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Dr Birgit Schippers

@birgitschippers.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer at Strathclyde Law School. Working on human rights & AI/biometric technologies.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 20h
🚨JOBS: Information influence campaigns are at the center of hybrid conflicts. As part of a new initiative on Hybrid War and Democracy that I lead at @d-ias.bsky.social, there are openings at post-doc and assistant professor (tenure track) levels. 🗓️: DL Nov 23 Share 🫶 🧵 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
sdu.dk
Vacant positions at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark
Do you merge research excellence with immense curiosity and a sense of playfulness? We are currently hiring tenured DIAS Professors and tenure track DIAS Fellows across multiple disciplines - apply t...
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NI SoS bans Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road
rte.ie
NI Secretary to ban Orange Order Drumcree parade
Follow live developments as Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant is asked to review the Parades Commission determination to allow the Orange Order march at Drumcree.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At this rate, expect Ed Sheeran to turn up next #GarvaghyRoad
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They are quickly catching up. #GarvaghyRoad
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#GarvaghyRoad 👇
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Indeed. And it begs the question why, given the PSNI’s assessment, they are bringing in enforcement.
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“They knew that AI facial recognition technology should not be used as the sole basis to extradite and charge a person. Yet they ignored those issues and gave no care to the harm it would do to innocent people like Lipps” abcnews.com/US/grandmoth...
abcnews.com
Grandmother falsely accused of bank theft after alleged AI facial recognition match sues for $10M
A Tennessee grandmother who was falsely accused of bank theft crimes in North Dakota and detained for six months is suing for $10 million.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(1/5) Pentagon leadership has said that by the end of this month, Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become a line item with stable, long-term funding in the defense budget (a "program of record"). #News #Palantir #AI
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What are they preparing us for? 👇
bbc.co.uk
War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Girls to be given the legal right to wear trousers. In N. Ireland. In 2028. I rest my case.
bbc.co.uk
NI Schools: Girls to be given right to wear trousers
Guidelines stipulate that school uniform policies for the 2027/28 school year onwards must include the option for girls to wear trousers.
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Job announcement: please come and work with us at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. We want to hire an officer & operations manager. www.iccl.ie/news/vacancy...
iccl.ie
Could you be ICCL's new Office and Operations Manager?
The deadline to apply is 2pm on Friday 2 October 2026.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Whatever the outcome, the #firewall must hold.
static.klipy.com
Gandalf's Iconic 'You Shall Not Pass' Scene
ALT: Gandalf's Iconic 'You Shall Not Pass' Scene
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Waiting on #SachsenAnhalt #SaxonyAnhalt exit polls. German TV reports high turnout.
tagesschau.de
++ Warum diese Landtagswahl für die Linke so wichtig ist ++
Bereits um 16 Uhr haben mehr Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt ihre Stimmen abgegeben als bei der vergangenen Landtagswahl. Die Wahlbeteiligung lag bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt bei 65,3 Prozent - zum Vergleich: 2...
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Never was the phrase ‘first time as tragedy, second time as farce’ more apt.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
‘As the Mayor of Manchester’ is the new ‘my dad was a toolmaker’ #PMQs
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Emma the #AI receptionist ‘designed to support access’ has 17 languages plus English - but cannot understand the local Yorkshire accent 🤔
theguardian.com
Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist
‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The @northernireland.gov.uk executive has published its draft #AI Strategy 👇. The consultation will remain open until 7 October.
executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Oh no 😟! Will we run out of Flavahan’s Organic Jumbo Oats 🥣?
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
2/2 The book, first published in 2011, developed elements of my PhD thesis on contemporary feminist theory (with a focus on Kristeva & Judith Butler). My research has since moved in a different direction, but I remain influenced by the critical ideas of thinkers such as Kristeva & esp. Butler.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thrilled to have received a copy of the paperback edition of my book on Julia Kristeva & Feminist Thought, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social 1/2
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The new #AI Office of Ireland comes into operation today, together with new EU rules on AI #deepfakes and other AI-generated content
rte.ie
New EU rules on AI deepfakes and chatbots
Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled under new EU rules on artificial intelligence, which come into force today.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Amidst all of this, it’s perhaps worth remembering that the proponents of so-called gender-critical views don’t speak for all women or for all feminists.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
2/2 It abandons the principle that states must justify their interference in people’s rights and places the burden on proving one’s innocence on citizens.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This article 👇 in the @theguardian.com covers a lot of ground, from #AI enabled lamp posts to #facialrecognition in shops (and not all of it is new). What is concerning is the ‘nothing to hide, nothing to fear’ view expressed by the interviewees 1/2
theguardian.com
Spies in the sky: how worried should we be about the arrival of AI-enabled smart lamp-posts?
The new breed of camera-equipped streetlights has the potential to fight crime and track down missing persons. Or will it just take Britain one step closer to a surveillance state?
