Chief Policy Officer, @tfh_technology. Former VP of Global Affairs for X. Board @bbcmediaaction. Sometimes take photos of bands.
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As AI transforms our world, @alexblania and the @tfh_technology team are at the forefront of building an essential layer to our connections - proof of personhood. That’s an ambitious mission and an increasingly urgent one, and is why I’m joining the team as Chief Policy Officer.
The global policy landscape is changing quickly, and I’m looking forward to engaging with policymakers and civil society groups around the world as we work to scale the project and explain how our products can protect privacy, unlock digital identities and provide new opportunities for digital life.
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An important report exposing the need for a long overdue overhaul.
🚨BREAKING🚨
We've just exposed Britain's Free Speech Problem
🔸Over 60,000 people have been arrested for communication offences over 5 years
🔸Failed laws mean some police forces make 14 times more arrests than others
Our investigation covered on the front page of the Mail today.
"There is mounting concern among the public that speech policing is out of control in Britain, and it's long overdue that the government takes action.
@andyburnham must now launch a free speech reset and order an independent review of our laws and police training around speech, in order to fix this Orwellian mess.
Thousands of people are being arrested for controversial speech, online jokes and non-violent protest. People have even been arrested for holding blank pieces of paper, and urged to take 'online thinking skills' courses by police. Enough is enough."
- Silkie Carlo [@silkiecarlo]
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ALT The Mail on Sunday: 62000 arrested in 'chilling curb on free speech'
The Free unless you’re up to no good Press.
Can’t see any problems with that.
Ever feel like you're being watched? You might be right.
But Flock Safety cameras aren't interested in you—unless you're a kidnapper, a thief, or up to no good.
@SulkinMaya dives into why people need to stop destroying tech that's actually stopping crime.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Flock cameras log plates of all vehicles, creating mass surveillance databases accessible without warrants. Privacy issues and misuse noted.
cnn.com/2026/07/26/us/…
abc7ny.com/post/privacy-c…
Their punishment being a deduction of ten Gatorade bottles and a yellow card for the kit man suspended for 300 years.
Argentina is at risk of being sanctioned by FIFA after its players celebrated with a Falkland Islands banner following its semi-final win over England on Wednesday.
After the team’s dramatic comeback victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, midfielder Giovani Lo Celso appeared on the field with a banner saying, “Las Malvinas son Argentinas,” which translates to “The Malvinas are Argentine.”
‘Las Malvinas’ is the term used in Argentina for the Falkland Islands, a British dependency which lies around 300 miles (480 km) off the east coast of mainland Argentina.
In 1982, Argentina’s military government invaded in an attempt to take the territory from the United Kingdom.
Full story from @Dan_Sheldon
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And all the roads we have to walk are winding.
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.
Gracias, Mexico. Vamos, @England.
The bots are here and turns out they can do captcha.
Time for @worldnetwork.
Welp, that happened faster than I predicted. Thought it would be end of 2027, then early 2027, but agentic traffic growing so fast that bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time in the Internet's history. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic…
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Humans only. No bots.
We’ve partnered with @worldnetwork to put fans first.
🎟️Verified World ID = 2-for-1 tickets
🕺First human to sign up wins a Closer to the Edge VIP upgrade — side stage, meet & greet, and more. 🏴☠️⚔️🐅 world.org/thirtysecondstomar…
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Concerts are for humans. @30SECONDSTOMARS is using Concert Kit to reserve tickets for verified humans on their 2027 tour.
Concert Kit is open to artists who want to reserve their tickets for real, verified fans.
Live Music Industry News - get all the updates on what's going on this week around the business.
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Pleasure to join @JonKBateman to discuss AI, bots, geopolitics and a future where we know who is human!
In an online world where slop and bots seem to rule, should we just give up on trying to determine who's human? Maybe not quite.
@JonKBateman sat down with @nickpickles on today's World Unpacked to discuss a promising new tool: youtube.com/watch?v=xCMvIT1A…
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Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meeting techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/zo…
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Great conversation with @bhorowitz and @eriktorenberg!
a16z's Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg speak with Alex Blania, co-founder and CEO of Tools for Humanity, to cover deepfakes, proof of human, what AI means for identity, and more.
They cover the technical challenge of proving human uniqueness at scale using iris biometrics, the privacy architecture behind World ID, why platforms from social networks to dating apps to video conferencing will soon require proof of human verification, and more.
Introduction
Three big ideas people were interested in
The Orb verification piece
Social media bots: Psyops and propaganda
We had proof of personhood for the longest time
US go-to-market
Levels of verification
@alexblania @tfh_technology @bhorowitz @eriktorenberg
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It’s time for Proof Of Human.
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Agentic capability is improving fast. We believe Proof of Human is becoming critical for the internet and many of the platforms we use (like X).
This paper explains why FaceID, face biometrics & government IDs won’t solve the problem, and what properties are most important.
The accelerating capabilities of AI agents create an existential challenge for the integrity of digital interaction - the ability to reliably distinguish humans from AI becomes critical.
A globally inclusive, high-integrity, and privacy-preserving Proof of Human mechanism is a fundamental enabler for maintaining and increasing human agency.
Here's how: world.org/blog/engineering/p…
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As millions of agents start to come online, the internet needs to distinguish bot armies from the agents acting on behalf of humans.
Introducing AgentKit, the human layer for agentic automation. Built on World ID, the AgentKit beta unlocks human-verified automation, a new primitive for the agent economy.