This was fun and timely. Dario Amodei talks about Mythos (and much else besides) as.ft.com/r/e33cbc23-6... Anthropic chief Dario Amodei: ‘I don’t want AI turned on our own people’

FRT tech will always be misused by police or the private sector. Despite concerns raised by regulators for over a decade. The stark failure to adopt specific legal safeguards first before spending more public money to further deploy this powerful surveillance tool across the UK continues.

Take a look to the CPDP 2026 Final Programme! 🔎 Browse the programme, explore sessions by theme and start building your personalised schedule More information here: www.cpdpconferences.org/schedule #CPDP2026 #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures #CPDP2026Programme

People's Panel on Digital ID www.gov.uk/government/g... Additional information, including terms of reference for the "Oversight Group" (@jenitennison.com and other peeps) #digitalID #techpolicy #sortition

Leicestershire Police forced to reveal Palantir contract – at least the bits they haven’t redacted 👀 https://www.leicester.news/palantirs-contract-with-leicestershire-police-released-after-gazette-foi-dispute/

Full story here:

A shocking and disturbing abuse of powers by the police (including a blatant violation of her data protection rights) “Body-worn video of a woman's "degrading" arrest, which police falsely told a court did not exist, has been shared exclusively with the BBC.”

Every writer should consider joining ALCS because members share in ALCS fees collected every year. If you're a member @societyofauthors.bsky.social your ALCS fee is part of your membership. If not, @alcs.co.uk takes the fee out of your ALCS earnings.

Meta's own terms indicate its services aren't for children under 13. Yet Meta is failing to keep them off Instagram and Facebook. We've found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act. ℹ️ link.europa.eu/yPBWgY

A very good exchange with Péter Magyar in Brussels today. We discussed the steps necessary to unlock EU funds earmarked for Hungary, that are frozen due to corruption and rule of law concerns.

Veteran eurocrat Anthony Whelan is a safe pair of hands to lead the European Commission’s competition department into a new era — especially for Ursula von der Leyen. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/form...

EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime  With @nniloideain.bsky.social, Christopher  Docksey, Laura Drechsler, Niovi Vavoula More information: cpdp.be/171971 #CPDP2026 #CPDPCultureClub #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

Now public: joint communication to #Türkiye on the criminalisation of multiple lawyers and human rights defenders, in particular members of the İHD (Insan Hakları Derneğı). To date there has been no response from the government. srdefenders.org/turkiye-conc...

New: Matthew Swindells, who privately urged colleagues to add more patient data into a Palantir-built platform at the same time as he was being paid to advise the US technology company, is stepping down from the health service. www.ft.com/content/3d1d...

Hmm. This definitely tracks

Let’s be clear: this does not warrant building a ballroom at the White House.

What was the specific legal justification to undertake this mass surveillance/profiling of thousands of employees? Is the Met Police Commissioner advocating for this Palantir AI tool to be used indiscriminately on every police force in England and Wales? Will an independent report be published?

A very concerning development for the NHS. Welcome to see the Health Secretary being challenged on this new law by MPs and medical experts. Difficult to understand how this benefits anyone other than Big Pharma (especially U.S. companies)

NEW: Apple fixed the bug that law enforcement, like the FBI, were taking advantage of to extract chat messages that had been deleted or disappeared automatically. Until now the iPhone stored deleted or disappered messages in a database, allowing authorities to access them with forensic tools.

Robo-dogs and ghost sharks grab headlines—but they’re just the spectacle. Behind them lies a vast system of surveillance, data extraction, and automated exclusion shaping modern border control, writes Tech Policy Press Fellow Petra Molnar.

EU Commission 5-year strategy for migration and asylum - ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Relieved to see that there is no suggestion of rolling back laws on family reunion or (unlike the UK) long-term residence

🚨🚨 "Orbán’s loss brings to an end the assumption of inevitability that has pervaded the MAGA movement...that illiberal parties are somehow destined not just to win but to hold power forever, because they have the support of the “real” people. " Great piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Such an important report into this tragic case that never should have taken place. The ‘Prevent’ agency has been rightly criticised previously for how it operates but no action taken then led to the loss of life.

The UK’s legal framework for #biometrics, including face recognition technology, is inadequate and in need of reform. cetas.turing.ac.uk/sites/defaul... @nniloideain.bsky.social et al

EXCLUSIVE with @georgehammond.bsky.social: The Trump admin has drawn up rules for civilian AI contracts that would require companies to allow “any lawful” use of their models. Comes amid Pentagon vs Anthropic. Similar rules are likely to follow for military contracts. as.ft.com/r/e240c02b-e...

"In interviews over the last month, AI researchers, economists and tech workers said that essentially, we’re all living through an experiment" And we are the guinea pigs. Go tell AI "consultants" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

NEW: Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a @sltrib.com & ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.

NEW: Hackers have leaked a portion of FBI director Kash Patel's emails online, confirming Reuters. TechCrunch has verified that at least portion of the leaked emails from Patel's Gmail account were authentic by verifying cryptographic signatures contained in the emails. w/ @lorenzofb.bsky.social:

Big tech news in the US: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

Europe’s dreams of becoming an AI superpower are bumping into the cold realities of power supplies and public opinion.

The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children. Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million. n.pr/4lRJ2lV

Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4

On delegating your writing to LLMs. Excellent thread.

We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously. 1/7

"A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment..."

More spyware fallout in Italy 🇮🇹 following WhatsApp & Apple notifications & @citizenlab.ca investigations Prosecutors' team confirms journalist @fcancellato.bsky.social's phone hacked with Paragon spyware @lorenzofb.bsky.social with details; stay tuned for more techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/i...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2

🇧🇦 Yesterday I presented the findings of my country visit to #BosniaAndHerzegovina to the Human Rights Council. 🗣️ My remarks at #HRC61: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZe... 📑 Full report: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/61/...

No, BBC, end-to-end encryption isn’t ’controversial privacy tech’, it’s industry standard protection

Donald Trump has a plan to try and bypass European content bans on illegal content called Freedom dot gov. For @fastcompany.com, I wrote about why that'll open a geopolitical can of worms www.fastcompany.com/91496996/tru...

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Palantir sues magazine that revealed Switzerland rejected its approaches

The controversial and complex trilogue continues on GDPR reform (‘simplification’) but this is a significant development