REINBO Data Protection (he/him) 🏳️🌈🍍🇪🇺
@igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu
Data Protection Dungeon Master.
Speaker, Consultant, Trainer, Voice Actor - available at reasonable rates for interesting projects!
Just a boy, standing in front of a world, asking it to reduce data harms. This is a personal space.
Speaker, Consultant, Trainer, Voice Actor - available at reasonable rates for interesting projects!
Just a boy, standing in front of a world, asking it to reduce data harms. This is a personal space.
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Is it time to kill the cookie consent popup nightmare? There's a chance! Leaked #GDPR modification would let web browsers send signal for consent. Ignoring it could cost up to €20,000,000 fine. My analysis. blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Is it time to kill the cookie consent popup nightmare? There's a chance! Leaked #GDPR modification would let web browsers send signal for consent. Ignoring it could cost up to €20,000,000 fine. My analysis. blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
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A day ahead of its 75th anniversary, nearly 300 UK-based organisations have spoken out in defence of the European Convention on Human Rights👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A day ahead of its 75th anniversary, nearly 300 UK-based organisations have spoken out in defence of the European Convention on Human Rights👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
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Your occasional reminder about the number of immigration-related defeats for the UK in the European Court of Human Rights.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Your occasional reminder about the number of immigration-related defeats for the UK in the European Court of Human Rights.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
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@irisvanrooij.bsky.social, Professor of Computational Cognitive Science, reveals AI slop being used by #ScienceDirect, and, unsurprisingly, getting it wrong.
"Stochastic regurgitation" is just the best term for what these programs do.
irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
"Stochastic regurgitation" is just the best term for what these programs do.
irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
Cite as: van Rooij, I. (2025) AI slop and the destruction of knowledge. This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curio…
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social, Professor of Computational Cognitive Science, reveals AI slop being used by #ScienceDirect, and, unsurprisingly, getting it wrong.
"Stochastic regurgitation" is just the best term for what these programs do.
irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
"Stochastic regurgitation" is just the best term for what these programs do.
irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
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OPINION Discuss. Midst the torrents of #AI slop sloshing, slushing through our information ecosystems (some examples are instantly self-revealing, others profoundly deceptive) videos of #wildlife, confected to look genuine, piss me off the most. They mislead & distort perceptions of #nature. Ugh.
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social, Professor of Computational Cognitive Science, reveals AI slop being used by #ScienceDirect, and, unsurprisingly, getting it wrong.
"Stochastic regurgitation" is just the best term for what these programs do.
irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
"Stochastic regurgitation" is just the best term for what these programs do.
irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
Cite as: van Rooij, I. (2025) AI slop and the destruction of knowledge. This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curio…
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Love your paper. Especially the quote "When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning."
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Love your paper. Especially the quote "When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning."
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“‘The uncritical adoption of AI can lead to students not developing essential academic skills such as critical thinking and writing. If students are taught to learn through automation, without learning about how & why things work, they won’t be able to solve problems when something actually breaks’”
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“‘The uncritical adoption of AI can lead to students not developing essential academic skills such as critical thinking and writing. If students are taught to learn through automation, without learning about how & why things work, they won’t be able to solve problems when something actually breaks’”
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Relaxing cookie consent rules is unlikely to leverage change. There must be:
⚫ More effective and dissuasive action by the ICO to remove illegal advertising.
⚫ Enforce data protection.
⚫ Protect law-abiding market players from the unfair competition of adtech companies who violate our privacy.
⚫ More effective and dissuasive action by the ICO to remove illegal advertising.
⚫ Enforce data protection.
⚫ Protect law-abiding market players from the unfair competition of adtech companies who violate our privacy.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Relaxing cookie consent rules is unlikely to leverage change. There must be:
⚫ More effective and dissuasive action by the ICO to remove illegal advertising.
⚫ Enforce data protection.
⚫ Protect law-abiding market players from the unfair competition of adtech companies who violate our privacy.
⚫ More effective and dissuasive action by the ICO to remove illegal advertising.
⚫ Enforce data protection.
⚫ Protect law-abiding market players from the unfair competition of adtech companies who violate our privacy.
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❗ALERT TO ALL ACTIVE TROUBLESHOOTERS!
Report to your nearest station on November 4th to receive news from the benevolent and infallible Computer!*
*Failure to do so is punishable by summary execution.
#paranoia
Report to your nearest station on November 4th to receive news from the benevolent and infallible Computer!*
*Failure to do so is punishable by summary execution.
#paranoia
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
❗ALERT TO ALL ACTIVE TROUBLESHOOTERS!
Report to your nearest station on November 4th to receive news from the benevolent and infallible Computer!*
*Failure to do so is punishable by summary execution.
#paranoia
Report to your nearest station on November 4th to receive news from the benevolent and infallible Computer!*
*Failure to do so is punishable by summary execution.
#paranoia
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Learn more in our explainer!
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October 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Learn more in our explainer!
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The Council of Europe’s new Recommendation on Equal Rights for #IntersexPersons is a milestone for #HumanRights.
It sends a clear message: equality has no exceptions, and every person deserves to live free, safe, and seen.
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It sends a clear message: equality has no exceptions, and every person deserves to live free, safe, and seen.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The Council of Europe’s new Recommendation on Equal Rights for #IntersexPersons is a milestone for #HumanRights.
