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Judge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case

Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

Opinion | ‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Elon Musk may be stepping back from the federal government, Julia Angwin writes, “but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the U.S.”

May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker. Expository text: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

Playing ‘whack-a-mole’ with Meta over my fraudulent avatars How is it possible that a company with such huge resources, including artificial intelligence tools, cannot deal with this?

Martin Wolf's (of @financialtimes.com) image is misused in deepfake investment scam scheme on Meta platforms. Despite efforts, over 1,700 fraudulent ads reached nearly 1M users. Meta struggles to stop it. There are more stories of people's image being abused in this way www.ft.com/content/80d9...

Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?

Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.

“Giornalismo”, 2025, ChatGPT su tela

Verification pop-up for badge issued by Wired

What we’ve launched today is the first step for how we’re going to evolve verification.

The initial set of trusted verifiers includes news orgs who’ve agreed to take on the task of verification for their journalists. In the future, this set will expand, as well as how apps can choose to use them.

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”

Universities should support each other across the US! Good to see the solidarity with Harvard here: Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight ↘️ stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

#BREAKING: Over 36,000 people rallied in Los Angeles today in support of @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social’s OLIGARCHY TOUR — setting a record as their largest stop on this tour.

😰 C'est une nouvelle escroquerie qui provoque une grande inquiétude... ➡️ trib.al/xe0U7Jw

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.

Why?

Because an algorithm said so. 1/

🔎 Do you usually fact-check information you come across on social media? Would you know how to go about it?

Test your fact-checking skills 👇

#FactCheckingDay

Les fausses photos porno, les collégiens et l’IA : dans la Manche, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët secoué par une affaire sordide Dans la ville de 5 000 habitants, 12 collégiennes sont victimes d’une épidémie de clichés dégradants générés par intelligence artificielle. «Libé» s’est rendu dans la commune, jusqu’ici bien éloignée des tourments de l’algorithme.

À Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (5000 habitants), douze collégiennes sont victimes d’une épidémie de fausses photos X générées par IA : «Si ça arrive par chez nous, ça peut arriver partout»

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Access to public documents is more important than ever. We commend Wired for dropping its paywall for FOIA-based reporting and hope other news outlets will follow its lead.

We commend @wired.com for dropping its paywall for FOIA-based reporting and hope other news outlets will follow its lead.

freedom.press/issues/wired...

The real history of free speech — from supreme ideal to poisonous politics The 300-year-old doctrine is being tested by the excesses of digital oligarchs, says historian Fara Dabhoiwala

Do yourself a favor, and read Prof. Fara Dabhoiwala's weekend essay for the @financialtimes.com:
The real history of free speech — from supreme ideal to poisonous politics
on.ft.com/43OaHx6

The Future of Transatlantic Digital Collaboration with EU Commissioner Michael McGrath YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies

So we will be examining what ways in which we can ease the burden on smaller organizations in relation to the retention of records while at the same time preserving the underlying core objective of our GDPR regime."
www.youtube.com/live/wR4cjgX...

And yes, GDPR will feature in a future omnibus package, particularly around the #recordkeeping for SMEs and other small and medium-sized organizations with less than 500 people...

"So, it is a real focus of the EC to improve the competitiveness of the European economy and to bring forward a whole range of simplification measures, and we have started that process with a number of omnibus packages already focused on sustainability reporting, sustainability due diligence....

🚨 Apparently, it's not just a rumor: the @ec.europa.eu is working on measures to simplify the #GDPR for #SMEs.
The EU Justice Commissioner @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social told Dr. Laura Caroli at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (@csis.org) event:

Commission organises DSA workshops on systemic risks Article 34 and 35 require very large platforms to carry out #riskassessment and mitigation measures under the DSA.

Commission organises DSA workshops on systemic risks: Article 34 and 35 require very large platforms to carry out #riskassessment and mitigation measures under the DSA.

Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas" The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...

This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.

www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...

U.S. Tech Investors, Trade Associations, and Companies Support the EU Digital
Markets Act, from @politico.eu www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ug08f...

Press release summary of EU statements. Full text in the link

EU responds to US tariffs on steel and aluminium - €26 billion of countermeasures on US goods ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

My Hometown Became a Different Country Not by choice, but by force.

In Ukrainian towns under Russian occupation, children are "systematically estranged from their Ukrainian identity," Tetiana Kotelnykova writes.

"Their textbooks tell them they are part of 'Russian World.' Their teachers tell them Ukraine does not exist."

My comment in @politico.com. Judging if a State like Ukraine is behind a DDoS cyberattack based on source IP address is incorrect. That's not how attribution works. Might also be a false-flag operation. Pointing at Ukraine may be due to political reasons. www.politico.eu/article/elon...

La NASA licencie sa scientifique en chef, une chercheuse sur le climat Les licenciements, qui concernent une vingtaine de personnes, surviennent alors que des rumeurs circulent autour de velléités de la Maison Blanche de réduire de moitié le budget scientifique de l’agence spatiale américaine.

La NASA licencie sa scientifique en chef, une chercheuse sur le climat