Me thinking about UK proposals to prevent people from viewing or sharing 'illicit' material + Apple's OS implementation of age verification & it's access to content all of which essentially = surveillance and infringements of key human rights to privacy & freedom of expression.

Paper. Automating civilian harm: On Israel's use of the AI-enabled targeting system Lavender in Gaza and International Humanitarian Law

dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/38…

Heavy rainfall triggered flooding through displacement camps in Gaza City, with Palestinians saying their belongings, including their bedding, have all become soaked reut.rs/3VcFphx

What the official government announcement said in June. gov.uk/government/new…

Scope of forthcoming u-16 social media ban (from ePetition debate):

- Will capture U2U platforms whose purpose is to enable online interaction and which allow users to post material, alongside having an algorithm.

- Will not be naming platforms directly in the regulations. 1/3

'FACIAL' RECOGNITION: UK GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR PHONE TO SPY ON HOMEBREW PORN

It's to stop children doing anything stupid of course, but to achieve it they want to Digital ID everybody who takes or shares a saucy picture on their phone.

observer.co.uk/news/national/…

UK Peers & MPs want to mandate software on devices to prevent people from ‘from viewing or creating illicit content’ inc CSAM

I for one do not see how this can be lawful under Article 8 of the ECHR given that a device is also considered an extension of the private sphere

of our lives.

I for one will do all I can to challenge it.
observer.co.uk/news/national/…

See also bsky.app/profile/heathe…

.@Google said in a filing in a long-running privacy lawsuit that a "bug" in its ad platform resulted in "sensitive ads" being served to some users. Bug was introduced in 2019 and discovered in 2022.
mediapost.com/publications/a…

Disturbing headline in Israeli newspaper Haaretz: ‘Top IDF commander coordinated with settlers on takeover of Palestinian homes as storm batters Israel and Gaza’.

Meta is in the headlines again, this time over allegations of tracking and collecting patients' sensitive medical information, including appointment and prescription details, as well as health conditions, from healthcare websites and apps. ibtimes.co.uk/meta-pixel-hea…

Lawsuit: ChatGPT allegedly helped a North Carolina woman craft a “personalized plan” to poison her husband, after fueling her delusions that he planned to divorce her and leave her with nothing.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Unico offers facial biometrics for Brazil’s mandatory SIM registration #SimReg

biometricupdate.com/202611/unico-o…

Unico is in more than 20 countries & claims it performs “1.2 billion+ identity checks per year, anchored by a global network of 2.5 billion faces” unico.io/about

Meta is facing a major privacy lawsuit over allegations that its proprietary tracking technology collected patients' sensitive medical information, including appointment activity, prescription details, & health conditions, from healthcare websites & apps.
ibtimes.co.uk/meta-pixel-hea…

Meta is facing a major privacy lawsuit over allegations that its proprietary tracking technology collected patients' sensitive medical information, including appointment activity, prescription details, & health conditions, from healthcare websites & apps.
ibtimes.co.uk/meta-pixel-hea…

After the US midterms, one Russian paper this morning: “The main reason for the Republicans’ failure is clear – and its name is Trump.” Another: “Most voters are tired of Trump’s political shows…tired of being deceived, tired of being told ‘sugar’, but it doesn’t taste any a

Unico offers facial biometrics for Brazil’s mandatory SIM registration #SimReg

biometricupdate.com/202611/unico-o…

Unico is in more than 20 countries & claims it performs “1.2 billion+ identity checks per year, anchored by a global network of 2.5 billion faces” unico.io/about

Lawsuit: ChatGPT allegedly helped a North Carolina woman craft a “personalized plan” to poison her husband, after fueling her delusions that he planned to divorce her and leave her with nothing.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.

(clip via @DropSiteNews)