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Premiered on YouTube August 26, 2025 [Note this video includes commercial interruptions] – “If you live in the United States, it’s very likely that a private startup has been logging and sharing your vehicle’s location without your consent. In this video we explore how AI can defend against being tracked by 3rd party police and …
NBC News: “In an interview with All Rise News on the MeidasTouch Network’s Legal AF, University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman explains why the article was so extraordinary and what it says about the Supreme Court and Trump’s attacks on the judiciary.”
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 6, 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 …
ABC News: “The Army is extending orders for the Washington, D.C., National Guard to remain on active duty in the nation’s capital through Nov. 30, two U.S. officials told ABC News Thursday. President Donald Trump could still cut the mission shorter than Nov. 30 if desired — or extend the deployment past that date, the …
Global Investigative Journalism Network – Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content, Henk van Ess: “We’re approaching a point where the signal-to-noise ratio is getting close to one — meaning that as the pace of misinformation approaches that of factual information, it’s becoming nearly impossible to tell what’s real. This guide teaches journalists how to try …
Where’s Your Ed at – Ed Zitron: “In the last two years I’ve written no less than 500,000 words, with many of them dedicated to breaking both existent and previous myths about the state of technology and the tech industry itself. While I feel no resentment — I really enjoy writing, and feel privileged to …
Via Metafilter: “Fifteen Minutes of Fascism is a sadly topical podcast covering the global rise of the radical right. Listen every Thursday for news, analysis, historical background, and celebrations of the deaths of right-wing figures throughout history.” “Since 2020, a PhD candidate, now Dr. Craig Johnson has been putting out Fifteen Minutes of Fascism, “a …
Slopaganda: The interaction between propaganda and generative AI. Michał Klincewicz, Tilburg University, Mark Alfano, Macquarie University, Amir Ebrahimi Fard, Independent Researcher “At least since Francis Bacon, the slogan “knowledge is power” has been used to capture the relationship between decision-making at a group level and information. We know that being able to shape the informational …
Bellingcat, Makepeace Sitlhou: “How does one monitor a conflict zone on the brink of civil war, especially in a region which is difficult to access, experiences frequent internet shutdowns and where misinformation is common? In this guide, we outline the open source tools and methods we can use to evidence what is really happening in …
Politico – “D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued the Trump administration on Thursday for deploying the National Guard to Washington, saying it infringes on the city’s sovereignty and violates laws prohibiting the use of the military for domestic law enforcement. “The deployment of National Guard troops to police District streets without the District’s consent infringes …
Guardian: “News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the …
Newsguard – “In August 2025, the 10 leading AI chatbots repeated false information on controversial news topics identified in NewsGuard’s False Claims Fingerprints database at nearly double the rate compared to one year ago, a NewsGuard audit released this week found. On average, the audit determined, chatbots spread false claims when prompted with questions about …