Emrys Schoemaker
@emryss.bsky.social
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digital, social & political transformation; research & policy @ Caribou Digital & fellow @ LSE & Graduate Institute, Geneva; RT ≠ endorsement X: @emrys_s
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Respect to those who got here first.
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henrymance.ft.com
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Think I may have to add a chapter. #LuxurySurveillance

“For humans, the money isn't half-bad — as long as you're willing to wear a pair of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses to record yourself doing things like folding clothes on a table.”
You can now get paid to fold your laundry, as long as you're willing to film it
AI startups are paying people to film themselves doing chores so robots can learn. Find out how much you could earn and why demand is booming.
www.businessinsider.com
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Think I may have to add a chapter. #LuxurySurveillance

“For humans, the money isn't half-bad — as long as you're willing to wear a pair of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses to record yourself doing things like folding clothes on a table.”
You can now get paid to fold your laundry, as long as you're willing to film it
AI startups are paying people to film themselves doing chores so robots can learn. Find out how much you could earn and why demand is booming.
www.businessinsider.com
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Greta Byrum reports back from the Global Gathering, a conference of digital rights and internet freedom advocates and technologists. Amid rising authoritarianism, those who value free expression are ever more dependent on the work of this group, which is increasingly under threat, writes Byrum.
Amid Threats, Global Gathering Seeks to Reseed Digital Rights Ecosystem | TechPolicy.Press
Greta Byrum reflects on her experience attending the Digital Rights Defenders Global Gathering in Portugal.
www.techpolicy.press
emryss.bsky.social
From Estonia to India, Starmers’ looking for solutions everywhere but home…where the govts already invested hugely in a very progressive approach to digital ID - setting the rules for a market place rather than locking in a specific technology solution
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lemonsquirts.bsky.social
New research paper confirms that acoustic gun detection systems like SoundThinking (formerly ShotSpotter) combined with CCTV don't work.
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computerweekly.bsky.social
A recent ESG study revealed it takes an average of 11 hours for enterprises to resolve a single identity-related security incident. How did we get here, and what do we need to do differently?...
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#sovereignty
computerweekly.bsky.social
Nato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology....
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computerweekly.bsky.social
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a look at the government’s somewhat controversial plan to introduce a national, compulsory digital ID scheme. Ranil Boteju, chief data and analytics officer at Lloyds Banking Group, also runs us through how the financial services giant...
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politico.eu
The Danish government wants to introduce a ban on several social media platforms for children under the age of 15, PM Mette Frederiksen announced today.
Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says
“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.
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kathleenromig.bsky.social
New lawsuit alleging the Trump Admin used sensitive Social Security data “in secret, without the notice required by law and comment from the public or Congress, and without assessing the privacy implications or risks of error posed by repurposing the data in this way."

www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data
A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violate privacy laws and the Constitution.
www.npr.org
emryss.bsky.social
Investing in people pays dividends
mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."