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Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com · 4h

This great investigation by @jacksapoch.bsky.social is more evidence of the capability and willingness by the Israeli military to widely use sophisticated manipulations to advance communication objectives.

What we showed last week with PRISONBREAK is a piece of a much bigger influence puzzle.

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Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 4d

blank keys. i know how to type blind.

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 5d

lol i’m also rocking a hhkb. since 2016.

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 5d

do i dare ask you what your setup is?

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 5d

you can also just own it ... :S

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Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com · 6d

1/ NEW REPORT: “We Say You Want a Revolution” - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime. We call it PRISONBREAK. Keep reading to find out why.

THREAD 🧵

We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime - The Citizen Lab

We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during th...

https://citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-enabled-io-aimed-at-overthrowing-iranian-regime]

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 7d

imagine being responsible for free expression at one of these companies.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

YouTube Bends the Knee

Welcome to the era of Big-Tech capitulation.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 8d

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

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.

www.404media.co

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 12d

In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 13d

Reality sometimes is scarier than the horror film itself.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight

Viewers outraged after same-sex wedding scene changed in Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie

www.theguardian.com

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 16d

someone tell Farage yet that Hong Kongers under BNO are citizens?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation

Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas, with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services

www.theguardian.com

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Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled that Alaa will be free. Heartbroken at the costs paid by his family and everyone that loves him: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah to be freed from prison

Reports say writer, who has served six years for liking a Facebook post, has also been given a presidential pardon

www.theguardian.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 16d

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

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.

www.404media.co

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 20d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

www.insidehighered.com

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 18d

the uncertainty is a feature, not a bug.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19d

Article here. There are still MANY questions about how this new INA 212(f) entry suspension will be implemented, and the government has put out frighteningly little official information. Many people will be watching carefully.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas

www.nytimes.com

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Dake Kang @dakekang.bsky.social · 22d

1/THREAD: @AP has published our investigation into how US tech firms enabled China’s digital police state. We obtained multiple, massive leaks of internal and classified Chinese government and corporate documents running into the tens of thousands:
apnews.com/article/chin...

Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

apnews.com

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 23d

yeah they changed the numbering (so iOS MacOs and so on are aligned, and to indicate the year, i think)

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · 23d

lol im still making backups and downloading the updates ...

lokman tsui @lokman.org · 23d

MacOS 26 Tahoe is out!

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · Sep 9

i need a t-shirt that says "ai is why we cannot have nice things"

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · Sep 9

urgh.

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · Sep 9

i guess in the grand scheme of things, there are bigger more urgent world problems to deal with.

but this does take the sparkle out of something that otherwise always has been a great source of comfort and joy for me.

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lokman tsui @lokman.org · Sep 9

i dont really know how to feel about all this. it just leaves me with this uneasy, uncertain, and uncomfortable feeling.

also, im not going to share a link here. i dont know for sure, and i also dont want to risk further promoting it.

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