CIA Venture Capital Arm Partners With Ex-Googler’s Startup to “Safeguard the Internet”
Trust Lab, founded by a former Google exec for content moderation, will identify “online harmful content, including toxicity and misinformation.”
Technology
Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk
Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform's right-wing extremists.
Twitter Allows Russian Officials to Share Antisemitic Cartoon of Zelenskyy
Elon Musk’s Twitter permitted a Russian Embassy account to post a cartoon that echoed Nazi propaganda in its depiction of Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Elon Musk’s “Free Speech” Twitter Is Still Censoring DDoSecrets
Twitter has censored the website of nonprofit transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets for more than two years.
Voices
Elon Musk Would Have Done Better With Twitter If He’d Read Noam Chomsky
Musk is impaled on the horns of a corporate dilemma described in radical critiques of the media.
An Uber Millionaire Wants You to Vote on the Internet — Despite the Inherent Vulnerabilities
Bradley Tusk’s Mobile Voting has already conducted 21 online voting pilots in seven states, but the technology for doing it securely doesn’t exist.
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By Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Has Created His Own Hilarious Nightmare
Musk will likely ruin Twitter for one specific user: himself.
Hacked Documents: How Iran Can Track and Control Protesters’ Phones
The documents provide an inside look at an Iranian government program that lets authorities monitor and manipulate people’s phones.
Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns
While official language condoning killer robots is shelved for now, Oakland police are still pursuing the option.
Meet the Military Contractor Running Fare Collection in New York Subways — and Around the World
Cubic Corporation does transit projects like New York City's OMNY, but also cleans up on government surveillance and security contracts.