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“Social media companies fuel and profit off of hate and disinformation. Could they also be subsidizing it? Monetization.wtf is WHAT TO FIX’s go-to resource to investigate how social media platforms redistribute revenue to their users. With billions of dollars flowing through social media, understanding who gets paid by platforms, how much, and for what, is …
Nature Scientific Reports [full text] – People are poorly equipped to detect AI-powered voice clones. Sarah Barrington, Emily A. Cooper & Hany Farid. “As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues its ballistic trajectory, everything from text to audio, image, and video generation continues to improve at mimicking human-generated content. Through a series of perceptual studies, we report on …
Urban Institute – Regulatory Changes Could Significantly Reduce Eligibility for Benefits, Particularly among Older Workers. September 18, 2025. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is preparing a proposed rule that could significantly reshape how disability eligibility is determined for two major programs: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This brief examines the …
NextGov/FCW – “At least 15 government oversight websites were down — and with them, access to watchdog reports and required hotline and whistleblower links — as of Wednesday evening. That’s not due to the federal shutdown that began at midnight; it’s a deliberate move by the White House, whose Office of Management and Budget is …
The New York Times Gift Article: “The White House on [October 1, 2025] sent letters to nine of the nation’s top public and private universities, urging campus leaders to pledge support for President Trump’s political agenda to help ensure access to federal research funds. The letters came attached to a 10-page “compact” that serves as …
Follow up to Oversight Democrats Release Third Batch of Documents from Jeffrey Epstein Estate see The Daily Beast: “From TD Bank to Honeycomb Partners, several hedge funds and banks were linked to the wealthy sex offender – Fresh documents from the estate of late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how the convicted sex trafficker carried on …
NBC via MSN: “YouTube said Monday it would settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump for more than $24 million, adding to a growing list of settlements with tech and media companies that have amassed millions of dollars for Trump’s projects. Trump sued after his YouTube account was banned in 2021. After the Jan. …
Peters Report Finds that DOGE Continues to Operate Unchecked, Likely Violating Federal Privacy and Security Laws, and Putting the Safety of Americans’ Personal Information in Danger. “U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report revealing that the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is …
Follow up to Epstein Files Are Out. The Coverup is Worse Than You Think, See Also – “Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released partial records from the third batch of documents produced by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate, which includes phone message logs, copies of flight logs and manifests for aircrafts, copies …
Pluralistic, Cory Doctorow: “A week ago, I turned that book into a speech, which I delivered as the annual Nordlander Memorial Lecture at Cornell, where I’m an AD White Professor-at-Large. This was my first-ever speech about AI and I wasn’t sure how it would go over, but thankfully, it went great and sparked a lively …
Dollar Dominance Monitor: “The US dollar has served as the world’s leading reserve currency since World War II. Today, the dollar represents 58 percent of foreign reserve holdings worldwide. The euro, the second-most-used currency, accounts for only 20 percent of foreign reserve holdings.” But in recent years, and especially since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine …
Strength in Numbers: “Trump is unpopular Compare Trump’s topline job approval (-11) to that of other recent presidents, and he stands out quite clearly (not in a good way): The president’s entire domestic policy agenda is underwater, too — especially on the economy and inflation, the two issues that won him the 2024 election: But …
