Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

As the worldwide debate continues about the release of government information by Wikileaks, history has shown that the uncovering of government data can be an important factor in human rights investigations. million documents in the Guatemalan National Police Archive which was discovered by chance in 2005.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Conspiracy theorists had linked the spread of the novel coronavirus to the installation of new 5G mobile networks, with some claiming the cellular network weakened the immune system and allowed the virus to thrive, while others said 5G masts were broadcasting the virus through the ether (all “crackpot” claims , to quote the UK government).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. We can see the larger regional or national view. . The Source is owned by commercial or political interests who increasingly use spin . The person is left helpless and alienated - This f eels like Tiananmen. Some intuitively know and use the new model.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

As The Daily Beast senior correspondent for national security and politics Josh Rogin put it : Movements.org "seeks to put activists in closed societies in touch with skilled people in the free world who can help them. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, and Italy were placed in tier one. Miranda Sissons, Facebook’s director of human rights policy, told me that allocating resources in this way reflects the best practices suggested by the United Nations in its Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

I covered the war between Iraq and Iran. government for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on international conflict resolution, I have learned that compassion is a key ingredient of peacemaking. They found that the desire to help others still animates many Americans despite the nations current polarization and divisive politics.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. There are people in positions of power in places like Iran and Washington, D.C. Our main goal is to educate the American people about what is really going on in the world, not what the U.S. We do that in a number of ways. That's really what it is about. It loves science.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The Chinese government has funded a domestic semiconductor company called SMIC , which has been offered as an alternative supplier for Huawei. The US government argues that Huawei infrastructure poses a national security threat and that Huawei has engaged in trade secret theft and violated sanctions against Iran.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 3, 2025

It has set even higher levies for about 60 nations that it says are the worst” offenders. To determine how much higher those nations’ rates should be, the White House says it calculated the size of each countrys trade imbalance on goods with the United States and divided that by how much America imports from that nation.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water , and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen. State and local governments decide whether to add fluoride to water and, if so, how much as long as it doesnt exceed the EPA’s limit of 4 milligrams per liter. Health Secretary Robert F.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

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. U3s next goal is to spread. Fortunately, U3 has allies in the East.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We are making sweeping cuts and reform across the federal government to eliminate egregious waste and incompetence that has been happening for decades at the expense of the American taxpayer, a DHS spokesperson wrote in an email to Fast Company. A DHS spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied that number.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2010

Amazingly powerful insights on America and our role building this nation. -- Martin Luther King Day, 2010 Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr. I remember when I discovered my own racism.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

The senator has sent a letter to the Justice Department calling for Twitter to be investigated for violating ongoing sanctions against the nation of Iran, as first reported by Axios. Twitter is blocked by the Iranian government, which makes its leaders’ use of the platform something of a sore point.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. A day later, Trump said he fired some White House National Security Council officials. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. Loomer, who has claimed the Sept.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Of even greater concern, though, is the speed and scale at which the attack unfolded — and the national security concerns it raises, which are profound. The National Weather Service in Lincoln, IL, for example, had just tweeted a tornado warning before suddenly going dark. Governing. ? And at press time, we don’t know.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 24, 2025

We know that China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and North Korea are using bot networks to amplify narratives all over the world, says Ran Farhi, CEO of Xpoz , a threat detection platform that uncovers coordinated attempts to spread lies and manipulate public opinion in politics and beyond. A lie repeated often enough becomes truth.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

News reports over the weekend first said the warning, which is directed at organizations working on vaccine research, was imminent as numerous countries have redirected intelligence efforts toward other nations’ responses to and research on COVID-19. The FBI is investigating the targeting and compromise of U.S. Earlier this month.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 16, 2025

Not to be confused with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (which shares the same acronym), the lawoften referred to as CISA 2015 to avoid confusionwas designed to clear the way between private companies and the federal government to more openly share cyber threat data. cyber security, but it’s also to their benefit.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in the roughly 80 companies added to the “entity list” of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security. government’s entity list in 2023. government deems vital for national security.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. The confluence of events has national security and cyber experts warning of heightened cyberthreats and a growing digital arms race as countries look to defend themselves. They didn’t ask for a ransom.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Governing. ? The attacks came from Iran and China, respectively. This group has been linked by security firms to the Chinese government. APT stands for advanced persistent threat, a shorthand used by cybersecurity professionals for sophisticated adversaries that are backed by nation-states. Data from The New York Times.

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MARCH 25, 2025

As it turns out, including a reporter in your national security leader group chat about military strikes isn't the only way to compromise sensitive information on Signal. " And, "Nobody knows who the Houthis are which is why we would need to stay focused on: 1) Biden failed & 2) Iran funded." It's PATHETIC."

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 16, 2025

government now requires Nvidia to obtain an export license to export its H20 chips to China and select other countries. On April 14, the United States government said the license requirement would be in effect for the indefinite future, according to Nvidia’s filing. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dated April 9.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military , an estimated purchase worth nearly $2 billion. Qatar’s government did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.

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