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Jane Suiter
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Professor of Political Communication, Democracy at Dublin C Uni || Director FuJo Future Media Democracy Society || Deliberation || Citizens Assembly|| Disinformation

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Jane Suiter is an Irish political scientist, professor and director of Dublin City University's Institute for Future Media, Democracy, and Society ("FuJo") and research lead of Ireland's Constitutional Convention and the Citizens' Assembly. She is the co-author or co-editor of three academic books and one guide book, and over 40 journal articles. In December 2020, she was named "Researcher of the Year" by the Irish Research Council and in February 2021, she was promoted to the position of professor by DCU. .. more

Political science 44%
Communication & Media Studies 26%
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 19h
Fairy nuff

EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain - as.ft.com/r/a876ac5a-8...
EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain
[FREE TO READ] Brussels wants insurance in the event that Reform UK wins the next election
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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 2d
Absolutely academic work calls it phantom publics.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d
New research presents the most compelling evidence yet that generative AI directly stores and reproduces material used to train it—a finding that could have massive legal consequences for the tech industry, Alex Reisner reports.
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 2d
Good decision by Minister . Hope his department and others in government follow

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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 2d
Communications Minister Patrick O’Donovan deactivates X account over Grok

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Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan deactivates X account amid AI chatbot’s ability to generate explicit images
The Minister for Media, Patrick O’Donovan, has deactivated his X account, saying he is “uncomfortable” with the platform and its AI tool Grok, which has been criticised for allowing the creation of se...
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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 2d
Sale or intention to sell is not required in the offence of facilitating production or distribution. Sale is a separate offence in itself (same penalties as for facilitation). So it's really just a question of how many offences are involved.

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 2d
This is the same minister who claims to want to lead Europe during presidency to protect children and bring in age verification. Hypocrisy much?
newschambers.bsky.social Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d
The Media Minister says it’s not the app creating images, but individual users.

Grok is now #1 on the App Store in Ireland.

Day three of X coverage.
virginmedianews.bsky.social Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 3d
The Government is facing growing criticism over its handling of the X deepfake scandal. Tech experts, teachers’ unions and Women’s Aid are calling for regulation of the platform, while the Media Minister says it is a matter of personal responsibility.

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 2d
How on earth does the minister’s position square with his so called protecting children around age verification? Must watch your segment from last night..

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 2d
Is that selling access? Wonder what @conorom.bsky.social thinks?
newschambers.bsky.social Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 2d
Edit and Create Image now a 'premium perk' the AI chatbot says.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · 2d
“Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
First the Shooting. Then the Lies.
The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.
www.theatlantic.com

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 2d
Grok has not "turned off" its CSAM generator for anyone - it has simply put it behind a paywall.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 2d
Edit and Create Image now a 'premium perk' the AI chatbot says.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 2d
I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies
www.irishexaminer.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 3d
Professor O'Mahony writes more on this in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 3d
🗣️ “6,700 images were being generated in this way every single hour.”

The Group Chat examines the scale of the Grok deepfake crisis, the numbers behind it, and what the Irish Government can do.

📺 Tonight at 10PM | Virgin Media Play & Virgin Media One

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d
The Media Minister says it’s not the app creating images, but individual users.

Grok is now #1 on the App Store in Ireland.

Day three of X coverage.
virginmedianews.bsky.social Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 3d
The Government is facing growing criticism over its handling of the X deepfake scandal. Tech experts, teachers’ unions and Women’s Aid are calling for regulation of the platform, while the Media Minister says it is a matter of personal responsibility.

More on #VMNews

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 3d
Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
newschambers.bsky.social Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d
My word. (Again.)

Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 4d
Remaining on X is a decision the government must be asked to justify. fujomedia.eu/news/account... via @aidanobrien.bsky.social
FuJo | Accountability in the Face of Gene
The rollout of software capable of generating non-consensual sexual images and potential chi...
fujomedia.eu

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 4d
There is no need for new legislation here, there is no need to kick the can down the road.

In August 2024, Pavel Durov, the founder and owner of Telegram was arrested on his private jet in France. French prosecutors indicted him for among other things, the distribution of CSAM on his platform.
Telegram gave more user data to French authorities after founder's arrest Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive officer of the messaging app, was arrested in Paris last August over criminal content posted by users on his platform. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted in France for allegedly allowing criminal activity on app

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 4d
📯 Applications open today for our Journalist Fellowship!

The programme is open to outstanding mid-career journalists who want to spend time with us exploring the future of journalism.

🧵 Key details in thread
🔗 Everything you need on this webpage: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 4d
Good discussion on RTÉ radio about grok and csam
But no discussion of institutions , politicians and regulators still supporting X

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 5d
Things stepping up.

ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6d
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
hairybusiness.bsky.social Hairybusiness @hairybusiness.bsky.social · 6d
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
eliothiggins.bsky.social Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 7d
Did you know you can actually write to an Irish government minister and ask them why their department is still using X/Twitter for official communications?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d
Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 9d
Any institution, politician or party still on X needs to reconsider. More than urgently.
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 9d
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)

#1: Reuters
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X By Reuters January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago Illustration shows xAI and Grok logos xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them. "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely." "As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material. Grok gave no further details. When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies". In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 9d
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)

#1: Reuters
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X By Reuters January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago Illustration shows xAI and Grok logos xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them. "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely." "As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material. Grok gave no further details. When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies". In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.

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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 18d
This isn’t about European
censorship
It’s the usual weaponised misattribution of Trump and allies.
thejournal.ie The Journal @thejournal.ie · 18d
The US State Department said it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them of seeking to "coerce" social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose.

MEP Barry Andrews questioned if ‘public servants in Coimisiún na Meán will be next’.
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US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner, accusing him of seeking to censor social media platforms
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Andrews questioned if ‘Irish public servants in Coimisiún na Meán will be next’.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 18d
The US State Department said it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them of seeking to "coerce" social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose.

MEP Barry Andrews questioned if ‘public servants in Coimisiún na Meán will be next’.
jrnl.ie/6912327
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner, accusing him of seeking to censor social media platforms
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Andrews questioned if ‘Irish public servants in Coimisiún na Meán will be next’.
jrnl.ie

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 27d
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
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