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📢 Read our new guest research report on the state of internet censorship in #France by Taziden and @tek.randhome.io! The report covers the legal context and technical implementation of website censorship by the four biggest ISPs in France. Read the report: ooni.org/post/2025-fr...

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A provincial court in 🇪🇸Barcelona has ordered that 3 former senior execs at NSO Group be indicted for their alleged role in a high-profile hacking scandal in which at least 63 Catalan civil society members were targeted with Pegasus, writes @suzannesmalley.bsky.social. therecord.media/catalan-cour...

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Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-telegram-groups-doxing-women-for-their-facebook-posts/

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Cellebrite zero-day exploit used to target phone of Serbian student activist - Amnesty International Security Lab https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/02/cellebrite-zero-day-exploit-used-to-target-phone-of-serbian-student-activist/

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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

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Swedish authorities seek backdoor to encrypted messaging apps | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/sweden-seeks-backdoor-access-to-messaging-apps #Encryption

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Italian priest close to pope told he was target of surveillance tool used by a government | Surveillance | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/italian-priest-close-to-the-pope-was-target-of-high-level-surveillance-he-reveals #italy #spyware #paragon

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Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/stalkerware-apps-cocospy-spyic-exposing-phone-data-of-millions-of-people/ #stalkerware

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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo #Encryption

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Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/ #tesla

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As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-technology-737bc17af7b03e98c29cec4e15d0f108 #AI

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Italy: Journalists’ union takes legal action over Paragon case – European Federation of Journalists https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2025/02/19/italy-journalists-union-takes-legal-action-over-paragon-case/ #spyware

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Newsletter: A major crypto scandal tarnishes the reputation of Solana bigwigs, crypto influencers, and Argentine President Javier Milei. “This is FTX type of shit,” said a crypto founder confronting Meteora’s Ben Chow over alleged insider trading. www.citationneeded.news/issue-77/

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Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for years | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/spyware-maker-caught-distributing-malicious-android-apps-for-years/ #spyware #italy #SIO

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X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers

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We're looking to work with an early career researcher. Deadline to apply is 27 February 2025. More info: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

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The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, United States DOGE Service, as an entity insulated from public records requests or most judicial intervention until at least 2034 (Important reporting here by NYT Minho Kim) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

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Insane how quickly the racist regression is happening in this country. Decades of progress being undone in weeks, without even any laws having to be passed. Just sheer intimidation from Trump and the right, and sheer cowardice from the corporations.

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An Advisor to Elon Musk’s xAI Has a Way to Make AI More Like Donald Trump | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/xai-make-ai-more-like-trump/ #AI

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it's important to keep noting: delusional, probably; illegal, definitely; criminal, no question.

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Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/another-person-targeted-by-paragon-spyware-comes-forward/ #spyware #paragon #italy

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People have been relying on the internet archive for the wrong things, the project was build to keep an archive of internet knowledge and respect people’s privacy, not keep powerful people and institutions accountable And it’s okay but we need another tool for that

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We've got 80 awesome geo women+ on this list now. I know there are more who should be on here! Please tag them or comment if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe #gischat

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Owner of spyware used in alleged WhatsApp breach ends contract with Italy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/06/owner-of-spyware-used-in-alleged-whatsapp-breach-ends-contract-with-italy #spyware #paragon #italy

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Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/spyware-maker-paragon-confirms-u-s-government-is-a-customer/ #paragon #USA

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Read this chilling article from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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NEW INVESTIGATION: Israeli forces repeatedly attacked Gaza’s main port in the week following 7 Oct 2023. By Jan 2024, after months of continued attacks, all docked vessels had been rendered non-operational, devastating Gaza’s fishing industry and increasing Palestinian dependence on foreign aid.

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This morning I woke up to news that the richest man in the world— the unelected oligarch tearing down our government—retweeted a grifter’s lies about me. Here are the facts, since I know weirdos from Twitter stalk me here (maybe find another hobby?): 🧵

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Italian founder of migrant rescue group ‘targeted with spyware’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/05/activists-critical-of-italian-pm-may-have-had-their-phones-targeted-by-paragon-spyware-says-whatsapp #spyware #paragon #italy

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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

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Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware | WhatsApp | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/03/critic-of-italy-libya-migration-pact-told-he-was-target-of-israeli-spyware #spyware #paragon

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Former Polish justice minister arrested in sprawling spyware probe https://therecord.media/poland-spyware-former-justice-minister-arrested #pegasus #poland

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Technofascism in action. Musk will takeover the core infrastructure of gov, including critical systems like payments, and it’ll be years before we assess the extent of the damage done. We are lucky that journalists are documenting the coup, but it’s only so long before they get taken out too.

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We're just going to leave this here…

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What the right wing REALLY means:

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Italian investigative journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Israeli spyware | WhatsApp | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/italian-journalist-whatsapp-israeli-spyware #spyware #paragon

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WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware | WhatsApp | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/whatsapp-israel-spyware #spyware #paragon

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Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-signs-agreement-calling-for-meta-to-pay-25-million-to-settle-suit-6f734c8c #meta

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DeepSeek Mania Shakes AI Industry to Its Core https://www.404media.co/deepseek-mania-shakes-ai-industry-to-its-core/ #AI

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Starting 2025 with a blog post and new resolutions maynier.eu/blog/2025/01...

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The Supreme Court could decide the fate of Pornhub — and the rest of the internet - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344584/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-oral-arguments-pornhub-age-verification #US #pornography #censorship

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Meta will lay off more ‘low-performers,’ says CEO Mark Zuckerberg - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343562/meta-lay-offs-low-performers-zuckerberg-memo #meta #socialnetwork

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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

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Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/ #socialnetwork #fediverse

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Sense of impunity ‘absolute’: The NGO holding Israeli soldiers to account | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/10/impunity-and-accountability-the-ngo-holding-israeli-troops-to-account #Israel #Palestine

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Meta kills DEI programs https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump

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Des "aveux" de #LePen de torture en Algérie ont été receuillis par Le Monde en 2019 et sont publiés seulement aujourd'hui... Quelques remarques à chaud. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

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NEW: A study by Yale University and other institutions has found that the Gaza war death toll is likely 41% HIGHER than Palestinian health officials reported. It also found that over 59% of those killed were women, children and people over the age of 65. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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Human Rights Watch joins with nearly 90 other organizations in a letter opposing US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. It would be a terrible irony if a tool designed to penalize violators of human rights could instead contribute to their impunity.

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