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It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting democracy. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.<\/p>\n
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DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.<\/p>\n
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FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dabbler writes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If an AI system, though not actually thinking or understanding, is built to reflect the way we theorize our minds to function, then in theory at least, we should be able to change it the same way we change our own minds. That means bringing conflicts and contradictions to the surface in order to resolve them. And if we want to undermine the technofascist project, then we need to emphasize the contradictions inherent to it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Poison as Praxis<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Very interesting.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechDirt reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n No Personal Liability For DOGE Yet, But With Two More Lawsuits We Get Closer<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Open source LLMs hit Europe\u2019s digital sovereignty roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Commission has a:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DSA Elections Toolkit for Digital Services Coordinators<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EuroNews reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Europe could \u2018leap ahead\u2019 in the global AI race, according to Mozilla\u2019s president<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Library Ebook Service to Cull AI Slop After 404 Media Investigation<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Data Colonialism Comes Home To The US: Resistance Must Too<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy Press reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At Paris AI Summit, US, EU, Other Nations Lay Out Divergent Goals<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n AI Countergovernance: Lessons Learned from Canada and Paris<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Online Election Manipulation Is a Challenge for Democracy. It\u2019s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Texas Observer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n China-Linked Threat Group Targets Japanese Orgs’ Servers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n North Korea’s Kimsuky Taps Trusted Platforms to Attack South Korea<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Independent reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled \u2018Fire Elon Musk,\u2019 report says<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Newsweek reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joe Rogan Dethroned by Anti-Trump Podcast in the Charts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ziff Davis, Owner of Sites Including IGN and CNET, Quietly Removed DEI Language From Its Website<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Micah Flee reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not only is Substack right-wing broligarchy garbage, it’s way more expensive than Ghost<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n X is blocking links to Signal<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CBS News reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meta failing to curb spread of many sexualized AI deepfake celebrity images on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Study of TikTok, X \u2018For You\u2019 feeds in Germany finds far-right political bias ahead of federal elections<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amidst Flurry Of Anti-DEI Measures, Meta\u2019s Content Moderation Policies Will Harm People With Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wired reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security \u2018Decision Makers\u2019 and People With Chronic Diseases<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy\u2019s still screwed<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oops, some of our customers’ Power Pages-hosted sites were exploited, says Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Center for Democracy and Technology reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n First Amendment Tech Transparency Roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Privacy Guides says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n No, Privacy is Not Dead: Beware the All-or-Nothing Mindset<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lee Enterprises newspaper disruptions caused by ransomware attack<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Darcula PhaaS can now auto-generate phishing kits for any brand<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chase will start blocking Zelle payments over social media<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Center for Democracy and Technology says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Online Censorship Isn\u2019t New \u2013 Neither Are Efforts to Evade It<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Soatok starts a new series:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vox reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to fight back in the war against spam texts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Fediverse Report has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fediverse Report \u2013 #104<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Nexus of Privacy explores:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Organizing on decentralized social networks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We Distribute reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IFTAS is In a Funding Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to Launch Your Own Fediverse Community Server<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Good stuff.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Life Hacker shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Best Instagram Alternatives If You’re Sick of Meta<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Phoenix Paulina Schmid shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Decentralized Social Media – Loops<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elana Rossini says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GoToSocial empowers you to have your own home on the Fediverse – with unique controls<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Box 464 has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Understanding Mastodon Preview Card Display Logic<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Fediverse Report has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last Week in Bluesky \u2013 2025feb.c<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Planning shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What Makes Bluesky the New \u2018It\u2019 Space for Urbanists<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bluesky adds a \u2018followers only\u2019 reply option<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jaz looks at:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/ul>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keep fighting!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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\n\nThe Evil Empire Strikes Back<\/h2>\n
Pariah States<\/h3>\n
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Big Tech<\/h3>\n
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