Elon Musk says he will rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned following the exposure of his posts advocating for racism and eugenics, after Trump endorsed the idea
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.” — “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.” — “Normalize Indian hate.” — www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... [embedded post] Ryan ...
Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights the shift toward a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum
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Sources: Chinese hackers targeted data from phones of Trump and JD Vance, via a hack of Verizon systems; staff members of Harris' campaign were also targeted
our adversaries fear him. https://www.wsj.com/... Meridith McGraw / @meridithmcgraw : Chinese hackers are believed to have targeted the cell phones of Trump and Vance, according to people familiar. Th...
A look at Rockbridge, a Silicon Valley-backed right-wing donor group co-founded by JD Vance to influence US politics; docs and sources: its 2024 budget is ~$75M
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Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign
An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation … Mastodon: @PaulaChertok@mas.to , @dangillmor@mastodon...
Researchers and US agencies are overhauling or ending the study of political and medical misinfo due to pressure from Rep. Jim Jordan and other conservatives
An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation … X: @_yayger , @jswatz , @solnatamd , @jeffreymarlett ...
As inflation rises and the economy contracts, some US Twitch streamers are losing promotional deals, forcing them to rely on meager ad earnings from the service
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Sources: SolarWinds hackers gained access to emails of Trump administration's top DHS officials, including acting Secretary Chad Wolf and cybersecurity staff
Report iTnews : SolarWinds hack obtained emails of top US Homeland Security officials Tweets: @inteloperator : The recently approved stimulus package includes $650m for the Cybersecurity and Infrastru...
Cloudflare CEO on why the company terminated DDoS protection service for 8chan: the site was “lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths”
The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio are horrific tragedies. In the case of the El Paso shooting …
Experts say Facebook's opaque approach toward flagging possible suicide threats to police around the world may not be accurate, effective, or safe
A police officer on the late shift in an Ohio town recently received an unusual call from Facebook. — Earlier that day … Tweets: @jeffjarvis , @nytimesbusiness , @wexler , @nytpolitics , @carnage4li...