It sends a clear message: equality has no exceptions, and every person deserves to live free, safe, and seen.
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It sends a clear message: equality has no exceptions, and every person deserves to live free, safe, and seen.
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🗨️ "The use of facial recognition technologies, in particular by police authorities, raises huge privacy questions, as well as raising the risk of the technology being misused for mass surveillance."
Full article:
www.euractiv.com/news/facial-...
Full article:
www.euractiv.com/news/facial-...
Facial recognition firm Clearview AI hit with criminal complaint | Euractiv
Privacy rights group noyb, which has filed the complaint in Austria, wants criminal liability or even jail time for the AI company's leadership if they travel to the EU
www.euractiv.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🗨️ "The use of facial recognition technologies, in particular by police authorities, raises huge privacy questions, as well as raising the risk of the technology being misused for mass surveillance."
Full article:
www.euractiv.com/news/facial-...
Full article:
www.euractiv.com/news/facial-...
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📉 "Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes."
🖊️ @jamesbowes01.bsky.social analyses the fall in net migration to the UK and the potential political and economic consequences
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
🖊️ @jamesbowes01.bsky.social analyses the fall in net migration to the UK and the potential political and economic consequences
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
📉 "Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes."
🖊️ @jamesbowes01.bsky.social analyses the fall in net migration to the UK and the potential political and economic consequences
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
🖊️ @jamesbowes01.bsky.social analyses the fall in net migration to the UK and the potential political and economic consequences
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
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I published my responses to the ICO’s complaint handling consultation, because even if they don’t pay any attention, it might just inform or inspire someone else to get serious about data protection. A girl can dream.
Anyway: www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-res...
Anyway: www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-res...
My response to the ICO's complaint handling consultation
Having vented my spleen in red pen all over the consultation documents themselves, I was able to be much more measured and civil in my actual consultation response. Yes, I metaphorically tore it to sh...
www.linkedin.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I published my responses to the ICO’s complaint handling consultation, because even if they don’t pay any attention, it might just inform or inspire someone else to get serious about data protection. A girl can dream.
Anyway: www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-res...
Anyway: www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-res...
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“Before the election it promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance.’ But in government it has lined up alongside the Tories and Reform UK at the cruelty Olympics.” – @goodlawproject.org
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
91% of UK trans people don't trust the Labour Party, survey reveals
91% of trans respondents in a YouGov poll conducted between July and August, commissioned by the Good Law Project, said they distrust Labour.
www.attitude.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Before the election it promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance.’ But in government it has lined up alongside the Tories and Reform UK at the cruelty Olympics.” – @goodlawproject.org
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
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#BBCNews - European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws
The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner warns the government about policing of demonstrations.
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#BBCNews - European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Gaming consoles are ‘plug and play’... until you speed-run past the privacy settings. Good news: it’s not too late to lock down your personal data. Here’s how to tweak your privacy settings on PS5, Xbox, and Switch. #OptOutOctober
eff.org/deeplinks/20...
eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Gaming consoles are ‘plug and play’... until you speed-run past the privacy settings. Good news: it’s not too late to lock down your personal data. Here’s how to tweak your privacy settings on PS5, Xbox, and Switch. #OptOutOctober
eff.org/deeplinks/20...
eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Did you know that by default, Strava shows your exact starting and ending points to other users? You can hide up to a mile radius around your home and other sensitive locations to stay safe while staying active. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Did you know that by default, Strava shows your exact starting and ending points to other users? You can hide up to a mile radius around your home and other sensitive locations to stay safe while staying active. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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And, like we are, he is calling for policies that make it clear how trans inclusion is possible, and for trans exclusion to remain the exception.
Template MP letter here!
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Template MP letter here!
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
And, like we are, he is calling for policies that make it clear how trans inclusion is possible, and for trans exclusion to remain the exception.
Template MP letter here!
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Template MP letter here!
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
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🏮 He's very concerned about measures which oblige trans people to out themselves publicly and significantly increase their vulnerability to harassment, abuse and even violence
🏮 And he asks for an evidence-based approach. This ought to be common sense but sadly none of this is evidence based.
🏮 And he asks for an evidence-based approach. This ought to be common sense but sadly none of this is evidence based.
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🏮 He's very concerned about measures which oblige trans people to out themselves publicly and significantly increase their vulnerability to harassment, abuse and even violence
🏮 And he asks for an evidence-based approach. This ought to be common sense but sadly none of this is evidence based.
🏮 And he asks for an evidence-based approach. This ought to be common sense but sadly none of this is evidence based.
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🏮 He thinks the direction of travel in the UK will breach its human rights obligations in multiple respects - pushing trans people into an 'intermediate zone' and jeopardising their right to be treated with dignity and to be able to participate in all areas of everyday life...
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🏮 He thinks the direction of travel in the UK will breach its human rights obligations in multiple respects - pushing trans people into an 'intermediate zone' and jeopardising their right to be treated with dignity and to be able to participate in all areas of everyday life...
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Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
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Incredible admission from Meta: “People already expect us to be nefarious pricks, so nefarious prickery seems the way forward.”
What an unsurprising decision by corporations that desperately need to make money with AI. If every other company with a chatbot isn't already doing this, then expect them to be following Meta's lead soon. The chatbot is not your friend; it's a corporate listening device. www.ft.com/content/22f7...
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Incredible admission from Meta: “People already expect us to be nefarious pricks, so nefarious prickery seems the way forward.”