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NUJ Delegate Meeting ‘25 LIVE LFB Chair Pennie Quinton speaking on AI - reaffirming the NUJ commitment to protect members’ copyright. “We need a public information campaign” on the risks of AI. And a fair share of all payments for use of our work in training. Motion passed!

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"It's a chilling aspect of free speech and something we need to campaign against." LFB Chair Pennie Quinton on the increase in police harassment and arrest of UK freelance journalists under anti-terror laws. We've seen it with our branch members - and it's got to stop. #NUJDM25 #pressfreedom

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Meeting the legendary Eamonn McCann @nujofficial.bsky.social delegate conference where Eamonn was made NUJ member of honour

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Journalists in Sudan are going to desperate lengths to tell the world about the horrors unfolding in Darfur amid the war's two-year communications blackout. "No one can imagine the atrocities happening here." Read more from @afpnews.bsky.social ⤵️

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Macron shook one hand.

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What's really funny is everyone typing nonsense into this to see what happens is actually training even more nonsense into the AI.

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Journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney have condemned the fact the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against government bodies over evidence failures, namely in this case the PSNI after it was found to have delayed disclosures www.computerweekly.com/news/3666228...

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Many people assume replacing farm crops 🌱 with solar ☀️panels is bad. In fact, it's usually good for the environment because a lot of crops are turned into biofuels, and solar is way more efficient than any biofuel 🧪 More evidence on this from @msturch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Freelance Apr25: Making our journalism necessary to people in Trump times - meeting report www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2504kboo....

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AI scraper violations and what we can do about them: New research reveals scale of problem pressgazette.co.uk/comment-anal...

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”Loud clouds of smoke have previously been seen wafting above crowds of protesters at Hyde Park during the annual protest due to so many people smoking at once.” Good to see the Standard getting into the vibe. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

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"Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps.… Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed into government buildings."

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Old enough to remember when this kind of thing would end up being an April Fools hoax story www.thejournal.ie/woman-restri...

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So Google's latest consent violation is them generating "AI" audio of your voice in YouTube as an opt-out "service." Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):

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Freelance Apr25: Making our journalism necessary to people - meeting report www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2504kboo....

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Observer staff were ‘banged out’ of the building this evening. Our best wishes to everyone.

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#ILoveLondon

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The portrait, taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for the New York Times, shows nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, who lost both arms in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in March 2024 awarded press photo of the year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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BBC: Portrait of injured Gazan boy named press photo of the year bbc.com/news/article... @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social @worldpressphoto.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography

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Thank you to Luke @lukeharding1968.bsky.social for his outstanding work at The Observer. It will be a heartbreaking Easter for many, as outstanding, loyal journalists of many years are cut loose in the 'selloff', despite assurances none would be. You and others gave and risked so much. Thank you.

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Seen in London

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Seen in London

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Seen in London

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It just be heartbreaking for the US AI bosses to see someone’s taken their intellectual property and extracted value from it, without compensating or even asking them if it was okay to do so. What kind of monster would do that?!

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CPJ calls on Guatemalan authorities to act swiftly to identify and hold accountable those responsible for a paid advertising smear campaign that used CPJ’s logo to legitimize false narratives against journalist Quimy de León, our #IPFA2024 awardee. More: cpj.org/2025/04/guat... 📷: Nelton Rivera

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BREAKING: I must bring you the upsetting news that Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has lost his appeal against his 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court. Who would've guessed that gambling away the money he raised for lawyer fees would have backfired?😭😭😭

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More blood loss at the Observer. No jobs would be lost they said, as the Observer New Review & mag ate both gutted. Less than half the staff electing to go. Senior Times journalists in pretty much all roles. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

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The White House is planning to ask Congress to rescind $1.1bn in approved funding for NPR and PBS, according to The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

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Labour caving in on AI copyright laws, says Getty Images chairman www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... #ukpolitics #labourparty #labourlist #copyright

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Thousands of shoes laid out in Dutch city of Leiden in memory of children killed by Israel in Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4dznck

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day 2 of knowing this exists day 2 of giggling to myself about it

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Si la presse internationale exige l'accès à Gaza ce n’est pas parce que "la couverture de Gaza est incomplète. C’est pour relayer et protéger, par notre présence, nos confrères et consœurs palestiniens qui font preuve d’un courage inouï" europeanjournalists.org/fr/2025/04/1... @efjeurope.bsky.social

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Philip Williams, barrister for Noel Clarke, said that his client was the victim of an industry attempting to correct itself after the #MeToo movement. He highlighted the Benny Hill and Little Britain series and Carry On films as productions that would now be considered “inappropriate”... 1/4

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Sagan weeps

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NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

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USA: Trump administration ends union dues collection for most feds without notice www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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#EU: @abellanger.bsky.social addressed @europarl.europa.eu's Subcommittee on Human Rights to give an overview of the grim state of the profession. “Gaza has become a cemetery for humanity, and a cemetery for journalists. And there is complete impunity”. 🎥 Full video: youtu.be/mIYc4_Cmg98

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A drive-thru stone circle. Perfect for when you really need to propitiate the gods and honour the ancestors but your busy schedule of transitioning from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a more settled, agricultural community limits the time available.

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Freelance Apr25: The wheels of copyright diplomacy grind slow - WIPO report www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2504wipo....

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