Ana Hriscu 🟥
@anamhriscu.bsky.social
PhD researcher - platform surveillance and power, rights (privacy, data protection) & justice @Tilburg Institute for Law, Tech, and Society; Also [email protected]
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Simply to say the words “I stand with Palestine Action” is now an offence. If I were to say those words, I could be sent to jail. So could you, writes Ronan Bennett.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested
Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Simply to say the words “I stand with Palestine Action” is now an offence. If I were to say those words, I could be sent to jail. So could you, writes Ronan Bennett.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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She calls the fines on Apple and Meta "enforcement" but we all know that those fines were basically giving a parking ticket to a full-size tanker truck full of heroin. Will that stop trafficking?
two men are looking at each other and one has a shirt that says beauty on it
Alt: I have a couple questions
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
She calls the fines on Apple and Meta "enforcement" but we all know that those fines were basically giving a parking ticket to a full-size tanker truck full of heroin. Will that stop trafficking?
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"OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with AI tools."
Just wait 'til you see what the hallucinations cook up here.
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/o...
Just wait 'til you see what the hallucinations cook up here.
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/o...
OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract
Months after announcing a partnership with defense-tech startup Anduril, OpenAI has secured a $200 million contract with the Department of Defense.
www.cnbc.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with AI tools."
Just wait 'til you see what the hallucinations cook up here.
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/o...
Just wait 'til you see what the hallucinations cook up here.
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/o...
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NEW: It looks like Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information so he can target and spy on his enemies, or anyone. @aoc.bsky.social and I are demanding answers directly from Palantir.
NEWS: Wyden, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers from Palantir About Plans to Build IRS “Mega-Database” of American Citizens
Wyden, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers from Palantir About Plans to Build IRS “Mega-Database” of American Citizens | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers from Palantir About Plans to Build IRS “Mega-Database” of American Citizens
www.finance.senate.gov
June 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEW: It looks like Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information so he can target and spy on his enemies, or anyone. @aoc.bsky.social and I are demanding answers directly from Palantir.
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Did Meta deploy Russian technology and tactics to monitor and track activities of billions? Especially in current circumstances it would be very concerning. This must be investigated and explained in full transparency. It’s 2025.
Meta and Russian Yandex engaged in unprecedented internet tracking practices, likely illegal with EU data protection law. localmess.github.io
June 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Did Meta deploy Russian technology and tactics to monitor and track activities of billions? Especially in current circumstances it would be very concerning. This must be investigated and explained in full transparency. It’s 2025.
Thought I’d take a break from the internet by looking at art. Now can’t unsee the parallels to current political and techno solutionist hubris.
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thought I’d take a break from the internet by looking at art. Now can’t unsee the parallels to current political and techno solutionist hubris.
“Firefox, Microsoft Edge and DuckDuckGo browsers were also affected”
“Meta and Yandex could track what users were doing on web browsers, without the user consenting or even knowing”
news.sky.com/story/meta-f...
#privacy #dataprotection
news.sky.com/story/meta-f...
#privacy #dataprotection
Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook
Google says Meta and search engine company Yandex used Android capabilities "in unintended ways that blatantly violate our security and privacy principles".
news.sky.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
“Firefox, Microsoft Edge and DuckDuckGo browsers were also affected”
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This from @rachelgriffin.bsky.social looks great on DSA “systemic risks.” I 💯 agree that this framing depoliticizes (or just hides) distributive/ideological conflicts.
I take from that a fear of govt. Who will call the shots at the Commission? She fears platform capture. Porque no los dos, I guess…
I take from that a fear of govt. Who will call the shots at the Commission? She fears platform capture. Porque no los dos, I guess…
June 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This from @rachelgriffin.bsky.social looks great on DSA “systemic risks.” I 💯 agree that this framing depoliticizes (or just hides) distributive/ideological conflicts.
I take from that a fear of govt. Who will call the shots at the Commission? She fears platform capture. Porque no los dos, I guess…
I take from that a fear of govt. Who will call the shots at the Commission? She fears platform capture. Porque no los dos, I guess…
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For a long time, the “bargain” companies claimed to offer was some surveillance in return for “relevant ads,” ostensibly free platforms, & algorithmic suggestions.
