Scanning tech would turn every phone into a surveillance device ⚠️

UK Ministers may claim this is to stop children sharing intimate images.

But it means forcing every adult through a digital ID checkpoint and scanning all private images by default.

Once the infrastructure exists, it will be expanded.

It would award every future government and every tyranny across the globe a mechanism to pre-censor everything anyone does with their phone.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/08/starmer-tech-firms-ultimatum-block-explicit-images-children-phones

#ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy

We're taking on Trolling©️

Image matching tools are being used to fire off automated copyright infringement notices. Threatened with legal action, people are being coerced into paying up.

But there are legitimate defences that this tech fails to check and completely fail to mention.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-rise-of-copyright-trolling/

#copyright #intellectualproperty #trolling #legal

100 days since Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran.

100 days of fossil fuel chaos and rising bills.

How many more until governments back renewables and end oil and gas dependency?

#iran #war #trump #renewables

I'm pleased to see that my deep dive on #WSocial is still making the rounds. ICYMI:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

The biggest latest development since publication is that its CEO Anna Zeiter was caught misrepresenting their user numbers during a high profile interview with the German TV channel SWR.

On May 28th Zeiter said they've been onboarding about 100-200 new users a day. Except: the whole PDS has 293 users TOTAL according to https://clearsky.app

Their tagline is "Trust your feed"!

It's #Pride #PrideMonth, so time to roll out these classics.

#humour #funny

Food prices could rise 170% by 2050 due to the climate crisis.

People are already struggling to put food on the table while farmers and workers can't make ends meet.

We need urgent action.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/zack-polanski-food-farmers-supermarkets-b2991343.html