#aishadown — Public Fediverse posts
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Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins
By Aisha DownTwenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta’s platforms were addictive by design
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/meta-facebook-instagram-trial
#Meta #Facebook #Technology #Worldnews #Socialmedia #Media #Digitalmedia #USnews #Google #Alphabet #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer
By Aisha DownStaff members said Free Speech Union would “need to explain” how it spent money donated by its supporters
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/18/toby-young-free-speech-union-60000-gbp
#TobyYoung #Police #UKnews #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
By Aisha DownAnthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulation
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/claude-watermark-ai-text-quality-worse
#Anthropic #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Computing #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Are Microsoft’s AI plans being held back by a shortage of chips?
By Aisha Down and Ed ZitronGuardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation
#Microsoft #AIartificialintelligence #Nvidia #Datacentres #Computing #Technology #Business #TheGuardian #AishaDown #EdZitron
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Police Scotland warns ‘robust security’ needed to stop attacks on AI datacentres
By Aisha Down‘A great deal of public opposition is likely’ to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force says
#Scotland #DatacentresUK #Police #Protest #Edinburgh #Planningpolicy #Scottishpolitics #UKnews #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
By Dan Milmo and Aisha DownObservers express concern that the division has lost its independence and commercial reality has taken over
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/google-demis-hassabis-deepmind-shifts-role
#DeepMind #Google #AIartificialintelligence #Alphabet #Technology #USnews #Computing #UKnews #TheGuardian #DanMilmo #AishaDown
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US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’
By Ben Quinn and Aisha DownDocuments published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK
#USnews #UKnews #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Politics #TheGuardian #BenQuinn #AishaDown
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Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds
By Aisha DownCounter-disinformation group says social media channels connected to Pravda network helped amplify message
#Socialmedia #Migration #Worldnews #Thefarright #Spain #Morocco #Russia #Europe #Digitalmedia #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
By Aisha DownInside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions
#Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
By Aisha Down, Dan Milmo and Graeme WeardenInvestors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakers
#AIartificialintelligence #Business #China #Nvidia #Technology #Stockmarkets #UKnews #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown #DanMilmo #GraemeWearden
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Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
By Aisha DownExclusive: Grants are part of controversial package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
#USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #TobyYoung #JacobReesMogg #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme
By Ben Quinn and Aisha DownState department says initiative will provide funding to ‘address sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare’
#USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #FriedrichMerz #USpolitics #Europe #Germany #Worldnews #USnews #TheGuardian #BenQuinn #AishaDown
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"Rachael Maskell, a Labour MP, former NHS worker and critic of Palantir’s £330m contract to help run NHS England’s federated data platform, told the Guardian ..."
#AishaDown, #RobertBooth, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps
I'm struggling to find words strong enough to describe what a phenomenally bad decision this was. To give access to health data for all the citizens of an entire country, to a US company co-founded by Peter Thief. A major investor in FB (remember Cambridge Analytica?).
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"It led to criticism from several MPs, who said that it raised yet more questions about the UK’s portfolio of contracts with the company. Palantir has built up more than £500m in contracts in Britain, including a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence."
#AishaDown, #RobertBooth, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps
So now that Palantir has publicly announced its obvious textbook evil, MPs rush to performatively denounce it.
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