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herdaleg.bsky.social
Online harms, VAWG, data ethics, digital investigation and intelligence
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Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name. Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose: Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister. Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵

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📣 Check out all the latest #onlinesafetyact developments, including last week's Parliamentary debates (and arguments), in the latest edition of our newsletter. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/f518fb48b771...

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Palaces are always better than Villas. It’s a matter of scale.

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Good to see @ofcom.bsky.social #VAWG guidance is finally out. It is advisory only. It covers important harms affecting women & girls: - misogynistic content online - domestic abuse - online harassment - intimate image-abuse Look forward to @osanetwork.bsky.social session on Thurs. #onlinesafety

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📺After participating in the Munich Security Conference, RUSI's Director-General Rachel Ellehuus shares her key takeaways from a consequential weekend of geopolitics.

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It's that time again: our fortnightly newsletter is out! If you've not received it directly, have a read here ... and then be sure to sign up for next time. 🤓 👇 #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #socialmedia #internetregulation #AI mailchi.mp/20f28aec78b8...

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Investigative reporter, Patrizia Schlosser (STRG-F) is one of many victims of non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. Now, Bellingcat and STRG-F are investigating the AI porn website disseminating this material. www.youtube.com/shorts/TK6sf...

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📝Blog 2 in our series is here! To deliver on the Government’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls, we call for a stronger and more effective protection of women and girls Read here: www.crestadvisory.com/post/violenc...

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Must read for anyone remotely interested in #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #VAWG #childsafety #misinformation #AI #techregulation

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We've published our response - co-signed by 23 organisations & experts from our network - on the @ofcom.bsky.social #onlinesafetyact #illegalharms codes. Do read it to understand the depth of feeling across civil society about the regulator's approach. ⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/sta...

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Provisional police funding for forces in England and Wales was released this morning: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

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Operation Destabilise is the most stunning example yet of crypto's great use-case, which is to move value between countries outside any controls against money laundering. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🚨Following the news that the @nca-uk.bsky.social has uncovered a multi-billion-dollar Russian money laundering network, RUSI's @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social provides her analysis below.

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The NCA have busted a multi-billion dollar money laundering network in the UK. The grouo facilitated the exchange of cash to crypto on a massive scale. The networks also funded state-linked activities including espionage and disinformation. www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operati...

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This from the cover of German Vogue

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I couldn't help myself sorry

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Pleased to be supporting @techuk colleagues on #whiteribbonday to highlight the gaps and improvements needed for survivors of #techabuse #VAWG #onlineharms #cybercrime #OnlineSafetyAct www.techuk.org/resource/ref...

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Our latest #OnlineSafety newsletter is now out covering reaction to #DSIT's strategic priorities for @ofcom.bsky.social, the latest Parliamentary debates on #NCII abuse, & much more. You can read it below - but don't forget to sign up to receive it directly next time! 😉 mailchi.mp/05aef7e27564...

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One woman every 10 minutes is killed. Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally last year. 60% of those murders were committed by someone they knew. If this was a disease or virus, there’d be global action to end it. There is #noexcuse

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📣 The Home Sec has announced the creation of a National Policing Centre - the main recommendation in our NEW paper published with Leapwise Advisory which calls for a single national police agency to better support frontline policing. You can read it here www.police-foundation.org.uk/publication/...

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📣 Our new report 'The power of information: How to unlock the potential of digital, data and technology in policing. www.police-foundation.org.uk/publication/...

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My blog on what's wrong with the police approach to data and technology and what we might do about it 👇 www.police-foundation.org.uk/2024/10/poli...

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With an increasingly supportive political environment, buy in from across the service and clear leadership, the police service can unleash the power of information says the Police Foundation's Director, @rickmuir.bsky.social in his latest blog ⤵️ www.police-foundation.org.uk/2024/10/poli...

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