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Microblog supporting Internet and Society and Controversies in the Data Society courses, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh

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Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 17h ago

I discussed the importance of this book here. Everyone who wants to understand how we got here should read it.

To Deny The Role of Social Media In Propagating Misinformation is a Form of Germ Theory Denial, Not For Pathogens, But For Ideas

MAHA disinformation agents clearly understand the power of social media, and anyone who genuinely wishes to oppose them moving forward needs to as well.

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Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 21h ago

The paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

Privacy International@privacyinternational.org · yesterday

🚨 NHS England apologises and admits that actually employees from Palantir can access indentifiable patient information via the Federated Data Platform (FDP). www.publictechnology.net/2026/08/03/h...

NHS apologises and admits Palantir engineers have access to identifiable patient data

The central health service body has acknowledged the inaccuracy of claims previously made in a transparency document which indicated that only NHS staff were able to see such sensitive information…

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Data controversies, James Stewart@datacontroversies.bsky.social · yesterday

“No pensé que yo pudiera caer”: el auge de las falsas ofertas laborales que se difunden por WhatsApp y otras redes de mensajería elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

“No pensé que yo pudiera caer”: el auge de las falsas ofertas laborales que se difunden por WhatsApp y otras redes de mensajería

Las ofertas de trabajo remoto se han convertido en el nuevo anzuelo del cibercrimen a través de redes organizadas que mezclan ingeniería social, criptomonedas y suplantación de empresas reales para va...

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Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com · 4d ago

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

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Falk Steiner@fsteiner.bsky.social · 3d ago

The world's largest internet exchange point, #DECIX, that carries a lot of the internet traffic of the world, warns against overreaching surveillance powers in Germany and elsewhere. A German draft law includes many changes for the rules German intelligence services have to follow.

heiseonline@heise.de · 3d ago

Nach drei Jahrzehnten an den Knotenpunkten des Netzes warnt Klaus Landefeld vor einer ausufernden Überwachung durch atomisierte, immer weiter reichende Gesetze. #Missing Link

Data controversies, James Stewart@datacontroversies.bsky.social · 3d ago

El verano en que el toples volvió a dar que hablar: “La mirada no se queda en la playa” elpais.com/sociedad/202...

El verano en que el toples volvió a dar que hablar: “La mirada no se queda en la playa”

No hay cifras que señalen una gran caída de la práctica del toples, pero hay una percepción extendida de que está ocurriendo. Las mujeres hablan del miedo a ser grabadas, de presión estética y una rea...

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