Is Bluesky Billionaire-Proof?
Micah Lee
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Here are some answers about the new social media network Bluesky that you don’t need an invite to see.
Micah Lee
Micah Lee is The Intercept's Director of Information Security. He is a computer security engineer and an open-source software developer who writes about technical topics, leaked datasets, and the far right. He develops security and privacy tools such as OnionShare, Dangerzone, and Semiphemeral. He's writing a book to teach journalists and researchers how to analyze leaked datasets called Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations, to be released later in 2023.
Before joining The Intercept, he worked as a staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he explained how technologies work to journalists and lawyers, and worked to encrypt the web. He is a founder and former board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a member of the Distributed Denial of Secrets advisory board, and a Tor Project core contributor.
Send encrypted text messages to Micah Lee to +1-201-357-0796 on Signal or @micahflee on Keybase.
Elon Musk suspended Micah from Twitter for doing journalism, and his account is still locked. Follow Micah on Mastodon instead at @micahflee@infosec.exchange, or on Bluesky at @micahflee.com.
Before joining The Intercept, he worked as a staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he explained how technologies work to journalists and lawyers, and worked to encrypt the web. He is a founder and former board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a member of the Distributed Denial of Secrets advisory board, and a Tor Project core contributor.
Send encrypted text messages to Micah Lee to +1-201-357-0796 on Signal or @micahflee on Keybase.
Elon Musk suspended Micah from Twitter for doing journalism, and his account is still locked. Follow Micah on Mastodon instead at @micahflee@infosec.exchange, or on Bluesky at @micahflee.com.
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Los Angeles Tries to Claw Back Public Records After Police Invent New Definition of “Undercover”
Micah Lee
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The city released 9,310 Los Angeles Police Department headshots to a journalist. Six months later, it’s suing to get them back.
Voices
Elon Musk Is Still Silencing the Journalists He Banned From Twitter
Micah Lee
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To you, it looks like Musk unblocked journalists like me. It’s an illusion: The truth is that we are still locked out of our accounts.
Voices
Elon Musk Is Taking Aim at Journalists. I’m One of Them.
Micah Lee
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The tweet — and the journalism — that got me suspended from Twitter.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Covid Disinformation Doctor Wants to Help Elon Musk Do Medical Fact-Checks on Twitter
Micah Lee
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Convicted U.S. Capitol insurrectionist Simone Gold offered her vaccine disinformation group America’s Frontline Doctors for the job.
Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk
Robert Mackey, Micah Lee
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Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform's right-wing extremists.
Elon Musk’s “Free Speech” Twitter Is Still Censoring DDoSecrets
Micah Lee
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Twitter has censored the website of nonprofit transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets for more than two years.
Liberty Counsel’s Donor Records and Pro-Trump Election Messaging Exposed in Data Breach
Micah Lee, Michael Sherrard
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Thanks to its tax status, the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group has largely avoided public scrutiny.
Donald Trump Has His Own History With the Espionage Act
Micah Lee
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The Trump administration used the controversial law to target media outlets and sources who provided important information to the public.
Russia Is Losing a War Against Hackers Stealing Huge Amounts of Data
Micah Lee
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Dozens of Russian companies and government agencies have been hacked in apparent retribution for the invasion of Ukraine.