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[Mark Elliott @markmobility]

WaPo's endorsement finally drops.

[Wolfie Christl @WolfieChristl]

Facebook's "why you saw this ad" info has long become a cartoon version of data/AI transparency and explainability. Completely meaningless, useless and worthless.

[Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈 @ICCLtweet]

Yesterday we unveiled a mural in Dublin by @emmaleneblake warning that Garda use of facial recognition tech could lead to innocent people being misidentified as criminal suspects.

Sign our petition today if you do not consent to FRT being used by gardai: https://t.co/d0x9KKYEUd

[European AI & Society Fund @EuropeanAIFund]

We are announcing a new Global #Fellowship Programme on #AI & Market Power!

It will award fellowships of up to $70,000 to individual investigators/researchers or interdisciplinary teams of up to 3 with complementary skills.

Read more and apply by 8/07: https://t.co/l1qLreWGEg

[AI Forensics @aiforensics_org]

🚨BREAKING NEWS

Following our "No Embargo In Sight" report, the European Commission announces a formal investigation into Meta for potential violations of the Digital Services Act, focusing on political ad management and content moderation.

https://t.co/G2nWooGWFF

[Aditi @adititripathi00]

"Most are being tracked unwittingly. It's not just the data that we upload to its platforms, but a whole empire of data about other activities that is fed back..."

https://t.co/as6RJ4tbAD

[@johnnyryan.bsky.social @johnnyryan]

Significant news, after many years of fighting...
This morning the European Court of Justice has ruled that IAB Europe is responsible for "TCF" consent spam popups the Internet
https://t.co/aR7qNisnPH

[Tanya O´Carroll @TanyaOCarroll]

My message at the European Parliament this week with only 14 weeks to go until the #EUelections:

Platforms must turn off the toxic, engagement-focused version of their recommender systems and switch to a non-profiling version that is ‘safe-by-default’.

[Aditi @adititripathi00]

Pot, meet kettle.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Elon Musk sued OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, saying the AI startup had breached its contract by prioritizing profits instead of seeking to benefit humanity. https://t.co/ANS0s2Vfb5

[Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte]

Der #DigitalServicesAct ist jetzt in Kraft & unser #CenterForUserRights legt los! 🚀 Gemeinsam mit @edri, @Global_Witness & @bitsoffreedom haben wir eine Beschwerde gegen @LinkedIn wegen gezielter Werbung bei der Europäischen Kommission eingereicht. https://t.co/elwe83VJvZ

[Paul Tang @paultang]

After calls from Parliament for many years, trust busting is broadened to include non-price indicators for monopoly power, including digital ‘ecosystems’

Here we come #BigTech

https://t.co/2neDk0yt5Z

[@johnnyryan.bsky.social @johnnyryan]

My statement at the Irish parliament hearing yesterday on A.I. and children's safety

"The first step is to acknowledge – at long last – that we cannot put our faith in voluntary action by tech companies."

All witnesses agree that @CnaM has to act.

https://t.co/rrZdJOfKTo

[The Privacy Collective @theprivacycoll2]

Cookies zijn, behalve irritant, de basis van een pervers verdienmodel met grote maatschappelijke risico’s. Als de politiek haar én onze privacy koestert, grijpt men nu in, schrijven Anton Ekker en Ronald Huissen namens The Privacy Collective:
https://t.co/SOwhZdok8A

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨New: Our latest publication, "Defending the Rights of refugees & Migrants in the Digital Age" highlights the pervasive & rapid deployment of digital technology in asylum and migration management systems across the world including the US, UK and the EU.

https://t.co/Otcdmk0EAa

[Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon @DAIRInstitute]

Join us for our #NoTechForApartheid event in with @haymarketbooks to amplify the #NoTechForApartheid campaign & learn what we can do as tech workers. We don't have the registration page yet but you can add your email here to get info: https://t.co/wVefLhkbVM

Details in thread 👇

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨 We’ve found that TikTok abuses your privacy, is addictive by design, and younger users signaling an interest in mental health risk falling into rabbit holes of harmful content.

Join our global campaign to make TikTok safer for younger users! #FixTikTok

TW: self harm, suicide

[Open Rights Group @OpenRightsGroup]

The #AISafetySummit is a closed-door event.

Over 100 groups and individuals have signed the #AISummitOpenLetter convened by ORG, @ConnectedByData and @The_TUC.

We warn that the people most affected by AI are marginalised in favour of vested interests. https://t.co/D3EMtiU7Y8

[The Privacy Collective @theprivacycoll2]

Oproep: Onderteken de petitie tegen online tracking! Online tracking leidt tot verregaande surveillance, polarisatie en manipulatie van de online omgeving. De petitie heeft brede steun van maatschappelijke organisaties, sluit je aan via onze site: https://t.co/exiDrQk5mS

[Laurence Meyer lau-val-meyer.bsky.social @Lau_Val_Meyer]

This example is one of many showing why it is imperative to have an #AIact which protects the rights of people on the move. Nobody should be a testing ground, nor put in prison-like centres for crossing imaginary lines.

[Connected by Data @ConnectedByData]

Breaking: Over a hundred global civil society orgs, unions, experts and campaigners challenge the Gov's in an #AISummitOpenLetter convened by Connected by Data, @The_TUC and @OpenRightsGroup.

FT coverage here. More to follow. https://t.co/8tOcFKmC6g

#AISafetySummit