The uncertainty facing digital businesses as a result of Brexit was front and center during a committee session in the UK parliament today, with experts including the UK’s information commissioner responding to MPs’ questions about how and even whether data will continue to flow between the UK and the European Union once the country has […]
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J.K. Rowling has spoken, owls are better than Brexit
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It’s very often that political discussions are simple, especially when it comes to Brexit. But every now and then, you get a real no-brainer.
Journalist Christopher Hope tweeted on Thursday, putting a Brexit spin on the Royal Mail’s new commemorative owl stamps.
Why do owls get the right to a commemorative stamp but Brexit doesn’t? pic.twitter.com/JAWEiyEGI8
— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) April 26, 2018
Isn’t Brexit better than an owl? https://t.co/oZfHAF0KL1
— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) April 26, 2018
Can Brexit rotate its head 270 degrees? Scientific facts aside, the ineffable J.K. Rowling (or should we write that J.K. rOWLing) had something to say on the matter. Read more…
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View More J.K. Rowling has spoken, owls are better than BrexitUber denies its CTO met with Cambridge Analytica
Uber has denied that its sitting CTO, Thuan Pham, met with Cambridge Analytica — the controversial political consultancy at the center of a Facebook user data misuse scandal. But it has not been able to confirm that no meetings between anyone else on its payroll and Cambridge Analytica took place. “I’m not sure who they […]
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UK startup Juro, which is applying a “design centric approach” and machine learning tech to help businesses speed up the authoring and management of sales contracts, has closed $2m in seed funding led by Point Nine Capital. Prior investor Seedcamp also contributed to the round. Juro is announcing Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise’s co-founder) as an investor […]
View More Juro grabs another $2m to take the hassle out of contractsFacebook reportedly suspends AggregateIQ over connection to improper data-sharing
AggregateIQ, a Canadian advertising tech and audience intelligence company, has been suspended by Facebook for allegedly being closely connected with SCL, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. News broke late last month that AIQ, which was deeply involved with (and handsomely paid by) pro-Leave Brexit groups, was not the independent Canadian data broker it claimed to be.
View More Facebook reportedly suspends AggregateIQ over connection to improper data-sharingFacebook, AggregateIQ now being jointly probed by Canada, B.C. data watchdogs
Privacy watchdogs in Canada and British Columbia are combining existing investigations into Facebook and AggregateIQ. The latter being a Victoria-based ad targeting tech company that has been linked to Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the center of the Facebook data misuse storm. Facebook responds to data misuse CA whistleblower Chris Wylie — who last […]
View More Facebook, AggregateIQ now being jointly probed by Canada, B.C. data watchdogsNewspaper tries to be patriotic, accidentally satirises Brexit
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It’s a year until Brexit’s meant to happen (and the transition period begins) and one publication’s cover has been relentlessly mocked for its celebration of that fact.
The Daily Express front cover on Thursday featured the white cliffs of Dover, intended to inspire a feeling of patriotism and hope.
However, the imagery inadvertently gave the Brexit-sceptic Twittersphere some serious ammunition.
“And we shall illustrate this glorious moment with… a large cliff edge”pic.twitter.com/H4opuZnun8
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) March 28, 2018 Read more…
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Facebook’s wider Kremlin Brexit ad sweep draws a blank
Facebook has claimed to have found no further evidence of co-ordinated Russian-backed ad purchases on its platform targeting the 2016 Brexit vote in addition to the ad buys it previously reported. Read More
Fake news is an existential crisis for social media
Every gun outrage in America is now routinely followed by a flood of Russian-linked Twitter bot activity. Exacerbating social division is the name of this game. And it’s playing out all over social media continually, not just around elections. Read More
Twitter accused of dodging Brexit botnet questions again
Once again Twitter stands accused of dodging questions from a parliamentary committee that’s investigating Russian bot activity during the UK’s 2016 Brexit referendum. Read More
Facebook agrees to take a deeper look into Russian Brexit meddling
Facebook has said it will conduct a wider investigation into whether there was Russian meddling on its platform relating to the 2016 Brexit referendum vote in the UK. Read More
Britain is getting a new passport colour after Brexit and people’s minds are totally blown
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Brexit has claimed another victim, and this time it’s a rather surprising one—our passport’s colour.
The UK government has announced that after the UK leaves the European Union, UK passports will be changing from “the standard burgundy colour” to a “blue and gold design.”
The travel doc makeover—which the government says is “A move to symbolise or national identity”— will cost £500 million ($669 million). Money well spent? Errr….
“Leaving the EU gives us a unique opportunity to restore our national identity and forge a new path for ourselves in the world,” Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis said in an official statement. Read more…
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