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Matt Knight 𓀦
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 10h
'Almost one in four (37 out of 154) UK universities launched disciplinary investigations into pro-Gaza student and staff activists between October 2023 and March 2025, with up to 200 people affected, data compiled by Liberty Investigates shows.'
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 10h
'Loughborough University told a recruitment firm running a “Rolls-Royce roadshow” that its security team were conducting “active monitoring of social media … to provide early intelligence about protests”. It was doing so, it wrote, as “protest has been a concern for employers in recent times”.'
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 10h
'Emails from Heriot-Watt University (HWU) suggest Raytheon UK asked the university to “monitor university chat groups” on its behalf before a careers fair, prompting the university to agree to “implement the measures you have suggested”.'
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 10h
'Loughborough University told a recruitment firm running a “Rolls-Royce roadshow” that its security team were conducting “active monitoring of social media … to provide early intelligence about protests”. It was doing so, it wrote, as “protest has been a concern for employers in recent times”.'
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 10h
'Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI.'
Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst
Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee
www.theguardian.com
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 13h
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Posts falsely claiming pets can receive a HK identity card go viral
False claims that pets can receive a Hong Kong identity card have gained traction across social media.
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 17h
Myanmar: At least 24 killed as paraglider bombs Buddhist festival
Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims in the aftermath.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 17h
BBC: A case involving two men accused of spying for China collapsed because evidence could not be obtained from the government referring to China as a national security threat, the UK's most senior prosecutor has said.
Spy case collapse blamed on failure to label China a threat
Prosecutors say they were unable to obtain evidence from the government to meet the threshold for prosecution.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 1d
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 1d
“You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross."
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’
www.theguardian.com
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 1d
'The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months'
Met police disrupt suspected international smuggling ring in UK’s ‘largest’ phone theft crackdown
The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months
www.theguardian.com
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 2d
Conservative MP Alicia Kearns, who previously employed Christopher Cash as a parliamentary researcher: "it seems very clear to me that their ability to prosecute was spiked."
No 10 denies government involved in collapse of China spying case
Downing Street says the CPS decision to drop charges was made
www.bbc.co.uk
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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 2d
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 2d
Conversations enregistrées par Siri : une enquête ouverte en France contre Apple
Conversations enregistrées par Siri : une enquête ouverte en France contre Apple
L’assistant vocal est accusé d’avoir collecté et traité de très nombreux enregistrements de ses utilisateurs.
www.lemonde.fr
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