Today in “Republicans did what??” News:

Surveillance firm Palantir is set to become the ‘underlying operating system’ for the UK’s National Health Service. Given how valued NHS is by British public, this is getting precious little coverage. ft.com/content/3f6f24…

Verdict tomorrow. Win or lose, it's a dark day for press freedom in the UK. Singling out a journalist from their news organisation and putting them on trial is not what happens in healthy, functioning democracies. theguardian.com/media/2022/jun…

Only a few weeks to go till this opportunity closes for a fees paid PhD studentship with the Law and Futures group at ⁦Newcastle Law School is leaving X⁩ whose work covers data, privacy, AI, IP, robots and more! Opportunities will also be there for paid tutoring. RT! ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…

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Few interested in emo-tech will have missed Microsoft's announcement on Tuesday and the 'retiring' of emotion recognition due to the "Responsible AI Standard". Here's the Lab's take, authored by Andy: emotionalai.org/news/2022/6/23…

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Right now, and I mean this instant, delete every digital trace of any menstrual tracking. Please.

Cryptocurrency titan Coinbase providing “geo tracking data” to ICE interc.pt/3ys5pra by Sam Biddle

this and other recent reversals of FRT bans are a reminder that regulatory wins aren't permanent. We need sustained organizing and pressure to expand these policies and prevent retraction.

hypervisible Algorithm: there will be crime in this city. Media: Really? When? Where? Algorithm: next week. In the city. Media: is this algorithm sentient?

wow. this is the actual page where cops can go to request Ring camera footage from Amazon without a warrant or the camera owner's consent. it has a big "submit emergency request" button. when you click that button it takes you to a form. it's so clear how easily abused this is

A Court in Argentina recently declared unconstitutional the Facial Recognition system used by the city of Buenos Aires to "identify" fugitives. One fascinating aspect of the decision? Privacy as a collective right! Read María José Furiosa🩷's analysis at the link below!

A while back, I stumbled upon a file I consider the largest piece of evidence revealing how hundreds of data brokers trade personal data on everyone, including very sensitive data, globally. Massive investigation by The Markup and German netzpolitik.org: themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…

okay, obviously a point worth repeating again and again the idea of human extinction from AI is a scam created by those who push problematic models into the public as a way of diverting attention away from their responsibility and accountability

I’m very happy to be chairing today’s @WhitehallMedia IDM Nordics conference in Stockholm! #wmidm #digitalidentity #biometrics

"Companies worth billions of dollars are, without permission, training generative AI models on creators’ works, which are then being used to create new content that in many cases can compete with the original works."