Gus H
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Big Tech is now in the business of enabling government surveillance.
It was just a matter of time they’d be tools of war and abuse...
privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...
It was just a matter of time they’d be tools of war and abuse...
privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...
Big Tech’s bind with military and intelligence agencies
In their gold rush to build cloud and AI tools, Big Tech is also enabling unprecedented government surveillance. Thanks to reporting from The Guardian, +972 Magazine, Local Call, and The Intercept,…
privacyinternational.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Big Tech is now in the business of enabling government surveillance.
It was just a matter of time they’d be tools of war and abuse...
privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...
It was just a matter of time they’d be tools of war and abuse...
privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...
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On his first Father’s Day, Mahmoud Khalil will sit in a detention center 1,500 miles away from his wife and newborn son, as punishment for speaking out in support of Palestinian rights.
June 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
On his first Father’s Day, Mahmoud Khalil will sit in a detention center 1,500 miles away from his wife and newborn son, as punishment for speaking out in support of Palestinian rights.
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Today our Legal Director testified before the US Congress about a serious threat to global digital privacy.
A UK surveillance power called a Technical Capability Notice (TCN) could force companies to weaken encryption, in secret. 🧵
A UK surveillance power called a Technical Capability Notice (TCN) could force companies to weaken encryption, in secret. 🧵
June 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today our Legal Director testified before the US Congress about a serious threat to global digital privacy.
A UK surveillance power called a Technical Capability Notice (TCN) could force companies to weaken encryption, in secret. 🧵
A UK surveillance power called a Technical Capability Notice (TCN) could force companies to weaken encryption, in secret. 🧵
Interesting to watch Google I/O promote their upcoming assistant but in the example the only personal data was the name of a dog. We all need to know how these assistants will protect our data. privacyinternational.org/long-read/55...
Your future AI Assistant still needs to earn your trust
“Hey [enter AI assistant name here], can you book me a table at the nearest good tapas restaurant next week, and invite everyone from the book club?” Billions of dollars are invested in companies to d...
privacyinternational.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Interesting to watch Google I/O promote their upcoming assistant but in the example the only personal data was the name of a dog. We all need to know how these assistants will protect our data. privacyinternational.org/long-read/55...
Intriguing coverage of Israel-Google contract. Apparently a nation state can have a cloud contract that says the provider must “Reject, Appeal, and Resist foreign government access”. theintercept.com/2025/05/12/g...
Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal
Internal Google documents show that the tech giant feared it wouldn’t be able to monitor how Israel might use its technology to harm Palestinians.
theintercept.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Intriguing coverage of Israel-Google contract. Apparently a nation state can have a cloud contract that says the provider must “Reject, Appeal, and Resist foreign government access”. theintercept.com/2025/05/12/g...
Curious. Bloomberg piece on Apple and AI says senior exec at the time of decision didn’t want to work with OpenAI because it wasn’t ‘trustworthy or protective of data’. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why Apple Still Hasn’t Cracked AI
Insiders say continued failure to get artificial intelligence right threatens everything from the iPhone’s dominance to plans for robots and other futuristic products.
www.bloomberg.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Curious. Bloomberg piece on Apple and AI says senior exec at the time of decision didn’t want to work with OpenAI because it wasn’t ‘trustworthy or protective of data’. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Reading recommendation favour: what’s the best thing you’ve read about state surveillance and AI?
May 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Reading recommendation favour: what’s the best thing you’ve read about state surveillance and AI?
True visionary. Ugh. According to the FT, the UK justice minister has asked Big Tech ‘to develop more extensive surveillance of offenders outside jail’. AI and tagging could be used to “effectively create a prison outside of prison”, she said. on.ft.com/4jSrwwe
UK minister asks Big Tech to help create ‘prison outside prison’ for criminals
Shabana Mahmood calls on tech groups to develop AI surveillance of offenders in the community
on.ft.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
True visionary. Ugh. According to the FT, the UK justice minister has asked Big Tech ‘to develop more extensive surveillance of offenders outside jail’. AI and tagging could be used to “effectively create a prison outside of prison”, she said. on.ft.com/4jSrwwe
I’ve become an avid reader of the Verge. They can still surprise with strong non-tech policy coverage. This absorbing volume on the Vietnam war is an excellent example. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
American War
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
www.theverge.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I’ve become an avid reader of the Verge. They can still surprise with strong non-tech policy coverage. This absorbing volume on the Vietnam war is an excellent example. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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Mahmoud Khalil was sitting in ICE detention as his wife gave birth to their first child yesterday.
ICE denied an emergency request for Mahmoud to be present for the delivery.
ICE denied an emergency request for Mahmoud to be present for the delivery.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Mahmoud Khalil was sitting in ICE detention as his wife gave birth to their first child yesterday.
ICE denied an emergency request for Mahmoud to be present for the delivery.
ICE denied an emergency request for Mahmoud to be present for the delivery.
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At Privacy International (PI) we believe that for people to be treated with dignity and to preserve autonomy, we must defend the right for all people everywhere to have access to privacy protection…
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April 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We're hiring for a Legal Officer! Do you want to work with a London-based team that works across the world to hold governments to account and challenge companies who exploit our data? Please apply to join us!
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The US government is expanding its border surveillance, and we've seen before that this expansion will tempt other governments around the world to follow suit.
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The US border surveillance expansion has global implications
We’ve been asked a lot lately about whether it is safe to travel, particularly to the US. And it’s not surprising why: the US Government is increasing their cruelty at borders.
privacyinternational.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US government is expanding its border surveillance, and we've seen before that this expansion will tempt other governments around the world to follow suit.
