Hacker News with Generative AI: UK Politics

Net migration into the UK has tripled post-Brexit (bigissue.com)
One of the key ideas behind Brexit was to “take back control” of immigration. Back in 2010, David Cameron pledged to bring net migration to under 100,000 a year, but the promise was never met. Brexit was widely thought to “get the job done” by stopping unlimited inflows from EU citizens.

Immigration, Brexit, UK Politics

23 points by nicoburns 3 days ago | 15 comments

UK poll: Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate (theguardian.com)
Young people are more worried about their finances, work pressures and job insecurity than social media, the climate crisis and culture war debates, research shows.

Generational Differences, UK Politics, Economics, Social Issues

41 points by Pamar 3 days ago | 80 comments

1k artists release "silent" album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI (techcrunch.com)
The U.K. government is pushing forward with plans to attract more AI companies to the region by changing copyright law. The proposed changes would allow developers to train AI models on artists’ content found online — without permission or payment — unless creators proactively “opt out.” Not everyone is marching to the same beat, though.

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Music, UK Politics, Protests

6 points by pier25 37 days ago | 1 comments

U.K. Met Office Is "Inventing" Temperature Data from 100 Non-Existent Stations (wordpress.com)
On the 19th July 2024, following correct protocol, I emailed my constituency MP, Rosie Duffield, asking her to forward a report I had produced onto Peter Kyle MP (above) in his capacity of Secretary of State for Science, Information and Technology responsible for the Met Office.

Climate Change, Data Manipulation, UK Politics

15 points by briandear 114 days ago | 2 comments

Proposed amendment to legal presumption about the reliability of computers (postofficescandal.uk)
I am grateful to the journalist Tom Webb, who specialises in data protection, for alerting me to an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, currently going through the House of Lords.

Data Protection, Law, UK Politics

181 points by chrisjj 122 days ago | 223 comments

MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X's role in UK summer riots (theguardian.com)
MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned.

Social Media, Disinformation, UK Politics, Artificial Intelligence

7 points by peutetre 134 days ago | 0 comments

Is the .io top level domain headed for extinction? (computerworld.com)
Message to all organizations that use .io domain names, of which there are currently an estimated 1.6 million: A move announced last week by the new Labour government in the UK could mean you may have to eventually replace that ccTLD (Country Code Top Level Domain).

Domain Names, Internet, UK Politics, Technology

6 points by CydeWeys 176 days ago | 2 comments

Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations (nature.com)
Many UK universities are in a financial crisis. But the government is leaving them to flounder, treating higher education as a private-sector industry and research as a public investment.

Education, UK Politics, Universities, Higher Education, Government Policy

6 points by rntn 188 days ago | 0 comments

UK election day 2024: traffic trends and attacks on political parties (cloudflare.com)

UK Politics, Elections, Cybersecurity, Traffic Analysis

63 points by emot 271 days ago | 7 comments

UK protest candidates: Count Binface, Elmo, a pub in Richmond (independent.co.uk)