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17 Jul, 4 tweets, 5 min read
Surprise, sur-fucking-prise!

Some "#Wellness" #InternetMarketers have found a way to #monetise pandemic #misinformation... ImageImage
Like this chap David Martin that @SeeJayRich recently introduced me to:



#SnakeOil salesmen have and always will always prey on the vulnerable, but the "#DisinformationDozen" (and others) appear to have turned it into an industry:

counterhate.com/disinformation… Image
On the 'poacher-turned-gamekeeper' principle, maybe @BorisJohnson will decide to make @grantshapps the UK's pandemic #MisinformationTzar on this issue...

theguardian.com/politics/2015/…
...although it appears the PM may need some #SocialMedia help of his own: Image

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19 Jul
The #GPDPR #GPdata upload will still be going ahead, but it will no longer be starting on 1 September 2021 - the programme will have to meet 3 (or 4) #tests first instead:

digital.nhs.uk/news-and-event… Image
We'll let you do the diff between the "criteria" laid out in the announcement on @NHSDigital website and the "key areas of work" listed in the letter to GPs from @Jochurchill4 this afternoon:

file-eu.clickdimensions.com/hscicgovuk-amn… Image
Which will all make the oral evidence session in front of @CommonsHealth Committee tomorrow morning quite interesting...

committees.parliament.uk/event/5286/for…

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18 Jul
The terms of the 'Daily Contact Testing Study' (#DCTS) are here:

snapsurvey.phe.org.uk/dcts/

If 50% of volunteers have to do daily #LFTs instead of self-isolating, the odds of both the PM & Chancellor falling into that group aren't that high.

But the optics sure aren't great... Image
More info on the "40,000 person #DailyContactTestingStudy", which launched on 9 May, here:

gov.uk/government/new…

Given more than 500k people were pinged by the app *in the first week of July alone*, it seems a bit odd the study isn't already full:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-578549…
The guidance for those in the non-self-isolating group for #DCTS is worth reading:

gov.uk/guidance/daily…

They should avoid "small, poorly ventilated public places for more than 15 mins", "public transport", "visiting others indoors" & "shouting, singing or talking loudly" 🤔 ImageImage
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18 Jul
👀 #ThePegasusPapers 👀 Image
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18 Jul
Hmm. I don't think anyone is claiming @Facebook is *solely* responsible for #antivax #misinformation, but it cannot be disputed the #platforms have been major contributors.

#Facebook can't have it both ways; to refuse to #apologise or accept any #responsibility, but then to...
...imply that what it is doing is helping 'solve the problem' (even if it is!) simply underlines @Facebook's chronic lack of #accountability & #SelfAwareness.

"Look how good we are for clearing up some of the sewage we pump out" is more an insult than any sort of justification.
Excellent #counterpoint [Thread] with plenty of references, on the wider growth of #misinformation networks in the #antivax space:

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17 Jul
Hmm. Knowing a little about newspapers, it's quite possible David himself didn't write the headline and blurb - though the thrust of his review is clear, the direct reference to sex as a "social construct" is Joyce's quote: Image
I'm not so sure that isn't a #StrawMan; an extreme position being characterised as if it were the nub of the debate. I don't know, but can't imagine many would vehemently disagree with these commonly held definitions:



(Though I expect there are nuances.)
I first encountered grassroots #trans groups in the '00s when campaigning against @ukhomeoffice #IDcards & the #NationalIdentityRegister.

They were generous, tolerant & open - explaining to someone with no knowledge the many challenges of #transition, including living with an...
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6 Jul
So what *is* this "Digital Regulation: Driving growth & unlocking innovation" policy paper? Another "strategy"? A white paper for #DPA2022?

If it's about #regulation, then how will @OliverDowden's "unashamedly pro-tech approach" protect people's #rights?

gov.uk/government/pub…
In his introduction to "#ThePlan", @OliverDowden says he'll "shortly publish a #plan for a pro-growth data regime" 🤔

If he has an ACTUAL plan, or frankly a clue, then why not just #publish the damn thing? Why all the waffle?

Hand-wavy platitudes like these 👇 ain't worth Jack:
Just so we're clear, this "#Plan" is supposed to "start a #conversation" about "#TenTechPriorities" that @DCMS published on a "shorthand stories"(?) page that DOESN'T ONCE MENTION PEOPLE'S #RIGHTS!!

dcms.shorthandstories.com/Our-Ten-Tech-P…

Does this Government think it can take us for fools?
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