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An online propaganda campaign used AI-generated headshots to create fake journalists

The Verge

At least 19 fake personas were used to author op-eds published in dozens of mainly conservative publications, with AI-generated headshots of would-be authors used to trick targets into believing the writers were real people.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Connected to a free public WiFi network? Initially used exclusively by businesses, subscription-based VPN services for the general public starting gaining popularity about a decade ago "after a flood of security breaches," per the cybersecurity and antivirus giant Kapersky. Note: All pricing was accurate at the time of publication.)

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

Hungary and Iran. There is an increasing amount of public data telling us stories about the communities in which we live and work. But we need to be clear eyed about the fact that this is a conservative reading of civil society and subject to a wide variety of pressures. In Uganda and Myanmar.

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Israel’s political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there’s no turning back

TechCrunch

For now, it seems, the government will delay the controversial measure for several weeks, especially now as a series of public and religious holidays come up. That has also made it a target of criticism among more conservative groups, as well as any others that might take a differing view of the court’s determinations.

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How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years

The AI Alignment Forum

Top personnel from the NSA and US cyber command collaborate with OpenEye to retrofit a semblance of security for U3s weights before senior leaders in China, Russia, Israel, North Korea, or Iran realize just how valuable OpenEyes software has become. But in late 2025, OpenEye is ready for a public release. So while U2.5

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Guest Post by Heather McLeod Grant: Reflections on the Personal Democracy Forum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The audience was also more male than female (60%, according to one estimate), certainly more liberal than conservative (at one point someone asked how many Republicans were in the audience and only 10 people raised their hands, out of 1000+!), and disconcertingly white. Facebook now has 200M users, the majority of whom are outside of the US.

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Social networks solved their 2016 election problems, but their 2020 problems are bigger

The Verge

After all, it was the aftermath of Trump’s election win that reshaped public opinion about tech platforms , drew broad regulatory scrutiny around the world, and spurred the companies to reshape their policy and content moderation efforts. We cannot say this time that Russia, Iran or China interfered in a significant way.