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Heather Burns
1 weeks ago
The kids (with phones) are alright
How a four-minute video taken on a Scottish train destroyed multiple bad tech policy arguments at once.
Media
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Heather Burns
4 weeks ago
Going bla bla bla about wtf
I had a natter with David Meyer about the past fortnight in UK tech policy drama. We did this deliberately as a casual chat, as opposed to a techlaw deep dive, so don’t expect anything too heavy. (I had in fact planned to switch off my brain this summer like normal policy wonks do. So […]
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Heather Burns
1 months ago
The Nerve of this woman
Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety I wrote for The Nerve about the past fortnight in UK tech policy. I know a lot of people expected me to have a lot of things to say about what’s happened, but here’s the thing: aside from that article, there is […]
Security
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Heather Burns
1 months ago
You can walk away.
“Power absent ethics rests on an unshakable ability and desire to punish active resistance – to beat and arrest and try to ruin the lives of people who block freeways and set up encampments and confront lawmakers. But such power has no idea what to do against negative resistance, against someone who refuses to buy […]
AI
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Programming
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Heather Burns
1 months ago
Rewilding the Web, Maria’s Version
On those who think differently, and those who never change.
Web Development
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Heather Burns
1 months ago
Born Crotchety
I spoke with The National about the proposed UK social media ban for teenagers. That’s an archive link due to their unfortunate adwall. There’s nothing I offered in my delightfully crotchety comments that I wasn’t already saying four, five, six, and seven years ago, but if anyone had listened to me four, five, six, and […]
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Heather Burns
2 months ago
The language is leaving me
I love this short open-access paper from danah boyd where she suggests shifting the term we use to describe social media.
Writing
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Heather Burns
4 months ago
I, Sisyphus
I spoke with New Scientist about a handful of clauses in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently reaching the finish line of the Parliamentary process.
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Heather Burns
4 months ago
The Prince, The Paedo, The Palace, and the “Safety Tech” app
Shame must change sides. And this week, that means certain corners of the "children's online safety" crusade.
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Heather Burns
5 months ago
the other Turing test
Everything which was behind us is in front of us. It's up to you how you respond.
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Heather Burns
5 months ago
At last, a wonderful day in Parliament.
This is why end-to-end encryption matters.
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Heather Burns
5 months ago
Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, America
Now would be a good time to familiarise yourself with the international protocols used for the collection and categorisation of digital evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Heather Burns
6 months ago
The Darnella test of social media and smartphone regulation
Young people, using smartphones, film journalistic content in the public interest. Anti-social media and anti-smartphone regulations threaten that.
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Heather Burns
6 months ago
The worst fucking app idea ever
A page out of my Mphil project research. This is not a joke.
Mobile
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Heather Burns
6 months ago
Resistance honeypots
Journos: if you are advising your readers on counter-surveillance measures but not dropping the adtech, you are not helping your readers. You are building a honeypot to trap them.
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