Myles Lewando

Tell your MP: The Online Safety Act isn’t working What's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression…

UK users are cut adrift from current events by the Online Safety Act.

Platforms must moderate content that’s ‘harmful’.

A term that bursts the banks of porn to submerge news, advice and debate… it’s online censorship.

Write to your MP ⬇️

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And an excellent article it is too! Congratulations to both of you.

I recently actually started using Notion in place of Baserow for a couple of databases I want to update on my phone (Baserow doesn't have a good mobile experience). Do you use any databases and if so, have you found any decent non-Notion alternatives?

We Need to Reimagine Digital Maps as Public Infrastructure. Here’s Why. | TechPolicy.Press Google Maps serves over one billion users monthly, but unlike other essential infrastructure it operates without public oversight, Nidhi Singh Rathore writes.

Google Maps is critical for navigation, writes Nidhi Singh Rathore. It is essential to question the role this technology plays in our lives and recognize that such essential services should be treated as public infrastructure, not private commodities, she writes.

Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too maybe it's anti-innovation, maybe it's just avoiding hype. But one thing is clear, I'm completely done with hearing about AI.

Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too

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Exclusive: Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats are now appearing in Google search results.

Well this is bad. Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations exposing sensitive user data

I tried a few quick searches. I found someone's chat where I can see their api key

I found some building their resume. Their name, email and phone numbers are exposed.

www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...

The Mad Religion of Technological Salvation - Truthdig In ‘More Everything Forever,’ astrophysicist Adam Becker exposes Silicon Valley’s insanity and explains why Mars isn't where we want to go.

“Imagine a billionaire’s digital boot stamping on a human face — forever.”

That’s the future Silicon Valley is building, writes astrophysicist Adam Becker in his blistering takedown of tech’s most delusional prophets.

www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

Too relatable!

AI is transforming how we communicate in relationships ‘All I wanted was to feel seen, heard and understood by him, but instead, he was sending me a robot’s questions’

I'm quoted in this piece. In short: do not use ChatGPT or any generative AI as a “therapist.” It’s not sentient. It doesn’t care. It may even lead people toward harm. And nothing shared is protected by HIPAA or real privacy standards; it's fodder for the machine. www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

UK Deepens Dependence on US Tech with New OpenAI Partnership | TechPolicy.Press The UK-OpenAI partnership raises concerns about Big Tech’s deepening ties with UK officials and institutions, writes Megan Kirkwood.

As the UK government celebrates OpenAI’s plans to open more offices or data centers, it seems to ignore mounting warnings about ceding more power to tech giants, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.

Another excellent article from @joshwcomeau.com about one of my favourite technologies.

Hey #GISChat, who's going to @uk.osgeo.org's #FOSS4GUK in Leeds in October? Trying to decide whether to go.

This was an excellent talk and well worth reading if you missed the live event.

Why Women in Tech isn't enough Women in Tech spaces help, but fall short in the long run. Real progress needs systemic change and active involvement from men in positions of power.

I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article.

All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.

I'm looking forward to this in 5 mins. There's still just enough time to sign up!

A must-watch talk.

It's really good. My daughter has watched it several times and I've enjoyed it each time.

Open Data Camp 10: Edinburgh Tickets, Edinburgh | Eventbrite Eventbrite - Open Data Camp presents Open Data Camp 10: Edinburgh - at Business School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian. Find event and ticket information.

I just got my tickets for Open Data Camp 10 in lovely Edinburgh this September. Thoroughly looking forward to it; it'll be my first time attending.

Get in touch if you're going and let's meet up!

#ODCamp #OpenData

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“The combination of DEI and immigration is politically lethal,” Andreessen wrote. “When these two forms of discrimination combine, as they have for the last 60 years and on hyperdrive for the last decade…”

60 years ago was the civil rights movement, in case anyone was confused about his message.

Marc Andreessen reportedly told group chat that universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI | TechCrunch Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities including Stanford and MIT, along with the National Science Foundation, in a group chat with AI scientists and Trump administration o...

I can’t get over the fact that the richest and most accomplished guys in Silicon Valley have decided the biggest problem facing America is too many non-white people getting ahead and they’re ready to burn it all down because of that.

Oh wow. I assumed some fancy DSLR. Very impressive.

Lovely photos. What did you use to take them?

TIL Tuta Drive is in development. Exciting stuff!

AI slows down some experienced software developers, study finds Contrary to popular belief, using cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools slowed down experienced software developers when they were working in codebases familiar to them, rather than supercharging their work, a new study found.

Some billionaires getting very nervous as more and more of these studies start to get published www.reuters.com/business/ai-...

I'm going to start Technoskepticism by @disconetwork.bsky.social. Really looking forward to it!

this means no llms in classrooms

Waiting for the pop.

Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest How we can evade, protest, and sabotage today's pervasive digital surveillance by deploying more data, not less—and why we should.With Obfuscation, Finn Br

Many thanks to this week's @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast for the heads-up that Helen Nissenbaum's book "Obfuscation" - in the context of the resistance against digital surveillance - is free on open access.
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Precisely my thoughts.

Some Thoughts on Techno-Fascism From Socialism 2025 "This is the endgame of our isolation."

"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines. They want techno feudal subjects who will believe and do what they’re told. We, as people, are being strategically simplified. This is a fascist process."

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