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Ok you U.S. readers, once again its time to exercise your limited but strongest influence on the world’s premiere oligarchic republic.<\/p>\n
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Please do so by voting for candidates who support democracy and not for those on the side of autocracy. You know which fucking parties I am talking about.<\/p>\n
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It’s your chance to choose between not having the next four years be a disaster or being a complete clusterfuck of a shitshow. Again, you know the candidates I am talking about.<\/p>\n
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It may be your last chance to vote so do so and don’t waste your vote.<\/p>\n
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Thanks for being a good citizen in this flawed country!<\/strong> That’s what can improve it in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Radio Free Europe reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hundreds Targeted In New U.S. Sanctions For Supporting Russia’s War In Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Serbian, Montenegrin Firms Hit With U.S. Sanctions For Supporting Russia’s War In Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EuroNews reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EU Commission warns overlapping rules offer loopholes for Big Tech<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reading the European Commission’s Proposed Implementation of DSA Article 40: Six Initial Observations on a New Framework for Research Data Access<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Safety to Innovation: How AI Safety Institutes Inform AI Governance<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Regulators Combat Deepfakes With Anti-Fraud Rules<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CFPB Takes Action to Curb Unchecked Worker Surveillance<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And Senator Mark Warner announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Presses Domain Registrars Providing Support to Russian Influence Efforts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bleeping Computer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russian charged by U.S. for creating RedLine infostealer malware<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Five Eyes nations tell tech startups to take infosec seriously. Again<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk to stop $1 million election lottery<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FCC and the broadband industry argue net neutrality\u2019s future<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Mississippi Free Press reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As Fascism Looms, the Free Press Must Stand and Report in the Breach<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Time reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your Vote Is Safe<\/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 Joan Westenberg reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The New Party Bosses: How Data Scientists Became Power Brokers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n USA Today reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feds looking at Russian interference in key battleground of Bucks County, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ars Technica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kremlin-backed hackers have new Windows and Android malware to foist on Ukrainian foes<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russia Kneecaps Ukraine Army Recruitment With Spoofed ‘Civil Defense’ App<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PC Magazine reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russian Hackers Pose as Microsoft Employees in Email Phishing Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feds investigate China’s Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks \u2013 for five years<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US says Chinese hackers breached multiple telecom providers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n North Korean govt hackers linked to Play ransomware attack<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sophos reveals 5-year battle with Chinese hackers attacking network devices<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Bulwark writes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bezos, Trump, and the Failure of Democracy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Washington Post has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why I\u2019m not quitting the Post<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you want to punish Bozzos the Coward, cancel Amazon Prime and don’t use Amazon Web Services. That will hurt his pocket. Canceling the Post just hurts his ego.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechDirt opines:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dear Jeff Bezos: The \u2018Hard Truth\u2019 Is That Cowardice Like Yours Is Why People Don\u2019t Trust The Media<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joan Westenberg reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Internet is Shrinking: and We\u2019ll All Pay the Price<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cory Doctorow says:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n AI\u2019s \u201chuman in the loop\u201d isn\u2019t<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vox reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inside OpenAI\u2019s multi-billion-dollar gambit to become a for-profit company<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EuroNews reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is open source AI? New definition shows Meta\u2019s version isn\u2019t what it claims to be<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ProPublica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Exploiting Meta\u2019s Weaknesses, Deceptive Political Ads Thrived on Facebook and Instagram in Run-Up to Election<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now it’s time for This Week in Musk C^ntiry.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018election integrity community\u2019 on X is full of baseless claims<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NBC News reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elon Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verge reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n An Elon Musk-funded super PAC is putting out fake pro-Harris ads<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BBC reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How X users can earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images<\/a><\/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 Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet<\/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 BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Redline, Meta infostealer malware operations seized by Dutch police<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cast a hex on ChatGPT to trick the AI into writing exploit code<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n China’s Elite Cyber Corps Hone Skills on Virtual Battlefields<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mozilla: ChatGPT Can Be Manipulated Using Hex Code<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tech Policy reports it’s:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Time to Act on Harmful Deepfakes & Algorithms<\/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 90<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lifehacker shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How the ‘Fediverse’ Works (and Why It Might Be the Future of Social Media)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FEP<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FEP-8a8e: A common approach to using the Event object type<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kristof Zerbe is:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Diving Into the World of Lemmy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Nexus of Privacy reports on:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mastodon, two years later<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ghost has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The private beta begins<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bugs, breakthroughs and BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elena Rossini writes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The University of Groningen Library shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n One year after X: Embracing open science on Mastodon<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Applied Social Media Lab has a:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Request for Comments: The Fediverse Schema Observatory<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IFTAS shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5 ways to fight election disinformation on Bluesky and the Fediverse<\/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 the ATmosphere \u2013 Oct wk 5<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laravel News reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bluesky notification channel for Laravel<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n White Wind asks:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is a PDS, anyways?<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechDirt shares some:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some (Slightly Biased) Thoughts On The State Of Decentralized Social Media<\/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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