Last year, a UK Tribunal confirmed Clearview AI is bound by GDPR, in part because of our work. Clearview are now going to the Court of Appeal. We’re seeking to intervene again, supported by our lawyers at @awo.agency

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Today, Border Forensics together with @sociodigfutures.bsky.social releases the new investigation 'How ‘stopping the boats’ kills'! The report shows that the #UK's "stop the boats" policy has in fact led to an increase in deaths. Find full report here 👉 www.borderforensics.org/investigatio...

Me waiting for the results of the referendum while every Italian media says the result is locked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FmK...

Spyware intermediaries have facilitated transactions that otherwise could not have taken place—e.g.due to export controls. They also divert unwanted public attention. A new Atlantic Council report examines their role. My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/policymakers...

New reforms in Finland are set to allow 24/7 surveillance inside the homes of people with disabilities as part of new disproportionate intrusive surveillance of people accessing public services in the name of austerity.

@reflets.info, @irpimedia.eu et @infolibre.es ont formé un consortium européen pour traiter une fuite massive de données concernant l'opération IRINI. Le bras armé de l'Europe qui surveille la Méditerranée pour empêcher les trafics d'armes, de pétrole et d'êtres humains a vu ses données fuiter.

🧵The UK’s tax and customs authority has been quietly amassing an arsenal of surveillance technology, signing contracts with companies that supply mobile phone tracking equipment for downloading the content of mobile devices, @computerweekly.bsky.social reports www.computerweekly.com/news/3666394...

🧵At least three women have been investigated for illegally ending their pregnancies since MPs voted to decriminalise the procedure last June, @phoebeivy.bsky.social reports. Laws regulating abortion in the UK date back centuries ago. There are some appalling examples: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

An extremely rich and terrifying conversation about 'Muskism', where it's coming from and what it means (and can mean) for governments and society. 'Sovereignty as a service' is scary but even more so when realizing it has been happening for quite a while... Looking forward to reading the book.

In our latest blog post, co-published with @statewatch.bsky.social, Luca Rondi exposes the 'blackmail' at the centre of @frontex.bsky.social's push for 'voluntary' deportations from Europe. The piece was originally written in Italian for Altreconomia.

Very glad to see this out in the world! I contributed to the design and initial mapping a while back (as a consultant) I hope this mapping of private companies pitching products to eu-LISA, Europol, and Frontex will bring old and new actors in the spotlight - and more investigations and advocacy!

A few years ago, I worked a bit on the Third Direction challenge during my time at @privacyinternational.org. Through this case it was revealed that the Security Service “authorises” its so called agents (not MI5 officials) to carry out crimes in the UK. privacyinternational.org/legal-action...

AI is being used by intelligence agencies for counter-terrorism. But what they end up building is automated surveillance, which can wrongly flag individuals as threats. We spoke at the United Nations about how technical failures become human rights issues. privacyinternational.org/advocacy/574...

New profiles just dropped in our Dual-Use Technology series with @privacyinternational.org ! Want to learn more about how companies develop commercial tech that feeds the military industrial complex and vice-versa? Read our most recent reports on Thales, Leonardo, Elbit and Skydio 🕵️‍ pvcy.org/dualuse

Not unrelated: @privacyinternational.org has just released a superb, user-friendly guide to digital self-defense for sexual and reproductive justice activists, but really, this is solid advice for everyone living through 2026. privacyinternational.org/sites/defaul...

Spotlight on Migration, a report by the @womeninmigration.bsky.social is out! spotlightreportmigration.org/wp-content/u... I wrote about crucial issues on the use of surveillance tech against people on the move and to learn about migrant communities choosing to resist, and care for each other.

España restaura el acceso universal a la sanidad pública y gratuita, incluidas las personas migrantes en situación irregular elpais.com/sociedad/202...

The Ireland-Northern Ireland border is often described as ‘soft’, but it does not operate equally. For many, it is a contemporary site of racialised border violence. Read the new post by @lynseyblack.bsky.social and @niamhkeady-tabbal.bsky.social 👇 blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

More than anything, “the kids” are uninterested in the old parties… and who could blame them.

Il Mattinale Europeo è online L’analisi: “Migranti: come l’UE sta creando il suo ICE” Nelle brevi: Costa riprende le redini sull’Iran; Zelensky criticato dalla Commissione; la Cina vulnerabile; referendum in Svizzera e Islanda. Con @cspillmann.bsky.social e @grimmse.bsky.social 👇

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

NEW: Italian prosecutors confirm that the phone of journalist Francesco Cancellato was hacked with Paragon spyware at the same time as the phones of two immigration activists. The Italian government admitted the hack on the activists, but said it wasn't behind Cancellato's hack. So who was?

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Not on my bingo card: Hugh Grant denouncing EdTech companies monetizing children's data AND doing so while replying to a government consultation. (via Twitter) @jenpersson.com: a new campaigner in the making?

