An analysis of 50 Telegram “election integrity” channels with 500K+ users finds disinformation, conspiracy theories, and violent imagery before the US election
Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand …
How Spain relies on the VioGén algorithm to score the likelihood of recurring domestic violence and decide protection measures, with at times fatal consequences
Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again … X: @tdietterich , @stevebholt , @ichbinilya , @noisejockey , @ichbin...
Leaked internal messages from 2020 and 2021 detail Huawei's efforts to lobby Greek officials; filings: Huawei's 2022 sales in Greece rose 56% YoY to €258M
Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
Margrethe Vestager is stepping down as the EU's competition chief to run for a job at the EIB, and justice commissioner Didier Reynders will now assume the role
Starlink's dominance of satellite internet raises alarms about Elon Musk's growing geopolitical sway; Starlink has 4,500+ satellites, or 50%+ of all satellites
The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
Starlink's near total control of satellite internet is raising global alarms; 4,500+ Starlink satellites are in orbit, accounting for 50%+ of active satellites
The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
A look at the cottage industry of Russian tech contractors, many owned by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for use by the FSB
Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. Mastodon: @Mer__edith@mastodon.world . Twitter: @ma...
UK convenience stores are increasingly using facial recognition tech to combat shoplifting, which critics say is a disproportionate solution for minor crimes
British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it. Mastodon: @carnage...
Meta contractor Sama plans to close its east African content moderation hub in March, cutting ~200 staff; Meta will employ 1,500 Sama staff for data labelling
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How Geneva-based VPN startup Proton's ~25 engineers are fighting Russian censorship, a back-and-forth battle since the government blocked Proton in March 2022
The cat-and-mouse experience of Proton, a Swiss company, shows what it's like to be targeted by Russian censors — and what it takes to fight back. Tweets: @satariano , @hatr , @pro...
A look at Portugal's Meia Praia beach, a haven where crypto supporters gather, creating a bubble of optimism about digital currencies amid crypto's downturn
Adam Satariano / New York Times : Tweets: @diditaihuttu , @alleenbrown , and @satariano Tweets: @diditaihuttu : Yes @BamBamBeach is helping people to understand the evolution of m...
A look at Germany's hate speech laws, more restrictive than other Western countries, as 1,000+ are charged or punished since 2018 for online speech crimes
Battling far-right extremism, Germany has gone further than any other Western democracy to prosecute individuals for what they say online … Tweets: @satariano , @kashhill , @kashhi...
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power
Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. Tweets: @paulmozur , @bbhorne , @bbhorne , @fcdservicea_llc , ...
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power
Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. Tweets: @paulmozur , @bbhorne , @bbhorne , @fcdservicea_llc , ...
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power
Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. Tweets: @paulmozur , @bbhorne , @bbhorne , @fcdservicea_llc , ...
Russia has been rerouting internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through domestic networks since June, blocking uncensored information and services
New York Times :
Russia has been rerouting internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through domestic networks since June, blocking uncensored information and services
New York Times :
Russia has been rerouting internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through domestic networks since June, blocking uncensored information and services
New York Times :
Russia has been rerouting internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through domestic networks since June, blocking uncensored information and services
New York Times :
As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the past few years, the US has enacted only two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years
one for children's privacy and the other for ridding sites of sex-trafficking content —in the past 25 years.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Chris O'Brien / @obrien : EU policymakers,...