Up to five Postdoc Positions in Cluster of Excellence “Transforming Human Rights” @fau.de and @humanrights-fau.bsky.social Please consider applying.

Without oversight and transparency measures in place, the growing use of AI-powered tools in policing risks infringing on civil rights and civil liberties by amplifying bias and chilling free speech. Our new analysis details the risks and the needed safeguards needed to address them. bit.ly/44nxPlx

Update: European Commission is starting "pre-infringement dialogue" with Ireland about our complaint against Ireland's process to appoint the new Data Protection Commissioner These "EU Pilot" dialogues occur where the Commission suspects a Member State has broken EU law ec.europa.eu/implementing...

How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition. m.soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

New @carefultrouble.bsky.social paper out today with a whole bevy of academic partners, on the impacts of AI in urban environments. As the plan for AI Growth Zones starts to roll out, we find innovation policy is disconnected from the real impacts of AI on people and places

‘Don’t blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC’ 🙀

‘Europe’s problem is not that it has too many rules for AI, but that it hypes those rules and then neglects to enforce them.’ 👏

Is democracy losing to demands from US big tech? The European Commission is moving. “A number of companies, including Facebook & Instagram owner Meta, have warned that the EU’s approach to regulating AI risks cutting the continent off from accessing cutting-edge services” www.ft.com/content/af6c...

On the 75th anniversary of the #ECHR, the European Court of Human Rights provides a helpful overview of key cases that demonstrate how the Convention protects human rights

📘 Today, the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 75th anniversary. It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website. 🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights

It’s not easy to break free from deep dependencies. But it can be done. ICC to drop MS for German alternative ⬇️ www.euractiv.com/news/interna...

Clearview AI saga continues - @noyb.eu has filed today a criminal complaint with the public prosecutors in Austria against Clearview AI, the US facial recognition company, and its managers for ignoring the enforcement of the EU data protection authorities noyb.eu/en/criminal-...

We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today. Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner. This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity. The European Commission must intervene. www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

📣Job alert (no. 2)! We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain. It's an exciting time to join Ada as begin our new strategy period. Find out more: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat... Closing: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.

SNP passes motion to oppose introduction of live #facialrecognition by Police Scotland in the absence of primary legislation. Also, the motion calls for #facialrecognition use to be compliant with the Human Rights Act & the ECHR

The Law Society of Ireland is inviting applications for its Access programme, which provides financial and practical supports to help people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue a career as a solicitor.

We are now accepting abstracts for our Annual Conference at @aberuni.bsky.social 15-17 Apr. 2026. Join us for critical talks on law, tech & education (and generally a good time!) The theme is: 'Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.' More info: www.bileta.org.uk/news/bileta-...

Today is the 10th anniversary of #Schrems I 👇 Congratulations @noyb.eu

‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’ In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Listening to debate on #ECHR on #BBCSundayMorningLive. Can someone please explain to those advocating departure from ECHR how it actually works, and how domestic courts interpret the Convention? 1/2

What, precisely, does ‘looking at Article 3 ECHR again’ mean? Does it mean bypassing the prohibition on torture/protecting those at risk of being tortured? Clarification would be very helpful.

Swiss voters narrowly approve plan to introduce voluntary #digitalID

All 5 of N Ireland’s main political parties oppose the introduction of the #digitalID scheme.

Today it's a mandatory digital ID card to prove you have the right to work but in the future you might have to use it to access the NHS, to rent or buy a home, or to access benefits. It's time to fight back, 'Say No to Digital IDs'. Join the Campaign: action.openrightsgroup.org/join-campaig...

Yes, it’s important to have an informed debate about the proposed introduction of digital IDs. But the ‘others do it, so why don’t we’ argument is not a compelling one.

Our digital tools hold power to account ✊ Join our digital team as our new Campaign Technology Officer: https://goodlawproject.org/vacancy/campaign-technology-officer/

Excellent thread on digital ID cards by @paulbernal.bsky.social Two important take-home lessons: digital does not mean error-free or fake-proof👇

Have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book? Applications to the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship are now open to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only). More info: https://bit.ly/4mHlgcn

“the Met confirmed it would not be using live #facialrecognition … in its policing of the Unite the Kingdom march.” Make of that what you will.

Event at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social on 9 September, with Kume Hideyo (an Associate Professor at Chubu University, Japan). She will deliver a seminar entitled, “Legal and Policy Approaches to the Use of Public Assets in Scotland and Japan”. Details and booking link: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

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Palantir is the last company that should be allowed anywhere near children’s services. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Here is a link to the Court of Appeal’s press summary on the Epping Forest District Council case. I highly recommend reading this document.

Great to see the blog by our @lawstrath.bsky.social LLM Law, Technology & Innovation student Joshua Graham reflecting on human rights-based approaches to the use of #AI in NHS Scotland

@equalityhumanright.bsky.social calls on Metropolitan Police to ensure that its use of #facialrecognition complies with #humanrights law

@civio.es's recent investigation reveals the case of #QuantusSkin, an AI system for early #skincancer detection. The Basque Health Service plans to roll it out in 2025, promising faster diagnoses. But it misses nearly 1 in 3 melanoma cases, and was trained almost entirely on images of white patients

A fantastic scholarship opportunity for mature students at @lawstrath.bsky.social 👇 When choosing your course, please consider our LLM/MSc Law, Technology and Innovation

A research project aims to demonstrate how relationships are changing due to AI-supported video surveillance. In an interim report, the researchers report on discrimination, displacement, and how AI-based surveillance automatically leads to their expansion. #surveillance

#Facialrecognition cameras too racially biased to use at Notting Hill carnival, say campaigners

If you’re considering applying for the Winiarski Scholarship for a research visit to the Centre, please note that applications close on 20 August 2025. We look forward to hearing from you! Further details: buff.ly/CMqAWY1

Judges should use plain English in judgments and avoid “Latin terms or terms of art, known only to lawyers”, a High Court judge has said.

EU will start rolling out its biometric entry system for non-EU citizens from October. It will involve fingerprinting and #facialrecognition

Brit. Gov. to use #facialrecognition to “verify” age of migrants 🤔

Come and be my private law colleague at UNSW: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53... Two jobs available on corporate and commercial law and/or civil and commercial dispute resolution. This is a fabulous faculty with great colleagues.

5 years after the Bridges case, I fear that #facialrecognition has become fully embedded in policing. The human rights concerns have not gone away.

Another opportunity to join Durham Law School as a three-year career development fellow in public law. A great Law School and a vibrant public law community with opportunities to teach in both core and optional modules, and excellent support for research. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX378/c...

Global Insight: Technology company Palantir is embedded everywhere from NATO to the US immigration enforcement agency. Global Insight assesses the rule of law implications.

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#BBCTalkback Should we really have a discussion about lighting a bonfire, which is built near a substation that supplies two major hospitals and which sits on a site that contains asbestos?

This👇apparently is culture