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DHS lied about searching a man's phone for child porn to cover up a political terrorism probe. #digitalrights

Texas promised to halt data center permits but is pushing them through anyway. #texasdatacenters

Police need warrants to search license plate reader data to stop surveillance abuse. #WarrantRequired

Stop the spying and ban surveillance advertising to protect our privacy and empower publishers. #adtech

Disney wants Character.AI to go bankrupt to snag its tech and dodge legal fallout. #disney

An Israeli firm hijacked Google and Facebook's ad systems to deliver zero-click mercenary spyware. #cybersecurity

New surveillance laws worldwide are putting encryption in a chokehold. #encryptionthreats

VCs are inflating startup valuations and using retail investors as exit liquidity. #venturecapitalbubble

A federal court just let a lawsuit against the Trump administration's surveillance of noncitizens move forward. #freespeech

New court records show exactly how Telegram hands over user data to U.S. authorities. #telegramdata

Expedia is pulling an Amazon, forcing hotel prices up everywhere to line its own pockets. #expedia

Here is how to fight dark patterns and actually opt out of medical data sharing. #patientdataprivacy

California's tech elite are spending millions to kill a billionaire wealth tax meant for healthcare and education. #billionairetax

AI just broke the video game reverse engineering community by making decompiling games trivial. #reverseengineering

Hospitals say you can opt out of health data sharing, but they make the process a confusing nightmare. #patientprivacy

OpenAI now targets ads based on your private prompts, phone number, and email. #chatgptprivacy

Eight US states are suing OpenAI for allegedly harming kids and lying about ChatGPT's safety. #openai

Google and OpenAI's latest AI models are still far too easy to trick into creating explicit content. #aisafety

AI companies are using fake run rates to mask a bubble built on venture capital and bad data. #aibubble

Doctoralia dumped web trackers that sent private patient data to tech firms after a Markup investigation. #doctoralia

The biggest pro-AI super PAC is dumping millions into Nevada shell companies. #aipolitics

Character.ai's bankruptcy shows the math for AI startups just doesn't add up. #characterai

AI is stealing Wikipedia's traffic and threatening its survival. #wikipedia

WIRED reveals exactly what cities are paying for Flock surveillance. #flockpricing

AI labs are staring down a WeWork-style collapse as legal risks and revenue gaps kill the hype. #frontierlabs

Feds used fake cell towers to target Don Lemon's producer, a journalist, and a Senate candidate. #surveillance

Labor rights just rescued the Ultima series from a corporate monopolist. #laborrights

AI compute demand is outstripping supply as the tech moves beyond chatbots into the broader economy. #aiinfrastructure

Cops can now pinpoint specific home addresses using just one interior photo and AI. #aigeolocation

An Illinois college tried to cancel its Flock Safety contract over privacy concerns, but the company said no. #flock

Age verification laws create digital barriers that lock millions of people without IDs out of the internet. #noidnointernet

Frances Haugen’s bravery in exposing Meta’s harms to children sparked a global movement to hold Big Tech accountable. #franceshaugen

See how official outreach helps voters stay resilient against AI misinformation. #aielections

The federal government is illegally consolidating our private data to weaponize it against us. #dataprivacy

Book publishers are quietly deploying AI, and their staff have had enough. #aipublishing

New York alleges TikTok tricked users with "placebo" safety features that didn't actually work. #tiktok

Senator Blanche Lincoln went from fighting prediction market gambling to lobbying for it at Kalshi. #predictionmarkets

The Pentagon is fast-tracking AI contracts with tech giants using 5-minute videos. #defenseai

Lawmakers are pushing new bills to end federal access to Flock's invasive surveillance cameras. #flock

Junk credit and spiking interest rates are pushing the AI bubble toward a massive financial meltdown. #aibubble

A Texas city is charging $2.3 million for public records on its AI surveillance cameras. #flock

arXiv is capping submissions to fight the flood of AI-generated slop. #arxiv