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@sklovig.bsky.social
Data and Ethics Editor at Computer Weekly
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Microsoft must immediately end any involvement with the “Israeli authorities’ systemic repression of Palestinians” and work to prevent its products or services being used to commit further “atrocity crimes”, civil society groups have urged www.computerweekly.com/news/3666328...
Microsoft admonished for role in facilitating Gaza genocide | Computer Weekly
Following credible allegations that Microsoft Azure was being used to facilitate mass surveillance and lethal force against Palestinians, which prompted the company to suspend services to the Israeli ...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Microsoft must immediately end any involvement with the “Israeli authorities’ systemic repression of Palestinians” and work to prevent its products or services being used to commit further “atrocity crimes”, civil society groups have urged www.computerweekly.com/news/3666328...
The UK’s policing minister has confirmed the government will consult on the use of live facial recognition by law enforcement before expanding its use throughout England, but so far, the technology has been deployed with minimal public debate or consultation www.computerweekly.com/news/3666323...
UK government to consult on police live facial recognition use | Computer Weekly
The UK’s policing minister has confirmed the government will consult on the use of live facial recognition by law enforcement before expanding its use throughout England, but so far, the technology ha...
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October 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The UK’s policing minister has confirmed the government will consult on the use of live facial recognition by law enforcement before expanding its use throughout England, but so far, the technology has been deployed with minimal public debate or consultation www.computerweekly.com/news/3666323...
More than 190 internet shutdowns have been recorded in 41 African countries since 2016, the African Digital Rights Network has found, as governments across the continent seek to normalise the use of digital blackouts to suppress dissent
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Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory | Computer Weekly
A comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesse...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
More than 190 internet shutdowns have been recorded in 41 African countries since 2016, the African Digital Rights Network has found, as governments across the continent seek to normalise the use of digital blackouts to suppress dissent
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666318...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666318...
Policing data hosted in Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud infrastructure could be processed in more than 100 countries, but the tech giant is obfuscating this information from its customers, Computer Weekly can reveal.
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Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight | Computer Weekly
Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its U...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Policing data hosted in Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud infrastructure could be processed in more than 100 countries, but the tech giant is obfuscating this information from its customers, Computer Weekly can reveal.
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666320...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666320...
Microsoft is refusing to tell Scottish policing bodies where and how the sensitive law enforcement data uploaded to its cloud services will be processed, citing “commercial confidentiality”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666298...
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Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland | Computer Weekly
Tech giant Microsoft is refusing to divulge key information to Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wid...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Microsoft is refusing to tell Scottish policing bodies where and how the sensitive law enforcement data uploaded to its cloud services will be processed, citing “commercial confidentiality”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666298...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666298...
The European Commission has been ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status for over a year, despite “urgent concerns” about the country’s data protection framework and conduct in Gaza
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
European Commission ignores calls to reassess Israel data adequacy | Computer Weekly
The European Commission is ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status in spite of concerns raised about its data protection framework and use of personal data in ‘repressive practices’.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The European Commission has been ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status for over a year, despite “urgent concerns” about the country’s data protection framework and conduct in Gaza
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
The European Commission has been ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status for over a year, despite “urgent concerns” about the country’s data protection framework and conduct in Gaza
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
European Commission ignores calls to reassess Israel data adequacy | Computer Weekly
The European Commission is ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status in spite of concerns raised about its data protection framework and use of personal data in ‘repressive practices’.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The European Commission has been ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status for over a year, despite “urgent concerns” about the country’s data protection framework and conduct in Gaza
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666282...
Technology firms globally are actively “aiding and abetting” Israel’s “crimes of apartheid and genocide” against Palestinians, said United Nations special rapporteur in an urgent call for the companies to cease their business activities in the region
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666269...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666269...
Tech firms complicit in ‘economy of genocide’, says UN rapporteur | Computer Weekly
A UN special rapporteur has called for technology firms operating in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to immediately halt their activities, in wider report about the role corporate enti...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Technology firms globally are actively “aiding and abetting” Israel’s “crimes of apartheid and genocide” against Palestinians, said United Nations special rapporteur in an urgent call for the companies to cease their business activities in the region
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666269...
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A good overview of the thorny implications of the newly enlisted tech execs as reservists by @sklovig.bsky.social with commentary by the excellent @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social and myself.
Four Silicon Valley executives have been recruited into a specialist tech-focused unit of the US Army Reserves in a bid to “bridge the commercial-military tech gap” and make the armed forces “more lethal.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit | Computer Weekly
Four technology executives have been brought into the military fold with an explicit remit to make the Armed Forces “more lethal,” reflecting the softening attitudes throughout the sector towards “the...
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June 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A good overview of the thorny implications of the newly enlisted tech execs as reservists by @sklovig.bsky.social with commentary by the excellent @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social and myself.
