This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion
“Facebook gave police a teenager’s private chats about her abortion. Cops then used those chats to seize her phone and computer.” #Technology
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Surf demonstrates the power of the open social web
Flipboard's browser for the open social web is out for web users today.
What Digital Isolation and Censorship Evasion Look Like In Wartime Iran
"Four weeks into the war, Iran is plummeting toward total digital isolation with its internet blocked and communications heavily restricted and monitored." And it's part of a bigger trend.
The Right Is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning
"Groups that challenge books have begun using Gemini, ChatGPT, xAI, and other AI tools to try to get books banned." The point is to create a chilling effect.
An alternate history of social media
I joined Rabble on the Revolution.Social podcast.