The next “bargain” is all-consuming surveillance in return for a system they claim will know you, interpret your world & direct you.
The next “bargain” is all-consuming surveillance in return for a system they claim will know you, interpret your world & direct you.
Big Tech’s AI Endgame Is Coming Into Focus
One app to rule them all
www.theatlantic.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
For a long time, the “bargain” companies claimed to offer was some surveillance in return for “relevant ads,” ostensibly free platforms, & algorithmic suggestions.
The next “bargain” is all-consuming surveillance in return for a system they claim will know you, interpret your world & direct you.
The next “bargain” is all-consuming surveillance in return for a system they claim will know you, interpret your world & direct you.
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This @politico.eu article about whether Microsoft suspended ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan's email account or not, or whether they might do that to European official, is somewhat confusing word salad.
Let's disentangle it a bit.
www.politico.eu/article/micr...
Let's disentangle it a bit.
www.politico.eu/article/micr...
Microsoft didn’t cut services to International Criminal Court, its president says
Chief prosecutor’s email issues have spurred fears in Europe that Trump could trigger a “kill switch” through U.S. tech giants abroad.
www.politico.eu
June 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This @politico.eu article about whether Microsoft suspended ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan's email account or not, or whether they might do that to European official, is somewhat confusing word salad.
Let's disentangle it a bit.
www.politico.eu/article/micr...
Let's disentangle it a bit.
www.politico.eu/article/micr...
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Meta is a defense contractor. "The company announced on Thursday that it will work with defense technology start-up Anduril to offer the U.S. military and its allies technology for soldiers involving augmented reality and artificial intelligence software."
Meta is working on a high-tech helmet for the U.S. military
Social network company Meta is partnering with weapons-maker Anduril to develop military technology for the Pentagon using AI and augmented reality.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Meta is a defense contractor. "The company announced on Thursday that it will work with defense technology start-up Anduril to offer the U.S. military and its allies technology for soldiers involving augmented reality and artificial intelligence software."
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www.iccl.ie/digital-data... Today we apply in court to take a class action against the massive data breach at the heart of Microsoft’s advertising system (Real Time Bidding “RTB”)
Microsoft’s vast advertising business is target of ICCL Enforce application for class action launch under EU data law
Class action will target “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) data breach in Microsoft’s advertising system, and is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across the EU
www.iccl.ie
May 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
www.iccl.ie/digital-data... Today we apply in court to take a class action against the massive data breach at the heart of Microsoft’s advertising system (Real Time Bidding “RTB”)
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there’s been no more effective force at normalizing mass surveillance than US tech companies
"instead of pointing your phone at something and asking your AI assistant about it, Astra’s plan is to have that assistant constantly watching, listening, and waiting for its moment to step in"
we are so screwed
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
we are so screwed
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
Google’s universal AI assistant prototype just got a wild new feature
Are you ready for an AI bot that can just pipe up whenever it has something to say?
www.theverge.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
there’s been no more effective force at normalizing mass surveillance than US tech companies
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Great event on the intersection of academic freedom and surveillance, just announced!
www.rug.nl/jantina-tamm...
www.rug.nl/jantina-tamm...
Academia at the digital crossroads
This symposium will examine the complex dynamics between large commercial publishing and research information platforms, open science initiatives, and...
www.rug.nl
May 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Great event on the intersection of academic freedom and surveillance, just announced!
www.rug.nl/jantina-tamm...
www.rug.nl/jantina-tamm...
Online surveillance is justified by a narrative that it helps to ‘optimise’ ie rationalise advertising. Aside from the law & ethics of that, it can’t even be possible if the metrics are made up by platforms, as also discussed in Subprime Attention Crisis by @timhwang.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Online surveillance is justified by a narrative that it helps to ‘optimise’ ie rationalise advertising. Aside from the law & ethics of that, it can’t even be possible if the metrics are made up by platforms, as also discussed in Subprime Attention Crisis by @timhwang.bsky.social
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‘Other communications show that researchers worked to remove the copyright pages from the books they had downloaded.’
