Pat Walshe. Interested in how the processing of data about people, impacts their fundamental rights & freedoms
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨This has been an incredibly long and painstaking piece of work, led by @GazTheJourno who spent months looking at maps, an ungodly number of digital tracking data websites and plotting where various Russian ships had been and how that corresponds to the network of undersea cables.
It’s also one of the last stories I played a part in during my time at @Telegraph.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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Russia has attacked Kyiv with at least 21 ballistic missiles and Ukraine has sent hundreds of drones towards Moscow, hours after Russia said it was ready to resume US-mediated talks with Ukraine next month.
President Zelenskyy said two people had been killed in attacks launched by what he called Russian "humanitarians" in reference to US envoy Steve Witkoff praising Vladimir Putin as a "humanitarian" during their talks yesterday.
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As the White House and Elon Musk point fingers at one another over who restricted Starshield to Ukraine, here are some of the real life repercussions for troops on the front lines.
From @siobhan_ogrady, @carlottagall and @antontroian
nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world…
Still want to claim that Putin is a ‘humanitarian’ and that ‘ Russia has been fine on Ukraine and hasn't been doing much’ @realDonaldTrump @POTUS ?
I await the day you are held accountable.
#SlavaUkraini
Three waves of ballistic missiles have been launched at Kyiv by Russian “humanitarians” since yesterday evening. They used 21 missiles. Unfortunately, numerous sites across the city have been hit and damaged: ordinary residential buildings, energy facilities, infrastructure at one of the railway stations and the metro, shopping malls, and businesses. Even a monastery is among the damaged sites. Our emergency services are working at all the affected locations. Twelve of our regions came under Russian attack overnight. In Kyiv and across the regions, 34 people were injured, including five children. As of now, two people have been confirmed killed. My condolences to their families and loved ones.
Almost immediately after another round of talks, Russia launched a pointed attack. This means there has been no real change in its attitude toward everything that is happening. It is important to keep trying to find the right solutions to end this war. But when Russia responds to negotiations with ballistic missiles, real pressure on Russia is needed to bring about different steps – steps toward ending the killing. Stronger air defenses and the rapid delivery of missiles, the ability to destroy ballistic missile launchers, sanctions over the war – all of this must be in place. I am grateful to everyone who sees the situation for what it is and acknowledges the reality. The aggressor deserves to be treated accordingly. Ukraine deserves support. People's lives deserve protection. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine!
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The next time Nick Clegg in invited onto BBC to pontificate as an independent tech expert…please note that here he is, named in the $27bn New Mexico judgment as one of execs engaged in a systematic cover-up of Facebook’s deceptive consumer practices.
Is this moving the needle @elonmusk ?
Do you feel you have blood on your hands?
I hope the law holds you and Trump accountable for your decisions and actions in restricting the use of Starlink in Ukraine
Russian missiles bombard Kyiv after @SEPeaceMissions Witkoff-Putin talks in which Witkoff praised Putin as a ‘humanitarian’ < shame on Witkoff & Trump
ft.com/content/9f0c58d3-1833…
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SpaceX Investor @GerberKawasaki tells me he’s not only “disgusted…from a humanity perspective” by restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine, but also: “…they've given everybody a reason not to use Starlink, that Starlink isn't reliable for national security for anybody but Trump.”
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woah, it gets worse. In the Meta securities lawsuit for Cambridge Analytica cover-up, plaintiffs just posted deposition list. If they have the courage to 'go to the mat' (as Zuckerberg says) like New Mexico AG has done for over $25B, this could be very, very bad for Team Zuck. 1/3
I wouldn’t buy a #Swasticar
Breaking News: Tesla’s profits slumped as the company poured resources into self-driving cars, humanoid robots and other new technologies. The report comes a day after Elon Musk said he is considering merging Tesla with another of his companies, SpaceX. nyti.ms/47tF90j
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Breaking News: Meta must pay $25 billion, one of the largest penalties levied against the tech giant, for deceiving users about data privacy. nyti.ms/4yvv5yZ
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🧵Five examples of Reddit threads censored by the #OnlineSafetyAct
These examples of age-gating are as troubling as they are absurd...
Every single individual who accesses a person’s medical records without authority should be sacked, if not prosecuted to the extent possible in law.
Data-breach NHS worker told woman she had cancer bbc.in/3U7wg9E
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Around the world, states are using tech to monitor populations, suppress dissent & exert control often without transparency, meaningful oversight or routes to redress.
Our new Global Report on the Authoritarian Use of Technology documents this trend.
privacyinternational.org/rep…
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We’re in the UK Court of Appeal today with @A__W______O , intervening in a case between Clearview AI - provider of facial recognition technology based on scraped data - and the UK’s Data Protection Authority, the ICO 🧵
There should be legal and regulatory action against @elonmusk @Starlink Musk must be held accountable for the harms arising from his actions if this report is true
Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
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Ukraine is being asked to abandon its sovereignty and territorial integrity so that two great powers can more easily help each other overcome the consequences of aggressive wars they should never have started.
And yet we’re still debating the “irresponsibility” of smaller powers
