No new legislation or regulation required, this was a crime and the CEO of the company responsible should be prosecuted. 'oh my software did it' is no excuse.

Diane Coyle@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · last wk.

This is not AI agents going rogue, but OpenAI. This hack took the company months to notice and then they notified a public email address rather than the appropriate government agency. www.ft.com/content/5613... OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website

“It is highly unusual that an end-product threatens the economic foundations of its essential suppliers, but that is the situation we have created for our LLM business with respect to its ‘content supply chain,’” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.

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In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010. £12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations. Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m. Billions can be raised by ending abuses.

Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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fairplayforkids.org/pf/teenaccou... 'this is not about bad content on the internet, it's about careless product design' - Meta, who have spent years denying, now move into the delay phase.

Teen Accounts, Broken Promises - Fairplay

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Thank you to the Bluesky community who have carefully read & engaged with this piece. I’d also urge you to listen to the Professor Simon Baron-Cohen interview that I embedded. I can only include last 3 mins here but he gives precise chronology..including how he was cleared of plagiarism

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...

With news that Google is making it more difficult for students to avoid Gemini with “a Gemini tab to transform their class materials into interactive experiences that help them study and learn” and “starter prompts”, I wanted to repost an earlier 🧵 with research on the Googlization of education.

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I'm with Justin Reich, who said, "industry-sponsored professional development is, at its core, a 'customer acquisition' campaign." As Google attempts to strengthen its grip on teachers and students, here's a 🧵 with work that examines the Googlization of education...

On Wednesday, the UK will experience the fullest eclipse it has experienced in decades. Why not watch it 1.3 miles out to sea, on the world's longest pleasure pier? Southend Pier will be open for Eclipse Over the Estuary, from 16.00 to 20.00 (last entry at 19.00).

"Amazon is helping to build an economy where not everyone contributes to vital public services. Instead excess profits fund the vanity projects of its billionaire owner" #liverpoolfc www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcampa...

Boycott Amazon | Ethical Consumer

Ethical Consumer calls for a boycott of Amazon over its aggressive tax avoidance. The company has also been criticised for providing services to fossil fuel giants, violating workers' rights, greenwas...

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pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders... "Google behaves like a rogue security guard at the entrance to a shopping centre, deciding on a whim which stores visitors are allowed into" - Brian Glick, editor in chief of Computer Weekly, who led the investigation into the Fujitsu/PO Horizon scandal.

What I've learned: Computer Weekly editor Bryan Glick

Bryan Glick, editor of Computer Weekly, shares his insights from 27-year career in journalism and warns of Google impact.

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I did an interview with the fab @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social from @bylinetimes.bsky.social and here it is, for those who have not yet heard my lengthy discourse on why genAI often sucks, why techbros definitely suck, and why a U16 social media ban is downright stupid: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/21/t...

‘There’s a Value in What We Produce Because We Feel – and an AI Chatbot Can’t Feel’

Byline Times' Editor in Chief meets Kate Devlin, Professor of AI and Society at King’s College London, to explore how relationships with AI companions aren’t particularly new, why she believes the und...

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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Interested in critical infrastructure studies or #criticalAI? There is a job on the STATETECH project in our department for a postdoc, closes 5th August.

Job Opportunity at Goldsmiths: Post-doctoral Research Associate

What makes Goldsmith's unique?Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and ...

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The surreal trial of the Filton4, who were barred from talking about their political motivations is now followed with a first for English legal history. Their barrister, Rajiv Menon is being prosecuted for mentioning this fact to the jury in his closing speech. www.opendemocracy.net/email/12368f...

I was sentenced as a terrorist. Now my barrister is on trial for defending me

My lawyer faces jail over a speech to jurors – a first in English history – as state seeks to silence Palestine solidarity

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How do you apply investigative skills to environmental stories? Join us tomorrow for a live talk with Press Awards Environmental Journalist of the Year Costanza Gambarini (@source-material.org). She'll explain how she combines digital research with rigorous reporting. discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... as the assault on US porcelain continues by the 'explosive' #cyclosporiasis outbreak it's worth remembering where it's true origins lay

www.techtimes.com/articles/320... Open AI said they couldn't track copyright infringement whilst running an internal system that did exactly that. It's crucial the media see through attempts at securitization of AI and focus on immediate harms.

