The data work industry, which monetizes the collection of information used to train AI systems, is often shrouded in secrecy. But a new report maps out how at least 30 data platforms are quietly connected to Big Tech companies, Tech Policy Press fellow Tatiana Dias writes.
The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun.
And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene.
And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics.
And then, they did it one more time for good measure.
Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed.
We must get rid of Palantir altogether.
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many americans demonstrated repeatedly that the thing that would get them to participate in politics was to be told by a television celebrity that they could be rich and it was good to abuse the weak
However, President Donald Trump said the American naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue, and Israel responded to Trump's purported prohibition of attacks on Lebanon by attacking Lebanon.
BREAKING Lebanon army reports Israeli 'acts of aggression' in 'violation of ceasefire'
Italy suspends defence agreement with Israel - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...
2/ Ambedkar Jayanti holds deep emotional and political significance—not only for South Asia but for people across the world. It’s a day of reflection, resistance, and renewal. 🌍💙 The fight against caste violence is far from over, but we keep pushing forward. Jai Bhim! 💛
1/🌟Happy Ambedkar Jayanti & Happy Dalit History Month! Today, we honor Dr. B.R. Ambedkar—Dalit scholar, social reformer, and the architect of the Indian Constitution. On his 135th birthday, we salute his tireless advocacy for caste-oppressed communities🙌🏾
Today, Israeli forces fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who staged a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to their school.
It’s the first day of class since the start of the Iran war.
This is life for Palestinian children. The world does nothing.
But every competitive authoritarian regime, even the most effective one, has a fail case: that their characteristic corruption, poor governance, and autocratic overreach overwhelms their ability to control information, breeding a massive public backlash.
![Police have arrested hundreds of people during a mass vigil in central London opposing the government's ban on the campaign group Palestine Action. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreiestfezzy7zaz3sieac3ltb4vhjspxahikk2dm36e62p6pnqmvtaa)
Police have arrested hundreds of people during a mass vigil in central London opposing the government's ban on the campaign group Palestine Action. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
![More than 1,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square for the demonstration on April 11, 2026, with many holding signs reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” [Carlos Jasso/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreidg4im72rf7mykhke642ebwtysuf2tdr7or7vwnw34jxnzmcac3ni)
More than 1,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square for the demonstration on April 11, 2026, with many holding signs reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
![Protesters call for the lifting of the ban on the Palestine Action group, which the High Court has struck down, ruling that it violates free speech protections. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreic5lsjtbl7l4af5q6ydmcmlo7e6b2vnaokxjmmof6cr6fkh2m5pne)
Protesters call for the lifting of the ban on the Palestine Action group, which the High Court has struck down, ruling that it violates free speech protections. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
![Police removed numerous demonstrators in central London, including an elderly man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman using walking sticks, both of whom were escorted away by officers. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreifd7vsepwd474yjjtvzuximbxnikbqb4q22zvck32i5umgqehaqyy)
Police removed numerous demonstrators in central London, including an elderly man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman using walking sticks, both of whom were escorted away by officers. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
More than 500 people arrested at London rally for Palestine Action https://aje.news/bviyrc
Spurious Home Office decisions rejecting student visas are threatening universities' ability to enrol young people from abroad, it is claimed. New rules come into effect in June that will punish universities if more than 4 per cent of study visas are rejected by the Home Office. However, the changes coincide with a marked increase in the numbers of visas being refused by the Home Office on spurious and inaccurate grounds, according to research by universities that has been shared with The Times. Neither students nor universities are able to challenge the decisions, which are often taken months after a university has accepted the applicant and in some cases just days before they are due to start studying.
UKVI carries out discretionary "credibility interviews" to ascertain that a student's intentions to study here are genuine. In another interview, when asked why they had chosen to apply to their chosen institution, the applicant said they had considered several factors, including the university's ranking, employability support, student satisfaction while also noting that it was an ancient institution and cited the year it was founded. The UKVI rejected the application, explaining that they were not satisfied the applicant was genuine given they had quoted the wrong founding year. The university subsequently confirmed that the applicant had provided the correct year and the UKVI caseworker was incorrect, but the decision could not be reconsidered.
In another case a foreign student was rejected from obtaining a visa to study at the University of East Anglia due to a dispute over whether the university was in Norfolk. The applicant asserted correctly that it was, but the UKVI caseworker appeared to confuse Norfolk with Norwich, which is the capital of the county, and rejected the application - believing the applicant was wrong.
In another credibility interview the applicant was asked to describe some of the taught modules they would be studying as part of their degree. The applicant explained that they had been offered a place to study a PhD in biomedical engineering which was fully research-based so did not have any taught modules. Despite this, the UKVI refusal letter stated that they were not satisfied on the basis that their answers were "vague and generic" and had failed to explain the taught modules they would be studying.
