Erik Moeller

Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec A novel method of de-indexing websites from search results was used to bury critical reporting and commentary.

In June, I uncovered a Google vulnerability that was exploited to de-index legitimate articles from search.

Google acknowledged it and introduced a universal fix.

But also, there is a backstory about a SF tech exec., a domestic violence case, and a persistent censorship campaign.

@freedom.press:

Under Musk, Holocaust denial and other forms of online hate have become normalized -- and monetized -- on X. MMFA pointed this out, hitting X where it hurts. Now they're close to shutting down.

99% of media commentators think Elon Musk isn't an elite and a barista with they/them pronouns is

🚨 PSA: If you are an ICE or DHS employee and have firsthand knowledge of unreported immigration enforcement activities that you think the public should know, find a news outlet that uses @securedrop.org and send it as an anonymous, encrypted tip.

Audio, video, documents all accepted.

Where is Congress? Hold hearings, get testimonies.

Hispanic journalist in Atlanta detained by ICE speaks out Mario Guevara tells the AJC about his month behind bars, and his once positive feelings toward Donald Trump.

“I’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. “I haven’t committed any crimes.”

There are a LOT of things set to happen in these cases.

Incredibly powerful moment as some of Neri Alvarado's relatives see him walking off the plane in Venezuela after his release from CECOT.

He was targeted because of his tattoos—the largest of which is an autism awareness ribbon featuring his brother's name

Preparing devices for travel through a US border US border searches of electronic devices put journalists’ work at risk. But there’s a lot you can do to be prepared

Preparing devices for travel through a US border freedom.press/digisec/blog... ➡️ Follow @freedom.press for more.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.

NEW: In first public account, Kilmar Abrego Garcia details weeks in Salvadoran prison CECOT. Says he was subjected to 'severe beatings,' psychological torture & soiled himself. Also says jailers confirmed his tattoos have no gang meaning. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

The Supreme Court is about to go on an extended summer vacation, after having blown up the docket of every single lower court judge who has been working like a dog to deal with the firehose of illegal orders coming out of this administration.

That’s why, to my mind, this is the worst decision from the Supreme Court of Trump’s second term so far. Not just in terms of impact—though subjecting thousands of immigrants to torture in foreign countries is ghastly. But also in terms of what signal it sends to the lower courts and the executive branch. The court has indicated that Trump and his allies can flout the law, make a huge mess, run up to the Supreme Court demanding relief when they’re restrained by a judge, and win that relief no matter how egregiously they misbehaved. What incentive remains for this administration to comply with lower court orders at all? I don’t see one.

I am not exaggerating when I say the Supreme Court’s unsigned, unexplained order yesterday is the worst thing it has done since Trump returned to office. And not just on the merits—it’s also an unfathomably dangerous green light for Trump to flout lower court orders. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The arrest of journalist Mario Guevara while filming protests in Atlanta on June 12 and the subsequent detention by ICE are extremely alarming.

The Trump admin needs to release him without delay and drop charges against him immediately.

Read our letter with 8 other orgs: cpj.org/wp-content/u...

NPR Migrants Captured In Libya Say They End Up Sold As Slaves March 21, 2018 6:27 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Ruth Sherlock, Lama Al-Arian

Today the GOP justices on the Supreme Court endorsed migrants being sold into slavery.

They'll claim otherwise, but that's the reality — today's decision permits Trump to send people from countries around the world to any global hellhole that accepts a U.S. financial incentive.

It is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry

A reminder that hundreds of people are still kept in a horrific concentration camp in El Salvador on behalf of the United States government.

See you on the streets tomorrow.

1/ Now a week into California protests in response to immigration raids, here’s what we’re working on documenting at the Tracker — At least 50 incidents of violence or other types of aggressions against journalists, mostly by law enforcement, and some targeting of news cars, mostly by individuals:

I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.

And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

As Putinesque as it gets.

If you care about press freedom in the US, I _really_ recommend following @pressfreedomtracker.us, now more than ever. My co-workers there are working incredibly hard to document what's happening in L.A.

Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office.
How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?

Maxine Waters barred entry to Los Angeles Federal Building amid riots Rep. Maxine Waters, D- Calif., on Sunday was barred from entering the Los Angeles Federal Building by the National Guard.

Rep. Maxine Waters calmly attempts to access LA Federal Building to check on David Huerta and is denied, recalling lawless shabby treatment of mayor Ras Baraka and Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver when they attempted to access a NJ ICE facility

Every frontier AI system should be grounded in a core commitment: to protect human joy and endeavour. Today, we launch LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe-by-design AI. lawzero.org

I'll say it over and over again; you can't build the mass deportation machine without first building the police state machine.

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

As a reminder, we are one week out from a nationwide mobilization against the fascist coup. Find the nearest protest in your neck of the woods here. www.nokings.org

Republican support for gay marriage has fallen to 41%. For those in the LGBTQ+ community who do not believe they are coming after gay marriage next after their draconian anti-trans restrictions, you're in for a surprise - we are all in this together.

Immigration courts are dismissing cases of those sent to El Salvador, potentially cutting off their return An immigration judge in San Diego dismissed the asylum claim of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela — one of at least 14 such dismissals in recent weeks.

By dismissing Andry's case and all the asylum hearings for Venezuelans who were sent to CECOT, the government continues its attempts to erase them and their constitutional right to due process, all behind closed doors and hidden from public scrutiny. #FreeAndry www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Yep, despite being contradictory. In addition, effects like labor displacement that policy could mitigate are treated as inherent harm, often through a privileged lens ("I want AI to do my laundry, not my art", as if manual labor was not essential to the livelihood of millions).

Like any group, Bluesky is subject to group polarization on divisive topics like AI. Whatever your take, I encourage you to follow people "outside your bubble". If you've bought into the (false) popular narrative that AI is all hype, no substance, consider following Ethan for examples of substance.

I've seen the same pattern here and on Mastodon (it's hard to miss), but I hope you stick with it anyway.

It's important for the same reason that it's difficult.