The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has completed an investigation into the Grok chatbot and the use of sexualized deepfakes, concluding that the companies involved violated PIPEDA. You can read the full report here: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actio...
As I wrote at the time of the Ballymena pogroms, I'm old enough to remember when the LVF attacked the home of disabled child because he was insuficciently Protestant.
I'm old enough to remember this because it happened in 2024.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Leaving aside momentarily how reprehensible (and stupid) this is, I think both the Irish and UK governments need to be asking what it means for their relations with the US when a member of the American cabinet is openly encouraging racist pogroms & violence on the streets in Northern Ireland
Last night there was a moment when a call went out by activists for spare beds for around 30 people and within less than an hour it was confirmed they were all sorted.
Unbelievable work.
The section of Belfast where the rioting is occurring most definitely does not want to be Irish.
We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way:
Olivier De Schutter, Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth and Jason Hickel
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CJEU, financial services/sanctions
New judgment: banks in the EU cannot refuse to open a basic bank account solely because someone is on the sanctions list of the US (or another non-EU country) - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
(perhaps relevant to US sanctions against the ICC?)
"Should a digital ID be required to access porn websites in Ireland?"
Interesting how a question can skew the answers.
What if the question was: "Should a digital ID be required so that all the websites you visit can be recorded by the government of Ireland?"
Will one (1) single business or tech media outlet story do a piece on how the CEO of SpaceX making a full-throated decision endorsement pf violent race riots will negatively effect their upcoming IPO? I will Venmo the author of such a piece $100, $250 if your editor rejects the pitch.