Proud to see my new book Shining a Light already on the shelves of the University of Limerick library.
I hope journalism, law, and politics students find it helpful, and that other libraries make it available too.
Print and digital editions available at: www.kenfoxe.com
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3/3 Formal Access to Information request submitted to the IOMFSA today asking whether index-inclusion algorithmic contagion is in scope for their risk frameworks. FOI-IOMFSA-001. Either answer is a story. Full piece: https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/the-douglas-exposure/
“You can tell by the way complaints or requests are worded that they have used AI technology to be able to ask for that information,” he said
“You say that as if it is a bad thing.”
Lincolnshire County Council says AI behind rise in FOI requests – BBC News:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21z6g2421o
Via Owen’s thread at:
https://twitter.com/owenboswarva/status/2061038401055322337?s=20
#ai #feed #foi #llmWho are the actors in the UK's 2015 passport?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/who-are-the-actors-in-the-uks-2015-passport/I got nerdsniped by a bloody Reddit post!
In 2015, the UK Government launched a new passport design. It immediately attracted negative press for its designers' "sexist" decision to feature more men than women.
The government has been accused of sexism over the new UK passport design, which commemorates the achievements of two women but seven men.
It's true that there are only two named women - but there is another unnamed woman on the passport! Here's the "Performing Arts" page:
Shakespeare stares down at his Wooden O. Half the page is a stage, and the men and woman merely players.
Here they are in a bit more detail:
Who are they? They look like reasonably modern photos rather than portraits. They're not obviously famous. None of the press at the time mentioned who they were. No stock photography library had anything similar that I could see. Your favourite AI thought one of them was Doctor Who and the other a Congressman from Nantucket.
The official document describing the design simply says:
On the left hand side there is an image of the interior of the theatre, with a play in progress.
I scanned in an old passport to get the faces in as much detail as possible. All three of them look like jobbing actors who you probably saw in a schools' production of Twelfth Night, don't they?
I couldn't find anything about them online. I asked my investigative-minded friends but they drew a blank.
I even sent a Freedom of Information request to the Passport Office.
They refused on grounds of GDPR, but they did say:
However, we can disclose the photographs of the individuals appearing on the passport page captured by a photographer employed by a supplier contracted to HM Passport Office.
So, if you're one of the actors / models - or know who they are - please drop a note in the box below!
#FoI #government #sexism #shakespeare
I got nerdsniped by a bloody Reddit post! In 2015, the UK Government launched a new passport design. It immediately attracted negative press for its designers' "sexist" decision to feature more men than women. The government has been accused of sexism over the new UK passport design, which commemorates the achievements of two women but seven men. It's true that there are only two named women - …
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I got nerdsniped by a bloody Reddit post!
In 2015, the UK Government launched a new passport design. It immediately attracted negative press for its designers' "sexist" decision to feature more men than women.
The government has been accused of sexism over the new UK passport design, which…
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I got nerdsniped by a bloody Reddit post! In 2015, the UK Government launched a new passport design. It immediately attracted negative press for its designers' "sexist" decision to feature more men than women. The government has been accused of sexism over the new UK passport design, which commemorates the achievements of two women but seven men. It's true that there are only two named women - …
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