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Heather Burns — 科技政策写作者。

历史的年龄审查

YouTube、Reddit等平台将9·11历史影像标注为"成人内容"并设置年龄验证,引发幸存者强烈不满。作者Heather Burns亲历9·11,认为这些档案是历史而非"内容",年龄限制等于审查和 silencing 亲历者声音。 她指出此举开了先例,未来更多历史资料可能被隐藏。
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我这是怎么了?——一位科技政策倡导者的自白

英国科技政策倡导者Heather Burns家门口被激进人士敲门后,Techdirt转载她的文章让她觉得坚持值得。 去年她因隐私倡导工作引发争议,有人查到她住址并上门激烈对峙,随后几周不得不与警方打交道并升级家庭安防。 这次事件让她重新审视自己工作的意义,而Techdirt对她关于Meta青少年安全规则文章的转载,成了黑暗中的一丝慰藉。
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Safe to call out this bullshit

英国科技政策专家Heather Burns推荐Martin Calladine的调查报道,揭露强制 nudity detection 软件背后的公司财务造假与政治游说黑幕。 该文章通过挖掘财报数据,指出涉事公司在英国实际收入极低却获得政府背书,且背后有右翼政客投资。内容涉及隐私政策、政府监管与企业合规的冲突,适合关注数字权利和科技伦理的读者。
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大胆揭露这场闹剧:关于强制裸体检测软件背后的黑幕

英国科技政策专家Heather Burns推荐Martin Calladine的调查报道,揭露强制 nudity detection 软件背后的公司财务造假与政治游说黑幕。 该文章通过挖掘财报数据,指出涉事公司在英国实际收入极低却获得政府背书,且背后有右翼政客投资。内容涉及隐私政策、政府监管与企业合规的冲突,适合关注数字权利和科技伦理的读者。
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The kids with phones are alright

以苏格兰地铁反偷拍视频为例,批评针对青少年的手机禁令政策。指出这种监管忽视了现实中的权力动态与个人安全需求,反而让施害者受特权保护。 作者结合个人经历,强调赋予年轻人使用手机的自主权及韧性比空洞的保护更重要。
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拥有手机的孩子们其实没问题

以苏格兰地铁反偷拍视频为例,批评针对青少年的手机禁令政策。指出这种监管忽视了现实中的权力动态与个人安全需求,反而让施害者受特权保护。 作者结合个人经历,强调赋予年轻人使用手机的自主权及韧性比空洞的保护更重要。
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Going bla bla bla about wtf

I had a natter with David Meyer about the past fortnight in UK tech policy drama. We did this deliberately as a casual chat, as opposed to a techlaw deep dive, so don’t expect anything too heavy. (I h...
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Going bla bla bla about wtf

I had a natter with David Meyer about the past fortnight in UK tech policy drama. We did this deliberately as a casual chat, as opposed to a techlaw deep dive, so don’t expect anything too heavy. (I h...
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The Nerve of this woman

Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety I wrote for The Nerve about the past fortnight in UK tech policy. I know a lot of people expected me to have a lot o...
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The Nerve of this woman

Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety I wrote for The Nerve about the past fortnight in UK tech policy. I know a lot of people expected me to have a lot o...
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You can walk away.

“Power absent ethics rests on an unshakable ability and desire to punish active resistance – to beat and arrest and try to ruin the lives of people who block freeways and set up encampments and confro...
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You can walk away.

“Power absent ethics rests on an unshakable ability and desire to punish active resistance – to beat and arrest and try to ruin the lives of people who block freeways and set up encampments and confro...
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Grassware

On technology that needs to get into a very cold sea.
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Born Crotchety

I spoke with The National about the proposed UK social media ban for teenagers. That’s an archive link due to their unfortunate adwall. There’s nothing I offered in my delightfully crotchety comments ...
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Born Crotchety

I spoke with The National about the proposed UK social media ban for teenagers. That’s an archive link due to their unfortunate adwall. There’s nothing I offered in my delightfully crotchety comments ...
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The language is leaving me

I love this short open-access paper from danah boyd where she suggests shifting the term we use to describe social media.
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