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Since 1st July, the UK government has spent almost $50,000 on Facebook ads in Albania, trying to discourage people from trying to come to the UK illegally. The majority of ads are targeted at men under 40.
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News: @JohnnyHistone @jamesks & co-authors release new @TheSIPR report on 'influence policing'. @STIS Read more: bit.ly/SPS-influence-policin…
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Update: We heard the community feedback, and now ALL deviations are automatically labeled as NOT authorized for use in AI datasets. deviantart.com/team/journal/…
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Will the crypto crash derail the next web revolution? - on.ft.com/3afGsG0 via @FT
We will be IN PERSON too! Full series info here: wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/CIDS/ #surveillance #data #aireg
The Controversies in the Data Society series is back in 2022! Join us for the first seminar of the series on Friday 28 Jan to explore the topic of 'The Surveillance Influence Infrastructure' ft Prof Donald MacKenzie & @johnnyhistone. Register for free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-surve…
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If anyone hosting an online service must moderate it for illegal content, will collaboration tools like google docs, O365 and overleaf have to scan everything we write there?
How the draft Online Safety Bill would affect the development of Free / open source software It's as if the draft #OnlineSafetyBill is an attempt to use regulation to dissuade people from hosting things online, through massive amounts of red tape… decoded.legal/blog/2021/08/h…
Great to work on this with @JohnnyHistone We are very concerned that almost noone has recognised this is happening
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All the focus is on either corporate use of the Surveillance Information Infrastructure, or the political use. The next thing we need to raise awareness and understanding of government use
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Very good @alexhern piece in the @guardian reporting @JohnnyHistone @GemmaFlynn @jamesks @DanielRThomas24 research on #targetedadvertising online and behavioural change. Will Alexa soon be telling us to spend less on candles?
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Electric vehicles: recycled batteries and the search for a circular economy - on.ft.com/3zZ5joH via @FT – at Edinburgh, Scotland