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It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. 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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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 Hans-Peter Schulenberg shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The DEEPSEEK Effect: How a Chinese AI Startup Is Reshaping the Global Tech Landscape<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s hope that things like Open-R1<\/a> will become ethical alternatives.<\/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 The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam’s digital death grip<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vivaldi 7.2 browser wants to topple tech’s feudal lords<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reuters reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Freedom of the Press Foundation reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I know 404 Media does the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Duke University & GCF Partner to Identify Pathways for Advancing Women’s Careers in Cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Apple loses appeal against Germany\u2019s special abuse control for Big Tech<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ArsTechnica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK online safety law Musk hates kicks in today, and so far, Trump can\u2019t stop it<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meta confirms it is considering charging UK users for ad-free version<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Because they were about to lose a privacy lawsuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Digital Rights Institute reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EDRi files DSA legal complaint against X<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Atlantic reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cool tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The USAGM asks for:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Support for US International Media Workers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The World reports on the:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Impact of Voice of America in Central Asia<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sad.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ArsTechnica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy reports on:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Middle Powers Digital Antitrust Efforts in the Age of Trump<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Records Reveal How Agencies Complied With Trump’s Anti-Trans Order<\/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 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How an obscure US government office has become a target of Elon Musk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Radio Free Europe reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump Signs Executive Order For Major Cuts To 7 Agencies, Including RFE\/RL Overseer USAGM<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs \u2018unlawful\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US removes sanctions against Tornado Cash crypto mixer<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Denmark Warns of Increased Cyber Espionage Against Telecom Sector<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Black Basta Leader in League With Russian Officials, Chat Logs Show<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ukrainian military targeted in new Signal spear-phishing attacks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NPR reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NBC News reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Trump administration axed Voice of America, and China’s state media are delighted<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Radio World reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n RFE\/RL Sues the USAGM to Get Its Grant Back<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Kyiv Independent reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n RFE\/RL sues Trump administration over funding cuts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cory Doctorow writes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review \u2013 a former disciple unfriends Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports on:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n California\u2019s A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amazon accused of using algorithms to push warehouse workers to breaking point<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meta Promises to Fight Misinformation in Australia With Same Strategy It Killed in the U.S. to Appease Trump<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cradle reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google to acquire Israeli firm staffed by former Unit 8200 officers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two sets of c^nts who deserve each other.<\/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 Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK wants dirt on data brokers before criminals get there first<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cloudflare reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database<\/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 Fediverse Report has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fediverse Report #108<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Conversation has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Fediverse promises social media without Big Tech \u2013 if it can avoid familiar pitfalls<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Social Web Foundation reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fediverse House 2025 Wrap-up<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IFTAS announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IFTAS 2.0 \u2013 Rescoping and Refocusing<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do the world a solid and make a donation to IFTAS, preferably a monthly one.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fred Rocha explains:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How I use Mastodon in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ghost announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The social web beta is here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m looking forward to this being perfected and being available on regular Ghost.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We Distribute reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hands on with Ghost\u2019s New ActivityPub Beta<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Website League and the Rise of Island Networks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dead Superhero says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n You Know What, Meet Your Heroes<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Peertube announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PeerTube v7.1 is out!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Design, mobile development, documentation: let’s share resources!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A New Social is:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Breaking Ground<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forgejo has its:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forgejo monthly update – February 2025<\/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 ATmosphere Report \u2013 2025march.b<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bluesky Report \u2013 #108<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Libre has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why I recommend against Bluesky<\/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 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Pariah States<\/h3>\n
Big Media<\/h3>\n
Big Tech<\/h3>\n
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Other Slightly Federated Social Media<\/h3>\n
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