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Join us for a Substack Live with the author of Filterworld Kyle Chayka, the founder of Metalabel Yancey Strickler and journalist Carole Cadwalladr Friday 9th May, 10am PST/ 1pm EST / 6pm BST on our Substack Citizens Reunited ⬇️⬇️⬇️ citizensreunited.substack.com/p/how-algorith…

Join us for a Substack Live with the author of Filterworld <a href="/chaykak/">Kyle Chayka</a>, the founder of Metalabel <a href="/ystrickler/">Yancey Strickler</a> and journalist <a href="/carolecadwalla/">Carole Cadwalladr</a>

Friday 9th May, 10am PST/ 1pm EST / 6pm BST on our Substack Citizens Reunited ⬇️⬇️⬇️

citizensreunited.substack.com/p/how-algorith…
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Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin & asking better questions. What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?

Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin &amp; asking better questions.   

What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?
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I loved this conversation with these two superbrains on the intersection of technology & culture. Genuinely uplifting & *weirdly* optimistic. I have no idea how they did it...

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MPs! An important event on how our elections are at grave risk from foreign interference while Russia continues a campaign of sabotage across Europe. Tonight: Committee Room 11, 7pm. Please join Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley & Peter Jukes & the star of the Sergei & the Westminster Spy podcast

MPs! An important event on how our elections are at grave risk from foreign interference while Russia continues a campaign of sabotage across Europe.

Tonight: Committee Room 11, 7pm. Please join <a href="/alexsobel/">Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley</a> &amp; <a href="/peterjukes/">Peter Jukes</a> &amp; the star of the Sergei &amp; the Westminster Spy podcast
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"Ministers have used an arcane parliamentary procedure to block an amendment to the data bill that would require artificial intelligence companies to disclose their use of copyright-protected content". theguardian.com/technology/202…

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“A worse issue than fraudulence is that any interaction with AI is by necessity commercial in nature” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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This week we published our report into the Online Safety Act. We warn that the Act disproportionately impacts small sites, tipping the balance of power further towards Big Tech and threatening our freedom of expression online. Read ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publications/h… 🗣️ Bernard Keenan

This week we published our report into the Online Safety Act.

We warn that the Act disproportionately impacts small sites, tipping the balance of power further towards Big Tech and threatening our freedom of expression online.

Read ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publications/h…

🗣️ <a href="/psychicyogamat/">Bernard Keenan</a>
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The European Union would become a world leader in stopping kids from using social media under a new proposal gaining traction in Brussels. POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/eu-chi…

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🚨From May 19-23 London portrait artist Ian Bruce is going live as he uses paint to delve into the psychology of Elon Musk. He’ll be asking what made Musk the way he is, looking into his childhood under apartheid, his rise to power, and his maniacal love of control. He’ll be

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11-13 July: The Citizens and Carole Cadwalladr will be at the Byline Festival Mark the date and get tickets ASAP dispatch.the-citizens.com/the-citizens-c…