Category «Social Media»

How Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters

The New York Times Gift Article includes dozens of images: “…Mr. Trump has posted A.I.-generated images or videos at least 62 times on his Truth Social account since late 2022, according to a review by The New York Times of his posts to the social network. The fake imagery has included blistering attacks on his …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Social Media

Image Scrubber

Gizmodo: “he EFF suggests Image Scrubber as a software tool for obscuring faces, and also stripping out the identifying metadata attached to your photos — which can include your location and sometimes even your name…”  “This is a tool for anonymizing photographs taken at protests. It will remove identifying metadata (Exif data) from photographs, and …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of ‘AI slop’ in your feed

TechCrunch: “Following backlash over an increase in “AI slop” taking over users’ feeds, Pinterest on Thursday added new tools that let users limit how much AI-generated content they see on the platform. Users can now personalize their feeds to restrict generative AI imagery in select categories, and the company said it will make its existing …

Subjects: AI, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 11, 2025

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 11, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

AI Models Need to be Disinfected — Or George Orwell’s “1984” Will Come True

NewsGuard By Gordon Crovitz, NewsGuard Co-CEO: “Recent forecasts say the AI companies could soon spend trillions of dollars to expand their AI offerings. In addition to paying for expensive chips and giant server farms, the AI companies should make their AI output trustworthy. They have allowed their models to be infected with malign falsehoods so …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.

The New York Times Gift Article – “In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into moving their applications to the top of the pile with embedded instructions…As companies increasingly turn to A.I. to sift through thousands of job applications, candidates are concealing instructions for chatbots within their résumés in hopes …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

404 Media: “Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned. The app, called Eyes Up, differs from other banned apps such as ICEBlock which were designed to report sightings of ICE officials in real-time to warn local communities. Eyes Up, meanwhile, was …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security

EFF: “Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy much easier. This month we’re going to do just that. For the month of October, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Wired: “Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages—raw material to be transformed …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

How Foreign Powers are Gaslighting Americans

NewsGuard: The United States has “unilaterally disarmed in the information wars,” dismantling key defenses against Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation efforts, NewsGuard Co-CEO Gordon warns in an op-ed published in the Washington Post on Oct. 6. Crovitz argues that recent actions by the Trump administration — including the effective shutdown of the Foreign Malign Influence …

Subjects: AI, Defense, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Monetization.wtf

“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 …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 3, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 3, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media