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Nora Ni Loideain

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Director, Information Law & Policy Centre (IALS, University of London). Interested in all things data privacy and data protection, especially human rights law and civil liberties. Joint Editor-in-Chief, International Data Privacy Law (OUP). Own views

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Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social · Jul 11

It’s official!

My book with Oxford University Press is out:

EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime: Data Retention and Policymaking

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 6h

Former UK Supreme Court President on leaving the #ECHR:

“It would be a disaster for Europe… it’s one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation since the Second World War. The Convention put into language the rights everybody ought to have.”

🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/bar...

Baroness Hale warns against ECHR withdrawal

Former Supreme Court President Baroness Hale delivered a powerful defence of the European Convention on Human Rights in the latest episode of a podcast hosted by Baroness Chakrabarti, warning that lea...

www.scottishlegal.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 21h

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 12h

Police arrest man based on his ChatGPT prompts. Did they issue a warrant to OpenAI, did company give notice to the accused? How was the prompt “found?”

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Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social · 8h

A must-watch.
Short but excellent critique of:

- what ‘AI Slop’ is
- how it is damaging the integrity and reliability of online information and creative industries
- how AI (not AI slop) can be used as a useful tool

Suitable for children and adults of all ages:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 16h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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John Thornhill @johnthornhill.bsky.social · 3d

"America has become one big bet on AI," writes Ruchir Sharma.

Better not go wrong....

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI on.ft.com/3WqHK5t

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 1d

I am stealing and using this on every AI presentation I give for the rest of the year and I’m not even a little bit sorry

cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 2d

No Country for Old Cows (2007)

Edited screenshots from No Country for Old Men. Anton Chigurh (with cow horns and cow ears) sits in a hotel chair and asks someone across from him, "If the tool you followed brought you to this, of what use was the tool?"

In a zoomed out view, Anton sits silently behind a table with the 4 cow tools look8ng at his victim as if studying him.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

my dog and his girlfriend would like to go bluesky official

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

At the start of the year, I declared London the undisputed global capital for women’s sport in 2025.

I’m proud that our city has so emphatically delivered, with more than a million fans in London coming to watch the best in the world compete.

Mayor Of London. 1.4 Million Spectators Attended Women’s Sport In London In 2025.

Image: six female athletes from different sports in action poses, with an orange gradient background.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 2d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social · 2d

Leaving aside the importance of the protection of human rights for all and the key role the UK played in its creation, Dominic Grieve sums up other significant legal and political reasons why leaving the ECHR makes no sense for the UK.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 2d

Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇

#ECHR

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 2d

Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇

#ECHR

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Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social · 2d

10 days to go until season three of The Diplomat!

Who is excited???

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 3d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get Daily Cartoons delivered to your inbox: nyer.cm/0EivDaD

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Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social · 6d

We are very excited to welcome new members to the IDPL editorial journal team.

Please do get in touch if you are interested and please share with your colleagues and networks.

The deadline is next week.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Ready for the next step in your research career?

Lead the privacy law conversation and apply for the role of Editor of International Data Privacy Law 🌎

Time is running out – submit today!

oxford.ly/3Ioenxz

Oxford University Press (OUP) is seeking to recruit two Editors for International Data Privacy Law. Explore the role.

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BILETA @bileta.bsky.social · 3d

We are now accepting abstracts for our Annual Conference at @aberuni.bsky.social 15-17 Apr. 2026. Join us for critical talks on law, tech & education (and generally a good time!) The theme is: 'Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.' More info: www.bileta.org.uk/news/bileta-...

BILETA conference 2026 – call for papers – BILETA

www.bileta.org.uk

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 3d

These new figures prove that when people are put at the heart of Oxford Street, the area thrives and businesses benefit.

That’s why I am moving forward with the next stage of my proposals to pedestrianise Oxford Street and revitalise the area as quickly as I can. www.cityam.com/oxford-stree...

Oxford Street pedestrianisation boosts sales, survey finds

Oxford Street was closed to traffic for eight hours on Sunday 21st September in a pilot test to fully pedestrianise the high street.

www.cityam.com

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 3d

Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇

🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social

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michael veale @michae.lv · 3d

National wage bargaining for academics is failing. UCU will likely argue to retain for solidarity, but with it no university can meaningfully respond to strike action due to an untenable tryst, amongst a sector with vastly different financial models. Local bargaining? Tiering? It needs discussion.

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 3d

At least five UK universities have told staff they will not be paying them the sector-wide uplift that was due in August for almost a year. Juliette Rowsell reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/five-uk-universities-tell-staff-they-cant-afford-pay-rises

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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