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Larry Summers steps back from public commitments after his Jeffrey Epstein emails were released; OpenAI still lists Summers as a board member and didn't comment (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-

'I am deeply ashamed': Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emails
Sen. Elizabeth Warren had called for institutions affiliated with Summers, who served as treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, to sever ties with him.

Congress plots path for Russia sanctions bill with Trump's blessing (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/19/congress/congress-plots-path-forward-on-russia-sanctions-bill-with-trumps-blessing-00660067
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p133#a251119p133

Ofcom strengthens its guidance on politicians presenting UK news shows to include members of the House of Lords, after losing a court battle with GB News (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/ofcom-guidance-politicians-presentin…

Ofcom Updates Guidance On Politicians Presenting News Shows After Losing GB News Court Battle
Ofcom has strengthened guidance concerning politicians presenting news shows after the UK media regulator lost a court battle with GB News.

😎 Social media research tool can lower political temperature—it could also lead to more user control over algorithms
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-social-media-tool-political-temperature.html

Social media research tool can lower political temperature—it could also lead to more user control over algorithms
A new tool shows it is possible to turn down the partisan rancor in an X feed—without removing political posts and without the direct cooperation of the platform.

DeepSeek-R1 erzeugt unsicheren Code bei politisch sensiblen Begriffen
Die chinesische KI DeepSeek-R1 erzeugt schlechteren Code, wenn Begriffe wie Falun Gong oder Taiwan im Prompt stehen. Das fanden Sicherheitsforscher heraus.

Alle sollten dieses Interview von @… mit Gert Pickel lesen.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/d…

Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitor: "Autoritär verhält sich die AfD ja nur gegenüber anderen"
Ein Drittel der Sachsen-Anhalter will laut einer Umfrage eine Revolution. Ein Gespräch mit dem Forschungsleiter über fragile Demokraten und rechte Umsturzfantasien.

Check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Black Basta suspects’ homes raided; gang leader added to most-wanted list,
--Jordanian national pleads guilty to access broker charges,
--Acting head of CISA was blocked by colleagues from removing CIO,
--Iranian campaign sought to steal Gmail and other account credentials,
--Man pleads guilty to hacking US S.Ct.,
--DPRK hackers impersona…

Black Basta suspects’ homes raided; gang leader added to most-wanted list
Jordanian national pleads guilty to access broker charges, Acting head of CISA was blocked by colleagues from removing CIO, Iranian campaign sought to steal GMail and other account credentials, Man pleads guilty to hacking US S.Ct., DPRK hackers pose as human rights orgs, much more

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.
This network has 1490 nodes and 19090 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.d…

Sources: political appointees at the US CISA blocked Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala's attempt to oust the agency's Chief Information Officer Robert Costello (John Sakellariadis/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/a

✊🏽 Socialist Politics Can Break Through to Asian Immigrants
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