Deposition Reveals OpenAI Tracked Its Own Copyright Violations While Claiming It Could Not

OpenAI copyright lawsuit sanctions: 17 publishers say a deposition exposed Project Giraffe, an internal tool that tracked ChatGPT copyright infringement, contradicting OpenAI’s claim that such detecti...

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Why does the president of the united states name check Karl Marx, who died in 1883, in one of the most symbolic speeches of his tenure? Come and learn more about critical theory with us @mediacomgold.bsky.social

"People can just genuinely just go buy a house, make a company . . . copy and paste off Google some safeguarding procedures and stuff, and then social services just pay them to put children in there.”

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4mo ago

How England’s vulnerable children became a gold mine for investors ft.trib.al/KdUMFU8

The new Green party mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava @liamshrivastava.bsky.social studied MA Political Communications with us here @mediacomgold.bsky.social Story by current journalism student Meena Iyer. www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/loca... Come and study with us and make the future.

One for the Eurovision fans. Content analysis and scrollytelling by @puntofisso.bsky.social puntofisso.net/eurovision/?...

70 years of love, empowerment, and freedom. Here's a look at Eurovision by its lyrics.

Famous for its upbeat rhythms, flamboyant performances, and political voting patterns, Eurovision has another dimension that moves with the zeitgeist: its song lyrics.

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Meet the vibe lawyers: the people using chatbots to make complaints or defend themselves in court, wreaking havoc in the justice system observer.co.uk/news/science...

Meet the vibe lawyers: the AI chatbots wreaking havoc in ...

An increasing number of people are using artificial intelligence to make complaints or defend themselves in court, to varying levels of success

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Two alarming reports published this week highlight how generative AI is enabling violence against women and girls on an extraordinary scale. My latest @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/science...

AI chatbots are the ‘wild west’ for violence against wome...

Two new studies reveal how artificial intelligence can be used to encourage gender-based violence and sexual abuse. Analysts and academics are working to make Silicon Valley finally pay attention

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Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for 20 years following his foreign collusion and sedition conviction. In full: buff.ly/6FeYWmm

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to [years] in jail following his conviction of foreign collusion and sedition charges.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for XX years following his foreign collusion and sedition conviction.

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Wed 4th Feb: Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity 5pm - 6:30pm. LG01, PSH, all welcome @jessmartin.bsky.social will introduce her new book, Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Check out our community lecture series this term! We opened last week with a full house for Linton Kwesi Johnson. Today we have a screening of The Battle for Venezuela plus a panel discussion with director Saniev Johal. Lots of amazing talks throughout the term!

Absolutely incredible evening at Goldsmiths honouring the great poet, musician and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson. A deep reminder from Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social and others, including students interpreting Linton’s poetry, of all the things that drew me to Goldsmiths in the first place…

Some of the MA digital journalism class of 2025. Congratulations to you all!! @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism

"The government has restricted the collection/publication of data on its initiatives; oversight committees hold few hearings; the immigration agencies’ watchdogs have been dismantled. At this moment in history, the measuring falls to the media" link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0af... @propublica.org

Ours is a time of provably wrong claims, vociferously stated.

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@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social MA #Journalism students Meena Iyer and Finola Clarke talk to members of a #Lewisham grassroots movement that's calling for houses meant 'for people not profit'. thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/meet-the-l...

Meet the campaigners demanding 'housing for people, not profit'

MA Journalism students Meena Iyer and Finola Clarke talk to members of a grassroots movement in Lewisham

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Last week, I gave a talk pushing back against claims that AI will democratize education, and I included this slide meant to trouble narratives - and self-serving programs like OpenAI's new "free" ChatGPT for teachers - that focus narrowly on access to technology as some kind of transformative force.

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The first paragraph of OpenAI's new Teen AI Literacy Blueprint is *a lot* cdn.openai.com/pdf/openai-t...

"It’s not rocket science — just a list of viral posts" www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns...

Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation

Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.

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