Very curious as to the use case that is in mind which necessitates this change of policy by Telstra (who aren't on BlueSky it seems). Anyone have any ideas?
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Very curious as to the use case that is in mind which necessitates this change of policy by Telstra (who aren't on BlueSky it seems). Anyone have any ideas?
One of the side effects of more friends (as opposed to work colleagues) adopting Signal is that I can no longer silence notifications when out of work hours. Still live in hope WhatsApp and Signal will at some point disaggregate from phone number such that worlds can be separated without two phones!
Now on Desktop: Customizable chat folders
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One of the side effects of more friends (as opposed to work colleagues) adopting Signal is that I can no longer silence notifications when out of work hours. Still live in hope WhatsApp and Signal will at some point disaggregate from phone number such that worlds can be separated without two phones!
🚨NEW ROLE: Senior Manager, Compliance
🌍 Remote (within🇬🇧🇧🇪)
🥳 Wide ranging role and impactful work
☺️ Lovely colleagues
🕓 4 day work week
Closes 23rd November 2025, 23:59 GMT
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🥳 Wide ranging role and impactful work
☺️ Lovely colleagues
🕓 4 day work week
Closes 23rd November 2025, 23:59 GMT
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Find out more about AWO and this role: awo.agency/jobs/
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🚨NEW ROLE: Senior Manager, Compliance
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🥳 Wide ranging role and impactful work
☺️ Lovely colleagues
🕓 4 day work week
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🥳 Wide ranging role and impactful work
☺️ Lovely colleagues
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A blast from the past reading @cr0ft0n.bsky.social's expose of location tracking companies, assisted by UK companies. The list includes ThorpeGlen who (I think?) were the first company that piqued my interest in the issue, that I came across in the @lrb.co.uk.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A blast from the past reading @cr0ft0n.bsky.social's expose of location tracking companies, assisted by UK companies. The list includes ThorpeGlen who (I think?) were the first company that piqued my interest in the issue, that I came across in the @lrb.co.uk.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
AWO’s work trying to protect the data rights of actors being scanned to create AI doubles, is in the Guardian this weekend. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanning
Actors unclear on rights over their data and what it will be used for, as cast and crew alike fear for future of their roles
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
AWO’s work trying to protect the data rights of actors being scanned to create AI doubles, is in the Guardian this weekend. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Every story involving AI screw ups is going to have these inception style levels within levels from now on isn’t it. 🤦♂️
You may have seen this story blowing up about Will Smith using AI to generate fake audiences to promote his latest tour, but the truth is more complicated. The audiences are real, but the footage was manipulated: first by Will Smith's team and then, without permission, by YouTube itself.
Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines - Waxy.org
Will Smith is being accused of generating fake fans with AI, but it's complicated: the crowds are real, but the videos were manipulated by Smith's team and YouTube itself.
waxy.org
August 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Every story involving AI screw ups is going to have these inception style levels within levels from now on isn’t it. 🤦♂️
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Perplexity, despite its modest size, gave $1M to Trump’s inaugural - so this tracks.
August 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Perplexity, despite its modest size, gave $1M to Trump’s inaugural - so this tracks.
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Future of Tech Institute is hiring *three* senior advocacy roles to run advocacy with EU institutions, Germany, and France. (Roles in thread)
EU:
tinyurl.com/5n6awzdw
Future of Tech Institute is hiring *three* senior advocacy roles to run advocacy with EU institutions, Germany, and France. (Roles in thread)
EU:
tinyurl.com/5n6awzdw
Future of Technology Institute | EU Institutions Senior Lead
Job Opening: Future of Technology Institute | EU Institutions Senior Lead at Meliore Foundation (FUP) in Europe.
careers.meliorefoundation.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
💥NEW💥: Come work with us!
Future of Tech Institute is hiring *three* senior advocacy roles to run advocacy with EU institutions, Germany, and France. (Roles in thread)
EU:
tinyurl.com/5n6awzdw
Future of Tech Institute is hiring *three* senior advocacy roles to run advocacy with EU institutions, Germany, and France. (Roles in thread)
EU:
tinyurl.com/5n6awzdw
@elisethomas.bsky.social hey! — was directed to you by a mutual friend. do you have an email I could connect with you on? DM me?
July 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
@elisethomas.bsky.social hey! — was directed to you by a mutual friend. do you have an email I could connect with you on? DM me?
Great that HMG are taking this approach. Really encouraging.
Good to see a bit of UK public sector talking publicly about how/why to get more control over LLM hosting
digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/07/09/u...
digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/07/09/u...
Using self-hosted Large Language Models (LLMs) securely in Government
Find out how and why DDaT has taken the important step of self-hosting LLMs within a secure, internal environment.
digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk
July 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Great that HMG are taking this approach. Really encouraging.
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This depressing story seems to indicate a need for cultural change within MI5. IPCO (which was itself misled) will no doubt comment in the report ordered by the Court. Two points made in the judgment show why this is indeed quite serious: /1
A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
www.judiciary.uk
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This depressing story seems to indicate a need for cultural change within MI5. IPCO (which was itself misled) will no doubt comment in the report ordered by the Court. Two points made in the judgment show why this is indeed quite serious: /1
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The Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we interviewed Aarushi Sahore a barrister @brickcourt about RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd and Hestview Ltd, a landmark case on consent under UK data protection in the context of online gambling.👇
eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
Algorithm Governance Roundup #22
Community Spotlight: Aarushi Sahore, Brick Court Chambers | DSA Investigations and Enforcement
eocampaign1.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we interviewed Aarushi Sahore a barrister @brickcourt about RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd and Hestview Ltd, a landmark case on consent under UK data protection in the context of online gambling.👇
eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
We are in a very weird timeline.