It is almost, almost, impressive just how Labour have taken the massively dysfunctional and incompetent Home Office and managed by dint of policies and rhetoric to make it even more dysfunctional and incompetent. It is a true testament to how hostile they are to migrants.
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LAWS0339 Internet Law and Policy Convenor: Professor Michael Veale, co-taught with Professor Orla Lynskey and Dr Tommaso Fia. Faculty of Laws, University College London. Academic Year 2025-6. Document Version December 2025. About the Module Seminar 1 Welcome to the Internet Seminar 2 How To Control the Internet Seminar 3 Blocking and Networked Rule-Making: the Domain Name System Seminar 4 Liability Shielding and Safe Harbours Seminar 5 Content Moderation Obligations Seminar 6 Fair Moderation and Takedown Abuse Seminar 7 Specific and General Monitoring Seminar 8 By-Design Platform Regulation Seminar 9 Verification: Ages, Names, Identities Seminar 10 Moderating Al: Models and Outputs Seminar 11 Privacy Online Seminar 12 Data Protection's Scope Seminar 13 Data Protection's Substance Seminar 14 Data Rights and Wrongs Seminar 15 Online Tracking: Cookies and Controllers Seminar 16 International Transfers of Personal Data Seminar 17 Emerging Models for Data Governance Seminar 18 Automated Decision-Making Seminar 19 Language Models & Personal Data Seminar 20 Can Law Change The Internet?
I’ve posted online our 2025-6 20 week Internet Law and Policy syllabus on our LLB programme, run by Orla Lynskey, Tommaso Fia and me. We hope it’s useful for other tech law educators! michae.lv/updated-inte...
BREAKING: Police immediately begin wrongful arrests as over 500 people defy the unlawful ban on Palestine Action.
Protestors are being arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs which say "I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action".
Israel destroys southern Lebanon towns, hits ‘safe’ areas around Beirut
Israel destroys southern Lebanon towns, hits ‘safe’ areas around Beirut https://aje.news/ujunzq
Israel hit all over Beirut. Strikes were in nearly all the neighborhoods surrounding my house. Reports saying many injured and dead. Israel seems to be intensifying before a ceasefire is implemented
There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon.
You are being lied to
"In interviews over the last month, AI researchers, economists and tech workers said that essentially, we’re all living through an experiment"
And we are the guinea pigs.
Go tell AI "consultants"
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everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability
A resident in Tehran films the US and Israel bomb densely populated neighborhoods in Tehran. These are clearly massive munitions with little to no regard for civilian casualties. Indeed, the entire neighborhood is engulfed in fire and smoke.
Just as Israel did in Gaza.
Now France is denying airspace…
(Reuters) -- Italy has denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before flying to the Middle East, a source close to the matter said
@reuters.com
Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
Ministers were accused of being "asleep at the wheel after the government deleted an estimate of new data centres' carbon emissions when experts asked why the figure was so low. Scant figures exist on projected emissions from the hundreds of facilities expected to be built in the next decade. However, one government report said last year that emissions would be negligible, at only 0.14 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2035. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) calculated that data centres would account for only 0.05 per cent of the UK's emissions in 2035. However, that is far lower than the amount for a single data centre planned in Lincolnshire. The Elsham Tech Park would emit about a million tonnes of CO_ annually, on a par with most of British Airways short-haul flights. When Carbon Brief, a climate change website, asked the DSIT why its estimate appeared implausible, the department deleted the report. On March 19, it uploaded a new version, without an emissions figure, saying: -We... are updating this modelling to ensure it reflects the most up to date assumptions and analysis. Carbon Brief found that the true figure could be as much as 500 times higher than the government estimated, at 70 million tonnes of CO2- Tim Squirrell, head of strategy at the non-profit "tech Foxglove, said: justice" group "This shows that the government is asleep at the wheel when it comes to the environmental impact of data centres. "This was the only estimate we had seen from DSIT of the carbon emissions which would result from generative Al. It is deeply alarming that it bore no apparent relation to reality. The Times reported recently that data centres could use more electricity than Britain now consumes at its peak. The government expects data centre emissions to decline as the electricity grid decarbonises. An official said: "As Al rapidly develops, it is only right we keep the technical estimates informing our work under routine review."
After we @foxglovelegal.bsky.social worked with Carbon Brief to show the government’s data centres emissions projections were a fantasy, government responded by… deleting the projections and replacing them with a note that they are under “routine review”. So much for transparency.
AI hype is everywhere. Today’s guests on the Tech Policy Press podcast are studying this phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, building out a line of inquiry they call "Hype Studies." They want to understand the social and political dimensions of tech hype, and what it portends.
Administrators spend $17 million of CSU money on ChatGPT while shuttering departments essential to the job of a university in developing, archiving, and teaching all kinds of knowledge
