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Ian Birrell

@ianbirrell
6 posts
2024-12-01
Elon Musk, tech titan and supposed defender of free speech, is accusing Britain of being a police state - while he cuddles up to China's dictatorship to advance commercial interests as Beijing uses technology to ratchet up repression of its 1.4bn citizens
2024-12-01 View on X
Financial Times

Some UK policymakers worry about Elon Musk complicating UK-US ties, as his diatribes against the Labour government extend well beyond tech and free speech

A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’ Bluesky: @edwardluce , @pickardje , and @bondhack X: @...

2024-10-02
Good piece looking at the terrible human cost that lies behind the fortune of Britain's richest woman @ByRobDavies https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2024-10-02 View on X
The Guardian

A profile of Denise Coates, the UK's richest woman, who founded online gambling company Bet365, which had £3B+ in 2023 revenue, as she focuses on a US expansion

She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. X: @byrobdavies , @ianbirrell , and @thecullobsidian X: Rob Da...

2021-12-02
Wilson Edwards, the ‘Swiss biologist’ who did not exist yet wrote a blog undermining efforts to investigate the pandemic origins that was rapidly promoted by Chinese state media. Good to see Beijing's disinformation campaign exposed https://www.vice.com/...
2021-12-02 View on X
Washington Post

In its end-of-year threat report, Meta says it took down several global disinformation networks, including anti-vaccine groups and groups linked to state actors

The takedowns described in the company's latest threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating

2021-08-11
So despite what you may have read, those racist tweets during the Euros largely came from UK accounts that were not anonymous https://blog.twitter.com/...
2021-08-11 View on X
Engadget

Instagram introduces anti-hate speech tools to let users limit comments and requests on popular posts, following abuse towards England soccer players

Instagram has introduced new features called Limits and Hidden Words designed to reduce hate and abuse on trending posts, the company  —  announced.

2020-04-07
Great. But if Apple and other tech giants had paid their fair share of taxes then state health and care systems might have been a bit stronger https://twitter.com/...
2020-04-07 View on X
9to5Mac

Tim Cook says Apple has now sourced 20M+ masks for healthcare workers from its supply chain and has designed and will ship face shields at a rate of 1M/week

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :

2020-04-06
Great. But if Apple and other tech giants had paid their fair share of taxes then state health and care systems might have been a bit stronger https://twitter.com/...
2020-04-06 View on X
9to5Mac

Tim Cook says Apple has now sourced 20M+ masks for healthcare workers from its supply chain and has designed and will ship face shields at a rate of 1M/week

Tim Cook is back with another update on Apple's ongoing efforts to help healthcare professionals amid the COVID-19 outbreak.