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@the-citizens.bsky.socialBritain's AI minister Kanishka Narayan appears confident that existing laws can address the risks of artificial superintelligence.
But Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk is taking a different approach ⤵️
@the-citizens.bsky.socialTrump has brought together tech bosses to sign a voluntary agreement to police their own AI development - meanwhile Britain is betting that existing laws will be enough to keep AI in check.
👁️🗨️ Understand more in The Eye citizensreunited.substack.com/p/trumps-ai-...
@the-citizens.bsky.social💥 NEW from The Eye @mc00.bsky.social
While US tech giants are being asked to police themselves, Britain is relying on a patchwork of existing laws to regulate AI.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.socialReposted by @the-citizens.bsky.socialNEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her..
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@benwhitelaw.bsky.socialReposted by @the-citizens.bsky.socialA silent Sarah Wynn-Williams bravely representing whistleblowers everywhere by appearing on stage at the Social Reckoning screening in London alongside @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mariaressa.bsky.social, @moonalice.com and @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social ‘s Ava Lee.
@the-citizens.bsky.socialRoger McNamee @moonalice.com was an early Facebook investor and adviser.
Now, he is an executive producer of Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, which we’re co-hosting a preview screening of tonight with @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social and @luminategroup.bsky.social
@the-citizens.bsky.socialAs previously reported by @thenerve.news, the company has hired more than 30 people with experience and knowledge of government.
@the-citizens.bsky.socialWatson is only the latest example of the wider revolving door between Westminster and Palantir.
@the-citizens.bsky.socialAt our Labour conference fringe event last week, @labourlewis.bsky.social revealed a letter he received from Palantir’s new UK chief Tom Watson, showing just how closely the company had been keeping tabs on him.
@the-citizens.bsky.socialLabour blocked the Palantir debate, protestors took to the streets and the company keeps tabs on its critics. It's been a week.
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@the-citizens.bsky.socialAt our Labour conference fringe event, @labourlewis.bsky.social revealed a letter he received from Palantir’s new UK chief Tom Watson, which he described as an “implicit threat”.
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@the-citizens.bsky.social"Here’s their latest hire, a Labour lord, [inferring to] his former colleague that they are actively surveilling his activities. It’s obviously a threat."
Our Director Clara Maguire in @thenerve.news 👇
@the-citizens.bsky.socialWe’re joining the #PeopleVsPalantir day of action ✊
Tonight, we’ll be outside Palantir HQ with @justtreatment.org and others, calling for the US spytech company to get OUT of our public services.
📩 Follow our coverage from the protest 👇
@the-citizens.bsky.social🎥 Watch the full reveal and our panel discussion ft. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social now on YT #PinkHairDataWhistleblower
@the-citizens.bsky.socialMic drop moment at our event on the sidelines of #labconf26 in Liverpool, when @labourlewis.bsky.social revealed a letter from Tom Watson showing Palantir has tracked his mentioning them nearly 130 times.
Is there anything Palantir doesn’t want to know about us?
@the-citizens.bsky.socialWe'll be discussing this and what it means for our democracy TONIGHT on the sidelines of the Labour Party conference.
It's not too late to join us: tally.so/r/NpkYkp
@the-citizens.bsky.socialTom Watson once demanded answers over Cambridge Analytica. Now he’s joining Palantir, whose own staff helped build its targeting models.
Quite the full circle 👀 @labourlewis.bsky.social
@the-citizens.bsky.socialThe chat will be moderated by our very own @rebeccajvincent.bsky.social, with filmmaker Marc Silver joining the panel as we look back at what Cambridge Analytica exposed - and confront what hasn’t changed.
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@the-citizens.bsky.social🚨 Cambridge Analytica was meant to be a wake-up call. So what changed?
Join us tonight for an exclusive screening and live discussion with the brilliant @labourlewis.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on where we go from here.
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@the-citizens.bsky.socialSix years on, Britain *still* hasn’t held a full inquiry into Russian political interference.
But we're still pushing for answers.
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