Manu Luksch

(3) We can't hide from technology, but instead of restricting kids' autonomy, we need to make the companies pay by forcing safe feeds and building digital resilience.

Home - Open City Documentary Festival Celebrating the art of non-fiction, Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers.

We are excited to launch our 2026 programme! The 16th edition will take place from April 14th-19th at the ICA, Barbican, BFI, Bertha Dochouse, Rich Mix and Close-Up Film Centre.

Featuring 125 films & 16 Expanded Realities projects, our full programme is now live - book now!

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The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Incredible video by the Norwegian Consumer Council #Entshittification #disruption vimeo.com/1168468796

Former TikTok employee accuses company of bullying, harassment and union busting Along with four of her former colleagues, Lynda Ouazar is launching legal action against TikTok. This is the second court case TikTok is facing from former UK employees in recent months.

#SocialMediaOnTrail - content moderators, bereaved parents, addicted users struggling with mental health issues. It's a defining moment news.sky.com/story/former...

Demand Secretary Of State Steve Reed Stop The Brick Lane Data Centre! Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

It's ironic that a #datacentre should diminish street life in Bricklane, which was home to the early digerati scene in the 90ies, if the developers proposal gets a go ahead c.org/Sw9Q6stMqQ

Hackney Coalition against Palantir This is a short summary of Hackney KONP’s work with the Hackney Coalition against Palantir from Marion Macalpine.With growing interest in Palantir as it is introduced for data purposes into a number o...

Best moment to join the campaign against commissions for #Palantir #NHS keepournhspublic.com/hackney-coal...

Screening of ‘Working Girls’ by Paromita Vohra The London Premiere of 'Working Girls' by the esteemed Director Paromita Vohra

Excited to see that the docu 'Working Girls' by #ParomitaVohra will be screened in London SAVE THE DATE 17 Feb www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-...

Revealed: Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency Exclusive: Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts, including management services for Britain's nuclear deterrent, with MPs warning of 'gapin...

Summary: 😱 UK tax money funds American right-wing via US tech billionaire - besides #TheNerve 's key point that 😱 #Palantir ’s “strategic partnership” with the #MoD is creating vulnerabilities www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to enjoy clean lakes,...

Sign this petition to make big #water polluters to clean up their act @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...

Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax wealth now It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.

Save health and education infrastructure and #TaxTheRich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

Beats Kebab ft. Arfoud Brothers and Sisters Tickets | From Free | 31 Jan @ SJQ, London | DICE BEATS KEBAB PARTY, where a fusion of global rhythms meets the dance floor. Beats Kebab invites the band “Arfoud Brothers & Sisters” for this special night o...

#livemusic #Arfoud meets #London link.dice.fm/PwnMPG6if0b

AI in the street: Lessons from everyday encounters with AI innovation · Luma What do smart bins, data centres, and delivery drones have in common — and how do everyday publics make sense of them? Join us at Newspeak House to explore AI…

27 Jan 2026 4pm at Newspeak House Workshop&Presentation of the 'AI in the Street' project, which explored how data-intensive and AI technologies show up in people’s physical environments #London #AI @braiduk.bsky.social @connectedbydata.org luma.com/p4fmir78

Since there seems to be, for some reason, a new influx of Bluesky users (welcome!)...

If you're interested in data and AI, you might like to follow members of the Data and AI Civil Society Network set up by @connectedbydata.org

Starter Pack: bsky.app/starter-pack...
List: bsky.app/profile/gavi...

Email your MP about raising the social media age to 16

#smartphonefreechildhood #socialmediafreechildhood smartphonefreechildhood.eaction.org.uk/raise-the-age

AI for Social Impact Initiative AI for Social Impact Initiative A collaboration between CARE Austria & Ars Electronica Photo: Consensus Gentium / Karen Palmer (GB) Projects that explore how artificial intelligence can foster tangibl...

Working on an #Ai based concept for social good? this open call is for you! ars.electronica.art/prix/en/ai-f...

AI in the street: Lessons from everyday encounters with AI innovation · Luma What do smart bins, data centres, and delivery drones have in common — and how do everyday publics make sense of them? Join us at Newspeak House to explore AI…

Join us for a conversation based on the findings of #AI #publicvoices @braiduk.bsky.social AI in the Street project 27 Jan 2025 #London luma.com/p4fmir78

Laughed so heartily while reading this that I nearly choked to death

CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SURVEILLED SPACE - artistic intervention in CCTV monitored urban neighbourhoods YouTube video by lux

Choreography for surveilled space - an artistic intervention from 20 years ago 😉 youtu.be/ycvcDEfrqq4

Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed by controversial tycoon’s committee

#Fifa ’s abuse of power and 🤢 Infantino‘s love affairs with authoritarian rulers are such display of decadence, greed and lack of culture
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

10.12.2025 #Hamburg You are invited to our #filmscreening of Dreams Rewired www.metropoliskino.de/home?film=3219

save the date 4 Dec 2025 and join online a celebration of women #humanrightsdefenders #mena www.alternativehrexpo.org

Thurrock Council - say no to Google's plan for a monster new Data Centre Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission!

#Google wants to build an enormous new #datacentre in #Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of #CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission! @thurrockscouts.org.uk www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...

New investigation. "Nobody Talks Like This: Meet 50 AI-Powered Propaganda Accounts in Sudan's Social Media War"

How 50 AI-generated accounts are flooding Twitter with pro-UAE and anti-Muslim (Brotherhood) propaganda on Sudan's civil war

marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal... #disinformation

New Analysis: How Google's Gemini Al is Learning Pro-Israel #Disinformation From Social Media

"The fact that LLMs so readily and rapidly reproduce disinformation based on a few unsupported viral rumours on social media, ratified by a questionable news source, is alarming"

#gazagenocide

Terrorist picnic I got arrested again on Saturday.

"Absurd and deadly serious", the proscription of #PalestineAction and mass arrests of citizens. thanks @chrishaughton for this close up write up substack.com/@chrishaught...

Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with palettes visible inside.

Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Physical Archive! 🏛️

📚🎶🎞️ See how books, music, & film go from donation to preservation.

📆 Oct 21
🕕 6 PM – 8 PM
📍 IN-PERSON: 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...

#Wayback1T

instead the job was done by ExH Productions based in Dubai "discretion is at the heart of everything we do" ... crazy propaganda!

TV programme featuring arts projects about surveillance and censorship YouTube video by lux

Farsi television programme about two of my art projects about data protection #DPA, #censorship and lack of political #transparency - from 16 years ago! ... and still trying to crunch it 🤷‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OP...

Pride und freien Protest schützen! Ausbreitung von biometrischer Massenüberwachung stoppen Ob die Pride-Parade dieses Jahr in Budapest stattfinden kann, war lange unklar. Die ungarische Regierung wollte mit einer queerfeindlichen Gesetzesänderung die Parade verhindern. Alle, die die Parade ...

Gegen biometrische Massenüberwachung unterzeichnen! #AlgorithmWatch #CCTV #biometric #surveillance weact.campact.de/petitions/pr...

More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000

“Our government is not only arming a #genocide, they are using terrorism laws to silence people who speak out.“ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...