Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻

💻 policy/regulation researcher (esp. #InfoSec #privacy #ML 🗳 #interoperability #DMA #GDPR).
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 Visiting CyberBRICS Prof. at Centre for Technology & Society, Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School, Rio de Janeiro 👨‍🏫
 Formerly 🇬🇧 gov’t Principal Scientific Officer 👨‍🔬 and Prof. of Information Security & Privacy, Univ. of Oxford
 Canario hasta la muerte 🇮🇨🇪🇸🇪🇺

Blog: https://www.ianbrown.tech/about/
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2025-07-24 07:48:40 UTC

🇬🇧 ‘stepping up raids on [delivery] riders’ gathering points & bolstering existing measures to suspend those who rent out legitimate accounts… to prove to international partners that it will not let an unregulated labour market become a “pull factor” for irregular #migration’ https://on.ft.com/4m8T7Ke

2025-06-14 08:20:58 UTC

It is going to be a beautiful day in #London... for protesting against Mad King #Donald 😎🌞 3-5pm in front of the US Embassy, Nine Elms (SW London) #NoKings #Trump https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/789220/

2025-05-27 09:53:32 UTC

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No event is ideal, and I was disturbed by what happened with Access Now’s panel proposal, and the dreadfully moderated panel on encryption I attended.
I raised these both at the regular scientific committee lunch. I was asked to summarise my points, and agreed to do so — and for transparency, I said I would do so publicly…

2025-03-16 07:20:35 UTC

Best #interoperability news so far of 2025! Over to you, Apple, to build this quickly into #iMessage (Google is ~there with Android) — and also to push all telcos to enable #RCS https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/article/rcs-encryption-a-leap-towards-secure-and-interoperable-messaging/

2025-02-23 21:27:16 UTC

“outright fascism in Europe was never quite so well funded and promoted as it is now, since the US government and the social media platforms that do its bidding decided backing outright fascism was a good way to smash the EU.” 🫣
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/23/donald-trump-bullshit-blitz-has-europe-on-its-knees?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2025-01-19 06:47:46 UTC

‘Yakoob has paid “substantial” damages and costs for his publication of the video, removed the posts and agreed not to post them again. It is thought to be the first case of a political “#deepfake” — images or video edited or generated using #AI — being subject to a legal settlement in the UK.’
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/i-doorknocked-for-labour-then-racist-deepfake-ruined-my-life-fn6xxc5dc

2024-12-01 16:12:33 UTC

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“His British freedom of speech crusade is 100 per cent about retaliation to the perceived threat from regulators to X,” said the person who has worked closely with Musk. X is currently hiring for a regulatory legal counsel in London or Dublin.

2024-12-01 16:11:31 UTC

“#Musk has been radicalised by his own platform,” said a British tech lobbyist, referring to the algorithms on #X that have been feeding him content about British politics. “I wouldn’t underestimate the extent to which the trolling is peacocking for the rightwing bros in the ‘manosphere’ he’s now in with.”
https://on.ft.com/3CRIkTj

2024-11-30 09:24:42 UTC

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that was fixed by reinstalling it on my iPhone. But now I’m having the same problem with the iPadOS version 😬

2024-11-19 07:51:39 UTC

Couldn’t make it up. 🇬🇧’s notoriously ineffective data protection regulator marks 40th anniversary of his office by explaining why he doesn’t use most of its powers 🤡
https://www.thetimes.com/article/caba21bf-8171-441e-b5b5-a8c9ec34203c?shareToken=71e81ad245aeb7525906dc5a1d0a46c9

2024-11-19 07:20:30 UTC

‘A new 🇬🇧 national centre of policing will be set up to provide all police forces with expertise in forensics, drone technology, artificial intelligence and other technological advances.’ ✅
https://www.thetimes.com/article/cd045e08-de8c-4d02-a67b-054a6409030a?shareToken=3c29dda8c6a71e25b2fb29bcc3d44dd2

2024-11-07 08:53:30 UTC

'The undermining of #Nato, the emboldening of illiberal nationalists everywhere, a transatlantic trade war, and a battle over European regulation of US social media platforms, #AI and cryptocurrencies are just some of the major risks of a second #Trump presidency.’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/07/why-donald-trumps-return-is-a-disaster-for-europe

2024-09-30 20:53:42 UTC

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Urgh, thanks for the reminder to check that was turned off (it was)

2024-09-30 14:41:42 UTC

I accidentally discovered my “smart” #LG 📺 lets users choose from multiple speech recognition “#AI Services”, including from different companies (if you want to enable such a feature). Is this a core part of Android? If not, it should be (and iOS!) And similarly for virtual assistants, and recommendation algorithms! #DMA
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/227/025/559/971/982/original/8d47096ce4844c50.jpeg

2024-06-15 07:46:41 UTC

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interesting idea! University of Amsterdam runs a DSA Observatory but I haven't seen a DMA equivalent. TechCrunch's coverage is pretty comprehensive... https://techcrunch.com/tag/dma/