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I’m sympathetic towards the sentiment behind compulsory voting but I’m not convinced that it will reverse voter apathy & I worry that penalising non-voters will compound the problem. IMO, introducing participatory budgeting, esp. at local/devolved level, could be much more effective.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Joyce Carol Oates would agree.👇
theguardian.com
Richer than Musk: Joyce Carol Oates on her 88 years of watching, writing, feeling and loving
The writer made headlines when she accused the world’s wealthiest man of lacking joy, culture, a sense of beauty … Meanwhile, her own life has been an attempt to understand and explain the world. She ...
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ICRC Law & Policy Outreach @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Can AI help preserve the memory of atrocities without compromising truth and justice? AI can strengthen access to historical records, but transitional justice still depends on human judgement and context. Read more → bit.ly/3RQUyn5 #IHL #AI #Memorialization
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Facial recognition technology supplied by a Spanish firm and largely banned in the EU is running on around 4,000 cameras across India, Investigate Europe reports.
buff.ly
European AI Firms Scale Banned Facial Recognition Systems in India
From Delhi to Jaipur, India is rolling out facial recognition technology supplied by Spanish company Herta Security to monitor millions of its citizens.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
2/2 The five-layer surveillance stack includes 1. data harvesting at scale; 2. predictive policing; 3. communications interception; 4. data integration & command centres; and 5. aerial surveillance.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ranking Digital Rights have published a report on the surveillance tech legacy of the FIFA 2026 Men’s World Cup 1/2
rankingdigitalrights.org
No Fair Play: Mapping the 2026 World Cup Surveillance Stack - Ranking Digital Rights
A new report by Ranking Digital Rights shines a light on the role of technology companies in building the surveillance stack of the 2026 World Cup.
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Silent World Cup Winners are the Companies Normalizing Surveillance www.techpolicy.press/the-silent-w...
techpolicy.press
The Silent World Cup Winners are the Companies Normalizing Surveillance
Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) released an investigation into the companies supporting surveillance and policing in the 16 host cities of the 2026 World Cup.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#TrevorPhillips On Johnson’s claim that Brexit facilitated the rollout of COVID vaccinations 👇
bbc.co.uk
UK vaccine approval: Did Brexit speed up the process?
There have been claims that Brexit allowed the UK to approve a vaccine quicker than the EU, but is that correct?
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Some welcome news: Burnham scraps the so-called ‘Britcard’ #DigitalID scheme
theguardian.com
Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’
Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
They could build a wall … 🤔
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Excellent opinion piece by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the use of Palantir in the NHS & beyond
theguardian.com
I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan
Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I wrote a review essay on a new book on the development of AI targeting in the US - Project Maven by @katrinamanson.bsky.social As an international lawyer, I ask whether current international law is adequate to regulate AI use (probably not) and what are the barriers to more effective regulation.
inside.org.au
Rules of engagement • Holly Cullen
Are we asking the right questions about the military use of artificial intelligence?
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Who owns the land where the bonfire is located?
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meta lets users make #AI images from public Instagram profile pics 👇 Is the opt-out meant to reassure people 🤔? Don’t think so
bbc.co.uk
Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics
The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
2/2 I’m not so sure whether parliamentary sovereignty (in a UK context) can be described as a form of popular sovereignty. Of course, constitutional principles, and how courts interpret them, do change.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Certainly, the idea of popular sovereignty and of Parliament as expressing the will of the people has become part of public political discourse. Also, there is a view that parliamentary sovereignty is not absolute (this relates, e.g, to the role of the judiciary & the effects of devolution). But 1/2
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
There is a 3rd problem: is popular sovereignty a constitutional principle of the UK? Where does this leave the principle of parliamentary sovereignty?
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Also: neither Farage nor the Clacton electorate - whatever their democratic decision may be - will rule on his compliance with parliamentary standards.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Given the Farage saga, it’s worth stating that the Seven Principles of Public Life are part of the Code of Conduct for MPs. The Principles are: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. 1/2
publications.parliament.uk
The Code of Conduct - Committee on Standards
Report by the House of Commons
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This used to be my local U-Bahn Station, many, many years ago. It is concerning to hear that surveillance technologies with a proven detrimental impact on human rights will be installed here.
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A brilliant analysis by @johnnyryan.bsky.social on the RoI’s role and performance (and failure!) re the regulation of Big Tech companies 👇
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 12/06/2026
Have you seen facial recognition used in a school or university? This technology raises serious privacy and human rights concerns. pvcy.org/frtmap
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Just catching up on this great conversation on the use of #AI in international justice with Marta Bo & @benjaminthorne.bsky.social. Highly recommend @asymmetricalh.bsky.social podcast (and hoping for a future session on #facialrecognition & international justice)
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