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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 16h

Good job Sora 2 has watermarks on its videos (people have already made tools that instantly remove the watermark)

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Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

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404 Media @404media.co · 19h

NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.

Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

On top of all of this, and separately: Since we published this story, the Sheriff I talked to and who has been the main figure in this has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing his employees and for aggravated perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury about it

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 20h

The court records show that the facts of the case are far worse than we initially reported. It was a "death investigation" into a "nonviable fetus," the police asked the district attorney if they could charge her for taking the pills. The search happened TWO WEEKS after she took the pills

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

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Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 20h

New from 404 Media: police used a nationwide network of Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, said it was for her 'safety'. But new docs show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation' into the fetus
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Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: Trump's tariffs mean the libraries can't get their loaned books back. "They can't ship them back to us because their carrier either is flat out refusing to ship anything to the U.S., or they're citing not being able to handle the tariff situation."
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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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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d

Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock, both Google and Apple have removed a similar app for reporting ICE raids called Red Dot.

Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.

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 @404media.co · 4d

New: Google removed an ICE-spotting app after calling ICE agents a vulnerable group. A immigration support group on the ground in Chicago, the current focus of ICE, said they were using the app to source tips, called Red Dot. Apple removed that app too
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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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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

People keep replying to the articles about the ICE-spotting app removals with other tech solutions, when the article includes comment from a long running immigration support group who says use a hotline. Funny disconnect between online and people on the ground www.404media.co/google-calls...

Brandon Lee, communications lead at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, told 404 Media some of the organization’s teams have used Red Dot and similar apps as a way of taking tips. But the organization recommends people call its hotline to report ICE activity. That hotline has been around since 2011, Lee said. “The thing that takes time is the infrastructure of trust and training that goes into follow-up, confirmation, and legal and community support for impacted families, which we in Illinois have been building up over time,” he added.
“But I will say that at the end of the day it's important for all people of conscience to use their skills to shine some light on ICE's operations, given the agency's lack of transparency and overall lack of accountability,” he said, referring to ICE-spotting apps.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

Google has determined that ICE agents are a vulnerable group and has used this designation as pretext to delete an app that helped communities determine where ICE raids were happening

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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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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

Very weird to have self righteous Android users in my replies about the Apple removal bsky.app/profile/jose...

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
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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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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-calls...

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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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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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 t...

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404 Media @404media.co · 5d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

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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 t...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

Updated with Apple statement. Apple said it removed other apps similar to ICEBlock too www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

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 t...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New from 404 Media: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells me "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

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 t...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

Red Hat is investigating a breach impacting as many as 28,000 customers. We got some files related to it, shows impacted customers might include the Navy and Congress. Also Federal Aviation Administration, Bank of America, AT&T.

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Red Hat Investigating Breach Impacting as Many as 28,000 Customers, Including the Navy and Congress

A hacking group called the Crimson Collective says it pulled data from private GitHub repositories connected to Red Hat's consulting business. Red Hat has confirmed it is investigating the compromise.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New from 404 Media: the government shutdown is causing even more confusion for U.S. visa applicants. The website employers use for labor certification and immigration applicants use to access documentation for their applications is down

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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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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

Obviously Hesgeth's comments on changing the culture at the US military and how it will investigate abuses is *very* important context for the murder of a soldier and how it was investigated. For a news organization to say that's off limits is nuts and a disservice angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...

Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

@mjgault.bsky.social was interviewing a ABC correspondent about new podcast on the murder of US solder Vanessa Guillén. When brought up Hesgeth's recent speech, ABC PR interrupted, asked not to talk about that. Then asked Matthew to cut that part. Wild, wild stuff
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Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

Beloved writer Kaleb Horton passed away recently. Then suddenly, an AI-generated "biography" of Horton appeared for sale on Amazon. AI slop capitalizing on someone's death. "I cannot overstate how disgusting I find this kind of AI dog shit." www.404media.co/ai-generated...

AI-Generated Biography on Amazon Tries to Capitalize on the Death of a Beloved Writer Kaleb Horton

‘I cannot overstate how disgusting I find this kind of AIdog shit in the first place, never mind under these circumstances.’

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

People are already farming and selling Sora 2 invite codes on eBay. We bought a code, they work www.404media.co/people-are-f...

People Are Farming and Selling Sora 2 Invite Codes on eBay

Sora 2 code infinite money glitch.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

New from 404 Media: for the first time in a decade, Kodak is selling its own film. This sidesteps a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy. Now it's direct.

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Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

New: 404 Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation are suing DHS. We're seeking a copy of a data agreement that is giving ICE the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients. This is on top of our other lawsuit seeking ICE's $2 million spyware contract
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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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