Highly recommend Lorna Woods excellent analysis of the legality of Groks "undressing" function and use
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Shows the limits of the law, particularly the regulators powers. Watch this space as governments the world over wrestle with abusive uses of AI tech.
Online safety, digital surveillance and the last dying breaths of our right to privacy...
This week in Common Ground I write about age assurance tech as a trogan horse for all our rights...
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Fantastic event on next Tuesday for those willing or able to travel to London
Join writers, actors and campaigners to discuss the Hack, phone hacking, and what's next for press reform
@hackedoff.bsky.social
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We were waiting for this. AI developers got a nod from the UK courts on whether their AI models infringe copyrighted work. Recently, a judge threw out a passing off claim advanced by Getty Images against AI developer Stability.
How do you feel about this? bit.ly/49pvBpn
#AI #Copyright #AINews
We finally have the last edition of the Hack, out now!
Thanks for those of you who've gone on the journey with our companion piece to ITV's the Hack.
It's been a fun ride, and we know that a better media is possible
@hackedoff.bsky.social @mediareformuk.bsky.social
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Sure they can refuse access to the building but journalists can't opt out of their First Amendment rights so the consideration for this agreement is void and the whole thing isn't worth the paper it's written on... Any US constitutional scholars welcome to correct me here.
What u find interesting about the Pete Hesgeth new pentagon access guidelines for journalists is the mislaid notion that people can contract our of their constitutional rights...
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Divestment in quality media intentional or accidental? The stats support more effectiveness for brands and advertisers... So let's stop chasing eyeballs, clicks, impressions and build a digital economy that doesn't rely on exploitation. How about investing in ethical accountable media? #awc
Maybe he's been watching "The Hack" @itvx.com @hackedoff.bsky.social
He seems to have adopted @mediareformuk.bsky.social platform...
He said “transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality and objectivity” as key to news media. “One form of active citizenship is to value and support ... agencies that demonstrate seriousness and true freedom in their work ... a virtuous circle that benefits society as a whole.”
The fight for trustworthy and accountable journalism found a new advocate in... the Pope? 😅
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Either, the Government will do nothing and the cycle of scandal and cosmetic reform will repeat. Press disinformation, intrusion and other abuses will go on, day to day, destroying peoples’ lives, distorting elections and misleading the public, but making little impact on the national policy agenda
How is phone hacking connected to one of the most notorious unsolved murders in Britain? Episode 2 of #afterthehack is out now. If you're watching the Hack on ITV 9pm, this is the best companion podcast for all the insights, hot takes and more.
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For the full @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social interview, watch here youtu.be/A9AkTVtd6yE?...
Really powerful words from Hugh Grant on the last 12 years of political failure, including the current Government, for victims of press abuse. If we want a better media we need this collusion to end.
At the Labour Party conference this week advocating for quick wins and ready made solutions for a better media with @hackedoff.bsky.social @mediareformuk.bsky.social and @pressjustice.bsky.social
Started watching #theHack on ITV and want more? 'After the Hack', our recap show with @bylinetimes.bsky.social is now out! Weekly episodes on the real politics and behind the scenes goss of the phone hacking scandal, plus what action you can take to build a better media
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Media, be it news or entertainment, is very expensive to produce. Sometimes the risk pays off, but most of the time it doesn't. Only the extremely wealthy can weather the sunk costs and they do so because of the second order benefits, i.e. to yield influence, not because media is good business.
Media barons are nothing new, studios and papers have always existed to promote the agenda of their owners. What's breaking is the illusion that free market capitalism would produce plurality and editorial independence.
It's lack of independence, discretion to interpret public interest and blended remit over content and market controls that allows US agencies like the Federal Communications Commission to become ideologically captured by Commissioners at the top #jimmykimmel
Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
I write more about this in my latest post for Common Ground lexiekirkconnellkawana.substack.com/p/online-hat...
Lucy Connolly and Graham Linehan are the latest high profile cases of speech being policed online. Posting hateful content and inciting violence against others without early intervention can fuel a pattern of behaviour which gives them the confidence to continue to post.
scarce and inconsistent policing of hateful and abusive content online has reduced that risk and emboldened people to push the boundaries further. Lack of enforcement online has created a culture of illegality.
Spoke too soon
Nepal ban is lifted after tragedy during public protests
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In case you missed it Nepal just shut down access to 26 major platforms, including Meta and X for failing to meet new legal requirements. The age of platform sovereignty is ending. Global connectivity will be superseded by physical borders.
Curriculum changes that ignore 80% of adults, a new minister when DCMS already exists, and platform levies (a ‘when pigs fly’) promise
The real issue? We expect the public to be media literate, but we don’t hold the professionals who create and distribute media to any standard.
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The House of Lords Communications Committee released a sobering report on #medialiteracy painting a picture of a nation in a literacy crisis.
However the recommendations proposed are all over the place
