Reposted by Lydia MorrishThe Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Far right marches. Racism on social media. Relentless headlines about the so-called ‘migrant crisis.’ Britain has never felt more divided. Help us tell a different story. 12010
Reposted by Lydia MorrishThe Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15/06/2026What happens when your AI assistant turns into a blackmailer? We are launching a brand-new YouTube series digging into the darkest corners of AI To kick things off, we are screening the first two episodes next week at London's Frontline Club 198
Reposted by Lydia MorrishEVAW Coalition @evawuk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025✏️ BEST INVESTIGATION Congratulations to the writers of our shortlisted pieces: @sianushka.bsky.social @hansummers.bsky.social @louisetickle.bsky.social @lydmorrish.bsky.social @cahalmilmo.bsky.social and Mark Wilding 112
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025This story will no doubt embolden the "The conspiracy theorists were right!!" folk, but I really hope the stellar, nuanced reporting on the files (WSJ, WIRED, others!) is also remembered when the mainstream backlash part of the saga no doubt starts 040
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Very happy to be at the @sirharrysummit.bsky.social with some of the best in investigative journalism. @anandwrites.bsky.social hits the nail on the head in first panel on trust-fraught Trump 2.0 era: Journalism is doing some of its best work but failing audiences… as trusted as political parties 110
Reposted by Lydia MorrishTruth Tellers @sirharrysummit.bsky.social · 07/05/2025We’re proud to bring back #SirHarrySummit — made possible thanks to our generous supporters: People's Postcode Lottery, Sigrid Rausing Trust, @fordfoundation.org BBC Verify, @observeruk.bsky.social + Joan Ganz and Holly Peterson Foundation 🎥 Watch the livestream: sirharrysummit.org/watch/sirharrysummit.orgPanels – Truth Tellers 041
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social · 07/02/2025NEW on the 'USAID is funding the media' narrative. News outlets reject accusations peddled by Trump, Musk & co. of a 'payoff' For @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/new...reuters.comNews outlets reject Trump accusations of USAID media 'payoff'Several major news outlets including Politico and the Associated Press have rejected unsubstantiated accusations by President Donald Trump and right-wing influencers that the U.S. Agency for International Development paid millions of taxpayer dollars to newsrooms in exchange for coverage favoring the Democratic Party. 010
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social · 17/01/2025GitHub’s crackdown on deepfakes doesn’t seem to be working. Projects based on models referenced by deepfake porn creators persist on the platform, despite its removals of popular deepfake repos under a new policy introduced last year. New investigation @wired.com www.wired.com/story/github...wired.comGitHub’s Deepfake Porn Crackdown Still Isn’t WorkingOver a dozen programs used by creators of nonconsensual explicit images have evaded detection on the developer platform, WIRED has found. 010
Reposted by Lydia MorrishAlys Key @alys.bsky.social · 16/01/2025This was a great read from @lydmorrish.bsky.social about all the work that goes into archiving our internet digitalfrontier.com/articles/way... with a beautiful illustration by Karina Cao! 141
Reposted by Lydia MorrishTaylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I wrote about FreeOurFeeds, a new $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires www.usermag.co/p/freeourfee...usermag.coA $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires+ Pervert winter, robot accessories, Snoop Dogg's LinkedIn, buzzcuts to break the internet, and Elon Musk gamer stolen valor 19642157
Reposted by Lydia MorrishSimon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 18/11/2024New around here? Interested in tech? I've compiled a list of 50 or so UK technology journo accounts. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/5s9g2Rn 104219
Reposted by Lydia MorrishCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Some news: amid rapid growth and some over-enforcement of its community guidelines, Bluesky trust and safety chief @aaron.bsky.team tells me the company will quadruple the size of its content moderation team www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow... 368184262582
Reposted by Lydia MorrishAndrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Sex traffickers rely on threats, violence or false assurances of love to press women into porn on OnlyFans and keep them producing, say victims and prosecutors. The latest Reuters story in our OnlyFans Exposed series by @lindasoreports.bsky.social @jasonszep.bsky.social & Luiza Ilie reut.rs/3ZeYtuNreut.rsEnslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation and tortureOnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors. 046
Reposted by Lydia MorrishBluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/11/20241/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision. 1490680577878
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social · 22/11/2024New investigation from me 👩💻 Google, Microsoft's Bing and Yahoo are listing websites, tutorials and software to make and view deepfake "porn", highlighting gaps in solutions to combat the abuse. www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/deep...glamourmagazine.co.ukWhy are ‘deepfake porn’ tutorials still showing up in search engines?A GLAMOUR investigation has found that the UK's most-used search engines are funnelling users towards explicit AI software and how-to guides. 01310
Reposted by Lydia MorrishJK @jaskiratsb.bsky.social · 20/11/2024UK Parliamentarians will summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation about the UK riots earlier this year and the rise of false/harmful AI content. Senior executives from Meta and TikTok are also expected to be called for questioning. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...theguardian.comMPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in UK summer riotsCommons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call Meta and TikTok executives 195
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Thanks to John Lewis resurrecting my Verve obsession, I've had this song flapping around my head since the Great Bluesky Pivot of 2024 🦋 Anyway, I'm here now. Hi! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU0J...youtube.comCatching The ButterflyYouTube video by The Verve - Topic 130