Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship?
Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him.
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A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...
The Congressional hearing on the SECURE Data Act was a series of odes to small business. Big Tech loves to invoke small business whenever they want to fend off regulation, but the biggest enemy of small business is Big Tech. It's like wolves expressing worry about sheep.
Currently watching the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, where they are discussing the expansive surveillance powers of ICE. They are citing reporting by myself, as well as colleagues at the Wpost, Wired, 404, and other news outlets:
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Lawyers for xAI are seeking to uncover the identities of plaintiffs suing over deepfake images created by Grok. Prof. Danielle Citron warns that losing anonymity can deter people from pursuing such claims. @daniellecitron.bsky.social @wired.com www.wired.com/story/xai-as...
