Mariano delli Santi
@marianods.eurosky.social
Legal and Policy Officer @openrightsgroup.bsky.social "Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg." - cit. Data protection, ArtificiaI intelligence, Social media pluralism, UK - EU regulation
Outrageous! And clearly no change under Burnham and the disgraceful Mahmoud Home Secretary. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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"Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in one steel stroke. But all those 'biggee' tattoos? Tell me they don’t scream 'diversity hire.'"
I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires
“Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in...
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Today we remember the 77 lives lost in the terrorist attacks of July 22, 2011. A far-right extremist targeted Norwegian democracy, first with a car bomb in Oslo's Government Quarter that killed 8 people, and later on Utøya, where 69 people were murdered. #22juli
Oh, not because of the stated policy direction of ignoring people’s rights to deliver maximum corporate advantage then?
computerweekly.bsky.social@computerweekly.bsky.social · 3w agoStaff of the UK’s data protection watchdog say it was ‘less effective’ due to a toxic workplace culture upheld by senior leadership team... 👉 [read]
This isn’t some niche geek-interest thing, it’s an issue that affects everyone deeply - reckless, negligent and outright unlawful use of YOUR data is rife, and the supposed authority has been enabling rather than regulating. Discrimination, exploitation, addiction, polarisation are the effects
Open Rights Group@openrightsgroup.org · 3w agoThe ICO needs an overhaul of its regulatory and enforcement posture. The government has an opportunity to restore effective oversight of data protection rule. It's essential for trustworthy public sector delivery, innovation that benefits workers, and a digital economy that works for the public.
Hot take: sociologists that want to do good public work should actively develop their ability to shit post
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
Today marks the end of the EHRC Code of Practice’s parliamentary stage - with it set to pass automatically. Read our joint statement alongside @scottishtrans.bsky.social and @transactualuk.bsky.social www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/joint-s...
Joint statement: EHRC Code of Practice passes Parliamentary stage
Joint statement from Scottish Trans, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance and TransActual: Today marks the end of the 40-day Parliamentary stage of the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice, with the government refusin...
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Today marks the end of the 40-day Parliamentary stage of the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice, with the government refusing a debate or vote. It is now due to pass automatically, despite widespread opposition. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/07...
Another thing I wrote. The UK has allowed some serious changes to be made to #DataProtection without full parliamentary scrutiny. seriousprivacy.co.uk/our-blog/f/h...
Have We Missed the Secretary of State in the Room?
TL;DR "The most significant changes to UK data protection law over the next decade may not come from Parliament…they may come from the Secretary of State."
seriousprivacy.co.uk
The UK must ditch the failed path of technological dependency on the US. With this knock-out blow for US data transfers, having US Big Tech companies like Palantir running our critical infrastructure will fast become unworkable. The need for UK Digital Sovereignty is clear. Sign the petition ⬇️
Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.
From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.
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UK data transfers with the US come under an extension of the EU-US framework. The UK's new data protection law allows personal data transfers to countries without independent or judicial oversight of data protection rules. But this would likely screw the EU-UK adequacy agreement, costing billions.
UK companies could face new costs up to £1.6bn if the EU doesn’t deem the UK’s post-Brexit data protection standards…
Without an ‘adequacy decision’ from the EU, smaller businesses will bear the brunt of the costs of new data transfer restrictions, according to new research
neweconomics.org
Trouble ahead for US data transfers 🧨 The US Supreme Court has overturned precedent that Presidents can't remove heads of independent agencies at will. They've taken a sledgehammer to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework on which the UK also depends. Read how it makes the free flow of data unlawful ⬇️
The end is nigh for US data transfers
The Supreme Court held that President of the United States can remove members of public offices at will.
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Tell the climate deniers "It is hotter today, the end." via Extinction Rebellion
Anyway, my theory - FWIW - is that lots of the experienced and senior people who are hooked on LLMs are actually having a midlife crisis, and that spending money on Claude is cheaper than buying a Lambo buttondown.com/justenoughin...
The Sports Car Theory of LLM Adoption
If LLMs make decision makers feel stupid, maybe they'll stop using them?
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It’s great that the ICO has been looking into edtech, but the mealy-mouthed tone of the report raises my hackles. Failure to identify Controller and Processor roles in processing, gaps in impact assessments, incomplete data flow maps are not just “compliance gaps”, they are significant hazards
Per chi si lamenta della tranquillità su BS, sono stata un attimo negli altri social (non X):
In todays' “we live in a totally normal island” news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sturgeon and Gove to team up for reality TV 'wargame'
The former first minister is to serve as deputy prime minister in a simulation of a Russian attack on the UK.
bbc.co.uk
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
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'Everyone in the British state has quiet quit their job' latest
Mariano delli Santi@marianods.eurosky.social · 2mo ago1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
See also this thread: bsky.app/profile/mari...
Mariano delli Santi@marianods.eurosky.social · 2mo ago1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Overnight, Andy Burnham won and John Edwards (the ICO) resigned, and that’s a pretty efficient few hours in my book.
There's a fashion for data protection regulators to step back from enforcing the law to "working with" organisations that break it In the UK, the regulator <signed an MoU> with the government, which it's supposed to oversee, to say they were about helping not punishing Thread below is the result:
Maria Farrell@mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 2mo agoVia @heatherburnstech.bsky.social a thread on the biggest government data protection failures on the most recent regulator's watch (he's just resigned for misconduct) Afghan people have been killed because of a series of UK government data breaches the ICO did essentially nothing about.
Hmm, let's see, ICO accepting City of London & Westminster's evidence-free claim my FOI requests for commercial vacancy data cause terrorism, opening the flood-gates for public data owners to refuse FOI requests for any made-up reason. informationrights.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk/DBFiles/Deci...
informationrights.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk
A damning list of failures – really though, would he have been appointed if there was any risk he was going to do the job properly?
Mariano delli Santi@marianods.eurosky.social · 2mo ago1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This man is cooking. Hold his negroni.
Mariano delli Santi@marianods.eurosky.social · 2mo ago1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