Next week! On March 4, @womeninmigration.bsky.social r is launching the Spotlight Report on Global Migration 2026 at 14 - 15:30 UTC. (I will contribute with a short speech on the role of technology both to curb rights and to organize) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

"Europe’s anti-migrant politics has a long history and has built a border-industrial complex and political elite consensus [...]." Technocracy is a feature, not a bug. Read Alyna Smith's analysis (or autopsy?) on @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/article/f...

The Italian bishops are right: these deaths are the result of political choices

MAGA's war on European civil society is escalating. Visa bans for NGO leaders and former EU officials, plus congressional demands for documents - it's all about undermining the Digital Services Act to protect Big Tech. If Europe doesn't push back hard, "the law is dead." www.ftm.eu/articles/tru...

Well, "he hopes". The NCA approach to AI in policing seems to be based on thoughts and prayers - for people's rights. A couple of milquetoast quotes on reducing bias is not cutting it if you then release unsafe tech in the wild to be tested on people. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

NEW Land and Expand - how Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence What a close reading of public domain documents tells us about two concerning contract awards Detailed post by me, following-up on my FT column emptycity.substack.com/p/land-and-e...

Incredible reporting from @anissa.bsky.social in @theinformation.com about OpenAI's struggle to get more computing power as Stargate—its $500B data center buildout—has floundered. theinformation.com/articles/ins... It also includes this detail. We are in the dirt-eating phase of the AI hype cycle.

Is this what "the Left" should be engaging with, according to some thinkpiece? Data centers for AI V. food+school for humans, same difference?

"Banning children’s access to social media, though, shifts the responsibility for safety from the platforms that create the environment to the children who navigate it." Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights at @coe.int www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

🚨 Cabinet Office investigating Labour Together and Josh Simons over campaign to smear journalists But...ministers overseeing inquiry have received £150,000+ from Labour think tank Experts and MPs demand 'full independent investigation' New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-g... 🧵

The AI discourse has been particularly unhinged lately. Here are five things I think are behind it: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/five-takea...

There's an italian saying: "a pensare male si fa peccato, ma spesso si indovina," which roughly translates to: "to think badly would be to sin, but very often one gets it right." Perfect example. It's amazing how quickly Ring admitted this. And it's great to have evidence.

always find lazy articles that talk about a mythological Left without defining it. Sure, it is easier to write your "three straw-man arguments in a trenchcoat" longform. If I wanted to be serious for a minute, I'd say: what about the analysis/advocacy/organizing around DATA CENTERS, for example?

A small thing and a question: a couple of days ago, I messaged my friend @thinink.bsky.social on Instagram and got this as I was typing her name. It makes sense, of course - I was wondering whether this happens across regions. ( @lucypurdon.bsky.social @evabd.bsky.social do you know more?)

"Without a convincing narrative that goes beyond vague paeans to diversity, Starmer—and the UK—will remain trapped: each attempt to “restore control” undermines the very economic and social foundations on which durable political consent depends." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/724...

🧵"The EU is currently negotiating a Deportation Regulation to expand and normalise immigration raids and surveillance measures across our communities. They want to oblige Member States to “detect” undocumented people" picum.org/blog/no-to-e... @picumofficial.bsky.social

🚨 Top UN human rights experts have signed a letter to EU institutions denouncing human rights risks in the EU Deportation Regulation. This is a damning condemnation of a draconian measure that sees and treats migrants as a threat. ✉️ Read the full letter on spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...

Politics, actually: "When the subject has been raised internally, “the response is usually that it’s Tony’s initiative and we can’t know anything about it because the conversations are so high-level. You just have to trust Tony.” Full story here: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...

📣 IDC is hiring an Administration Coordinator to develop and maintain the administrative and operational systems that support our day-to-day work. Interested? Then apply before Friday 6 March! 👉 idc.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s... 🌍 Full time, remote, based in Malaysia, Thailand or Kenya

Our publication partner Democracy for Sale has a longer story including some background from within TBI about their lobbying on Gaza and the Board of Peace (HT @lucasamin.bsky.social ) - find their excellent reporting here: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...

Fuori una nuova puntata di #Newsroom ✨ Ep 75 - Senza Segnale. Calvairate, un’isola nella gentrificazione di Milano. Dai deserti informativi del Mediterraneo alle trasformazioni urbane della periferia sud-est di Milano: chi racconta i territori quando i media scompaiono? Ascolta la puntata qui 🔽

3. La Policía Nacional requisa el teléfono a cada migrante llegado en cayuco a Canarias. Acceden al contenido del teléfono usando fuerza bruta, sin autorización judicial, usnado el software israelí Cellebrite.

TECNOLOGÍA DE FRONTERAS EN ESPAÑA 7 revelaciones que quizás no conocías y que publicamos en este especial interactivo con @ara.cat y @centredelas.org 🧵🧵🧵⬇️⬇️⬇️ interactius.ara.cat/es/control-d...

NEW from @tbij.bsky.social: The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker. It's sick.

In 2024 the government's Migration Advisory Committee recommended a series of reforms of the seasonal worker visa to protect workers from exploitation. 18 months later,the government has rejected or ignored the bulk of the worker rights recommendations www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...