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Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt resigns after Partygate grilling

Geidt said: ‘I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post’ after questions over whether PM broke ministerial code

The Guardian - UK

New crisis for Boris Johnson as ethics adviser quits

Calls for prime minister to quit after second custodian of ministerial code stands down

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's ethics chief Lord Geidt resigns after he's blocked from investigating PM

Lord Geidt has become the second Independent Advisor on the Ministerial Code to resign since Mr Johnson became PM.

Daily Mirror

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‘Reasonable’ to suggest PM may have broken code over Partygate, says ethics adviser

Lord Geidt implies to Commons committee he did not have power to investigate Boris Johnson’s potential breach of lockdown rules

The Guardian - UK

Johnson's ethics adviser fails to deny he considered quitting over partygate

BORIS Johnson’s independent ethics adviser has refused to deny he considered resigning over the Prime Minister’s response to the partygate…

The National (Scotland)

Johnson’s ethics adviser fails to deny he considered resignation

Lord Geidt told MPs he had felt “frustration’ following the PM’s response to the Sue Gray report into lockdown parties in Downing Street.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's ethics advisor admits he's 'asset of the PM' and not fully independent

Lord Geidt’s role is directly appointed by the Prime Minister, who retains the sole power to judge whether the rules have been broken and impose sanctions

Daily Mirror

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Facial recognition technology: how it's being used in Ukraine and why it's still so controversial

Facial recognition technology is being used in warfare for the first time. It could be a game changer in Ukraine, where it is being used to identify the dead and reunite families. But if we fail to grapple with the ethics of this technology now, we could find ourselves in…

The Conversation

Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser hints he would have launched Partygate inquiry if power existed

But Lord Geidt criticised over a failure to investigate leak of Northern Ireland Protocol legal advice – arguing that ‘rests with government’

The Independent UK

Tech & Science Daily: Does Google’s AI chatbot have feelings? & we’re at London Tech Week 2022

Theo Blackwell MBE, London’s Chief Digital Officer has been speaking to us at London Tech Week, about the ethics behind using AI.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s former anti-corruption tsar calls for urgent lobbying reform

John Penrose, who quit last week, says ethics adviser should also have more scope over any breaches by PM

The Guardian - UK

Giuliani faces ethics charge

The charges were brought against Giuliani by the District of Columbia bar

Salon

Rudy Giuliani faces ethics charges over Trump election role

Rudy Giuliani was one of Donald Trump’s primary lawyers during Trump's failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

House Jan. 6 panel revelation on pardons raises questions

WASHINGTON — A House select committee revealed Thursday that “multiple” Republican members of Congress had requested pardons from former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — but only named one of them.

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House Jan. 6 panel revelation on pardons raises questions - Roll Call

Cheney’s accusation opened up questions about pardons and how laws and ethical rules will apply to lawmakers after the panel investigation.

Tribune News Service

Brinc Drones CEO apologizes for long-abandoned attack drones project

After publication of a front-page Seattle Times feature Sunday on Brinc Drones and its remarkable 22-year-old CEO Blake Resnick, a drone technology expert drew attention in a social media post to a December story by the investigative journalism outlet The Intercept — a much darker tale about an earlier Resnick…

Reuters

Vatican unveils investment ethics body as corruption trial drags on

The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled a committee to oversee the ethics of its investments, even as a corruption trial related to a botched London real estate deal in which it lost more than 200 millions euros continued.

Newslaundry

IT rules draft proposal to set up grievance committee goes live for public feedback

The information technology ministry has invited public feedback on proposed amendments to the Information Technology Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021. The proposed amendments include the creation of a Grievance Appellate Committee, which is supposed to hear appeals against the decision of grievance officers. The 2021 rules…

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The Independent UK

GOP incumbents face House primaries in Democratic California

A slate of Republican U.S. House members in heavily Democratic California are facing primary challengers on Tuesday in races that will help determine control of Congress

The Independent UK

New panels want to talk ethics, rules of climate tinkering

The idea of tinkering with the air to cool Earth's ever-warming climate seems to be gaining momentum

The Guardian - UK

Taser abandons plans to build stun gun-equipped drones for schools

Flying stun gun plan in response to US school shootings was expression of potential, not launch timetable, says CEO

Input

Axon's ethics board resigns over CEO's dystopic Taser drone plan

Axon CEO, Rick Smith, announced his horrifying 'solution' to school shootings late last week.

The Independent UK

Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign

Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, says it is halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone

The Conversation

Why are so many big tech whistleblowers women? Here is what the research shows

A number of high-profile whistleblowers in the technology industry have stepped into the spotlight in the past few years. For the most part, they have been revealing corporate practices that thwart the public interest: Frances Haugen exposed personal data exploitation at Meta, Timnit Gebru and Rebecca Rivers challenged Google on…

The Independent UK

Taser-maker pauses plan to arm drones in US schools after ethics board outcry

Nine members of ethics board resign from panel in protest

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