Location data collected from apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. The misuse of consumer data raises concerns, especially when used to target vulnerable groups such as immigrants or protesters.
FBI Director Kash Patel, who once promised to “come after” the media, testified before Congress in March that the FBI has resumed buying Americans’ data and location histories from data brokers. Sipa USA/Samuel Corum via AP Images
If the government can buy a map of movements by journalists and suspected leakers, "confidential sources" can’t exist.
Congress should pass the Government Surveillance Reform Act and close the data broker loophole once and for all.
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How not to protect your sources or yourself, a cautionary tale. @404media.co They were using text messages?!
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#OtD 6 Apr 1968 17-year-old Black Panther, Bobby Hutton, was murdered by police in Oakland, California. The first recruit to the Party, he was unarmed, shirtless and had surrendered to police when they shot him at least 10 times. More on the Panthers: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
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Is it propaganda if it's the truth?
"If there is a woman oppressed by colonialism, we cannot achieve feminism goals."
Protesters in South Korea's capital, Seoul, rallied in solidarity with Palestinian and Iranian women on International Women’s Day, marching toward the US Embassy.
Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian women and girls in its genocidal war on Gaza.
On International Women's Day, we look at the number of women and girls Israel killed in Gaza in 2025.
#Infograph
Truth.
Their arms are too short to touch the top of their own heads.
Somehow, they will give you a black eye.
WATCH: Our new ad in #NC04 exposes Rep. Valerie Foushee's backdoor AIPAC money
Help us double our reach to make sure people know that Foushee answers to AIPAC - not to you!
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U2 has released a new track,Yours Eternally,recorded in collaboration with Ed Sheeran&the Ukrainian band Antytila
Do you like the song?
"Yours Eternally is written in the form of a letter from a soldier on active duty with a bold,mischievous spirit to match Ukraine's,"the band said in a statement
Image of a photo of a book with three orange post it notes attached. The notes explain that the book is too difficult (according to an automated test) for the child to read. Schools are graded based on the scores from these platforms, so teachers encourage "easy" books for better scores which results in students reading below grade level.
I was granted permission to share this image. Title I schools in the state where I reside are required to use several of the platforms also used by Alpha school (iExcel, iReady, accelerated reader). It's a mess and it is making education worse.
Is there a method that I can use to send support directly without going through patreon?
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
Russia’s takeover of Crimea did not begin in 2014. In the first part of a new documentary, the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigation Unit looks at how Russia began moving to seize the peninsula immediately after Ukraine gained independence in 1991.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDn_...
Adding this to my watch list. youtu.be/hDn_09I8co4?...
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
New episode of Radio Free America with guest @roterote.bsky.social and @vagrantjourno.bsky.social
A TikToker Shot, Mamdani's Education Plans, and War on Venezuela
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#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Please listen to this podcast about ANOM:
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The FBI ran a string operation in Europe where they created their own 'secure' phone and messaging platform. Their OS used portions of our code and was heavily marketed as being GrapheneOS or based on GrapheneOS.
Frontline news + internal politics + morale
When @wired.com made FOIA-based stories free, subscriptions went up.
When @404media.co published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.
We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
Playing Alias in Ukraine feels different. The war has found its way into board games. And people make use of what we have to experience.
We hope this will make you smile and maybe help Ukrainians keep playing safer:
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What the fuck?!?
Here’s last night’s story about Benjamin Netanyahu, the extreme voices he’s allied with in his country, and how one wonderful pen can help everyone better understand the geography of the Middle East. youtu.be/0_Bwix9IjOE
New mini-series from New Voice of Ukraine: The Polycrisis. Where we will examine the intersecting bad things that are making the world worse. First episode is on the increase in the numbers of wars.
youtu.be/B7gumx_5M2o
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
⚡️Russia using 'shadow fleet' tankers to launch drones towards European cities, Zelensky says.
Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers are being used to "launch and control" Russian drones over European cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 28, citing intelligence reports.
