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Talk of sorting out toxic social media is hot air without action. Despite the likes of X, Meta and YouTube having business models that fuel harms, we have to be on them to hear from the UK government. Back our call for public sector use of decentralised, federated platforms. https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/nu9rv6fAUTWQUoQRKc5V6Z Write your MP ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-government-must-move-away-toxic-social-media-platforms #mastodon #fediverse #bluesky #socialmedia #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Facial recognition in aisle 1, 2, 3... Having this tech in UK supermarkets threatens our "data, privacy, and human rights." It only lines the pockets of Big Tech and does "nothing to address the root causes of crimes of poverty such as theft — unmet social and economic need." 💬 ORG's @sarahlasoye@mastodon.social. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/sainsburys-dangerous-facial-recognition-is-back-months-after-ejecting-an-innocent-shopper-and-theres-no-way-to-opt-out#facialrecognition #privacy #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol

Greens and Lib Dems in Parliament celebrate the good news from the United States, call out the Epstein Class, but what's Labour saying? #LibDems #Greens #Labour #UKPol #UKPolitics #MidTerms

How do we protect human rights? We must first talk about power. We live in a world where power is being concentrated in tech monopolies. Where calls for interventions often lead to a merger of corporate and State power. We must fight for systemic change to protect rights. Read our blog ⬇️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-we-need-to-talk-about-power/#power #digitalrights #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG's new report exposes the ‘near total secrecy’ of how AI being used across the UK immigration system. “We urgently need transparency, accountability and strict regulation to restrict how AI is used and to prevent its wider rollout”. 💬 @sarahalsherif@mas.to for ORG. Read about our findings ⤵️ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-use-home-office-asylum-border-uk-b3073323.html#ai #immigration #asylum #migrants #HostileEnvironment #AutomatedDiscrimination #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG thanks Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP for supporting our new report into AI in UK immigration and border control. And for raising these issues in Parliament, which formed an important part of our investigation into AI in asylum decision-making. This is an opportunity “to break with the Home Office’s toxic record of failure”. Read more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-ai-being-embedded-across-immigration-system-in-near-total-secrecy/ #ai #immigration #asylum #HostileEnvironment #AutomatedDiscrimination #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK Home Office may face a probe by a government watchdog 🚨 This comes following the findings in ORG's six-month investigation into the use of AI in asylum decision-making. We found errors and inaccuracies in the ChatGPT tools being used to summarise interviews and policy documents. Read more ⤵️ https://www.wired.com/story/uk-home-office-may-face-investigation-over-use-of-openai-tools/#ai #asylum #immigration #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

"Ironically, Andreas was coming to London to speak at our event about the unprecedented attacks on free speech unleashed by the proscription of Palestine Action, including the effective ban on Sally Rooney’s books, but he has now been banned himself" #PalestineAction #FreeSpeech #Tribune #UKPolitics Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK | Palestine Action | The Guardian

NEW REPORT ⚡ AI has been embedded across the immigration system and at UK borders in near total secrecy. We expose how AI is shaped by and reinforces the hostile environment behind a smokescreen of 'national security'. We urgently need transparency, accountability and strict regulation. Read now ⤵️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-ai-being-embedded-across-immigration-system-in-near-total-secrecy/ #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #ai #immigration #asylum #migrants #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol

NEW 📰 ORG's report reveals the sweeping use of AI across immigration and UK borders. Driving it is the idea that migration can be 'solved' by technology. But the biases and discrimination of anti-immigration policies are born again in code. This is the automated hostile environment. Read more ⤵️ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/digital-hostile-environment-ai-secretly-embedded-home-office-report #ai #report #immigration #asylum #HomeOffice #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #ukpolitics #ukpol

Our report shows how AI has become stitched into the UK Home Office. From detecting potential sham marriages and age estimation of asylum seekers to searching phones and producing summaries for asylum decisions. Plus border surveillance with live facial recognition, AI-powered drones and satellites. #ai #report #immigration #asylum #HomeOffice #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #ukpolitics #ukpol

Oh, I see the government has an "AI plan". Not a single mention of its carbon footprint. This government really doesn't understand that the number one threat we face is not from rogue AI, from economic slowdown, or from Russia, it's from climate collapse. What is wrong with these people? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai #UKPolitics #AI #ClimateCollapse #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange

“'I can still order four different versions of Mein Kampf, though,' he added, which illustrates the 'absurdity' of the situation." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/it-feels-quite-frightening-readers-rush-to-snap-up-sally-rooney-books-as-stocks-dwindle-amid-palestine-action-ban #UKPolitics #Bookstodon #FreePalestine #SavingLivesIsNotTerrorism

NEXT WEEK ⏰ Join us for the launch of our new report, 'Automated Discrimination: Unpacking the Digital Hostile Environment'. We'll be uncovering how AI is used in the UK immigration system, the secrecy around it and our recommendations for change. 🗓️ Wed 28 October 🕠️ 5:30–7:30pm 📍 King's College London Reserve a spot ⬇️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/automated-discrimination-unpacking-the-digital-hostile-environment-tickets-2002621759592 #ai #immigration #migrants #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

"It is an absurdity so mind-bending to think that today the current president of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who rampaged through Syria as the commander of the al-Qaeda offshoot Jabhat al-Nusra, could land in the UK and be received at 10 Downing Street, but Sally Rooney could be arrested on arrival on terrorism charges" #PalestineAction #SallyRooney #UKPolitics What the UK Is Doing to Pro-Palestine Novelist Sally Rooney Is an Act of Orwellian Villainy

Slashing the heat pump subsidy to fund the megapolluting arms industry is not only economically illiterate, it will decimate the nascent heat pump industry. Labour claims to want growth. The future is in renewables, not war. #HeatPumps #Renewables #Defence #UKPolitics Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending | Heat pumps | The Guardian

Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of right-wing British politician Ann Widdecombe. The 78-year-old former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokesperson was found dead at her home with serious injuries on Thursday. Here's more from @BBCNews@flipboard.com. https://flip.it/RLRG_l #News #UKPolitics #AnnWiddecombe

Shocking Zack Polanski revelations, we're all back to voting Labour now, yes..../s #ZackPolanski #UKPol #UKPolitics #London #Greens #GPEW #GreenParty

lol Also, enable your profiles for the Fediverse guys! #ZackPolanski #UKPol #UKPolitics #London #Greens #GPEW #GreenParty