Strange & unsettling to mark 2-year anniversary of Cambridge Analytica story today.
Surveillance, the state, its r'ship to tech companies, data. This is all going to be a *very* big deal. You need to read this. Sweeping new powers are on the way
gov.uk/government/pub…
Surveillance, the state, its r'ship to tech companies, data. This is all going to be a *very* big deal. You need to read this. Sweeping new powers are on the way
gov.uk/government/pub…
This bill will pass in next couple of days. Emergency powers to arrest & detain. Hugely expanded powers for govt for next 2 years. A lot about "national security". Nothing about data. But as @iandunt points out, it doesn't mean that it's not there..
politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/03/…
politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/03/…
The decisions being made by govt right now are being made in darkness. Scientists don't have access to the data. There is no scrutiny, oversight or peer review. Nobody knows if there are errors, or biases, or what "behavioural" models are being used.
