Un nuovo strumento AI è apparso sul dark web e ha rapidamente attirato l’attenzione degli esperti di sicurezza, e non per le migliori ragioni.
Si tratta di un servizio di intelligenza artificiale chiamato DIG AI, privo di limitazioni integrate. Questo bot è già attivamente utilizzato in schemi fraudolenti , sviluppo di malware, diffusione di materiale estremista e creazione di contenuti relativi allo sfruttamento sessuale dei minori.
I ricercatori di Re Security avevano rilevato per la prima volta tracce di DIG AI il 29 settembre 2025. Quasi subito dopo il suo lancio, l’amministratore del servizio ha iniziato a promuoverlo attivamente su un forum della darknet, vantandosi del suo carico di lavoro: nelle prime 24 ore, il sistema avrebbe elaborato circa diecimila richieste. A differenza dei precedenti strumenti di intelligenza artificiale per la criminalità organizzata come FraudGPT o WormGPT, venduti in abbonamento, DIG AI è progettato in modo diverso. Non richiede registrazione, pagamento o addirittura un account: richiede semplicemente l’accesso tramite la rete Tor. Inoltre, il creatore afferma che il servizio è distribuito sulla propria infrastruttura e non si basa su cloud di terze parti, migliorando ulteriormente la sua resilienza ai blocchi.
Resecurity ha condotto una serie di test e ha concluso che il bot risponde senza esitazione a domande relative alla produzione di esplosivi, droghe, altre sostanze proibite, frodi finanziarie e altri argomenti vietati dal diritto internazionale. Durante gli esperimenti, il sistema ha generato script dannosi funzionanti , tra cui codice per l’installazione di backdoor e altri tipi di malware. Gli analisti ritengono che i risultati siano piuttosto adatti all’uso pratico. C’è particolare attenzione alla capacità di DIG AI nella community di cybersecurity, anche in relazione alle sue capacità di elaborare contenuti pornografici. Lo strumento era in grado sia di creare materiali interamente sintetici sia di modificare immagini di minori reali, trasformando fotografie innocue in materiale illegale. Gli esperti definiscono questo aspetto uno dei più allarmanti.
Nonostante tutte le sue potenzialità, il servizio presenta ancora dei limiti. Alcune operazioni richiedono diversi minuti per essere completate, il che indica risorse di elaborazione limitate. Ma questo problema può essere facilmente risolto, ad esempio introducendo un accesso a pagamento e scalando l’hardware in base alla domanda.
Intanto su varie piattaforme TOR ci sono banner pubblicitari di DIG AI associati al traffico di droga e alla rivendita di dati di pagamento compromessi. Questa selezione di piattaforme descrive accuratamente il pubblico a cui si rivolge lo sviluppatore del servizio. L’amministratore, che usa lo pseudonimo di Pitch, afferma che uno dei tre modelli disponibili è basato su ChatGPT Turbo. Tra il 2024 e il 2025, le menzioni e l’uso effettivo di strumenti di intelligenza artificiale dannosi sui forum underground sono triplicati. I criminali informatici stanno padroneggiando sempre più modelli linguistici di grandi dimensioni e l’emergere di nuovi sistemi non fa che accelerare questo processo.
Ovviamente queste tecnologie possono portare un aumento significativo delle minacce già a partire dal 2026. Questa preoccupazione è accentuata dai grandi eventi internazionali previsti per quel periodo, tra cui le Olimpiadi invernali di Milano e la Coppa del Mondo FIFA. Gli analisti ritengono che i sistemi di intelligenza artificiale criminale stiano abbassando le barriere d’ingresso per la criminalità informatica automatizzando e amplificando gli attacchi, ampliando così il bacino di potenziali aggressori.
A lot of claims have been made about the purported benefits of adding chopped carbon fiber to FDM filaments, but how many of these claims are actually true? In the case of PLA at least, the [I built a thing] channel on YouTube makes a convincing case that for PLA filament, the presence of chopped CF can be considered a contaminant that weakens the part.
Using the facilities of the University of Basel for its advanced imaging gear, the PLA-CF parts were subjected to both scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Micro CT imaging. The SEM images were performed on parts that were broken apart to see what this revealed about the internal structure. From this, it becomes apparent that the chopped fibers distribute themselves both inside and between the layers, with no significant adherence between the PLA polymer and the CF. There is also evidence for voids created by the presence of the CF.
