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A nationwide shortage of public workers
Center for Countering Digital Hate: the largest "incel" forum is becoming more violent; Google, YouTube, Cloudflare, Twitter, and Discord facilitate its growth
Ex-Twitter employee Anika Navaroli reveals she is the whistleblower who testified to the January 6 committee about the company's failure to curb Donald Trump
DARPA hires crypto intelligence firm Inca Digital to conduct a year-long review of cryptocurrencies, assessing threats to national security and law enforcement
Some civil rights groups say they have seen little action from Meta, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube to bolster election policies ahead of the 2022 US midterms
An interview with Alabama Securities Commission Director Joe Borg on why US state regulators protected investors from crypto fraud more quickly than the SEC
Florida's attorney general asks the US Supreme Court whether the First Amendment prohibits states from regulating how social media companies moderate content
Sources: the Pentagon plans to audit how it conducts online clandestine information warfare after Meta, Twitter, and others removed pro-US operations
To study ancient seafarers, researcher built a replica ship – and sailed it
The Uber hacker, who reportedly claims to be 18 years old, says they had breached the company for fun and might leak its source code "in a few months"
At a WH summit, tech companies, including YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, and Meta, announce new policies and tools to combat the spread of extremism on their sites
Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding data from ~10K travelers' devices per year to a database, accessible to 2,700 officers without a warrant
As Meta funnels billions into VR, some developers worry about strict app store rules, acquisitions that dominate the market and throttle competition, and more
A rundown of Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's testimony before US Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers
Air conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help. Researchers and start-ups are racing to develop innovative air conditioning units fit for a hotter future
Plastic might be making us obese
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Tyler "Ninja" Blevins says he will be simultaneously streaming on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter
Sources: the US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies pose significant financial risks that outweigh the benefits, and need major regulations
Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago – The Washington Post
IRS will look into setting up a free e-filing system
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Pinboard · 3 weeks ago
Signal appoints former Google manager Meredith Whittaker as its first president, helping shape strategy, comms, and policy
Opinion | The MAGA-evangelical alliance is a direct threat to liberal democracy – The Washington Post
Peiter Zatko's allegations offer details on Twitter's misinformation policies and failures, including accepting a QAnon proponent into its Birdwatch program
Cloudflare says it has blocked Kiwi Farms, citing "an unprecedented emergency and immediate threat to human life" after a recent rise in targeted threats
In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis of unparalleled scale
Some online disinformation experts criticize Twitter's stance on Libs of TikTok, as some US children's hospitals face threats inspired by the anti-LGBTQ account
Some experts say a Twitter edit button could be used to spread political or financial misinformation or to add crypto scams and phishing links into viral tweets
Greenland ice sheet set to trigger nearly a foot in sea level rise – The Washington Post
Researchers: self-harm posts are surging on Twitter, including graphic photos with bloody practices; one hashtag grew to close to 30,000 tweets by July 2022
Twitter's Elon Musk takeover saga has only amplified its problems, which stem from a broken business model at odds with the platform's freewheeling nature
Mental health content creators on TikTok and Instagram are increasingly filling a health care gap, which critics fear could lead to harmful self-diagnoses
Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
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Inside Trump’s war on the National Archives
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A look at FWB Fest, dubbed the "crypto Woodstock", attended by Friends With Benefits social club members hoping to change the way people use blockchain tech
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FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search followed months of resistance, delay by Trump – The Washington Post
Twitter admits "mistakes" over the past week after adding misinformation labels to COVID-19 tweets from doctors and scientists as well as suspending accounts
At a hearing seeking more data on bots from Twitter, Elon Musk's lawyers cite whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims; Twitter says spam counts are merely estimates
Despite huge ad campaigns by crypto companies, a Pew survey of US adults shows those trading crypto has stayed flat at 16% from September 2021 to July 2022
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Peiter Zatko will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 13 to examine his allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter
Dune Analytics: so far, Tether is not blocking Tornado Cash accounts, potentially violating US Treasury sanctions; Tether says it has not received a request
A profile of Peiter Zatko, who worked at DARPA, Google, and Stripe before working at Twitter, and was a member of hacker groups L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow
Source: Elon Musk scheduled a deposition with Peiter Zatko before the complaint became public; Zatko's complaint accuses Twitter of "lying" to Musk about bots
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are investigating Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims and seeking a meeting for further information
“question is whether news organizations can break free of their hidebound practices — the love of political conflict, the addiction to elections as a horse race”
Pinboard · 1 month ago