France plots surveillance power grab for Paris 2024 Olympics
“France is seeking to massively expand its arsenal of surveillance powers and tools to secure the millions of tourists expected for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics."
https://t.co/FwXLX7lb6l
Latest on the online safety bill
“The Online Safety Bill in its current form gives too much power to the Culture Secretary and could undermine Ofcom’s role as an independent regulator, a House of Lords committee has warned.”
https://t.co/g30mChL8qo
Twitter ‘verified’ check marks bought by Taliban appear to have been removed
“Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist rulers had never carried a verification tick mark before the launch of Twitter Blue”
https://t.co/0KO0LsGEOR
No Data IS Data: what existing but untapped disaggregated data tells us about inequalities in vaccination rates in the Global South
https://t.co/OnDGrAUKwM
Climate Justice is Racial Justice - a call to action for B Corps
Study after study has long indicated that People of Color face disproportionate risks from pollution and climate injustice.
https://t.co/XUPNGMLYKk
Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content 🎨
Getty Images claims Stability AI ‘unlawfully’ scraped millions of images from its site.
https://t.co/HHXxZJ8W8o
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic
Worker tasked with reading text for told TIME he suffered from recurring visions after reading a graphic description of a man having sex with a dog 🐶
https://t.co/21wAx3jLq3
Alongside the report, we have published three commissioned pieces of work for the project:
i) An explainer on synthetic data by @turinginst
ii) Market research on public sector readiness for PETs adoption by @CDEIUK & @ODIHQ
iii) A review of PETs assurance by @hattusia. 3/
In the report, you’ll find a set of use cases for PETs, including real-world case studies, as well as an analysis of commissioned work: UK public sector marketplace (@LondonEconomics & @ODIHQ) & a review of standards and assurances in PETs & related technologies (@hattusia). 4/15
Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on Facebook
“An MIT Technology Review investigation recently revealed how images of a minor and a tester on the toilet ended up on social media...”
https://t.co/AIh4fN5AGu