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Similarly, Palantir calls for national military service. This is a common and unfortunate affliction of middle-aged and older men, akin to an interest in the Roman Empire or World War II. Its simply not something you see many men in their 20s promote for obvious I-would-prefer-not-to-die reasons. Charitably, it reflects a sense of a desire for creating shared meaning among the young that the elderly perceive is lacking, or to coerce the elite into sharing the cost of military conflict. Uncharitably, it is the old telling the young how to live and risk their lives.

We all have personal views, but the manifesto completely merges Palantir and Karp's vision. Why should a tech company have a manifesto that includes rearming Germany or Japan, or calls for national military service?
Turning opinions into political manifestos demands allegiance or opposition.

Meta is set to overtake Google on digital ad revenue -- largely thanks to smart AI content recommendations. But my @opinion.bloomberg.com column today argues this the last hurrah of Meta's Web 2.0 legacy business -- not a sign of strength for the AI era.

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

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Cool. My car can also run faster than the human world record for a half marathon.

😂 💀

Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.

Of course:

“D’Souza is also the founder of the Enhanced Games, an Olympics-style competition that allows performance-enhancing drugs and is set to debut in Las Vegas next month.)”

A white garment with some kind of food stain. Humiliating.

A pair of dirty hands rest on a car engine. Rough, tough, cool.

Here is an easy solution:

Food stains are humiliating, as they suggest you're a little baby who can't feed themselves.

Oil stains, such as those you'd get from working on your car, suggest you're tough, independent, and skilled.

Thus, simply cover your food stains with used motor oil.

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Amazing that Apple's approach to anything even approaching consenting porn is "not on your life, you filthy pervert" and its approach to nonconsensual porn is, basically, "well, what can ya do"

This means that victims seeking help removing nonconsensual intimate content are shown a sales pitch before they see the free removal page for a given platform.

As Rachel writes: “When it comes to nonconsensual nudes, finding the ‘Report’ button shouldn't require a credit card.”

Briefing: Google shows ads when people search for help removing intimate images Plus: X pays clickbait accounts a little less

Today on @indicator.media’s free Briefing: Google ran ads on search results for queries about removing nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII).

Most of the ads promoted generic content removal products that don’t provide a tailored service for NCII. Most importantly, all of them are paid services.

TTP - Apple and Google Are Steering Users to Nudify Apps

Important report by @ttp-updates.bsky.social shows the continued infuriating and unsurprising prevalence of AI nudifiers apps on the app stores.

What's it going to take for the companies to take this issue seriously?

Hey, that's us!

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Craig be Craig-ing

Enjoyed being on stage with some of my faves @cjimenezcruz.bsky.social, @tainalon.bsky.social, and @julieposetti.bsky.social today at #ijf26 to talk platform accountability and investigations into digital deception.

If you want to talk some more, come to @indicator.media’s aperitivo tonight at 1830

Perugia knows how to welcome a rockstar! It’s now one-in one-out only for @craigsilverman.bsky.social’s session at #IJF26

Be sure to follow @indicator.media whether you’re in the room or outside

Amazing work by @mantzarlis.com at @indicator.media finding the first evidence of Community Notes manipulation predicted and described in our paper (cited within)!

Map of deepfake school abuse incidents around the world

I teamed up with @mantzarlis.com and @indicator.media to create a database and map of these cases—and there are likely many more!

See all the data here: indicator.media/p/more-than-...

YOU KNOW IT

#IJF26

Grazie in anticipo a tutti! 💝

“Dying shoe company becomes compute provider” is easily the best bubble story we have seen so far

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

"The goal is not always sexual gratification. Increasingly, the intent is humiliation, denigration, and social control."

ah i see it reported here nypost.com/2026/04/10/u...

Also check out @mantzarlis.com's piece here! indicator.media/p/more-than-...

Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Challenging Biden State Department’s Alleged Social Media Censorship The Justice Department this week announced the settlement of litigation alleging that the Biden State Department actively silenced and censored disfavored speech by American citizens, in particular th...

can any lawyers out there confirm that this type of settlement comes with a $ amount for plaintiffs? and if so, given that it's a public body, shouldn't that amount be listed somewhere?

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

NEW: Analysis by @wired.com and @indicator.media reveals the first global look at the plague of AI-generated sexual abuse material impacting girls in countries around the world. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/deepfa...

Apple threatened to remove Grok from the App Store over sexualized deepfakes, letter says In a letter it sent to senators in January, Apple detailed how it responded to Grok’s ability to generate sexualized deepfakes.

coulda shoulda woulda

I guess that's three prongs. I know how to math.

So much this. And ideally they would do so with a two-pronged approach that recognizes the reality of the situation. Mandatory removal is less useful than going after the tools themselves (as the EU is promising to), the infra (California) and teaching kids that this stuff is *not OK*