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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock. www.gpb.org/news/2026/08...

gpb.org

Analysis: More 'guardrails' needed to prevent police misuse of Flock cameras

Inappropriate use of Flock cameras by law enforcement officials have raised questions about how much surveillance is too much.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Monsters

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/08/2026

"Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in one steel stroke. But all those 'biggee' tattoos? Tell me they don’t scream 'diversity hire.'"

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I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires

“Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in...

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Norwegian Embassy in Washington @norwayinusa.norway.no · 22/07/2026

Today we remember the 77 lives lost in the terrorist attacks of July 22, 2011. A far-right extremist targeted Norwegian democracy, first with a car bomb in Oslo's Government Quarter that killed 8 people, and later on Utøya, where 69 people were murdered. #22juli

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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na. @missiggeek.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Oh, not because of the stated policy direction of ignoring people’s rights to deliver maximum corporate advantage then?

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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na. @missiggeek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This isn’t some niche geek-interest thing, it’s an issue that affects everyone deeply - reckless, negligent and outright unlawful use of YOUR data is rife, and the supposed authority has been enabling rather than regulating. Discrimination, exploitation, addiction, polarisation are the effects

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hot take: sociologists that want to do good public work should actively develop their ability to shit post

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today marks the end of the 40-day Parliamentary stage of the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice, with the government refusing a debate or vote. It is now due to pass automatically, despite widespread opposition. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/07...

Text: 'The 40 days for the draft EHRC Code of Practice to be laid at parliament are up. Read our joint statement on our website.'

Below the text are the logos for Scottish Trans, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance and TransActual.

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 02/07/2026

The UK must ditch the failed path of technological dependency on the US. With this knock-out blow for US data transfers, having US Big Tech companies like Palantir running our critical infrastructure will fast become unworkable. The need for UK Digital Sovereignty is clear. Sign the petition ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 02/07/2026

UK data transfers with the US come under an extension of the EU-US framework. The UK's new data protection law allows personal data transfers to countries without independent or judicial oversight of data protection rules. But this would likely screw the EU-UK adequacy agreement, costing billions.

neweconomics.org

UK companies could face new costs up to £1.6bn if the EU doesn’t deem the UK’s post-Brexit data protection standards…

Without an ‘adequacy decision’ from the EU, smaller businesses will bear the brunt of the costs of new data transfer restrictions, according to new research

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 02/07/2026

Trouble ahead for US data transfers 🧨 The US Supreme Court has overturned precedent that Presidents can't remove heads of independent agencies at will. They've taken a sledgehammer to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework on which the UK also depends. Read how it makes the free flow of data unlawful ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org

The end is nigh for US data transfers

The Supreme Court held that President of the United States can remove members of public offices at will.

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Trans Rights are Human Rights @transgender-rights.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Phobes do not belong in medicine. #transmemes

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tell the climate deniers "It is hotter today, the end." via Extinction Rebellion

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Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Undiscovered Hemingway classic. #WritingCommunity #SkyBooks

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Anyway, my theory - FWIW - is that lots of the experienced and senior people who are hooked on LLMs are actually having a midlife crisis, and that spending money on Claude is cheaper than buying a Lambo buttondown.com/justenoughin...

buttondown.com

The Sports Car Theory of LLM Adoption

If LLMs make decision makers feel stupid, maybe they'll stop using them?

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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na. @missiggeek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It’s great that the ICO has been looking into edtech, but the mealy-mouthed tone of the report raises my hackles. Failure to identify Controller and Processor roles in processing, gaps in impact assessments, incomplete data flow maps are not just “compliance gaps”, they are significant hazards

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Alina @eled-nil.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Per chi si lamenta della tranquillità su BS, sono stata un attimo negli altri social (non X):

Struttura dell'inferno di Dante Alighieri

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LostUruk @losturuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Consent or pay was the reason I deleted my Facebook account.

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Tamar but spooky @heartinamber.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

'Everyone in the British state has quiet quit their job' latest

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

See also this thread: bsky.app/profile/mari...

