President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

If we believe in democratic order, let us put science and knowledge back at the heart of things, let us put scientific authority back at the heart of things, let us put culture, education and learning back at the heart of things

"Otherwise, racism, anti-Semitism and hatred of others will triumph on our continent. We have the means to rebuild a 21st-century democracy. We just need to take that leap. It’s up to us to do it."

"If we believe in democratic order, let us put science and knowledge back at the heart of things, let us put scientific authority back at the heart of things, let us put culture, education and learning back at the heart of things..."

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Supported by @opentechfund.bsky.social: @chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social explain that Chinese censorship isn’t simply a “firewall, but a “locknet” – a multi-level system of socio-technical controls. (1/4) locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/...

Can We Keep Our Minds—and Democracy? We are living through a profound transformation in how information shapes our world. The shared facts and institutional trust that once underpinned our democracy are being replaced by an environment driven by algorithmic curation, polarisation, and manipulation.

📱If you use technology (social media, AI anything!) can you give me five minutes? 📝 I am working to better understand human-technology interactions to develop resources which increase user wellbeing, brain function and happiness. Can you respond and share this survey? www.surveymonkey.com/r/XJXV3P6

This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions. Now, it has to happen in us. A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵

You know you were in a good bar when you see this gem in the bathroom

📱If you use technology (social media, AI anything!) can you give me five minutes? 📝 I am working to better understand human-technology interactions to develop resources which increase user wellbeing, brain function and happiness. Can you respond and share this survey? www.surveymonkey.com/r/XJXV3P6

My remarks at the European Parliament session today on the defence of democracy, and the urgent steps MEPs must take www.iccl.ie/news/call-on...

Even if Russia admits it, the denialists will still continue to insist on Russia's innocence - UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

🚨🎧 From code to command. AI, human judgement and security with Dr Zena Assaad.🚨🎧 In this episode of Technology & Security, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by @zenaassaad.bsky.social Dr Zena Assaad to explore the technical, human, ethical, and geopolitical dimensions of artificial intelligence. 1/

Almost 80 per cent of UK adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime, according to new research by the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security at The Alan Turing Institute newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressrelease...

The latest #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode is now live. It features @miahhe.bsky.social chatting about the complex relationship between technology & national security 👇🏼👇🏼 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1oet... Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/n... YouTube: youtu.be/VsL35Cbu2uo?...

🎙️In the latest #NatSecPod... How should Australia balance its intelligence independence with alliance integration? @miahhe.bsky.social and Chris Taylor join @rorymedcalf.bsky.social to talk about the role of intelligence in an uncertain world. Listen ⤵️ tinyurl.com/4tfwc6kh

🎙️New podcast🎙️ Miah Hammond-Errey recently joined Rory Medcalf and Chris Taylor on the National Security College podcast to discuss lessons from 2024 Independent Intelligence Review.

🎙️New podcast🎙️ Is Australia prepared? Chris Taylor and @miahhe.bsky.social join @rorymedcalf.bsky.social to unpack the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review – from intelligence and policy to tech and uncertainty. Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/4tfwc6kh

🚨Smarter uses for intelligence in Australian statecraft.. My latest in @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on the recently released Intelligence review. Australia’s intelligence review puts a premium on ensuring policymakers have the right information to understand the security implications of decisions. 1/

🎙 Tune in to ‘Cognitive diversity, leading change and intelligence policy with Carmen Medina’ 🎙In this episode, host Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by CIA veteran, change maker, author and incredible thinker, Carmen Medina. 1/

Everyone raised on the AP Style Guide is having a moment with this one, thank you @ellecordova.bsky.social

It's only a Turing test if it's performed in the Türing region of central Europe. Otherwise it's just sparkling nonsense. futurism.com/ai-model-tur...

"European Nato" in the works. Target 2030. Scoop= Explains a lot: new european security architecture - agreed w/US, remains strat ally - Turkey wants to remain - Hungary likely too= softens it in EU - Ukraine a future member - 🇫🇮 Stubb a central designer www.reuters.com/world/europe...

🟡 SCOOP: Microsoft chose not to exercise a nearly $12 billion option to buy more data-center capacity from CoreWeave, a sign that big tech companies are starting to right-size and tailor their AI budgets. www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

If you do need to go or return to the US, the EFF has a digital privacy guide for this situation that may be useful. www.eff.org/wp/digital-p...

Breaking News: The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said.

🎙 Tune in to 'Governing the unseen. AI, law, power and complexity with Prof Lyria Bennett Moses' one of Australia's most respected technology and law thinkers, based at UNSW.🎙Latest Technology & Security episode released today, thanks to Strat Futures Pty Limited. Link in comments. 1/9

AI has been the tech story of the decade, but in 2025, the conversation is shifting. My latest article in Australian Outlook, called promise versus reality, unpacks two trends shaping the future of AI this year.

Interesting how a new geopolitical coalition of the willing for Ukraine is being formed. The UK & France are the leaders, bringing the UK back to Europe. Pro-Russian US & Hungary are left out. Canada, Australia & NZ are included & Japan likely to join. www.ft.com/content/3e82...

The result? A fragmented public consciousness where competing realities coexist, each self-reinforcing and resistant to correction. When truth is no longer a shared foundation, power shifts to those who control the most compelling narrative - no matter how detached from reality it is.

We’re living through a fundamental shift in how discourse is created. Institutions once shaped a shared reality through discourse - imperfectly, but with structure. Now, that reality has splintered. In its place, engagement-driven ecosystems amplify whatever resonates, truth optional.

Okay, data cleanliness at home: 1. Clear your cache history on your browser, regularly 2. Where are you saving your passwords? Check, is it safe?! 3. What email software are you using? Based on the US? Make a change to EU. european-alternatives.eu 4. What FTP or ‘cloud storage’ are you using?

NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated. The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west). My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...

In the 2000s, US Republicans thought about the world in similar ways to Britons, Europeans, Canadians. This made for productive relationships regardless of who was in the White House. The moderating layers around Trump #1 masked the divergence, but with Trump #2 it’s glaring.

AI has been the tech story of the decade, but in 2025, the conversation is shifting. My latest article in Australian Outlook, called promise versus reality, unpacks two trends shaping the future of AI this year.

Does anyone have an excellent speaker agent/agency they recommend?

Valuable detail this summary misses: OpenAI is raising from SoftBank at a $260 billion valuation, after it was reported less than a month ago that they were raising at a valuation "as high as $340 billion. That is a dramatic - and concerning - shift downward. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/o...

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Excellent new article from @dia.bsky.social on automated content moderation www.techpolicy.press/an-advocates...

🎙Tune in to Privacy, digital rights, AI and the law with Anna Johnston, latest Technology & Security episode🎙In this episode, host Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by privacy expert Anna Johnston to discuss the evolving landscape of data privacy, AI governance, and security.🧵1/11

It's time to call it. AI is built on a house of cards of intellectual property violations starting with Facebook which is starting to look a lot like a crime scene as held back discovery documents begin to be compelled and unsealed in court. /1

🎙Tune in to Privacy, digital rights, AI and the law with Anna Johnston, latest Technology & Security episode🎙In this episode, host Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by privacy expert Anna Johnston to discuss the evolving landscape of data privacy, AI governance, and security.🧵1/11

CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it."

“The US is prioritising deterring war with China in the Pacific, recognising the reality of scarcity, and making the resourcing trade-offs to ensure deterrence does not fail. As the United States shifts its attention to these threats, European allies must lead from the front,”

Wired - A US Treasury Department threat intelligence analysis designates DOGE staff as an "insider threat." www.wired.com/story/treasu...

Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email