A Rant: No, journos, I will not talk to you about your favourite billionare bad boy.
Sorry journos, but women in tech policy do not exist solely to provide colour for personality pieces about American bad boy billionaires.
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Recent interviews and quotes in external media.
Recent media quotes and talks
Links to media quotes, articles, and talks I've given in the past year, mostly in a professional capacity for my previous employer, on the Online Safety Bill as well as on various post-Brexit UK privacy issues.
Wired UK: MPs slam UK data regulator for failing to protect people’s rights
I spoke with Wired about the domestic and international policy implications of the UK's data protection regulator being physically absent and structurally passive.
UX Podcast: Privacy privilege
Per and James discussed my article on privacy privilege on this week’s UX Podcast.
What the Schrems II ruling means for Brexit
I wrote in my Brexit blog about Schrems II, data protection adequacy, and pots calling kettles black. I was also quoted in Techcrunch, the Telegraph, and Digital Privacy News.
Quoted in Digital Privacy News
I spoke with Digital Privacy News about the German antitrust case which ruled that Facebook must allow users to opt-out of data sharing across its platforms.
Press coverage: Google Brexits
I spoke with Business Insider about the political context behind Google’s decision to move UK accounts out of the EU’s jurisdiction. I also spoke with TechCrunch about the issue from a slightly different angle. One of my tweets about the issue was retweeted by Neil Gaiman, who now owes me a new phone battery.
Euractiv: AdequacyLOL
I’m quoted in Euractiv today on Boris Johnson’s unilateral declaration that the UK is taking its ball and going home where data protection adequacy is concerned. The article is also available in French and in German.
Interview on privacy and WordPress with WPBuilds
In July I sat down with Nathan Wrigley from WP Builds for a chat about open source, privacy, politics, and open source privacy politics. The interview has now been published here, along with a full transcript. I couldn’t have picked a nicer person to speak with.
Because I always look impressive in blockquotes
Last week I was interviewed by Samuel Stolton at EURACTIV for his weekly Digital Brexit bulletin. We discussed where UK tech policy is currently standing as we prepare to leave the UK (whenever that is).
Quoted in the DM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7348197/Ofcom-quietly-given-power-dish-huge-fines-Facebook-YouTube-Instagram.html#article-7348197#article-7348197
Won’t somebody think of the democracy?
I wrote for PublicTechnology about the Minister for Health exploiting technology fears to run roughshod over consultative democracy and the rule of law.