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Internal emails: ICE is using Mobile Fortify, an app that uses facial recognition and fingerprint scanning via phone cameras to identify people in the field (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-f…

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.

There are undoubtedly morally justified uses of facial recognition technology, but improving and refining these technologies directly enables racist policies.
https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify…

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.

University of Virginia president resigns amid pressure from the Trump administration (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/06/27/us/university-of-virginia-president-resigns
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p161#a250627p161

Russland will Sondertribunal nicht anerkennen
Russland will Entscheidungen des geplanten Sondertribunals zur Militäroffensive gegen die Ukraine nicht anerkennen. "Die Arbeit und die Entscheidungen dieses Organs werden für uns keine Bedeutung haben", sagte die Sprecherin des russischen Außenministeriums, Maria Sacharowa. "Wir werden den Beitritt eines jeden Staates als einen feindlichen Akt ansehen."
Der ukrainische Präsident…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Russland bestellt deutschen Botschafter ein ++
Russland will den deutschen Botschafter wegen des Umgangs mit russischen Journalisten einbestellen. Bei einem russischen Angriff auf die Region Cherson wurden nach Behördenangaben ein Mensch getötet und weitere verletzt.

Creative Commons launches “CC Signals”. Quote:
“TL;DR – What are CC signals?
“CC signals are a proposed framework to help content stewards express how they want their works used in AI training—emphasizing reciprocity, recognition, and sustainability in machine reuse. They aim to preserve open knowledge by encouraging responsible AI behavior without limiting innovation.”

CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI - Creative Commons
TL;DR – What are CC signals? CC signals are a proposed framework to help content stewards express how they want their works used in AI training—emphasizing reciprocity, recognition, and sustainability in machine reuse. They aim to preserve open knowledge by encouraging responsible AI behavior without limiting innovation. 💗Love it! How can I show my support?…

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify-people-leaked-emails-show/

ICE is Trump’s 21st Century Gestapo
https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify-people-leaked-emails-show/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

19-year-old Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer known as "Big Balls" online, has joined the Social Security Administration days after resigning from the GSA (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/big-balls-social-security-administration/

‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine’s placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government.

UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA--and They Forced Him Out Anyway (Siva Vaidhyanathan/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/197393/university-virginia-president-james-ryan-caved-trump-resign
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p164#a250627p164

Sources: 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who has gone by "Big Balls" online and was one of the first technologists hired as part of DOGE, has resigned (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/big-balls-coristine-doge-resigned-us-government/…

‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government
The technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency who's gone by the name "Big Balls" online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED.