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Via LLRX – We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech – State-run health care websites around the country, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, have been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to Google and social media companies, Colin Lecher and Tomas Apodaca of The Markup and CalMatters …
The Verge: “Reddit has become known as the place to go for unfiltered answers from real, human users. But as the site celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, the company is increasingly thinking about how it can augment that human work with AI. The initial rollout of AI tools, like Reddit Answers, is “going really …
Wirecutter: “As a privacy journalist, I have given all manner of advice for how to secure and obscure an online life, but I’d never undertaken a project that extends the idea of privacy to its logical conclusion: by disappearing completely. So I set out to erase my online life. I failed. Finding myself (online). The …
Indicator: “Google announced in a relatively muted fashion that it was killing off support for ClaimReview, the structured data that powered its fact-checking features in Search and News. This is directionally consistent — though far less dramatic in tone and impact — with Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to terminate Meta’s US fact-checking program earlier this year. …
AmericanCitizen’s Substack – This article includes actionable information to share including: WARNINGS about ICE in the area How to protect yourself and WORKPLACE from ICE Court protections Protect yourself from ICE at HOME A way ICE is notified where to look Other ideas here → How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids. Answering …
Poynter: “AI, video games and old clips flooded social media after the June 21 attacks. Here’s how to tell what’s real. Images and videos of explosions, fires, protests and weapons went viral after the United States’ June 21 attacks on three Iranian nuclear sites — but many of them didn’t show what was actually happening. …
The Atlantic [no paywall] – A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern. “Trump came into office promising to carry out a “mass deportation” of undocumented immigrants. Because of a degraded information environment riddled with right-wing propaganda, many Trump supporters came to think this meant …
“Few modern presidents have waged a more visible or sustained campaign against the press than Donald Trump. From the launch of his political career, Trump has used social platforms — first Twitter, then Truth Social — to attack, belittle and discredit journalists, news outlets and the media as a whole. To better understand the scope …
Reuters Institute – Digital News Report 2025. “The most comprehensive study of news consumption worldwide. This year’s report comes at a time of deep political and economic uncertainty, changing geo-political alliances, not to mention climate breakdown and continuing destructive conflicts around the world. Against that background, evidence-based and analytical journalism should be thriving, with newspapers …
Wired: “The undocumented migrant community in the United States is using social networks and other digital platforms to send alerts about raids and the presence of immigration agents around the US. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (Chirla) estimates that in recent days, around 300 migrants have been detained in California as …
Take9: “Every time you pick up your phone or log into your computer, you’re placing trust in the systems that make them run. Apple, Google, and Microsoft each come with their own set of tools to help protect you, but they vary. Some are automatic. Some need to be turned on. Find your platform below …
Gizmodo: “NASA is axing at least 23 X accounts run by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), citing a need to “strategically reduce” its digital footprint. The move comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposed funding cuts that could kill numerous research programs. NASA operates more than 400 social media accounts, 300 of …
