Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:59:52 +0000
With a new emphasis on the Hamas attacks on Israel, the US Treasury has proposed designating foreign cryptocurrency “mixer” services as money launderers and national security threats.
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:27:29 +0000
A flood of false information, partisan narratives, and weaponized “fact-checking” has obscured efforts to find out who’s responsible for an explosion at a hospital in Gaza.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott, David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:20:01 +0000
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott, David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:20:01 +0000
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Myanmar’s military junta is increasing surveillance and violating basic human rights. The combination of physical and digital surveillance is reaching dangerous new levels.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world’s biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Hamas raised millions in crypto, Exxon used hacked data, and more.
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:11:49 +0000
The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:30:38 +0000
In an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Dubbed “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset,” the flaw requires issuing patches to virtually every web server around the world before the problem can be eradicated.
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