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Paul Bernal

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Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11d

I wrote a thing about digital ID cards. It’s rather long…

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Digital ID cards – some of the issues…

Since Keir Starmer announced the forthcoming introduction of mandatory ‘Digital ID’, the so-called ‘Brit Card’, there has been a lot of discussion and debate – some of…

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1m

Yup.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1h

This matters. It’s also another reason why we should be skeptical about the digital id plans.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 3h

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1h

Very much, and should be applauded. If.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1h

I’m not sure yet. We’ve had lots of false dawns before.

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Alex Wasyliw @alexofthew.bsky.social · 1h

Europe could, and should be much more bold in investing in clean energy tech.

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

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The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1h

We should also hold the media - including the Times - for their role in Brexit. They failed to hold the Brexiters to account for their lies, instead pushing and supporting those lies.

Frank - Queen of Schengen 🇪🇺🌈 @chillaxbcn.bsky.social · 5h

"Farage is ultimately to blame as the man who delivered Brexit...Farage, not us, is responsible for putting up your taxes." Times

This is what LAB is to say when they announce tax rises. Please forgive me if I keep repeating it but LAB is complicit in Brexit.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h

And an arrogant, ignorant shit

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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 2h

Hop not Hate

Three protesters in Portland Oregon in inflatable frog suits. One holds a placard reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h

Let sleeping cats lie

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 13h

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h

😃

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h

Yup, this is real.

Murielle S @frenchieinlimbo.bsky.social · 2h

Deluded compulsive liar #Trump

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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 7h

30-50 feral frogs

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 9h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h

Don’t look back in anger?

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13h

Zarah Sultana has compared herself and Jeremy Corbyn to Liam and Noel Gallagher as she insisted 'the show is back on the road'

Zarah Sultana compares her and Jeremy Corbyn to Oasis in unified appearance

www.thenational.scot

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Niemöller 2.0 🏃‍♂️ @brentcrude.bsky.social · 2h

What i love about America is that despite all that tedious, murderous guff about gun rights, it turns out the best defence against Tyrrany(TM) is an inflatable frog costume.

Those should be protected under the 2nd amendment. Freedom ain't free, tadpoles.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h

Quite

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 3h

Racism wasn’t a deal-breaker in 1981…

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 3h

And generated more warmth than anyone

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 3h

There’s a whiff of racism in the ‘warmth’ choices…

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4h

No idea about yours at all, other than your presumptions about me. Premier league referees, on the other hand…

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11h

No, he misses what football fans really object to. It’s not about perfection. It really isn’t.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11h

I’m fully aware of my bias. That’s the difference.