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A very concerning development from Germany where the conservatives want to repeal the #foi law. To the best of my knowledge, no country in the last 70 years has ever repealed their FOI law, even when the country has lost democracy.
So the CDU wants to do something worse than the Taliban has done.🤮
So the CDU wants to do something worse than the Taliban has done.🤮
🚨 Concerns in Germany among journalists and civil society over Union (CDU/CSU) plans to abolish the Freedom of Information Act in its current form.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A very concerning development from Germany where the conservatives want to repeal the #foi law. To the best of my knowledge, no country in the last 70 years has ever repealed their FOI law, even when the country has lost democracy.
So the CDU wants to do something worse than the Taliban has done.🤮
So the CDU wants to do something worse than the Taliban has done.🤮
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As the NYT reports health programmes are being cut by USAID cuts, the US Government declares them “inconsistent with the national interest”.
Sadly, we know the kind of aid that governments believe IS in the national interest: surveillance funding.
Sadly, we know the kind of aid that governments believe IS in the national interest: surveillance funding.
With Aid programmes in crisis, we risk more global surveillance
As the New York Times reports the health programmes are being cut by USAID cuts, the US Government declares them as “inconsistent with the national interest or agency policy prior
privacyinternational.org
March 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As the NYT reports health programmes are being cut by USAID cuts, the US Government declares them “inconsistent with the national interest”.
Sadly, we know the kind of aid that governments believe IS in the national interest: surveillance funding.
Sadly, we know the kind of aid that governments believe IS in the national interest: surveillance funding.
Militarisation’s effect on our brain: on London’s expansion of AI enabled surveillance,
“There’s a tech race against crime, just like there is a tech race between countries militarily. And for us to tool-up on the tech race means making sure we have the best, most sophisticated AI equipment.”
“There’s a tech race against crime, just like there is a tech race between countries militarily. And for us to tool-up on the tech race means making sure we have the best, most sophisticated AI equipment.”
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March 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Militarisation’s effect on our brain: on London’s expansion of AI enabled surveillance,
“There’s a tech race against crime, just like there is a tech race between countries militarily. And for us to tool-up on the tech race means making sure we have the best, most sophisticated AI equipment.”
“There’s a tech race against crime, just like there is a tech race between countries militarily. And for us to tool-up on the tech race means making sure we have the best, most sophisticated AI equipment.”
Does anyone have recommendations for books on the militarisation of the tech industry? I had high hopes for Alex Karp’s The Technological Republic but surprisingly it didn’t really cover it.
I’m trying Mariarosario Taddeo’s ‘The Ethics of AI in Defence’ next.
I’m trying Mariarosario Taddeo’s ‘The Ethics of AI in Defence’ next.
March 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Does anyone have recommendations for books on the militarisation of the tech industry? I had high hopes for Alex Karp’s The Technological Republic but surprisingly it didn’t really cover it.
I’m trying Mariarosario Taddeo’s ‘The Ethics of AI in Defence’ next.
I’m trying Mariarosario Taddeo’s ‘The Ethics of AI in Defence’ next.
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The recent detention of Mahmoud Khalil because of his political advocacy is a direct violation of the First Amendment.
We are joining members of Congress in demanding answers about this outrageous abuse of power.
We are joining members of Congress in demanding answers about this outrageous abuse of power.
Dems ask Trump admin to explain Khalil’s arrest, calling it ‘playbook of authoritarians’
More than 100 House Democrats sent the letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
www.politico.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The recent detention of Mahmoud Khalil because of his political advocacy is a direct violation of the First Amendment.
We are joining members of Congress in demanding answers about this outrageous abuse of power.
We are joining members of Congress in demanding answers about this outrageous abuse of power.
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🚨 Alongside Liberty and Leigh Day, we've filed a complaint against the UK Government's use of ‘Technical Capability Notices’ (TCN) - a power that gives the government the right to issue secret orders to companies, undermining our privacy and security.
pvcy.org/TCNchallenge
pvcy.org/TCNchallenge
privacyinternational.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🚨 Alongside Liberty and Leigh Day, we've filed a complaint against the UK Government's use of ‘Technical Capability Notices’ (TCN) - a power that gives the government the right to issue secret orders to companies, undermining our privacy and security.
pvcy.org/TCNchallenge
pvcy.org/TCNchallenge
This is an unexpected development in the UK secret order to Apple. “We told them: you can’t do this,” Trump said. “We actually told [Starmer] . . . that’s incredible. That’s something, you know, that you hear about with China.” on.ft.com/3DpCfOu
Donald Trump likens UK order against Apple to Chinese surveillance
US president lashes out at demand for tech group to grant access to secure cloud data
on.ft.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is an unexpected development in the UK secret order to Apple. “We told them: you can’t do this,” Trump said. “We actually told [Starmer] . . . that’s incredible. That’s something, you know, that you hear about with China.” on.ft.com/3DpCfOu
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🚨 Yesterday Apple responded to a massive secret government power, removing data security options for millions of people. We think. We don't know - because it’s a secret power in law that shouldn’t have ever existed.
https://pvcy.org/2qnMHy
https://pvcy.org/2qnMHy
February 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨 Yesterday Apple responded to a massive secret government power, removing data security options for millions of people. We think. We don't know - because it’s a secret power in law that shouldn’t have ever existed.
https://pvcy.org/2qnMHy
https://pvcy.org/2qnMHy