Donald Campbell
@dncampbell.bsky.social
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In the weeks ahead of the Oct. 10 ceasefire, Israel deployed armored personnel carriers packed with explosives to act as multi-ton truck bombs and destroy homes and buildings in Gaza City. www.reuters.com/graphics/ISR...
How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City
In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel deployed a new weapon: Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed as explosive-laden bombs.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In the weeks ahead of the Oct. 10 ceasefire, Israel deployed armored personnel carriers packed with explosives to act as multi-ton truck bombs and destroy homes and buildings in Gaza City. www.reuters.com/graphics/ISR...
Significant news given the uk govt wants to use SMRs to power Big Tech’s hyperscale data centres
Mini #nuclear reactors are already losing their glow, writes Lex column in @financialtimes.com
- Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com/content/567a...
- Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com/content/567a...
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Significant news given the uk govt wants to use SMRs to power Big Tech’s hyperscale data centres
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Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
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December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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New: TikTok is facing legal action over union-busting measures against key safety workers in London:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
Press release: TikTok faces first legal action over unlawful union-busting in London - Foxglove
Social media giant TikTok is facing legal action for threatening its critical safety workers with redundancy just days before they were due …
www.foxglove.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
New: TikTok is facing legal action over union-busting measures against key safety workers in London:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
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'“This is yet more evidence that the public is footing the environmental bill for some of the richest companies on Earth,” said Donald Campbell, the director of advocacy at Foxglove, a UK non-profit that campaigns for fairness in tech.' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
2025’s AI boom caused huge CO2 emissions and use of water, research finds
Study’s author says society not tech companies paying for environmental impact of AI and asks if this is fair
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'“This is yet more evidence that the public is footing the environmental bill for some of the richest companies on Earth,” said Donald Campbell, the director of advocacy at Foxglove, a UK non-profit that campaigns for fairness in tech.' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
1. OpenAI "said it was in conversation with 50 countries about.. deals [which] will help to ensure that 'democratic principles'.. are built into the technology."
2. "OpenAI has struck deals in ... the United Arab Emirates"
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Have they noticed the problem here?
2. "OpenAI has struck deals in ... the United Arab Emirates"
www.ft.com/content/a6a8...
Have they noticed the problem here?
OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion
Former UK chancellor to lead start-up’s effort to spread ‘democratic’ AI across the world
www.ft.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
1. OpenAI "said it was in conversation with 50 countries about.. deals [which] will help to ensure that 'democratic principles'.. are built into the technology."
2. "OpenAI has struck deals in ... the United Arab Emirates"
www.ft.com/content/a6a8...
Have they noticed the problem here?
2. "OpenAI has struck deals in ... the United Arab Emirates"
www.ft.com/content/a6a8...
Have they noticed the problem here?
"we found 12 Labour ministers who were listed at events involving Howlett and his Chamber Group but which were not recorded in official transparency releases. This includes a meeting between Keir Starmer and Howlett..to discuss AI."
Quite shocking transparency failures revealed here.
Quite shocking transparency failures revealed here.
🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor”
Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster
Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster
Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
“I’m a Labour donor”: ex-Tory MP exposed in cash-for-access sting
Exclusive: Details of Ben Howlett’s fundraising for Labour prompts Green leader Zack Polanski to call on Starmer's party to “come clean” about its relationship with him.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"we found 12 Labour ministers who were listed at events involving Howlett and his Chamber Group but which were not recorded in official transparency releases. This includes a meeting between Keir Starmer and Howlett..to discuss AI."
Quite shocking transparency failures revealed here.
Quite shocking transparency failures revealed here.
Drax plans to use data centres as a reason to keep its tree-burning power station open next decade: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/drax...
Drax floats plans for 1GW data center at former coal plant in Selby, Yorkshire
Could come online after 2031
www.datacenterdynamics.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Drax plans to use data centres as a reason to keep its tree-burning power station open next decade: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/drax...
Very impressed that YouTube's PR managed to say this with a straight face
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Very impressed that YouTube's PR managed to say this with a straight face
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
There's something very weird about the tone of OpenAI's response to reports that it has (yet again) contributed to someone's death. Kind of acknowledges that they need to work to make their product less dangerous, yet with a total absence of any sense of responsibility ('heartbreaking situation').
December 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
There's something very weird about the tone of OpenAI's response to reports that it has (yet again) contributed to someone's death. Kind of acknowledges that they need to work to make their product less dangerous, yet with a total absence of any sense of responsibility ('heartbreaking situation').
