Jennifer Cobbe
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The UK has repealed Article 22 of the GDPR. What replaces it?
For Oxford Business Law Blog, I argue the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 creates 3 structural gaps that leave consumers vulnerable to automated decisions.
Blog: shorturl.at/HRH5f
Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
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For Oxford Business Law Blog, I argue the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 creates 3 structural gaps that leave consumers vulnerable to automated decisions.
Blog: shorturl.at/HRH5f
Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
#LawSky #AIPolicy
Mind the Gap: Securing Algorithmic Explainability for Credit
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January 20, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The UK has repealed Article 22 of the GDPR. What replaces it?
For Oxford Business Law Blog, I argue the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 creates 3 structural gaps that leave consumers vulnerable to automated decisions.
Blog: shorturl.at/HRH5f
Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
#LawSky #AIPolicy
For Oxford Business Law Blog, I argue the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 creates 3 structural gaps that leave consumers vulnerable to automated decisions.
Blog: shorturl.at/HRH5f
Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
#LawSky #AIPolicy
"When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times"
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 AM
"When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times"
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The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her.
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her.
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Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
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once again this just reads like a horror story
January 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
once again this just reads like a horror story
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From the same paper. These people talk a big game about nationalism and patriotism, but they are actually a fascist international, a movement quite unconcerned with sovereignty as a principle, entirely concerned to promote viscous authoritarian imperialism.
January 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
From the same paper. These people talk a big game about nationalism and patriotism, but they are actually a fascist international, a movement quite unconcerned with sovereignty as a principle, entirely concerned to promote viscous authoritarian imperialism.
In her first week in the job, the new chair of the EHRC got in touch with an anti-trans hate group to discuss ways to work together
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
In her first week in the job, the new chair of the EHRC got in touch with an anti-trans hate group to discuss ways to work together
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
Terrific content
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Terrific content
This story is currently nowhere to be seen on the BBC News main page! Madness
This is the thing. The story that "the UK is joining a mission to defend European territory from US aggression" is *huge*, it overturns a century of geopolitical assumptions, it'd overwhelm everything else. But the story is also "one guy goes on trip which may well go nowhere". Which is silly.
Now I'm wondering, was the Franz Ferdinand news in the number one slot the next day? Would probably have sounded mad if they'd gone big and said it meant a world war was coming?
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
This story is currently nowhere to be seen on the BBC News main page! Madness
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That 15 years of stagnation? Interacts poorly with this quasi-tax structure. Wouldn't have done that.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
That 15 years of stagnation? Interacts poorly with this quasi-tax structure. Wouldn't have done that.
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This ought to be a huge national news story. But the quiet dismantling of a key sector barely registers outside HE. Maybe someone will care when the local economies that Unis sustain start to go bust too. Important story from @patrickjack.bsky.social & @timeshighered.bsky.social
Ninety UK universities to have posted accounts so far cut 13,300 jobs last year, spending £303 million on severance pay - sector-wide total clearly going to be well in excess of predicted 10,000. Great reporting by @patrickjack.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM
This ought to be a huge national news story. But the quiet dismantling of a key sector barely registers outside HE. Maybe someone will care when the local economies that Unis sustain start to go bust too. Important story from @patrickjack.bsky.social & @timeshighered.bsky.social
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When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.
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Again. Would the Prime Minister merely express concern if you, or I spent three weeks generating hundreds of thousands of non-consensual nudes and child sexual abuse images, while bragging about, and profiting from, so doing? And would he praise us simply for promising that we'd stop doing so soon?
PM Starmer tells Emily Darlington MP he has been informed this morning that "X is now acting to to ensure full compliance with UK law". He welcomes this, if true,
That may/may not turn out to be true re Grok stripping women without consent.
This is demonstrably untrue on racist hate crimes on X
That may/may not turn out to be true re Grok stripping women without consent.
This is demonstrably untrue on racist hate crimes on X
January 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Again. Would the Prime Minister merely express concern if you, or I spent three weeks generating hundreds of thousands of non-consensual nudes and child sexual abuse images, while bragging about, and profiting from, so doing? And would he praise us simply for promising that we'd stop doing so soon?
You used AI to do something and it inevitably backfired? That's on you!
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
You used AI to do something and it inevitably backfired? That's on you!
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Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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'In total, the 20 universities spent £8.3 million on remuneration for their vice-chancellors. The accounts also reveal they collectively let go almost 7,000 staff in the same year – costing £124.6 million in compensation for loss of office.'
Russell Group v-c salaries rise as 7,000 job losses confirmed
Leaders of research-intensive universities see pay top £350,000 despite financial strife faced by institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
'In total, the 20 universities spent £8.3 million on remuneration for their vice-chancellors. The accounts also reveal they collectively let go almost 7,000 staff in the same year – costing £124.6 million in compensation for loss of office.'
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Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers
Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers
Dozens including TUC join force to oppose ‘wide-ranging’ move to increase police powers in England and Wales
More than 40 civil society groups including the TUC, Greenpeace and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have joined forces to oppose “dangerous” plans to increase police powers to ban protests in England and Wales.
They said an amendment in the crime and policing bill, which would require police to consider the “cumulative impact” of repeated protests in the same area when imposing conditions on demonstrations, represented a “draconian crackdown on our rights to freedom of expression and assembly”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers
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Look, does our university fee system create an active market in higher education? No.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
Not least because if you actually *want* more people to do high paying tertiary qualifications, you’re creating a weird situation where an electrician on a higher salary is paying less tax than an English teacher. Not clear what the value of this is.
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Look, does our university fee system create an active market in higher education? No.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
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But my constituents are on X
The constituents on X:
The constituents on X:
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
But my constituents are on X
The constituents on X:
The constituents on X:
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i mean i think a world where the US genuinely break NATO and launch an invasion of Greenland looks so alien to us that we will not be able to understand it
The thing I think folks struggle to appreciate with this stuff tho is however hard it is to wean Europe off US tech is *at least as hard* as it will be for US tech to get back into Europe after that type of transition kicks into high gear
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 AM
i mean i think a world where the US genuinely break NATO and launch an invasion of Greenland looks so alien to us that we will not be able to understand it
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“Over a three‑year period, across 382 public authorities in England - including local councils, NHS trusts and domestic abuse refuges - only four formal complaints were recorded regarding trans women using facilities such as toilets, hospital wards or shelters.”
Transphobic panics are manufactured.
Transphobic panics are manufactured.
New data shows only four complaints about trans women in single‑sex spaces
A major Freedom of Information investigation by advocacy group TransLucent has revealed that concerns about trans women in single‑sex spaces are vastly overstated. Over a three‑year period, across 382...
www.scenemag.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
“Over a three‑year period, across 382 public authorities in England - including local councils, NHS trusts and domestic abuse refuges - only four formal complaints were recorded regarding trans women using facilities such as toilets, hospital wards or shelters.”
Transphobic panics are manufactured.
Transphobic panics are manufactured.
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dear mr trump, my name is rupert and i am 68 years old. the evil keir starmez is trying to take away our access to mr musk's magical paedophile machine, a fundamental assault on british values. please deploy enola gay over london our country yearns for freedom
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
dear mr trump, my name is rupert and i am 68 years old. the evil keir starmez is trying to take away our access to mr musk's magical paedophile machine, a fundamental assault on british values. please deploy enola gay over london our country yearns for freedom
Excel stop trying to turn everything into a date challenge
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Excel stop trying to turn everything into a date challenge