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Six weeks of UK media headlines. The election is done. Now we can compare.

Reform UK received 2.23x more coverage in UK-wide outlets than Scottish outlets from the same publishers. Their vote share was 2.21x higher in England than Scotland.

The Scottish Greens finished third in Holyrood. Their co-leader received zero BBC Scotland mentions in the six weeks before polling day.

Some more findings, including how UK and Scottish editions frame the same stories differently:

https://raffkarva.com/blog/posts/media/after-the-votes-were-counted/

#Scotland #Holyrood2026 #media #linguistics #data #RaffsReflections

You cross a finish line.

Someone enters your bib number into a publicly accessible gallery. Within two minutes they have 72 high-resolution photographs of your face and body, your full name, age category, finishing time (which suggests your health status), and running club affiliation.

No login. No identity verification. No data protection mechanism triggered. They have no relationship with you whatsoever.

This is not a hypothetical. I tested it.

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I've been reviewing privacy policies of major UK sporting event organisers.

Medical data collected without legal basis, international transfers undisclosed, no separate consent for facial recognition, no documented data processing agreements with photography providers.

Nobody has looked at this properly yet. The full data chain — registration, results, photography, facial recognition — creates a biometric identification pipeline that any member of the public can access.

The ICO hasn't issued sector-specific guidance. I've written up the analysis and invited them to take a look.

https://raffkarva.com/blog/posts/privacy/beyond-the-finish-line/

@openrightsgroup @privacyint @eff

#privacy #photography #FacialRecognition #blog #RaffsReflections