Predictive policing technologies infringe human rights “at their heart” and should be prohibited in the UK, argues Green MP Siân Berry, after tabling an amendment to the government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
MPs propose ban on predictive policing | Computer Weekly
MPs are attempting to amend the UK government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill so that it prohibits the use of controversial predictive policing systems.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Predictive policing technologies infringe human rights “at their heart” and should be prohibited in the UK, argues Green MP Siân Berry, after tabling an amendment to the government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
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I was glad to speak with @sklovig.bsky.social about the militarisation of the US’ AI industry
It’s an important look at how Silicon Valley is working with the Trump admin to turbocharge AI weapons development
It’s an important look at how Silicon Valley is working with the Trump admin to turbocharge AI weapons development
Four Silicon Valley executives have been recruited into a specialist tech-focused unit of the US Army Reserves in a bid to “bridge the commercial-military tech gap” and make the armed forces “more lethal.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit | Computer Weekly
Four technology executives have been brought into the military fold with an explicit remit to make the Armed Forces “more lethal,” reflecting the softening attitudes throughout the sector towards “the...
www.computerweekly.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was glad to speak with @sklovig.bsky.social about the militarisation of the US’ AI industry
It’s an important look at how Silicon Valley is working with the Trump admin to turbocharge AI weapons development
It’s an important look at how Silicon Valley is working with the Trump admin to turbocharge AI weapons development
Four Silicon Valley executives have been recruited into a specialist tech-focused unit of the US Army Reserves in a bid to “bridge the commercial-military tech gap” and make the armed forces “more lethal.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit | Computer Weekly
Four technology executives have been brought into the military fold with an explicit remit to make the Armed Forces “more lethal,” reflecting the softening attitudes throughout the sector towards “the...
www.computerweekly.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Four Silicon Valley executives have been recruited into a specialist tech-focused unit of the US Army Reserves in a bid to “bridge the commercial-military tech gap” and make the armed forces “more lethal.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666266...
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refreshing to find out that some bombs are too unseemly to drop
Presidents have been known to use salty language behind closed doors. But President Trump may be the first to very deliberately drop an f-bomb on camera.
Breaking another presidential norm, Trump drops the f-bomb on camera
Presidents have been known to use salty language behind closed doors. But President Trump may be the first to very deliberately drop an f-bomb on camera.
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June 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
refreshing to find out that some bombs are too unseemly to drop
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v cool how everyone told the home office this would suck, and they did it anyway and scrapped the physical residency cards as a bonus
UK error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People having technical errors with the Home Office eVisa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
People having technical errors with the Home Office eVisa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’ | Computer Weekly
People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system have spoken with Computer Weekly about the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration s...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
v cool how everyone told the home office this would suck, and they did it anyway and scrapped the physical residency cards as a bonus
UK error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People having technical errors with the Home Office eVisa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
People having technical errors with the Home Office eVisa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’ | Computer Weekly
People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system have spoken with Computer Weekly about the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration s...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
UK error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People having technical errors with the Home Office eVisa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
People having technical errors with the Home Office eVisa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public www.computerweekly.com/news/3666248...
UK biometric surveillance exists in ‘legal grey area’ | Computer Weekly
The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public www.computerweekly.com/news/3666248...
Seven civil society organisations are calling on European Commissioner Michael McGrath to rescind the UK’s data adequacy status, citing major concerns around the country’s ongoing erosion of privacy and data rights www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy | Computer Weekly
Civil society organisations have urged the European Commissioner to not renew the UK’s data adequacy, given the country’s growing divergence from European data protection standards
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June 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Seven civil society organisations are calling on European Commissioner Michael McGrath to rescind the UK’s data adequacy status, citing major concerns around the country’s ongoing erosion of privacy and data rights www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...
Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment - an equality impact assessment of Essex Police LFR deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining its claim that use of the tech will not be discriminatory www.computerweekly.com/news/3666244...
Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment | Computer Weekly
An equality impact assessment of Essex Police live facial recognition deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining the forces claim that its use of the tech will not be ...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment - an equality impact assessment of Essex Police LFR deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining its claim that use of the tech will not be discriminatory www.computerweekly.com/news/3666244...
Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups www.computerweekly.com/news/3666238...
UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data | Computer Weekly
Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and tighten control of the border, attracting str...
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May 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups www.computerweekly.com/news/3666238...
The MoJ is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but @statewatch.bsky.social says the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666231...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666231...
UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns | Computer Weekly
The UK Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling involved in these systems raises ...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The MoJ is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but @statewatch.bsky.social says the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666231...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666231...
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’: The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast is contributing to people's deaths in the English Channel @migrantsrights.bsky.social @samuelstorey.bsky.social
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666223...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666223...
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’ | Computer Weekly
The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast forces migrants into increasingly dangerous routes and contributes to their criminalisation.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’: The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast is contributing to people's deaths in the English Channel @migrantsrights.bsky.social @samuelstorey.bsky.social
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The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666223...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666223...
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon | Computer Weekly
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666223...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666223...
Dozens of technology firms are continuing to put the lives and livelihoods of supply chain workers at risk by failing to meet even the most basic due diligence expectations around forced labour and human rights abuses, finds sectoral analysis
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666218...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666218...
Tech sector still failing to rid supply chains of forced labour | Computer Weekly
KnowTheChain’s latest benchmark analysis of the IT sector’s efforts to address forced labour in supply chains shows there has been very little improvement in their due diligence practices over the las...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Dozens of technology firms are continuing to put the lives and livelihoods of supply chain workers at risk by failing to meet even the most basic due diligence expectations around forced labour and human rights abuses, finds sectoral analysis
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666218...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666218...
The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666217...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666217...
UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk | Computer Weekly
The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks l...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666217...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666217...
It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666209...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666209...
Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use | Computer Weekly
It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a p...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666209...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666209...