The Kill Cloud’s Dispersal of Violence and Erosion of Sovereignty

Cian Westmoreland · Whistleblower, Former US Air Force Drone Technician, US

Ubiquitous Surveillance: Telecoms Networks and the Ecosystem of Tech and State Crime

Namir Shabibi · Independent Investigative Journalist, UK

Conference 2024 ·  Watch all talks

The conference Investigating The Kill Cloud (29.11–1.12.2024) brought together the research fellows of the Disruption Network Institute and international experts.

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Disruption Network Institute: Investigating the Kill Cloud

A hub for investigations and empirical research on how artificial intelligence impacts new technologies of war, automated weapons, and networked warfare.

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