To confirm this, an intact PLA-CF print was scanned using a Micro CT scanner over 13 hours. This confirmed the SEM findings, in that the voids were clearly visible, as was the lack of integration of the CF into the polymer. This latter point shouldn’t be surprising, as the thermal coefficient of PLA is much higher than that of the roughly zero-to-negative of CF. This translates into a cooling PLA part shrinking around the CF, thus creating the voids.
What this means is that for PLA-CF, the presence of CF is by all measures an undesirable contaminant that effectively compromises it as much as having significant moisture in the filament before printing. Although for other thermoplastics used with FDM printing, chopped CF may make more sense, with PLA-CF, you’re effectively throwing away money for worse results.
As also noted in the video, in medical settings, these CF-reinforced FDM filaments aren’t permitted due to the chopped CF fragments. This topic has featured more widely in both the scientific literature and YouTube videos in recent years, with some significant indications that fragments of these chopped fibers can have asbestos-like implications when inhaled. Looking for the thrill of a weird filament? Maybe try one of these.
An oscilloscope is usually the most sensitive, and arguably most versatile, tool on a hacker’s workbench, often taking billions of samples per second to produce an accurate and informative representation of a signal. This vast processing power, however, often goes well beyond the needs of the signals in question, at which point it makes sense to use a less powerful and expensive device, such as [MatAtBread]’s ESP32 oscilloscope.
The oscilloscope in its housing. The oscilloscope doesn’t have a display; instead, it hosts a webpage that displays the signal trace and provides the interface. Since the software uses direct memory access to continually read a signal from the ADC, it’s easy to adjust the sampling rate up to the hardware’s limit of 83,333 Hz. In addition to sampling-rate adjustment options, the browser interface includes a crosshair pointer for easy voltage reading, an adjustable trigger level, attenuation controls, and the ability to set the test signal frequency. The oscilloscope’s hardware is simply a Seeed Studio Xiao development board mounted inside a 3D-printed case with an AA battery holder and three pin breakouts for ground, signal input, and the test signal output.
posso chiederti come ti trovi con questo sistema operativo? Le app android classiche ci sono? O sono insatallabili? Intendo cose come le app delle banche, soprattutto.
@🇪🇺 Il Simone Viaggiatore ✈️🧳 Le applicazioni ci sono. Lo store di /e/OS è essenzialmente un ponte con il Play Store di Google e F-Droid per quelle FOSS. L'unica applicazione che non sono riuscito a far funzionare, finora, è PosteID per lo SPID. Le altre app per banche/pagamenti/governative son riuscito a farle funzionare con relativamente poco sbatti.
continuo a credere in una disseminazione/diffusione [...] orizzontale, e diffido di una prassi verticale e centripeta. i #social e qualsiasi altro luogo della superficie #mainstream della rete blandiscono e capitalizzano il #narcisismo e la #separazione degli utenti (e dei) critici, quindi privilegiano l'aspetto centralizzatore e verticale ... [continua qui] → noblogo.org/differx/continuo-a…
al contrario, l'idea orizzontale e rizomatica del modus operandi che mi convince ha al fondo un progetto di distribuzione delle informazioni (recenti, storiche, politiche, artistiche ecc.
Polaroid cameras have been very popular for a very long time and are especially hot gifts this year. Fresh film is easy to find but relatively expensive. In contrast, Fuji’s Instax line of instant film and cameras aren’t as well established, but the film is easy to find and cheap. You might like to shoot cheap Instax film in your Polaroid camera. Thankfully, [Nick LoPresti] figured out how to do just that.
You can’t just slam an Instax cassette in an old Polaroid camera and expect it to work. The films are completely different sizes, and there’s no way they will feed properly through the camera’s mechanisms at all. Instead, you have to get manual about things. [Nick] starts by explaining the process of removing Instax film sheets from a cassette, which must be done without exposure to light if you want the film to remain useful. Then, if you know what you’re doing, you can tape it in place behind the lens of an old-school Polaroid camera, and expose it as you would any other shot. The chemistry is close enough that you’ll have a fair chance of getting something with passable exposure.
