Politicians and tech bosses have spun a ‘Digital Enchantment’ fairytale, which doesn't present a realistic view of digital technology, says Professor Karen Yeung in her latest paper: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/digi… Birmingham Law

NEW: Artificial general intelligence isn’t about curing cancer or American dominance. According to Open AI & Microsoft it’s about one thing – massive profits. And they’re engaged in a covert campaign to eliminate any regulation that might slow their path to consolidating power.

🚨 The Discord breach is worse than expected! - 1.5 TB of data - Over 2 million government ID photos - Threat actor publishes some user data due to Discord's inaction Sample of a user showing her face, ID, and a written note:

🔸Why does Europe need a Common AI Framework for Education? 🔸How will the Council of Europe Compass for AI and Education contribute to ensuring responsible, ethical and human-centric uses of AI? The two-day conference organised by Council of Europe Education Department gathers policy

According to the threat actor “Discord let 521K+ age verification tickets with sensitive information sit on their Zendesk for years”

The real issue isn’t that we don’t have enough teachers - it’s that too many qualified teachers have been driven out of the classroom. To make teaching a job that is compatible with family life again, we must: - Tackle unsustainable workload: driven by large class sizes, high

Is this the first age verification hack? bbc.com/news/articles/…

Europe's civil society faces formidable challenges. #HumanRightsDefenders are under threat from: 1 - Restrictive legislation 2 - Crackdown on activists and harassment 3 - Severe funding crisis Council of Europe states and non-state funders should stand up for civil society, the lifeblood and

Just touching base with one of “the builders of Europe”, who launched post-WWII European construction by founding the Council of Europe in 1949 on the values of #ECHR #HumanRights, democracy and the rule of law. coe.int/en/web/about-u… Good progress on #education #AI regulation.

Liz Kendall's statement on Digital ID is more far-reaching than Starmer implied, required to access child care, benefits, housing support, to rent or buy a home, buy a pint, join a library, enrol your children in school, to apply for a job, open a bank account and in her own

Every critique we raised in the adversarial phase of Aadhaar’s architecture is playing out in real time - exclusion, denial, and fragility baked into everyday governance.

Our session on the Digital Centre of Government has started. Watch live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/f7…

Harry Willcock was the last person in the UK to be prosecuted for refusing to produce an ID card. He was stopped by police who demanded to see his ID and he refused, saying, “I am against this sort of thing.” a-history-of-rawdon.co.uk/clarence-harry…

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences gathered 50 global experts from diverse disciplines at the Casina Pio IV in the Vatican on October 16–17 under the theme “Digital Rerum Novarum: Artificial Intelligence for Peace, Social Justice, and Integral Human Development.”

⚙️ Work in IT or development and want to know what's coming up from the ICO? Our technology guidance roadmap lists upcoming consultations and publication targets for our guidance on Automated Decision Making, profiling, IoT, DLT and cookies: ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/….

No to Digital ID Just leaving this here #DigitalID

Cats don't do daylight savings time. Feed us. Now.

Unlike this year where I first got told some #SafetyTech companies staff share nudes, I guess Al won’t be giving me a hug at Bett Show this Jan. AIBU asking in a sector recording everything pupils do onscreen online and off, for honesty and accountability about its #AI profiling?

Robert Peston The answer to the broken state isn't a techno superstate.

#DigitalID “real purpose was to allow the govt to keep tabs on people and tighten control” “open to hacking, abuse, identity theft” “it would eventually be required for more and more things”. “Clear majorities of 2024 Labour voters agreed with the last three of these statements.”