Hacker News with Generative AI: UK Politics

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 39 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 47 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 59 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 101 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 113 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 197 days ago | 7 comments

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