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https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@jim 21-04-2008 12:27:37
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RT @[email protected] On this day, April 23rd, 2005, the first YouTube video was uploaded youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC… mastodon.social/@cypnk/1102478…
RT @[email protected] I’ve felt a bit…meh about social media recently so wanted to jot down some thoughts about it all. Something has to change WRT the way I use social media. I just don't know **what**. Any ideas, folks? kevquirk.com/anti-social-me… fosstodon.org/@kev/110247455…
RT @[email protected] Are you interested in becoming a Stop Funding Hate Board member? Or do you know someone who might be? stopfundinghate.info/get-involved/j… mastodon.social/@Edent/1102487…
Damian Collins up for a debate? BBC News (UK) you in? I know tech, I know the tech business model, & I'm happy to lay out the basics, go into detail in a more spacious forum. This could be helpful, because right now I'm seeing a lot of confusion and some flatly untrue statements.
NEW: We’ve published a statement in response to Open Rights Group's report. We dispute their views of the ICO’s work during the pandemic. Full statement below ⬇️ Read more about our work during the pandemic: ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
Agile look from @[email protected] at where harm to democracy still flows strong, after the Johnson disaster openrightsgroup.org/blog/impunity-…
"No way to create a backdoor that only the good guys can walk through." Signal President Meredith Whittaker says the Online Safety Bill will cause "unprecedented paradigm-shifting surveillance" - in a discussion with Cathy Newman and former UK Tech minister Damian Collins.
🔴 Give a little, they'll take a lot. Powers in the Online Safety Bill can and will be stretched by the government to scan our messages for whatever they want. Our Exec Director @[email protected] explains why the Lords must stop the spy clause. 🟢 TAKE ACTION action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me
Threads launches today with the promise of working with other services like Mastodon. Will Meta's new platform live up to the potential of a federated network, or end up just being the Threadiverse? Our Exec Director @[email protected] explores what could be ⤵️ openrightsgroup.org/blog/meta-on-t…
The government has admitted that it cannot proceed with scanning private messages safely. So why are ministers telling the media that they still believe they can? Time to come clean and stop promoting magical theories. #onlinesafetybill #encryption #osb openrightsgroup.org/blog/omnishamb…
Chase away the winter blues❄️by booking now for our exciting Friday 22 March conference on #GDPR #dataprotection reform, featuring michael veale, Gavin Freeguard (same on BSky), @[email protected], Winfried Veil, @johnnyryan.bsky.social, Orla Lynskey,gloria gonzález fuster & more! x.com/UCamCIPIL/stat…
Recordings and slides from CIPIL's #dataprotection reform conference from a week ago are now online: cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars-and-e…. Thank you to everyone for some really great discussions on UK & EU #gdpr including Nadya Purtova gone to the other place, Winfried Veil, @johnnyryan.bsky.social @[email protected] & gloria gonzález fuster
Who knew?! ICO post-#Leveson #journalism & #dataprotection review was published in March 2024 without announcement. Report could come to no conclusion as to general #GDPR compliance, yet ICO - Information Commissioner's Office made no use of investigatory powers Sch 17 DPA gave it ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
