"My cat hacked those medical records" defense fails:
Russell insisted that he didn’t know how his credentials had been used to run the searches. But he theorized that “potentially his cat had run across the keyboard and typed in those letters.”
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The Australian government has set out its plans for a sweeping overhaul of the domestic online safety rulebook.
AU was the world's first country to create comprehensive online safety rules back in 2021, but its approach looks increasingly dated (the EU DSA ushered in a regulatory paradigm shift).
The shortlist of candidates for the role of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression has been published. I recognise several strong human rights defenders in the mix. www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies...
I'm in the early stages, but it may take a while to get into shape! I could share my submission to the consultation with you, if that would be of interest. It was pretty much 100% on that topic.
I'm asking myself if there is any possibility of that group having been posed IRL. Someone filling their mandatory GenAI work quota? Would love to see the prompts.
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Electricity. What a disaster that proved to be. /s www.theiet.org/membership/l...
I suppose you can be forgiven for not recalling the 1920s. www.theiet.org/media/4955/n...
I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"
India abandons proposal to require smartphone makers to pre-install the country's biometric national ID app, Aadhaar, on phones, a move opposed by Apple, Google, Samsung ++ <good. India has created a surveillance monster across many aspects of connected life
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I suppose you can be forgiven for not recalling the 1920s. www.theiet.org/media/4955/n...
He wouldn't be expected to recall the 1920s, I guess.
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To be clear, I mean it's the credence that's problematic, not what you rightly say about it.
It makes assertions about being grounded in the ECHR that are simply unsustainable. Which is why "For one, the fact that it is the Council of Europe that has created this policy framework gives it credence above and beyond any jurisdiction-specific rulebooks." is so problematic.
That's all very well, but safety by design proponents are all over the place as to what - concretely - it is supposed to mean. Even self-contradicting in submissions to Ofcom on automated content moderation. www.cyberleagle.com/2026/02/safe...
If you're going to introduce a command economy for bread, though, why not for water? And energy? Nappies? Baby milk? Kids clothes? What about books?
And, eventually, some brave soul institutes a bonfire of controls and Lo! A miracle! The shops are full again.
Whereupon the queues get longer and the shops get emptier. The black market flourishes and an unwinnable war on illegal croissant cartels and egg gangs ensues.
And, eventually, some brave soul institutes a bonfire of controls and Lo! A miracle! The shops are full again.
Whereupon the queues get longer and the shops get emptier. The black market flourishes and an unwinnable war on illegal croissant cartels and egg gangs ensues.
Then, because the shopkeepers are all bankrupt or in prison, nationalise the shops.
Why not indeed? Let's empty all the shops.
How far is the law falling behind AI? 🤖
The Online Safety Act exists, but it lacks a clear definition of "safety by design". In this ep of the Policy Fix Hannah Perry @demos-uk.bsky.social argues that without one, risky AI features are reaching children unchecked.
🎧: https://bit.ly/3Om0enk
That's all very well, but safety by design proponents are all over the place as to what - concretely - it is supposed to mean. Even self-contradicting in submissions to Ofcom on automated content moderation. www.cyberleagle.com/2026/02/safe...
Also from my submission. "Whatever its intended juridical nature, the paragraph as framed is so open to subjective interpretation and abuse by member States as to be a palpable vehicle through which the freedom of expression rights of content creators could be negatived."
Exactly. The comment was really for the benefit of readers!
To be clear, Europe for these purposes includes the UK.
Also from my submission. "Whatever its intended juridical nature, the paragraph as framed is so open to subjective interpretation and abuse by member States as to be a palpable vehicle through which the freedom of expression rights of content creators could be negatived."
