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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 20m

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 1h

National Guardsman Planned American Caliphate on Discord, Sent 3D Printed Guns to Al Qaeda, Feds Say

‘We don’t want democracy lol. We want caliphate.’ According to court records, an Oklahoma guardsman with a security clearance gave 3D printed firearms to an FBI agent posing as an Al Qaeda contact.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 19h

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Podcast: The Final Boss of AI Slop

We talk all about Sora 2, Apple and Google removing ICE-spotting apps, and a massive update to our Flock reporting.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Cocaine in Private Jets and Sex Toys: What the FBI Found on its Secretly Backdoored Chat App

New leaked documents show how the FBI convinced a judge to let its partners collect a mass of encrypted messages from thousands of phones around the world.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Can You Win a Congressional Seat Without Social Media?

Carleigh Beriont is running for Congress as an “anti-social Democrat” and she thinks the party needs to abandon social media nationally also.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Behind the Blog: Open-Source Drama and Saudi-Approved Humor

This week, we discuss characters in open source, that Saudi comedy festival, and asking ourselves if we're haters.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 6d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” the developer said.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Government Shutdown Causes Even More Confusion for U.S. Visa Applicants

Some services needed for immigration applications, like H-1B and E3 visas, no longer have funding, while others are still operational — for now.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 7d

People Are Farming and Selling Sora 2 Invite Codes on eBay

Sora 2 code infinite money glitch.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 8d

404 Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation Sue DHS

Both organizations are seeking a copy of a data sharing agreement that is giving the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients to ICE.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Podcast: Landlords Demand Your Workplace Logins to Scrape Paystubs

How companies working for landlords are scraping data inside corporate environments; lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught); and all the Ruby drama.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 8d

A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas

A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 8d

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 9d

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Landlords Demand Tenants’ Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs

Screenshots shared with 404 Media show tenant screening services ApproveShield and Argyle taking much more data than they need. “Opt-out means no housing.”

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Behind the Blog: Behind 404 Media's ICE Lawsuit

This week, we discuss being journalism dorks, our new lawsuit against ICE, and working on bullshit.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies

Moderators reversed course on its open door AI policy after fans filled the subreddit with AI-generated Dale Cooper slop.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 13d

The SIM Farm Hardware Seized by the Secret Service Is Also Popular With Ticket Scalpers

The tech the Secret Service claims can be used to "disable cell phone towers" is very commonly used by ticket scalpers to game Ticketmaster.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 14d

How Surveillance Firms Use ‘Democracy’ As a Cover for Serving ICE and Trump

Multiple Palantir and Flock sources say the companies are spinning a commitment to "democracy" to absolve them of responsibility. "In my eyes, it is the classic double speak," one said.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 15d

‘Find My Parking Cops’ Tracks Officers Handing Out Tickets All Around San Francisco

"Find My Parking Cops" pins the near-realtime locations of parking officers all over the city, and shows what they're issuing fines for, and how much.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Podcast: We're Suing ICE. Here's Why

Our lawsuit against ICE; the rise of AI 'workslop'; Steam's malicious game problem; and Silk Song.

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404 Media @feed.www.404media.co.ap.brid.gy · 16d

We’re Suing ICE for its $2 Million Spyware Contract

404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

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