I had a natter with David Meyer about the past fortnight in UK tech policy drama. We did this deliberately as a casual chat, as opposed to a techlaw deep dive, so don’t expect anything too heavy. (I had in fact planned to switch off my brain this summer like normal policy wonks do. So much for that…)
Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety I wrote for The Nerve about the past fortnight in UK tech policy. I know a lot of people expected me to have a lot of things to say about what’s happened, but here’s the thing: aside from that article, there is absolutely nothing to say that I didn’t already say here in this blog, in my fleeting and regrettable professional capacities, […]
“Power absent ethics rests on an unshakable ability and desire to punish active resistance – to beat and arrest and try to ruin the lives of people who block freeways and set up encampments and confront lawmakers. But such power has no idea what to do against negative resistance, against someone who refuses to buy or attend or align, who simply says: I will not be part of this. Against the one who walks away.” […]
On technology that needs to get into a very cold sea.
On those who think differently, and those who never change.
Ladies and gentlemen, here's exhibit AI
I spoke with The National about the proposed UK social media ban for teenagers. That’s an archive link due to their unfortunate adwall. There’s nothing I offered in my delightfully crotchety comments that I wasn’t already saying four, five, six, and seven years ago, but if anyone had listened to me four, five, six, and se- oh you know what, forget it. As with everything, the Dog/Car article I wrote last year is the backgrounder […]
The siren's songs have lured another government official onto the rocks.
I love this short open-access paper from danah boyd where she suggests shifting the term we use to describe social media.
~with distinction~
Test your goddamn inputs people
I spoke with New Scientist about a handful of clauses in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently reaching the finish line of the Parliamentary process.