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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This morning we saw live video of democracy protesters in Yemen who have been following the discussions via streaming video. Maria Al-Masani, founder of the Yemen Rights Monitor human rights group, told conference participants how her fellow activists have effectively used common applications to circumvent censorship.

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. The implementation team was in the conference room in San Francisco for the first time, plus we had in-country leaders on Skype and phone.

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As Top Officials Were Messaging a Group Text About Bomb Plans, Their Passwords Were Leaked Online

Futurism

Though Spiegel newspaper didn't publish any of the information, its reporting indicates that their phone numbers, emails, and even some of their passwords were pretty easy to find. The reporters were also able to connect the phone number provided for Hegseth they were provided to a WhatsApp account.

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Trump National Security Adviser Accidentally Sent Plans for a Bombing Campaign to a Random Journalist

Futurism

The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a group text message between key national security advisers as they discussed an upcoming offensive strike in Yemen and nobody seemed to know he was there until after the bombs went off. A few days later, the Houthi group chat was created.

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U.S. security officials passwords found online, including people in Signal chat

Mashable Tech

officials' private contact details exposed on the internet, specifically information belonging to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth , and national security advisor Michael Waltz. officials' group chat were linked to private phone numbers.

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‘No one I know would’ve been this reckless’: Ex-officials slam Trump team’s use of Signal for war planning

Fast Company Tech

Current and former government technologists reacted with shock and disbelief to reports that top Trump Administration officials used the consumer messaging app Signal to discuss and plan bombing strikes against Yemen-based Houthis. My work phone was very locked down and managed by them, she says.

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U.S. officials claim Signal chat contained no classified material, so The Atlantic releases more messages

Mashable Tech

officials , who were using the encrypted messaging app to plan a military attack in Yemen. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Ratcliffe did admit to being in the Signal chat, however maintained that it was all perfectly by the book. Quoting from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Classification Guide, Rep.

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