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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 14h

The GOP's long-running crusade against what they see as social media censorship of conservative views has racked up a lot of wins. But it's quickly becoming an awkward topic for the right as Trump and Brendan Carr take jawboning to new levels. Our story today: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump is complicating the GOP’s anti-censorship campaign

Republicans’ years-long fight against tech companies’ content moderation practices is facing pushback over the Trump administration’s limits on media.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 10h

Here's the report:

cdt.org/insights/han...

Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students

Artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to alter the educational experiences of teachers, students, and parents during the 2024-25 school year. The frequency and variety of AI uses continues to gro...

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 10h

While I still believe AI is probably unprofitable enough to be a bubble, I really want to caution people against thinking AI is going away. For example, here's from a recent CDT report. It's use is pervasive and alarming and we need to be dealing with that reality.

CDT report showing the vast majority of teachers, students, and parents report having used AI. Overall use is 85% for teachers, 86% for students and 75% for parents.

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404 Media @404media.co · 12h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 2d

Sure, but to be clear this means “we should have a society that redistributes wealth equitably and ensures all people’s basic needs are met” and not “shame and mock teenage girls for liking things”

Asher Langton @asherlangton.bsky.social · 2d

“Billionaires shouldn’t exist” includes Taylor Swift.

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 2d

I love that AFI has been very slowly turning into The Cure over two decades.

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bergmayer @bergmayer.net · 3d

Apple removing ICEBlock, a legal app for monitoring ICE activity, from its app store at the behest of the federal government mirrors what it has done in other regimes. www.iceblock.app

From IceBlock site: ICEBlock Removed
Following pressure from the Trump administration, Apple has removed ICEBlock from the App Store.
We are incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move. Apple has claimed they received information from law enforcement that ICEBlock served to harm law enforcement officers. This is patently false.

ICEBlock is no different from crowd sourcing speed traps, which every notable mapping application, including Apple's own Maps app, implements as part of its core services. This is protected speech under the first amendment of the United States Constitution.

We are determined to fight this with everything we have. Our mission has always been to protect our neighbors from the terror this administration continues to reign down on the people of this nation. We will not be deterred. We will not stop. #resist

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 3d

As a public interest advocate it's become so hard to calibrate "this is a really important thing you should care about" vs "the fascist takeover of the US."

Like we have to also keep track of and fight against the bad things that are smaller than fascism but also there's fascism.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 3d

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 6d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 3d

TFW you absolutely nail a perfect espresso.

Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 6d

Psycho Pass was predictive.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

Flock is preparing to roll out a new feature: Its gunshot detection devices will begin listening for voices in “distress”

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product ...

www.eff.org

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 8d

The Hatch Act is dead.

Department of Housing website pop up message that says "The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government."

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

Many of us called out that this law passed by Democrats would turn out to be a massive self inflicted wound.

They never should have passed the TikTok ban. It was a bad idea even WITHOUT oligarch capture.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15d

This is the biggest self own Democrats have ever done. They handed control of the largest social media platform to far right regime allies.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 15d

Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock (NBC News)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 14d

It's really hard to concentrate when there's a new Twilight Imperium expansion coming out and they keep slow dripping the new content reveals.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 14d

VPN usage surged in the UK after the disastrous roll-out of their online ID check / age verification law.

It took about 15 seconds for politicians there to start talking about banning VPNs.

This is why we're organizing the #DefendVPNs day of action today. Join us!

Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 14d

Today’s the VPN defense day of action! @fightforthefuture.org’s @liaholland.bsky.social tells @techradar.com: “ it’s important to make lawmakers aware that, if they come for this technology, they're gonna be facing an uphill battle against the whole internet."

www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

"We want to make some noise" - Advocates are stepping in to defend VPNs, and they need your help

Fight for the Future is calling everyone worldwide to join the Defend VPNs Day of Action on September 25

www.techradar.com

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 15d

I'd love to be in the meeting where they tell the UI dev they need to change all the fonts for the new update so that users feel like they changed a lot.

Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 16d

I have played Act 1 of the campaign three times.

Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 16d

I've been dying to finish an Arcs Campaign but it's pretty much designed to be played over three sittings and it's easier to do that online.

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 16d

It's really funny that I found a group of people who will regularly show up in person to play complicated board games but I can't find a soul who will play one online.

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 17d

Everyone in the admin should be investigated to see if they shorted Kenvue.

www.marketwatch.com/story/kenvue...

Kenvue says Tylenol is safe, but stock hits record low as Trump makes unproven link to autism

Shares of Kenvue Inc. sank to a record low Monday, as President Donald Trump warned women to avoid taking Kenvue’s Tylenol, the brand name for acetaminophen, during pregnancy because of a possible con...

www.marketwatch.com

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19d

Hi! We are fighting this tooth and nail and have been for years even though we lost a major foundation funder because of our vocal and effective opposition to KOSA.

Anyhow here's our donate page ;-) www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 20d

We defend free speech online even though it's hard and we've lost a funder over it because it's the right thing to do.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20d

Not enough people are paying attention to a major target for Brendan Carr and the Trump admin’s crackdown on free speech: social media. It’s under bipartisan attack, even though it’s a crucial forum for reaching the public and fighting back.
spitfirenews.com/p/is-anyone-...

Is anyone going to defend free speech online?

Government censorship on social media is already here. But it can get so much worse.

spitfirenews.com

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 20d

Literally the most low effort time to get branded as a principled republican.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 20d

Was not expecting this...

Politico @politico.com · 20d

Cruz admonishes the FCC for taking down Kimmel, calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell.”

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Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 22d

These new groups keep trying to pitch a political message to a non-existent centrist voter but they keep getting funded because their pitches are landing among equally out of touch rich democratic elites.

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