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Timothy Snyder — Thinking About

The Desire for Terror

And the defense of democracy

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner — The Guardian

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats

Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’

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Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion IPO is a Weapon, Not an Investment

What Wall Street Won’t Tell You About the SpaceX Initial Public Offering.

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Anil Dash — anildash.com

ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, released their own browser called Atlas, and it actually is something new: the first browser that actively fights against the web.

Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Press Freedom • Social Media • Surveillance • Threat Management

Jeffrey Chester — techpolicy.press

Trump’s TikTok Deal Would Further Entrench Big Tech Surveillance

The proposal would allow Trump’s political allies to operate TikTok in the US without significant reforms and safeguards.

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Dell Cameron — Wired

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Ron Williams

The Resistance Will Be Reported (Updated November 12, 2025)

The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

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Carole Cadwalladr — How to Survive the Broligarchy

The Dark Lord of Silicon Valley

Peter Thiel enters the chat.

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Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik — The New York Times

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

Mr. Trump could potentially use such information to advance his political agenda by policing immigrants and punishing critics...

Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Human Rights • Technology • Threat Management

Nicole Schneidman — If you can keep it

DOGE’s data “panopticon” pales compared to what’s next

If state governments surrender their datasets, there’s no telling how they could be abused

Cyber Security • Legal • Technology • Threat Management

Dan Goodin — arstechnica

Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp

“Turns out regular people don't like companies that help dictators hack dissidents.”

Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Surveillance • Technology • Threat Management

LUKE O’BRIEN — Mother Jones

The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI

Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.

Cyber Security • Disinformation • Technology • Threat Management

Steve Benen — Maddow Blog

Hegseth halts cyber operations against Russia, adding to an ugly pattern

Late last week, a publication called The Record, which focuses on news related to cybersecurity, published a report that seemed hard to believe. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the outlet reported, “ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.”

Cyber Security • Legal • Surveillance • Technology

Paresh Dave, Dell Cameron, Alexa O'Brien — Wired

DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

A federal law enforcement source warns that monitoring could theoretically be used to gather political intelligence on federal employees, while the administration looks for more palatable reasons to terminate them later; similar to how law enforcement may obtain evidence that's inadmissible in the course of a criminal investigation, but then search for another evidentiary basis to file charges.

Cyber Security • Democracy • Economy • Financial • Technology

Dave Troy — The Washington Spectator

The Wide Angle: Elon Musk and the American Endgame

...Congress is baffled as to why Musk is doing all of this, and what he possibly wants from access to sensitive data including US Treasury records on social security numbers, bank routing and account numbers, healthcare data, and Department of Energy information on nuclear weapons. He has given free rein to a group of 20-ish boys — tech enthusiasts with no training or relevant experience — so they can “improve” things and harvest information.

Cyber Security • Democracy • Digital Rights • Fascism • Technology • Threat Management

Gil Duran — thenerdreich.com

Memo: 'Capture of U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Neoreactionaries'

Memo details how Elon Musk has orchestrated a stunning takeover of the U.S. government

Cyber Security • Democracy • Digital Rights • Disinformation • Exile • Global • Surveillance • Technology • Threat Management

Reporters Without Borders — rsf.org

New report on Russian media in exile: RSF calls for increased support amid unprecedented digital repression

Independent Russian media in exile are a vital line of defence against the Kremlin’s massive digital censorship project, which has an estimated budget of nearly 630 million euros, according to the latest report by The Fix and the JX Fund. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges European states, international donors, and tech giants to step up their support for these media outlets as they face unprecedented repression and major logistical, financial, and security challenges.

Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Safety • Surveillance • Threat Management

Rachel George — Council on Foreign Relations

Iran's AI Assault on Women

Iran and other countries in the Middle East are increasingly using artificial intelligence as a tool to crackdown on women's rights.

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BERYL LIPTON AND MATTHEW GUARIGLIA — EFF

GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training

Face recognition technology, particularly when used by law enforcement and government, puts into jeopardy many of our important rights.

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