As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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The EU’s Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content is now final — and Article 50 compliance kicks in Aug. 2. Natalia Garina walks through what providers and deployers need to know and whether it will prove effective in practice.
The EU's AI Transparency Code of Practice, Explained
Natalia Garina discusses the EU's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content and its impact on AI Act compliance.
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Tech Policy Press fellow Tatiana Dias reports on X’s efforts in Brazil to distance itself from Grok after the AI tool generated millions of sexualized images. Brazilian regulators aren’t buying it, and now X Brasil is facing demands for technical safeguards backed by the threat of daily fines.
X Tried to Sidestep Brazil's Inquiry on AI Deepfakes. The Government Just Pushed Back.
Tatiana Dias reports on Brazilian authorities efforts to confront X over Grok, after the AI tool generated millions of sexualized images.
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A huge win for corruption over excellence and corporate surveillance over privacy in UK: But now the British Medical Association has told its members that they should not use the #Palantir products pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/p...
Pluralistic: Doctors’ union may yet save the NHS from Palantir (12 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Age verification is spreading like cancer. First they came for adults site and social media; now they are already discussing about putting VPNs and app stores behind #AgeVerfication 🇬🇧🇦🇺 What’s sold as “online safety” means #surveillance via IDs checks or face scans. 👉 tuta.com/blog/age-ver...
Age Verification: What countries require you to perform ID checks & for what websites and platforms? | Tuta
Will the age verification era kill anonymity? As more countries are passing age verification laws, let's take a look at what countries already require it, and for what services, online sites,and socia...
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X has become the Everything App that Elon always wanted, if “everything” means all the tools you need to fuck up someone’s life, in one place. www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexu...
Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere
With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their consent, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.
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Gmail welcoming the Gemini era? That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
404 Media@404media.co · 7mo agoWorried about the surveillance dystopia? There are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems, and it doesn’t require owning clothes with a special design or high-tech gear. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
❌ New Year, New Me ❌ ✅️ New DIDay, Better Privacy ✅️ For the first #DigitalIndependanceDay of this year: Share which of these Big Tech apps you replaced & with what! #NewYearNewMe #PrivacyMatters #DIDay #DigitalIndependenceDay ➡️ More info on #DIDay: di.day initiated by the Chaos Computer Club
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
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Ready to #deGoogle 💯 per cent? We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026. Which one is your favorite? ➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
Read our new report The Internet Coup. The Great Firewall Export investigation is a joint collaboration with @amnesty.org, @papertrailmedia.de, @justiceformyanmar.org, @theglobeandmail.com, @ftm.eu, @derstandard.at and @torproject.org interseclab.org/research/the... .
The Internet Coup: A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes - InterSecLab
This research reveals groundbreaking findings on how Geedge Networks is selling an extensive suite of next-generation digital repression tools to client governments around the world.
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
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Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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Truecaller's Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026.
Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls | TechCrunch
Truecaller's Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026.
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Tategate: How a Human Trafficking Suspect Was Protected by Trump’s Whitehouse. #SpookyConnections #3E #EndImpunity
Tategate: How a Human Trafficking Suspect Was Protected by Trump’s Whitehouse
Uncovering how Andrew Tate’s trafficking case became entangled with the Trump White House, foreign influence networks, and the vulnerabilities of U.S. federal institutions. Examines DHS interference, ...
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Yoodli counts Google, Snowflake, and Databricks among its customers.
Ex-Googler's Yoodli triples valuation to $300M+ with AI built to assist, not replace, people | TechCrunch
Yoodli counts Google, Snowflake, and Databricks among its customers.
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Your conversations with AI chatbots are private and require a warrant. AI companies must commit to having your back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
AI Chatbot Companies Should Protect Your Conversations From Bulk
AI companies have a responsibility to their users to make sure the warrant requirement is strictly followed, to resist unlawful bulk surveillance requests, and to be transparent with their users
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Well, some folks said that the XXI Century wasn‘t poetic enough so, here you go.
Best of r/cybersecurity@cybersecurity.page · 8mo agoPoetry can trick AI models into revealing nuclear weapons secrets, study finds
The pursuit of 'superintelligence' is a project that should immediately lead people to question the motives of the techno-optimists and their political objectives, writes Cole Donovan. Their political project has clear goals; their emerging technology does not.
What Happens When 'Superintelligence' Doesn't Appear in a Few Months? | TechPolicy.Press
We must question the motives of the techno-optimists and their political goals, writes Cole Donovan.
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New Office Snitch Alert! 🙄 Starting tomorrow, Microsoft Teams will be rolling out its new feature which can track your location using the office Wi-Fi. Will this make knowing whose in office or surveillance easier? We say both. More: www.tomsguide.com/computing/of...
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
Happy apocalypse using children as pretext. The adultists forgot to ask the children if they want it for their mums and dads first place. It’d be a cute youtube vid. www.compliancehub.wiki/eu-chat-cont...
EU "Chat Control" NOT Withdrawn – Just Delayed Again (3rd Time): Denmark Drops Mandatory Scanning After Germany Blocks Vote
BREAKING UPDATE: Temporary Victory for Privacy Advocates as Voluntary Scanning Continues Until April 2026, But Poland's Upcoming Presidency Signals Renewed "Child Safety" Push Bottom Line Up Front: D...
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CISA warns that spyware operators are targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts of high-value users. They bypass encryption using spoofed apps and zero-click exploits to compromise these accounts.
CISA warns spyware crews are breaking into Signal and WhatsApp accounts
Attackers sidestep encryption with spoofed apps and zero-click exploits to compromise 'high-value' mobile users
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