Williamrt

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[Liberty @libertyhq]

Politicians tell Avon & Somerset police to pause facial recognition plans until there are proper laws in place.

We urgently need real safeguards, oversight, and transparency to protect our rights as we go about our daily lives
https://t.co/DDtznaAbPx

[Yehudi Moszkowicz @Moszkowicz]

The renowned UK magazine @ComputerWeekly covers the landmark ruling of the Tribunale di Catanzaro: Sky ECC evidence excluded, 34 of 50 defendants acquitted, established by @IntercrimeDA Evidence that cannot be tested cannot be used to convict. A blueprint for courts across Europe.

https://t.co/9fkrqPqPZ0

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - Italian court rejects data from police hacking of Sky ECC cryptophone network https://t.co/VxRzZNI3pk via @computerweekly

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

Global Microsoft outage leaves users open to phishing attacks https://t.co/LXDsfA0lPv via @computerweekly

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - AI agents bring down wind farm within two hours https://t.co/5A4rECYzNc via @computerweekly @SANSEMEA

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - Why the use of AI by the UK’s intelligence services needs independent oversight https://t.co/j5jn1wAiVU via @computerweekly @privacyint @CWilsonPalow

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

MPs and peers want mandatory scanning software on every phone and tablet in the UK, including the one already in your pocket. It would inspect every photo, video and livestream on the device. The government promises this can be done without threatening privacy. It cannot.

https://t.co/qNTXasf9KF

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

IN FULL: The Innocuous & Educational Websites Labour Is Set to Ban for Under-16s https://t.co/d1vx9L4f76

[KRW Law Human Rights @KRWLaw]

The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office missed the existence of an unlawful Directed Surveillance Authorisation taken out against journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney during their 2019 inspection of the PSNI

@trevorbirney
@BarryBelfast70

https://t.co/HGmtUtgjUE

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - Sir Brian Leveson on AI, candour and investigatory powers @Ipco #investigatorypowers https://t.co/A5oEOc3MSw via @computerweekly

[Labour Digital Rights Network @LabDRN]

This is what happens when safetyism is allowed to grow into endless digital prohibition.

Exiling teenagers from everyday internet life won't protect them from predators - it just isolates an entire generation.

[Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo]

UK Government internet policy is now “if there is somewhere where people can talk to each other, they need to show their ID” 🫠

It’s not a serious policy to keep children safe - it’s just creating an authoritarian checkpoint internet. We can’t allow it.

https://t.co/72TQ7WDXmA

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - Watchdog investigates Europol over ‘irregular’ data processing claims https://t.co/cGvfRhBg3h via @computerweekly

[Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik]

Cyberattack on France’s national blood service (EFS) via its refrigeration contractor Coolworld. Hackers reset freezers keeping blood donor samples at -30°C to a target of 110°C. The thing that stopped it from destructive impact was an on-call technician who noticed the temperatures going up. Frozen plasma intended for transfusion was stored there too. Fortunately nothing was destroyed. This was a cyberattack on a sensitive layer of healthcare. From frozen peas to boiling plasma in three weeks...?

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - UK abattoirs caught up in cyber attack against European supermarkets https://t.co/Fkd8NTmLfd via @computerweekly

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - UK to face AI-powered cyber attacks within two years, warns NCSC https://t.co/CZa1O6jlgo via @computerweekly

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - Belfast journalists subjected to unlawful spying cannot claim costs over PSNI failures @BarryBelfast70 https://t.co/PAvF9s9QYl via @computerweekly

[Patrick Corrigan @PatrickCorrigan]

Sir Brian Leveson, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, goes on to note that following their interim inspection of the PSNI in December 2025,

"we received a number of error reports from PSNI. We may report further on specific cases connected with the McCullough Review..."

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - UK surveillance watchdog ‘disappointed’ over government investigatory powers failings @IPCOffice #surviellance #investigatorypowers https://t.co/4XGhmNDdEc via @computerweekly

[Williamrt @Williamrt]

New - Austrian doctors to swap emails and phone calls for encrypted messages #Matrix #Element #E2EE https://t.co/DP2PlSJA47 via @computerweekly