If you’re a writer or artist of any kind, this piece will turn your stomach.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
If you’re a writer or artist of any kind, this piece will turn your stomach.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”
As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company’s stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and...
www.vanityfair.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
‘Other communications show that researchers worked to remove the copyright pages from the books they had downloaded.’
If you’re a writer or artist of any kind, this piece will turn your stomach.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
If you’re a writer or artist of any kind, this piece will turn your stomach.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
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A new bill would allow the Danish domestic intelligence service (PET) to combine health and social security data with data from social media and 'movements around the internet and in the physical world' (autotranslate), and use an analysis platform to identify suspicious patterns in large data sets:
Hvorfor er det at nogle af de mest indgribende eller kontroversielle lovgivninger skal hastes igennem uden god tid til debat? Ja alle formelle frister er overholdt. Men der er forskel på formalitet og realitet i åbenhed for debat: politiken.dk/danmark/art1...
PET skal have lov til at masseovervåge danskere uden mistanke
Lovudkast flytter grundlæggende hegnspæle og vil give PET uhindret adgang til offentlige registre og borgernes privatliv. Eksperter og organisationer advarer mod konsekvenser for borgeres deltagelse i...
https://politiken.dk/danmark/art10349346/PET-skal-have-lov-til-at-masseovervåge-danskere-uden-mistanke
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A new bill would allow the Danish domestic intelligence service (PET) to combine health and social security data with data from social media and 'movements around the internet and in the physical world' (autotranslate), and use an analysis platform to identify suspicious patterns in large data sets:
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Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
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Will the DSA's regulatory framework withstand the growing political influence of tech giants?
NIKOLAUS VON BERNUTH (@nbernuth.bsky.social) examines the risks the DSA faces as platforms increasingly act outside the regulations.
verfassungsblog.de/the-premise-...
NIKOLAUS VON BERNUTH (@nbernuth.bsky.social) examines the risks the DSA faces as platforms increasingly act outside the regulations.
verfassungsblog.de/the-premise-...
April 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Will the DSA's regulatory framework withstand the growing political influence of tech giants?
NIKOLAUS VON BERNUTH (@nbernuth.bsky.social) examines the risks the DSA faces as platforms increasingly act outside the regulations.
verfassungsblog.de/the-premise-...
NIKOLAUS VON BERNUTH (@nbernuth.bsky.social) examines the risks the DSA faces as platforms increasingly act outside the regulations.
verfassungsblog.de/the-premise-...
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I wrote about Careless People, an infuriating yet very cathartic read that definitively answers the questions: Does Facebook know the damage it's causing? (yes) and Does it care? (no)
www.404media.co/careless-peo...
www.404media.co/careless-peo...
'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've Wanted for a Decade
I've reported on Facebook for years and have always wondered: Does Facebook care what it is doing to society? Careless People makes clear it does not.
www.404media.co
April 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I wrote about Careless People, an infuriating yet very cathartic read that definitively answers the questions: Does Facebook know the damage it's causing? (yes) and Does it care? (no)
www.404media.co/careless-peo...
www.404media.co/careless-peo...
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This Thursday, Tilburg University will strike!
Though the main programme starts at 12:30 in the city center (Willemsplein), teach-outs will take place all over the city.
See below for the most recent schedule, which includes two extra locations as compared to the one shared last week.
Though the main programme starts at 12:30 in the city center (Willemsplein), teach-outs will take place all over the city.
See below for the most recent schedule, which includes two extra locations as compared to the one shared last week.
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This Thursday, Tilburg University will strike!
Though the main programme starts at 12:30 in the city center (Willemsplein), teach-outs will take place all over the city.
See below for the most recent schedule, which includes two extra locations as compared to the one shared last week.
Though the main programme starts at 12:30 in the city center (Willemsplein), teach-outs will take place all over the city.
See below for the most recent schedule, which includes two extra locations as compared to the one shared last week.