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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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DD 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This week we had to evacuate the shit hole known as Florida due to Hurricane Milton. Consequently, we had limited work time and this will be a truncated version.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joan Westenberg writes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What causes this \u201cbrainrot\u201d phenomenon among the super-wealthy, leading them to embrace bigoted views and alienate the very societies that helped them amass their fortunes?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Billionaire Brainrot: How the Mega Rich Turn MAGA<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hint: $<\/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 Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A year of war accelerates \u2018silent departure\u2019 of Israel\u2019s elite<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Any Israelis with any morality left should leave Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Kyiv Independent reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russian state media faced ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack on Putin’s birthday<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Radio Free Europe reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wider Europe Briefing: The EU’s New Plans To Target Russian Threats<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Adobe has a new tool to protect artists\u2019 work from AI<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US government considers historic break-up of Google in antitrust case<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bleeping Computer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dutch police arrest admin of ‘Bohemia\/Cannabia’ dark web market<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ars Technica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elon Musk\u2019s X loses battle over federal request for Trump\u2019s DMs<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The c^nt also backed down 100% in his fight with Brazil. As with Durov in France, these fascist bullies are not so tough when you smack them in the fucking mouth.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Judge greenlights FTC\u2019s antitrust suit against Amazon<\/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 James Muldoon examines:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feeding the Machine: Seven links between AI and inequalities<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hurricane Helene and the \u2018Fuck It\u2019 Era of AI-Generated Slop<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FEMA adds misinformation to its list of disasters to clean up<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Challenging The Myths of Generative AI<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Political Figures Must Be Held to the Same Online Standards as Others. It is Vital for Democracy and Human Rights.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tracking the Weaponization of America’s Political System in Favor of Disinformation\u2014And Its Export Abroad<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cory Doctorow<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pluralistic: China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI’s backdoor (07 Oct 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Israel has made trauma a weapon of war<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n OpenAI says Chinese gang tried to phish its staff<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nothing stands out this week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Challenging The Myths of Generative AI<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CBS News reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Domestic extremists with “election-related grievances” could turn to violence, intel bulletin warns<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABC reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dozens of San Fernando Valley white supremacist gang members charged in federal indictment, DOJ says<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bellingcat reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Small Bulgarian Streetwear Shop Designing Clothes for the Far-Right \u2018Active Club\u2019 Movement<\/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 Surveillance Self Defeat reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seven Steps To Digital Security<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK’s Sellafield nuke waste processing plant fined \u00a3333K for infosec blunders<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How should CISOs respond to the rise of GenAI?<\/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 Last Week in Fediverse \u2013 ep 87<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ben Werdmuller looks at:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The two Fediverses<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bix Dot opines:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [You Can\u2019t Own The Social Web](https:\/\/bix.blog\/posts\/2024-10-05-you-cant-own-the-social-web<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Activity Pods announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ActivityPods 2.0 is out!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ActivityPods and NextGraph are joining forces<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mastodon announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mastodon 4.3<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mastodon switches things up to make its app a little easier to use<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Threads knows it has an engagement bait problem<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meta is testing a feature to let you post Instagram Reels directly on Threads<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elena Rossini has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A great day for writers: introducing Mastodon author tags<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ghost has an update:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scottish refinements<\/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 The Fediverse report has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last Week in the ATmosphere \u2013 Oct 24 week 2<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to this week’s \u201cDefending Democracy\u201d. 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\n\nThe response to Russia\u2019s War Crimes and other douchebaggery<\/h2>\n
\n\nThe Evil Empire Strikes Back<\/h2>\n
Pariah States<\/h3>\n
Big Media<\/h3>\n
Big Tech<\/h3>\n
Terrorists<\/h3>\n
\n\nCybersecurity\/Privacy<\/h2>\n
\n\nFediverse<\/h2>\n
Other Federated Social Media<\/h3>\n
\n\nCTAs (aka show us some free love)<\/h2>\n
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