@duncanmcc99.bsky.social
Spending too much time thinking about data
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Crypto casinos have become a multi-billion dollar industry. One of the ways they've grown is with an unusual marketing strategy: paying millions to internet celebrities to livestream themselves gambling for hours.
New from me, @neilbedi.bsky.social, and Jenny Vrentas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New from me, @neilbedi.bsky.social, and Jenny Vrentas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Online Crypto Casinos Use Celebrities and Livestreamers to Recruit Gamblers
Using exploitative marketing strategies, the illicit gambling websites have profited and lured in a young generation of gamblers.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Crypto casinos have become a multi-billion dollar industry. One of the ways they've grown is with an unusual marketing strategy: paying millions to internet celebrities to livestream themselves gambling for hours.
New from me, @neilbedi.bsky.social, and Jenny Vrentas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New from me, @neilbedi.bsky.social, and Jenny Vrentas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A US judge says Meta lawyers told staff to block or remove parts of internal teen mental health research to limit liability; Meta says no findings were removed (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law)
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October 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A US judge says Meta lawyers told staff to block or remove parts of internal teen mental health research to limit liability; Meta says no findings were removed (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law)
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I want you to imagine what you would have said in 2005 if someone told you a company would do this and not only get away with it, but evade wide public outrage
"OpenAI twice loosened ChatGPT’s rules for discussing suicide in the year before 16-year-old Adam Raine took his own life using a method the chatbot advised him on, according to an amended lawsuit filed by his parents on Wednesday."
OpenAI Loosened Suicide-Talk Rules Before Teen’s Death, Lawsuit Alleges
An amended complaint from the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide, alleges the changes were part of a push to increase engagement.
www.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I want you to imagine what you would have said in 2005 if someone told you a company would do this and not only get away with it, but evade wide public outrage
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For context, crowdstrike estimates that the entire global revenue of ransomware outfits in the whole of 2024 was $800m. Cybercrime is so incredibly destructive.
'The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will cost an estimated £1.9bn and be the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history, according to researchers.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
JLR hack 'is costliest cyber attack in UK history', experts say
The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is estimated to cost £2.1bn, the Cyber Monitoring Centre says.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
For context, crowdstrike estimates that the entire global revenue of ransomware outfits in the whole of 2024 was $800m. Cybercrime is so incredibly destructive.
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Britain’s teen hackers aren’t masterminds in hoodies; they’re gamers groomed on Discord. The pipeline is clear: gaming cheats to forums to extortion—fueled by bleak prospects and neurodivergent talents exploited for thrills.
By Oliver Pickup in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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By Oliver Pickup in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Britain’s digital delinquents
Organised gangs and hostile states are recruiting teenage hackers to wreak havoc online
www.newstatesman.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Britain’s teen hackers aren’t masterminds in hoodies; they’re gamers groomed on Discord. The pipeline is clear: gaming cheats to forums to extortion—fueled by bleak prospects and neurodivergent talents exploited for thrills.
By Oliver Pickup in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
buff.ly/vV5E4wZ
By Oliver Pickup in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
buff.ly/vV5E4wZ
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Uncharacteristically sloppy reporting of a very important issue, this from the FT. It quotes "Fair Civil Justice" without mentioning it is a front for the US Chamber of Commerce and it quotes CMS without mentioning it is Fair Civil Justice's lawyers. on.ft.com/48gOSZv
Drop in class action cases sparks warnings over litigation funder curbs
Investors behind collective lawsuits say limits to their share of damages hamper public access to justice
on.ft.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Uncharacteristically sloppy reporting of a very important issue, this from the FT. It quotes "Fair Civil Justice" without mentioning it is a front for the US Chamber of Commerce and it quotes CMS without mentioning it is Fair Civil Justice's lawyers. on.ft.com/48gOSZv
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Screenshot from their website shows where a person is, and where they were on what previous days.
Google and other major RTB players are shown as sources for their worldwide data.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Google and other major RTB players are shown as sources for their worldwide data.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Screenshot from their website shows where a person is, and where they were on what previous days.
Google and other major RTB players are shown as sources for their worldwide data.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Google and other major RTB players are shown as sources for their worldwide data.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
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After 8 years of inaction, the DPC now claims that RTB adtech does not provide location data to dodgy firms.
Wrong.
Meet "Patternz" for example:
An Israeli surveillance tool built on RTB data that provides a targeted individual's coordinates and "driving path" www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Wrong.
Meet "Patternz" for example:
An Israeli surveillance tool built on RTB data that provides a targeted individual's coordinates and "driving path" www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
After 8 years of inaction, the DPC now claims that RTB adtech does not provide location data to dodgy firms.
Wrong.
Meet "Patternz" for example:
An Israeli surveillance tool built on RTB data that provides a targeted individual's coordinates and "driving path" www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Wrong.
Meet "Patternz" for example:
An Israeli surveillance tool built on RTB data that provides a targeted individual's coordinates and "driving path" www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
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We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel.
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel.
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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Never used it myself, but doesn't this amendment criminalise OnlyFans? (There is no definition of "sexual activity".)
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Never used it myself, but doesn't this amendment criminalise OnlyFans? (There is no definition of "sexual activity".)
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New - Oxford University research in partnership with @Workerinfox exposes deepening exploitation of Uber drivers by algorithmic pay
www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-res...
www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-res...
New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay
New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay
www.workerinfoexchange.org
June 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
New - Oxford University research in partnership with @Workerinfox exposes deepening exploitation of Uber drivers by algorithmic pay
www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-res...
www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-res...