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Online Activism: The Movie - Ten Tactics for Info Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The site and film include inspiring info-activism stories from around the world, a set of cards with tool tips and advice. The project comes from Tactical Technology, inspired their info-activism camp in India. The film also covers the security and privacy issues faced by human rights activists. The Ten Tactics 1. Mobilise People.

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Clubhouse removed personal info from users’ accounts in Afghanistan as a safety measure

The Verge

Clubhouse has removed some info from users in Afghanistan as a safety measure | Clubhouse. As the Taliban have regained control of the country, many people in Afghanistan have tried to delete photos from their social media accounts and phones that could show a connection to the West, or the former Afghan government.

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Agolo’s summary-powered search brings in government work and fresh funding

TechCrunch

Search is hard, but even the decent tools developed by Google, Microsoft and others can’t seem to get it right when it comes to navigating the thousands of documents and ideas trapped in enterprise and government databases. “We helped with the problem of getting the right info into people’s hands,” said Wohns.

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‘Anti-capitalist’ Verkada hacker charged by US government with attacks on dozens of companies

The Verge

A Swiss computer hacker named Till Kottmann has been charged by the US government with multiple accounts of wire fraud, conspiracy, and identity theft. The indictment accuses Kottmann and co-conspirators of hacking “dozens of companies and government entities,” and posting private data and source code belonging to more than 100 firms online.

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How to order free rapid COVID tests from the US government

The Verge

To try to alleviate this situation, the US federal government has created a website where you can order four free rapid test kits per month per household. Update January 18th, 2:45PM ET: Updated to add info about possible issues with ordering from an apartment. Update January 21st, 11:30AM ET: Updated to add the support phone number.

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Congress investigating how data broker sells smartphone tracking info to law enforcement

The Verge

The US House Committee on Oversight and Reform has opened an investigation into how data broker Venntel collects and sells data from Americans’ mobile phones to government agencies for warrantless tracking, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. In a letter to Venntel CEO Chris Gildea, Rep.

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Big tech companies including Intel, Nvidia, and Cisco were all infected during the SolarWinds hack

The Verge

Last week, news broke that IT management company SolarWinds had been hacked, possibly by the Russian government , and the US Treasury, Commerce, State, Energy, and Homeland Security departments have been affected — two of which may have had emails stolen as a result of the hack.

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