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Overnight, Andy Burnham won and John Edwards (the ICO) resigned, and that’s a pretty efficient few hours in my book.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

There's a fashion for data protection regulators to step back from enforcing the law to "working with" organisations that break it In the UK, the regulator <signed an MoU> with the government, which it's supposed to oversee, to say they were about helping not punishing Thread below is the result:

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 19/06/2026

Hmm, let's see, ICO accepting City of London & Westminster's evidence-free claim my FOI requests for commercial vacancy data cause terrorism, opening the flood-gates for public data owners to refuse FOI requests for any made-up reason. informationrights.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk/DBFiles/Deci...

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A damning list of failures – really though, would he have been appointed if there was any risk he was going to do the job properly?

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This man is cooking. Hold his negroni.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

Via @heatherburnstech.bsky.social a thread on the biggest government data protection failures on the most recent regulator's watch (he's just resigned for misconduct) Afghan people have been killed because of a series of UK government data breaches the ICO did essentially nothing about.

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Erik Bugge @erik.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

After ICO's adtech report back in 2019 I actually thought they would clean up the mess we're in. But it turned out the ICO was just as messy. 🙄

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 19/06/2026

Don't forget this: just a slap on the wrist for the person who stole the Princess of Wales' health records with the aim of selling them. The ICO response to this was appalling, and they don't seem to have probed what this meant for the London Clinic's data governance www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Ex-health worker tried sell Catherine, Princess of Wales' medical notes

The individual tried to access the princess' records while she was having abdominal surgery.

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

ICO boss John Edwards announces resignation following investigation

Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Phone ban, social media ban & curfew, trans bathroom ban, trans youth healthcare ban, repeated protest ban, arrests of peaceful protestors for Palestine. All this government seems able to do is ban, ban, ban. No positive vision of the future, just kneejerk authoritarian crackdowns.

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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Eerke Boiten @eerkeboiten.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Interesting discussion last February in parliament on Palantir contracts. Minister Luke Pollard is a complete clown, in response to queries about revolving doors between MoD and Palantir he praises Palantir for employing veterans. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026...

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Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts' on Tuesday 10 February 2026.

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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na. @missiggeek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Today in the UK’s “child safety” strategy

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 01/06/2026

“By handing over data to Palantir, the FCA is pushing UK residents’ data into the meat grinder of the Trump administration." US tech firms dominate UK digital services. This risks foreign powers being used to compel companies to provide access to our data. 🗣️ ORG's @marianods.eurosky.social.

theguardian.com

FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear

Exclusive: MP and campaigners say sensitive citizen and company data could be subject to US disclosure laws

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

No matter who you are, if you are running a platform or a making a product that collects user data, you need to have a plan for what happens when the government shows up and asks for it, you need to share that policy with that users, and publish a transparency report.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2026

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026

“Understand this: rage against AI is white fucking hot, entirely justified, bipartisan, often indiscriminate, and inextricably woven into soaring disgust at the authoritarian-coddling extraction class.” karlbode.com/anger-at-ai-...

karlbode.com

AI Rage Is Inextricably Fused With Justified Loathing Of The Extraction Class. 'Deal With It'

Commencement AI booing reflects growing class revolt now tightly tethered to AI -- whether the technology's biggest proponents like it or not.

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Serious Privacy & Data Protection (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🍍🇪🇺 @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu · 20/05/2026

Thread in the ICO current state. Not much here I disagree with. #DataProtection #Privacy

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amateurfoi.bsky.social @amateurfoi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Important thread about issues with the ICO

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026

1. The UK Information Commissioner stepped aside from his role this February. Under John Edwards' tenure, the ICO performed so badly that nobody noticed his absence until late April. This is why @openrightsgroup.org are launching a campaign to reform it. 🧵 www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-ico...

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The ICO isn’t doing its job – why the data watchdog needs to be reset

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is currently missing its Commissioner, after unspecified HR complaints about John Edwards.

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