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- Aug 27, 2026
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- Jul 28, 2026
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The problem with making public data pay for itself (opens the original)
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The government is looking at whether public bodies should have more freedom to charge for access to their data, and we’ve responded to its call for evidence. There are good reasons to be cautious about this. Peter Wells has written about some of them: charging reduces the number of people who can make use of public data, while adding new costs around licensing and administration. In our fragmented public data report we recognise that public bodies can already spend considerable time publishing d
The ICO is changing: it’s an ideal time to demand better (opens the original)
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Tl;dr: the governance model of the ICO is changing and FOI isn’t well-represented in their new strategy. Here is how it could be made better. Freedom of Information gives us the power to ask public authorities for information about their work. It has been used to uncover wrongdoing, scrutinise how public money is spent, and give communities the evidence they need to hold public bodies to account. Also, when public servants know that their decisions and records may be subject to public scrutiny,
What do we need to better understand government use of AI? (opens the original)
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We think it should be easier to reliably answer the basic questions: what AI systems are public bodies using? How are those systems affecting people? To help civil society actors work out how to get better answers to these questions, we brought together people working across academia, law, journalism, technology and public policy to discuss the challenges involved in scrutinising government use of AI. We asked about what useful infrastructure already exists, and where the gaps are, and where par
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