Paul Bernal
@paulbernal.bsky.social
Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British.
My main academic piece on ‘impartiality’ is a chapter in my 2018 book, The Internet, Warts and All, called ‘The Neutrality Myth’. Many, many people, companies and institutions claim to be neutral or impartial (slightly different things) but none of them are. The best strive to be…
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My main academic piece on ‘impartiality’ is a chapter in my 2018 book, The Internet, Warts and All, called ‘The Neutrality Myth’. Many, many people, companies and institutions claim to be neutral or impartial (slightly different things) but none of them are. The best strive to be…
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Brilliant piece as usual, and my respect probably increased tenfold by this exchange. Good work. 👏👏
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Brilliant piece as usual, and my respect probably increased tenfold by this exchange. Good work. 👏👏
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Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
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The BBC’s problem is not really impartiality, it’s understanding the relationship between impartiality and accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The BBC’s problem is not really impartiality, it’s understanding the relationship between impartiality and accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
And the moon is made of green cheese.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And the moon is made of green cheese.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
The Lib Dems continue to do the right thing, and are doing far better than Labour at encouraging support.
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Lib Dems continue to do the right thing, and are doing far better than Labour at encouraging support.
Can I just say, as I've seen a few posts along these lines, it's a logical fallacy to suggest that because you're criticised by both sides you must be being neutral or impartial.
One (or both) sides may be criticising unfairly or in bad faith. Indeed, they very often are.
Please don't do this.
One (or both) sides may be criticising unfairly or in bad faith. Indeed, they very often are.
Please don't do this.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Can I just say, as I've seen a few posts along these lines, it's a logical fallacy to suggest that because you're criticised by both sides you must be being neutral or impartial.
One (or both) sides may be criticising unfairly or in bad faith. Indeed, they very often are.
Please don't do this.
One (or both) sides may be criticising unfairly or in bad faith. Indeed, they very often are.
Please don't do this.
Because you didn’t.
SENATOR ANGUS KING: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. It actually gave him more power."
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Because you didn’t.
Anyway, nice timing from Trump as I give my first defamation lecture of the term this Friday.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Anyway, nice timing from Trump as I give my first defamation lecture of the term this Friday.
Conversely, if the BBC had been producing straight news for the last twenty years, Nigel Farage would have been history ages ago.
Nigel Farage says if the BBC doesn't produce straight news then it has no future
Of course the BBC have been producing straight news for years, it is why its one of the most reliable and trustworthy news outlets globally
Of course the BBC have been producing straight news for years, it is why its one of the most reliable and trustworthy news outlets globally
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Conversely, if the BBC had been producing straight news for the last twenty years, Nigel Farage would have been history ages ago.
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ps Anyone old enough to remember Truss threatening to sue Starmer for saying she crashed the economy?
That was in January this year.
That was in January this year.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ps Anyone old enough to remember Truss threatening to sue Starmer for saying she crashed the economy?
That was in January this year.
That was in January this year.
I have a bridge to sell
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I have a bridge to sell
Ah, more details. Defamation, and in Florida.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ah, more details. Defamation, and in Florida.
The BBC’s kowtowing to the right, it’s love-in with Farage, its comfy-chair approach to Boris Johnson, always had only one eventual result. I wonder if the Laura K’s, the Nick Robinsons etc will ever acknowledge this.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The BBC’s kowtowing to the right, it’s love-in with Farage, its comfy-chair approach to Boris Johnson, always had only one eventual result. I wonder if the Laura K’s, the Nick Robinsons etc will ever acknowledge this.
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
In law, you don’t just say (in fact, you very rarely say) how much you’re suing someone for. You say what you’re suing for, under what law, in what jurisdiction and so forth.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In law, you don’t just say (in fact, you very rarely say) how much you’re suing someone for. You say what you’re suing for, under what law, in what jurisdiction and so forth.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
Only a year and a bit late.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Only a year and a bit late.
So, that State Visit for the Mango Manbaby really bore fruit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So, that State Visit for the Mango Manbaby really bore fruit.
The BBC should reply by asking Trump to participate in their forthcoming documentary based on the copy of the Epstein files they’ve just been provided with.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The BBC should reply by asking Trump to participate in their forthcoming documentary based on the copy of the Epstein files they’ve just been provided with.
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