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'We need to put the tech bros back in their box,' says Baroness Beeban Kidron

In this edition, one of the world’s leading campaigners against the increasing influence of Big Tech describes it as “generational injustice against children”. Baroness Beeban Kidron abandoned her thirty-year career as a world-renowned filmmaker, to challenge Big Tech, though she says it’s not necessarily the technology that is at fault,…

France 24

Keir Starmer’s attempts to placate big tech were a disaster. Andy Burnham must take a stand

Labour came to power promising to tackle Silicon Valley and stand up to its lobby. But from workers’ rights to online privacy it has failed at almost every turn, says crossbench peer Beeban Kidron

The Guardian - UK

‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and she’s furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse

The Guardian - UK

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Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns

Molly Rose Foundation says government should instead set strict safety standards for apps

The Guardian - UK

Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister

Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government response

The Guardian - UK

Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright

People rightly want to get get paid for their work, says Liz Kendall, in apparent change of tack to predecessor

The Guardian - UK

Moral Panic About Rough Sex Gives Way to Censorship in the UK

British regulators and lawmakers are hot on a measure that would make possessing or publishing strangulation porn a crime.

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Top UK artists urge Starmer to protect their work on eve of Trump visit

Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Elton John among creatives arguing that Labour’s AI proposals could result in ‘an artist’s life work to be stolen’

The Guardian - UK

UK should act to stop children getting hooked on social media ‘dopamine loops’

Beeban Kidron says it is not ‘nanny state’ to prevent firms investing billions on making platforms addictive from targeting under-18s

The Guardian - UK

Robots on the charts — will AI be a fatal blow to the music industry, or be an unlikely shot in the arm?

Scary as the threat is, AI might never quite steal the human soul of music, reports Will Rogers-Coltman

Evening Standard

UK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI

Peer accuses ministers of lying as government dismisses Lords’ request to make firms reveal what materials they use

The Guardian - UK

Peers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI

Government suffers fifth defeat in House of Lords over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material

The Guardian - UK

We have a chance to prevent AI decimating Britain’s creative industries – but it’s slipping away

The government has doubled down on a plans that would allow mass cultural theft, but we are fighting it at every stage, says crossbench peer Beeban Kidron

The Guardian - UK

Government suffers third defeat over copyright protection against AI

Peers voted 287 to 118 to amend the Data (Use and Access) Bill

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Evening Standard

Government defeated for third time in Lords over copyright protection against AI

The House of Lords supported by 287 votes to 118, majority 169, an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill.

The Guardian - UK

Lords examine new amendment to data bill to require AI firms declare use of copyrighted content

It circumvents financial privilege grounds on which earlier version was rejected by MPs on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content

Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill

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UK House of Lords backs amendment to AI bill thanks to peer vote that forces companies to reveal copyrighted material used in training AI models

The UK government doesn't seem to want to give people credit for their work in the name of progress. How good is the British museum, btw?

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Evening Standard

Government defeated over copyright protections against AI models

A Bridget Jones director told peers that creatives could have their work used to train AI models without them knowing about it or being paid for it.

The Guardian - UK

House of Lords pushes back against government’s AI plans

Peers back amendment to data bill requiring AI companies to reveal which copyrighted material they have used

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Elton John and '400 artists' appeal government to introduce AI copyright laws

Legendary musician Sir Elton John has joined forces with over 400 fellow artists to voice growing concerns over copyright protection in an era increasingly

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’

The Guardian - UK

Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote

Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industries

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright

Exclusive: Government will promise to carry out an economic impact assessment of its proposals

The Guardian - UK

UK’s top universities received £2.8m worth of funding from Meta last year

Campaigners urged universities to be more cautious in their engagement with Facebook’s owner

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