Sources: DOGE staff were ordered to stop using Slack while the group moves from the OMB to the Executive Office of the President, which is not subject to FOIA
https://www.404media.co/email/ dc4f2fa1-e993-4f30-aea1-b985998bd90a/ Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : so, Truth Social or X? or are they smart enough to use Signal? [embedded post] Matt Novak / @paleofu...
TTP data: US anti-government militia activity has grown on Facebook, with the platform even auto-generating some group pages, despite users flagging the issue
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts … X: Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj : Important story from @misstes...
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July
tech oligarchs depend heavily on their access in washington, so will do everything they can to keep it. a16z desperately wants washington to legitimize crypto, so they can get a return on their signi...
Social media companies' reliance on Section 230 protections is in jeopardy after a US court ruled TikTok's algorithmic curation is not protected by Section 230
Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act just got torched by the 3rd circuit. — https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ ... Lukasz Olejnik / @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social : US court ruled that when a...
Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts
About this report Google's 2024 Environmental Report provides … Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Google's emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand The Keyword : Our 2024 Environmenta...
Meta will pause the launch of Meta AI in EU after the Irish DPC asked it to delay training its LLMs using adult EU users' public Facebook and Instagram content
Meta pauses AI models launch in Europe due to Irish request | … @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social : 💪🙌💥Public pressure works! #meta delays implementing their AI training of users personal data. — @noybeu...
After Microsoft eroded Windows users' trust with bad practices for years, Recall is a PR disaster, as users remain skeptical despite the company's assurances
inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn't earned Alex / xaitax on GitHub : TotalRecall - a ‘p...
A look at ShadowDragon, which offers social media surveillance tools that gather data from games and more, used by ICE, the State Department, the DEA, and more
Daniel Clemens sits in a darkened room and speaks about why he thinks people should not protest. Mastodon: @jomo@mstdn.io and @josephcox@infosec.exchange X: @twocatsand_docs , @ryanjhaas , @ashleylatk...
The San Francisco Fire Department says two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a patient who later died at a hospital; Cruise denies any fault
Current “autonomous vehicles” are not actually autonomous. They still need backup drivers, just now they sit at computer screens instead of in the vehicles. — https://www.nytimes.com/... @bikemonte...
The FTC proposes barring Meta from monetizing kids' data, accusing the company of violating a 2020 order with its privacy program and COPPA with Messenger Kids
In an announcement today, the agency said that, on top of … Jamey Kistner : 🔒 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed changes to its 2020 privacy order with Facebook, accusing the company of f...