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
April 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We are in a very weird timeline.
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To anyone in the UK who wants to exercise their right to object, the campaign group Eko has created a website for that! Eko.org/object
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
To anyone in the UK who wants to exercise their right to object, the campaign group Eko has created a website for that! Eko.org/object
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But most of all I want to thank my absolutely incredible legal team @awo.agency @ravinaikawo.bsky.social Alex, Gerry, Jenny, Eddie, WE DID IT!! And to everyone who has had my back in this crazy journey @luminategroup.bsky.social @fox-glove.bsky.social Swee Leng, Alaphia, Emm, Cori THANK YOU!!
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
But most of all I want to thank my absolutely incredible legal team @awo.agency @ravinaikawo.bsky.social Alex, Gerry, Jenny, Eddie, WE DID IT!! And to everyone who has had my back in this crazy journey @luminategroup.bsky.social @fox-glove.bsky.social Swee Leng, Alaphia, Emm, Cori THANK YOU!!
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I applaud @infocommission.bsky.social for their rational and principled application of the law in their intervention in my case and for publicly confirming they will back up other UK citizens who wish to exercise their right to object in the context of online targeted ads. ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
Statement on O'Carroll vs Meta
"People have the right to object to their personal information being used for direct marketing, and we have been clear that online targeted advertising should be considered as direct marketing. "
ico.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I applaud @infocommission.bsky.social for their rational and principled application of the law in their intervention in my case and for publicly confirming they will back up other UK citizens who wish to exercise their right to object in the context of online targeted ads. ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
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I believe this is a victory not just for me but for every UK and EU citizen as it paves the way for the right to object to be used to stand up to surveillance-advertising across the web. techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/m...
Meta settles UK 'right to object to ad-tracking' lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff | TechCrunch
A human rights campaigner, Tanya O'Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreement
techcrunch.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I believe this is a victory not just for me but for every UK and EU citizen as it paves the way for the right to object to be used to stand up to surveillance-advertising across the web. techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/m...
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Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
www.thetimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
Very proud of @awo.agency legal team led by @ravinaikawo.bsky.social for this success, and my old friend @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social for having the fearlessness to bring it.
🚨 Breaking news in our client's High Court claim against Meta: Facebook avoids trial with settlement in landmark privacy case 🚨
www.awo.agency
March 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Very proud of @awo.agency legal team led by @ravinaikawo.bsky.social for this success, and my old friend @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social for having the fearlessness to bring it.
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Some discussion of the reasons in the DoJ Report. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
March 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Some discussion of the reasons in the DoJ Report. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Incredible that 99.8% of requests from the UK to the US under CLOUD Act were for intercept, and that there has been essentially no change in numbers of MLAT requests for stored data pre- and post- CLOUD Act. ⬇️
"First Insights Into the U.S.-U.K. CLOUD Act Agreement" by Richard Salgado
First Insights Into the U.S.-U.K. CLOUD Act Agreement
A Justice Department report reflects early success and shortcomings of the agreement, especially around protecting U.S. cybersecurity.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Incredible that 99.8% of requests from the UK to the US under CLOUD Act were for intercept, and that there has been essentially no change in numbers of MLAT requests for stored data pre- and post- CLOUD Act. ⬇️
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Come work with me! 1 year postdoc opportunity to work with me on workers' roles in AI safety. Social science and participatory methods a must, experience working with trade unions a +
More info & apply here -->
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February 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Come work with me! 1 year postdoc opportunity to work with me on workers' roles in AI safety. Social science and participatory methods a must, experience working with trade unions a +
More info & apply here -->
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Two interesting UK jobs advertised today - Prevent Commissioner and Commissioner for Countering Extremism. I’m currently doing the former on an interim basis only. Please spread the word. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Open competitions launched for Independent Prevent Commissioner and Commissioner for Countering Extremism
The government has launched open competitions for two roles.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Two interesting UK jobs advertised today - Prevent Commissioner and Commissioner for Countering Extremism. I’m currently doing the former on an interim basis only. Please spread the word. www.gov.uk/government/n...
I'm mostly out of the loop on national security things these days, but couldn't help but be drawn in by last weeks news that UK Government have issued a Technical Capability Notice against Apple to provide access to iCloud Advanced Data Protection.
February 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I'm mostly out of the loop on national security things these days, but couldn't help but be drawn in by last weeks news that UK Government have issued a Technical Capability Notice against Apple to provide access to iCloud Advanced Data Protection.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Landmark ruling in AWO case – the High Court just ruled in favour of our client against Sky Betting & Gaming (Sky Bet), who profiled him for marketing without a lawful basis.
Our press release: https://buff.ly/40J9FR2
Our press release: https://buff.ly/40J9FR2
Press Release - AWO win in RTM v Bonne Terre et al
A new data rights agency
www.awo.agency
January 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Landmark ruling in AWO case – the High Court just ruled in favour of our client against Sky Betting & Gaming (Sky Bet), who profiled him for marketing without a lawful basis.
Our press release: https://buff.ly/40J9FR2
Our press release: https://buff.ly/40J9FR2