Ellen Judson
@ellenejudson.bsky.social
Disinformation investigator, tech policy nerd, philosophy, human rights, climate. Views my own. She/her
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🧵 The govt and OpenAi announced a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday on 'AI Opportunities'
There's lots of words like 'growth' 'development' and 'trust' and interestingly, 'sovereign' - "this partnership will support the UK’s goal to build sovereign AI in the UK"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
There's lots of words like 'growth' 'development' and 'trust' and interestingly, 'sovereign' - "this partnership will support the UK’s goal to build sovereign AI in the UK"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Memorandum of Understanding between UK and OpenAI on AI opportunities
www.gov.uk
July 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🧵 The govt and OpenAi announced a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday on 'AI Opportunities'
There's lots of words like 'growth' 'development' and 'trust' and interestingly, 'sovereign' - "this partnership will support the UK’s goal to build sovereign AI in the UK"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
There's lots of words like 'growth' 'development' and 'trust' and interestingly, 'sovereign' - "this partnership will support the UK’s goal to build sovereign AI in the UK"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
genuine question: when civil society’s very ability and permission to function is under attack in the US, what can we do on this side of the pond to support? 🙏🕊️
January 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
genuine question: when civil society’s very ability and permission to function is under attack in the US, what can we do on this side of the pond to support? 🙏🕊️
Reposted by Ellen Judson
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
wouldn’t it be lovely if in return for all this guaranteed access to data and energy AI companies were required to demonstrate they meet high standards in how they develop and what they are producing
January 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
wouldn’t it be lovely if in return for all this guaranteed access to data and energy AI companies were required to demonstrate they meet high standards in how they develop and what they are producing
It’s crushing reading the specific carve outs added to the Meta policy allowing specific forms of hate to be directed at LGBT+ people and the cuts to the policy making it easier to demonise protected groups
(see 7 Jan tab for the tracked changes)
transparency.meta.com/en-gb/polici...
(see 7 Jan tab for the tracked changes)
transparency.meta.com/en-gb/polici...
Hateful Conduct | Transparency Center
Meta regularly publishes reports to give our community visibility into community standards enforcement, government requests and internet disruptions
transparency.meta.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s crushing reading the specific carve outs added to the Meta policy allowing specific forms of hate to be directed at LGBT+ people and the cuts to the policy making it easier to demonise protected groups
(see 7 Jan tab for the tracked changes)
transparency.meta.com/en-gb/polici...
(see 7 Jan tab for the tracked changes)
transparency.meta.com/en-gb/polici...
more speech and a whole bunch of mistakes: a thread about.fb.com/news/2025/01...
More Speech and Fewer Mistakes | Meta
We're ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.
about.fb.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
more speech and a whole bunch of mistakes: a thread about.fb.com/news/2025/01...
What a day - UK illegal harms duties now in force for tech platforms. My highlights from a first quick read through! 🧵 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
Statement: Protecting people from illegal harms online
This is the first of Ofcom’s policy Statements that Ofcom, as regulator of the Online Safety Act, will publish as part of our work to establish the new regulations.
www.ofcom.org.uk
December 16, 2024 at 8:10 PM
What a day - UK illegal harms duties now in force for tech platforms. My highlights from a first quick read through! 🧵 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
I find myself as many do this time of year, staring in quiet bafflement into the soul of my Spotify Wrapped, and finding within it Schrödinger’s AI
December 10, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I find myself as many do this time of year, staring in quiet bafflement into the soul of my Spotify Wrapped, and finding within it Schrödinger’s AI
anyone have any tips for a bluesky newbie on how to deal with the influx of spam follows?
December 2, 2024 at 11:52 PM
anyone have any tips for a bluesky newbie on how to deal with the influx of spam follows?
There's been chatter recently around 'resetting algorithms', since Instagram announced it was adding this option - welcomed by Ofcom on social media - and seeing it this week highlighted by TikTok in their DSA risk assessment report. Some thoughts on not being distracted by a reset...
November 30, 2024 at 4:05 PM
There's been chatter recently around 'resetting algorithms', since Instagram announced it was adding this option - welcomed by Ofcom on social media - and seeing it this week highlighted by TikTok in their DSA risk assessment report. Some thoughts on not being distracted by a reset...
Have power-read through the major VLOP DSA risk assessment and audit reports now, and while there are many many interesting details to pore over in the days to come, some immediate thoughts from me... #DigitalServicesAct
a black and white drawing of a person with a rainbow in the background and the words whoaaaaaa
Alt: a black and white cartoon gif of a person going on the internet with a rainbow in the background
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Have power-read through the major VLOP DSA risk assessment and audit reports now, and while there are many many interesting details to pore over in the days to come, some immediate thoughts from me... #DigitalServicesAct
it’s a mega DSA risk assessment publication day! happy reading and may all your coffee mugs be ever-filled today
November 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM
it’s a mega DSA risk assessment publication day! happy reading and may all your coffee mugs be ever-filled today