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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 Hamish Campbell writes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s good to see events like NGIFORUM2025 as it\u2019s trying to be on the path of the Fediverse and the wider Open Web reboot which are real forces for social good, messy, hopeful, and grounded in decades of grassroots digital culture, which we do need to support. BUT, we also need to speak honestly, as these spaces are not healthy by default.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Too often, they are co-opted by NGO and institutional actors who bring with them a dangerous kind of \u201ccommon sense\u201d, what I\u2019ve long described as the parasite class. We see this clearly at NGIFORUM and similar NGO events.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NGIFORUM2025 is timidly touching sense<\/a><\/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 Numerique reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Le Cigref soutient la d\u00e9marche de r\u00e9silience num\u00e9rique port\u00e9e par la France, l’Allemagne et les Pays-Bas pour construire une Europe num\u00e9rique durable et de confiance dans le cadre d\u2019Eurostack<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n C’est un grande headline. \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Conversation reviews:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is AI a con? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The U.K. governmnet announce:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CMA takes first steps to improve competition in search services in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Le Monde reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lyon d\u00e9laisse la suite Office de Microsoft pour l’open source<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nextcloud reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A sovereign Microsoft 365 alternative: Nextcloud and IONOS join forces<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n German data protection official wants Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country\u2019s app stores<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senator Blackburn announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blackburn, Blumenthal, Lee, Klobuchar, and Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Antitrust Bill to Promote App Store Competition<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reviews:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The smaller Fairphone 6 introduces swapable accessories<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018FuckLAPD.com\u2019 Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ars Technica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk<\/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 Politico reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ars Technica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Judge denies creating \u201cmass surveillance program\u201d harming all ChatGPT users<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors\u2019 permission<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And another just sided with Meta. Fuck!<\/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 Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EFF to European Commission: Don\u2019t Resurrect Illegal Data Retention Mandates<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Cops Can Get Your Private Online Data<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Politico reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Kyiv Independent reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump administration sends layoff notices to 600 Voice of America staff, NYT reports<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Gray Zone reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US Army appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs as Lt. Colonels<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Center for Democracy and Technology reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Orleans\u2019 Dragnet Facial Recognition Program Threatens Innocent People<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today’s Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Supreme C^nts strike again.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Geopolitical Tensions Are Shaping Cyber Warfare<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bleeping Computer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russian hackers bypass Gmail MFA using stolen app passwords<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n APT28 hackers use Signal chats to launch new malware attacks on Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate ‘signed’ by the Los Angeles Police Department<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Columbia Journalism Review reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n AI Search Has A Citation Problem<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Atoms vs. Bytes has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Substack’s Secret<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fuck the Nerd Reich’s S.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Journalism Curriculum Module Teaches Digital Security for Border Journalists<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Protect Yourself From Meta\u2019s Latest Attack on Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BBC reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Musk’s X sues New York state over social media hate speech law<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Frontiers reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of your AI prompts could cause 50 times more CO2 emissions than others<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zero prompts = zero emissions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Neural Trust reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Echo Chamber: A Context-Poisoning Jailbreak That Bypasses LLM Guardrails<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Computer Weekly reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Beyond the AI hype: How data laws quietly handed power to government and Big Tech<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Axios has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The AIpocalypse is here for web sites as search referrals plunge<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hey you AI lovers, these are the sites you build. No traffic equals no money for you. Plus, the AI c^nts stole the info from the people whose traffic they are destroying. And maybe your code. Not to mention devastating the environment. Look in the fucking mirror. And avoid being reincarnated as a cockroach.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top AI models – even American ones – parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psylo browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving every tab its own IP address<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you want to do something about the next article.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Texas A&M University reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n noyb reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bumble’s AI icebreakers are mainly breaking EU law<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EuroNews reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Big Tech isn\u2019t doing enough to fight disinformation, EU body says<\/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 TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n You’ve got to be clowns if these mofos ban you.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dark Reading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How the US Military Is Redefining Zero Trust<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hundreds of MCP Servers Expose AI Models to Abuse, RCE<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n New FileFix attack weaponizes Windows File Explorer for stealthy commands<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3 key takeaways from the Scattered Spider attacks on insurance firms<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Earth reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n China breaks RSA encryption with a quantum computer, threatening global data security<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tommy Mysk announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Introducing Psylo \u2014 A New Kind of Private Web Browser<\/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 Connected Places (rebrand) has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fediverse Report \u2013 #122<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Welcome to Connected Places<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hamish Campbell has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a story of power, plain and simple<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he’s correct.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Actors, Power, and Collective Publishing: Rethinking Fediverse Architecture for Grassroots Media<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On a similar note, Jeremy Herve explores:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WordPress, WordLand, and the Open Web<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dave Winer has the details on WordLand:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WordPress and me<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Timothy Chambers has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bless his soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jaz-Michael King introduces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n StartHereSocial<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ghost hosting platform, MagicPages shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ActivityPub Federation Issue (June 21, 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Activity Pub for WordPress reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What we shipped so far in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bonfire has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Long-form content in Bonfire: Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NLnet Foundation announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mastodon for institutions<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 62 new projects contribute to digital commons<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are other Fediverse grants in this article including WordPress, Activity Pub, Funkwhale, and Node BB.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Connected Places has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ATmosphere Report \u2013 #122<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Globe and Mail reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Basically Blacksky for Canadians.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechDirt has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Community And Choice Are Not Bubbles<\/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><\/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":" Welcome to this week’s \u201cDestroying Autocracy\u201d. 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\n\nThe response to Russia\u2019s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery<\/h2>\n
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\n\nThe Evil Empire Strikes Back<\/h2>\n
Pariah States<\/h3>\n
Big Media<\/h3>\n
Big Tech<\/h3>\n
\n\nCybersecurity\/Privacy<\/h2>\n
\n\nFediverse<\/h2>\n
Slightly Federated Social Media<\/h3>\n
\n\nCTAs (aka show us some free love)<\/h2>\n
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