A discussion about the social media ban on under 16s.
BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?”
Student: “Stare at a wall.”
NEW: Meta is testing its face recognition system for its smart glasses using software built by Rank One Computing, a company that sells its tech to the US military and was founded by fmr FBI and CIA people. @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
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Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.
Watching BBC news which has a panel of bereaved parental campaigners discussing this is heightened emotional terms. Honestly, my heart breaks for them, but children are better served by robust policy making and not knee jerk responses www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
CEO of Ofcom "we have kicked off work looking at the options for effective age assurance at 16 & I can confirm that we will deliver an assessment that can be used to inform parliamentary debate by the end of October" www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
#UKSocialMediaBan
How will the UK’s social media ban work? - www.ft.com/content/3759... via @financialtimes.com
Scott Bryan
Andrew Couts
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BBC News - Commissioner 'disappointed' by social media ban for children
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Perhaps Starmer could announce an 8:30pm curfew for ministers who send too many WhatsApps.
Cyber agency says BlackCore targeted John Swinney, as well as interfering in New York and French elections
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺
Amazon is constantly innovating to reduce the amount of water we use in our data centers, resulting in a 52% improvement in water efficiency since 2021.
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The West's biggest online shopping mall comes clean about its datacenter water usage
Using WhatsApp in government should come with clear responsibilities
The use of WhatsApp is embedded in the way government works, but ministers need to do more to ensure they use it well
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Institute for Government
The Mandelson files have again put the use of WhatsApp in government in the spotlight.
