@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-27 19:40:53
Court filings: Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/m
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-27 21:30:48
The government of California is implementing a law that requires operating system providers to implement some form of age verification into their account setup procedures.
Assembly Bill No. 1043 was approved by California governor Gavin Newsom in October of last year, and becomes active on January 1, 2027 (via The Lunduke Journal).
The bill states, among other factors, that "An operating system provider shall do all of the following:"
"(1) Provide an accessib…
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-01-28 00:10:12
Trump's government committed 340 million felonies. Will he & Elmo be held accountable?
Watch below.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v57dxvrmaxyprrwdixuva7ux/post/3mdg4eh5ezc2g
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-24 22:05:49
Grand Jury Charges Four Members of Anti-Government Group with Terrorism Felonies Stemming from New Year's Eve Bombing Plot (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-charges-four-members-anti-government-group-terrorism-felonies-stemming-new
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p62#a251224p62
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-02-25 20:07:07
As the "last falangista*" dies, fascism is again on the rise.
Just an example from Manchester.
In the nearby parliamentary constituency, a candidate with connections to race pseudoscience organisations, with Nazi pedigree, could win a crucial by-election.
*Falange= Franco's fascist party.
Muere a los 93 años el golpista Antonio Tejero, brazo ejecutor del 23F
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-28 05:55:54
AI Whistleblower Initiative says OpenAI recently updated its whistleblower policy, addressing 8 of 13 recommendations and going further than Anthropic's policy (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-one-ups-a…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-27 03:20:40
The Trump administration appeared to acknowledge on Monday that its investigation into
the killing of a Veterans Affairs nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents this weekend
was limited to a “use of force” review meant to establish whether government employees had violated training standards.
Such a move, disclosed in court filings, would represent a much narrower inquiry
-- focused on tactics and conduct
-- than one that would examine whether federal agents shoul…
@gla@mastodon.social2025-12-27 12:28:11
📣📣📣 LLM-powered coding mass-produces technical debt. 📣📣📣
The expectations around them are sky-high, but many organizations are falling behind because of them. 📉
WHY IT MATTERS? CTOs lament slowdowns and production issues traced to company-wide rollouts of LLM-powered coding assistants. The AI promise clashes with the reality of technical debt and security issues. 🐛
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@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-02-24 11:58:37
Meta executive warned Facebook Messenger encryption plan was 'so irresponsible', shows court filing
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-executive-warned-facebook-messenger-encryption-plan-was-…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-24 05:41:39
Filings: some Meta execs warned in 2019 that adding E2E encryption to Facebook and Instagram messaging would hinder the ability to flag CSAM to law enforcement (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/m