Nick Pickles
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Chief Policy Officer, @tfh_technology. Former VP of Global Affairs for X. Board @bbcmediaaction. Sometimes take photos of bands.
Joined February 2009
As AI transforms our world, @alexblania and the @tfh_technology team are at the forefront of building an essential layer to our connections - proof of personhood. That’s an ambitious mission and an increasingly urgent one, and is why I’m joining the team as Chief Policy Officer.
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After more than ten years, tomorrow will be my last day at X. It's been an incredible journey. The constant across my time at Twitter and X has been the amazing people I've worked with inside and outside the company. It's been a privilege to lead the @globalaffairs team and I.
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Well, Mr Sales Development Representative, you would be mistaken.
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I was working at V Festival, 2009 at what turned out to be the last @oasis show. Time for a new chapter.
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An update on our work following the terrorist attack on Israel.
In the past couple of days, we’ve seen an increase in daily active users on @X in the conflict area, plus there have been more than 50 million posts globally focusing on the weekend’s terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas. As the events continue to unfold rapidly, a cross-company.
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Anonymisation is a critical policy issue, but standards differ globally. How it's adressed will be fundamental to protecting people's privacy in the future - here is a path forward that protects privacy and enables innovation.
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A @Rickontour @glastonbury eclipse from a few years back!
Photographers, let me see your "other" eclipse photos. Here's one of my favs of Darius Rucker at Hootiefest last year.
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"But imperfect though it might be, Twitter is providing a model for a fairer, more transparent way to correct untruths and provide missing context on the internet.". @ftopinion on @CommunityNotes .
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Thank you to the Government leaders, experts, businesses and NGOs in Indonesia who joined us to mark the launch of World ID this week!.
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The facts on our Trust & Safety work and how we’re continuing to enforce our rules. 🧵👇.
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🔺 NEW: Bringing cake into the office should be seen as being as socially unacceptable as inflicting passive smoking on your colleagues, Britain’s top food regulator has said
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"If one court can impose speech-restrictive rules on the entire Internet—despite direct conflicts with laws a foreign jurisdiction as well as international human rights principles—the norms of expectations of all internet users are at risk." @EFF .
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Best team on the night won. Southgate took us so far, so much to be proud of. Something new needed to get us to the next level. #ThreeLions.
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The @tfh_technology policy team is hiring! . US & Canada lead: Europe lead: UK & Ireland lead:
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Important discussions across two days in San Francisco with @EU_Commission ahead of the DSA coming into force in August.
Today we shared an update on key areas of our DSA preparations with @ThierryBreton @EU_Commission with @ElonMusk and @lindayacc. We are on track to be ready when the DSA comes into force.
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Looking forward to HumanX next week in Vegas, talking about the global landscape of AI policy and regulations.
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"A new sense of values took, for the time being, possession of human minds, and mortal existence presented itself to so many at the same moment in its serenity and in its sorrow, in its splendour and in its pain, in its fortitude and in its suffering." . Winston Churchill.
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More transparency to build trust - today we’re open sourcing our code, and providing detail on how our recommendation algorithm works.
Today marks a new era of transparency for Twitter. 🧵. We’re sharing much of the source code that powers our platform with the world. Visit our blog to learn more about this initiative:
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In the Hamilton sequel nobody was expecting, today’s timeline has somehow gone from American scientists suggesting adding salt to tea to conscription being reintroduced for the British Army.
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Important update for researchers on Twitter’s work to expand data sharing 👇.
Today, researchers from around the world can apply to join the Twitter Moderation Research Consortium (TMRC). We’ll continue to share data on manipulation campaigns identified and disrupted by our teams, and over time, other content moderation data.
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An important collaboration announced today with a wide range of companies and services - protecting elections requires efforts across the tech and media ecosystem.
Working with industry peers, including those in the GenAI space, is critical to develop a robust approach to protecting elections in 2024 and beyond.
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Timely update on our work to protect elections 👇.
X has a responsibility to put the right systems in place to ensure our communities have access to open, accurate, and safe political discourse. That’s why we’re hiring more people, updating our policies, and evolving our product. Read more below:.
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Important reminder from @SenToddYoung that technology is built on values, and that the US and it's allies must "develop a liberal, democratic market for technology that reinforces. privacy, transparency, safety, property rights, freedom of speech, and religion.".
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Today we’re publishing data on our rules enforcement from H1 2022.
Transparency is fundamental to everything we do at Twitter. As we review our approach to transparency reporting for the future, today we’re publishing our 21st report, with data on our policy enforcement for the first half of 2022. Read more here:
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Important update on our work in Turkey.
We are today sharing an update on our approach in Turkey. We were in negotiation with the Turkish Government throughout last week, who made clear to us Twitter was the only social media service not complying in full with existing court orders. We received what we believed to be.
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Timely and important paper looking at the challenges - and tradeoffs - of age assurance proposals.
Policymakers want to protect children online, but to do that, tech companies must determine who is a child. Today, @jsbrennen and I published a report that provides recs for policymakers on this issue. Our @techpolicy_unc published the report with @cgousu. Here are 3 takeaways.
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Twitter’s continued support for the #ChristchurchCall and empowering research.
As the online violent extremism landscape continues to evolve, the #ChristchurchCall remains as critical as ever. We must continue to strengthen our efforts to address these challenges in a way that protects a free, Open Internet.
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Ticket scalping is a prime example of how AI and bots is negatively impacting consumers - and how limiting ticket sales to verified humans could solve these issues.
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Continuing to do more to tackle hateful conduct - new data 👇.
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Protecting consumers, Governments and businesses requires a different approach for the age of AI. 👇.
We've published a new blog: Mitigating fraud on online marketplaces and platforms in the age of AI with World ID. Online fraud cost the world over $1 trillion last year, and AI is making it easier to exploit digital platforms at scale. Traditional ID systems aren’t keeping up
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There is a reason these provisions are called Hostage laws. They do little to change services, while encouraging non-democratic efforts to control the internet.
This amendment will be a disaster for freedom of expression and Britain's digital sector. It will force tech bosses to be extremely censorious to avoid falling foul of Ofcom and ending up in jail. It will encourage start-ups to base themselves outside of the UK. 🧵
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My @thetimes column: Government actions speak louder than words in fight for free speech: .
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Good to have @felixwhite and @hugowhitenoise back!.
‘Worn Out Buildings’ is OUT NOW!!. Thank you to all the people who have helped get us here. We are all extremely happy to have music out in the world. Lots of love, 86TVs.
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Good news for the #OpenInternet.
I thank my Administration and all Member States for putting their trust in me to lead @ITU as its next Secretary General. Let's Connect and Unite!
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@duncan_2qq Such sad news, he will be dearly missed. Impossible to quantify the impact he has had on so many issues.
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Kudos to @lawrencetheband for their testimony. Long overdue for need scrutiny on so many of these issues.
"Why is it standard for Live Nation to take a 20% commission on our merchandise sales, while we never receive a cent of their ancillary revenues like concessions, alcohol and parking?". Singer-songwriter Clyde Lawrence scrutinized the ticket giant's pay practices
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Controversial.
ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YORKSHIRE BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE HIVES?!
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