Meta can do this, but apparently can't stop their algorithm promoting posts calling for murder www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Meta can do this, but apparently can't stop their algorithm promoting posts calling for murder www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Would be keen to hear Starmer's explanation for how AI leads to 'cheaper, greener energy' when it also drives enormous new electricity demand.
Not to mention Jensen Huang's insistence that we build new gas power plants to run the hyperscale data centres.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Not to mention Jensen Huang's insistence that we build new gas power plants to run the hyperscale data centres.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Would be keen to hear Starmer's explanation for how AI leads to 'cheaper, greener energy' when it also drives enormous new electricity demand.
Not to mention Jensen Huang's insistence that we build new gas power plants to run the hyperscale data centres.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Not to mention Jensen Huang's insistence that we build new gas power plants to run the hyperscale data centres.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
News orgs to try partnering with Meta, as this has always worked out very well in the past.
Meta is partnering with CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, the People Inc. portfolio of media brands, The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner, and USA Today.
Meta signs commercial AI data agreements with publishers to offer real-time news on Meta AI | TechCrunch
Meta is partnering with CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, the People Inc. portfolio of media brands, The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner, and USA Today.
techcrunch.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
News orgs to try partnering with Meta, as this has always worked out very well in the past.
Most depressing tech news of the day in what is always a challenging field. YouTube will (1) definitely know this is happening and (2) definitely be encouraging it.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Most depressing tech news of the day in what is always a challenging field. YouTube will (1) definitely know this is happening and (2) definitely be encouraging it.
Great line in here from the case: 'If the goal is speed and the cost is accuracy and accountability,” the arbitrator wrote in his decision, “AI is the clear winner."'
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Great line in here from the case: 'If the goal is speed and the cost is accuracy and accountability,” the arbitrator wrote in his decision, “AI is the clear winner."'
Important investigation into the growing use of Big Tech AI tools in European asylum systems - including UK plans to experiment with age estimation tools for children:
Our latest investigation into AI at Europe’s borders - including dystopian-style AI trials in the U.K. that will age assess asylum seekers by taking a photo of their face inkstickmedia.com/american-ai-...
American AI Arrives on Fortress Europe's Borders. At What Cost?
American tech companies are increasingly providing AI surveillance technology that is being used on European borders.
inkstickmedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Important investigation into the growing use of Big Tech AI tools in European asylum systems - including UK plans to experiment with age estimation tools for children:
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Read our report here for the details: www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u... #datacentres
www.foxglove.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Read our report here for the details: www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u... #datacentres
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New data centres planned for Scotland will consume the equivalent of 3/4 of the whole country's peak electricity demand - raising concerns over climate emissions:
utilityweek.co.uk/scottish-dat...
utilityweek.co.uk/scottish-dat...
Scottish data centre ‘frenzy’ causes power concerns - Utility Week
The power consumed by new ‘hyperscale’ data centres being planned in Scotland will be equivalent to as much as three quarters of the country’s total peak electricity demand, campaigners have claimed. ...
utilityweek.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New data centres planned for Scotland will consume the equivalent of 3/4 of the whole country's peak electricity demand - raising concerns over climate emissions:
utilityweek.co.uk/scottish-dat...
utilityweek.co.uk/scottish-dat...
Two headline Govt policies - more data centres and more homes - are directly at odds. Ministers will need to choose who come first in the queue for access to energy: new homes for people or new computing power for Big Tech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West London housing was delayed by new data centres, report finds
The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Two headline Govt policies - more data centres and more homes - are directly at odds. Ministers will need to choose who come first in the queue for access to energy: new homes for people or new computing power for Big Tech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Drax hopes to be able to keep doing this for years to come by pitching for wood-fired data centres: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Drax hopes to be able to keep doing this for years to come by pitching for wood-fired data centres: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
If the data centres planned for Scotland are built, they would come close to doubling electricity demand in the country. You'd need to be build a new Hunterston and a new Torness to get anywhere near enough energy to power them. Is this a tab we should be picking up for Big Tech?
New: data centres in Scotland's planning system would consume the equivalent of 75% of the country's total peak electricity demand, Foxglove research finds:
www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.foxglove.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If the data centres planned for Scotland are built, they would come close to doubling electricity demand in the country. You'd need to be build a new Hunterston and a new Torness to get anywhere near enough energy to power them. Is this a tab we should be picking up for Big Tech?
Interesting that @ofcom.bsky.social - responsible for online safety - has an account here but hasn't posted for months. But they're still posting regularly on X.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Interesting that @ofcom.bsky.social - responsible for online safety - has an account here but hasn't posted for months. But they're still posting regularly on X.