Once exposed, you have to develop the film. Normally, a Polaroid camera achieves this by squeezing the film sheet out through rollers to release the developer and start the process. Without being able to rely on the camera’s autofeed system, you need to find an alternative way to squeeze out the chemicals and get the image to develop. [Nick] recommends a simple kitchen rolling pin, while noting that you might struggle with some uneven chemical spread across the sheet. Ultimately, it’s a fussy hack, but it does work. It might only be worthwhile if you’ve got lots of Instax film kicking around and no other way to shoot it.
cosa dovrei pensare di un parlamentare che in parlamento dice che per 40 anni ha saputo di corruzione diffusa ma che in 40 anni non si è mai degnato di denunciare i reati di cui era a conoscenza? pensa di fare qualcosa o in realtà va bene così?
la cosa triste è che alla fine il PNNR non è servito a creare sviluppo e PIL, ma a tenere a galla un governo inetto e inefficiente privo di idee e stimoli. giusto a tenere la barca appena appena appena sopra la linea di galleggiamento. anche se gli strati sociali più bassi stanno bevendo...
la gente? quella che pensava che il governo draghi fosse un governo comunista di sinistra? questo è il livello di consapevolezza o menefreghismo dell'elettore medio in italia... e considerando che l'analfabetizzazione funzionale superare il 50% in italia, è anche evidente che per regola matematica l'elettore medlio non sa neppure capire quello che legge...
ma poi davvero nessuno si ricorda di quando noi europei temevamo l'invasione dell'ucraina e putin ci dava degli isterici? e dopo questo stiamo ancora a dare valore alle parole di putin e della sua lunga lingua biforcuta? è evidente che putin pensa l'esatto contrario di quello che dice. siamo davvero così smemorati? io me lo ricordo e questa cosa mi fece incazzare non poco... ammassi truppe al confine e poi sarei isterica? che poi non c'è peggiore insulto del dare dell'isterico a qualcuno.
"La verità è che l’ostilità contro il cosiddetto allarmismo dei paesi europei più vicini al confine con la Russia nasconde un ragionamento cinico e vile, e perciò inconfessabile: non l’idea che l’allarme sia ingiustificato, ma che sia un problema loro, non nostro. Ed è falso anche questo. Non solo perché la guerra informatica che può mettere in crisi ospedali e aeroporti, banche e stazioni ferroviarie, può coprire in un istante qualsiasi distanza e infatti è già qui (come sono già qui i sabotaggi, le infiltrazioni e la disinformazione). Ma soprattutto perché, il giorno in cui decidessimo di abbandonare al loro destino non solo l’Ucraina, ma anche i paesi dell’Unione europea eventualmente attaccati da Putin, l’Unione europea cesserebbe di fatto di esistere."
Uno degli esempi più interessanti per rispondere all’annosa questione sul finanziamento delle spese militari viene da un Paese che difficilmente si tende ad associare a questi temi: il Canada. Che sia un modo per aumentare il peso diplomatico del Paese in sede Nato o una risposta alle
Io ci sto migrando i servizi proprio in questi giorni. Ho spostato calendario e rubrica e lentamente anche il drive. Per ora non ho avuto grandi problemi. Sembra ben fatto ed è esteticamente curato
Purtroppo io ho un abbonamento già pagato su Cloud Microsoft, che condivido con altre persone. La parte difficile sarà far capire a loro perché è importante uscirne.
Di sicuro io ne uscirò, nel tempo che ho davanti sposterò i vari account su kmail (ho aperto intanto l'account gratuito).
anche io la sto prendendo con molta calma. Durante le feste comunicherò a tutti i clienti il cambio della mail e perché ho scelto una soluzione etica ed europea. Finalmente una suite decente made in EU
There are few things more American than driving a car really fast in a straight line. Occasionally, the cars will make a few left turns, but otherwise, this is the pinnacle of American motorsport. And there’s no longer, straighter line than that from New York to Los Angeles, a time trial of sorts called the Cannonball Run, where drivers compete (in an extra-legal fashion) to see who can drive the fastest between these two cities. Generally, the cars are heavily modified with huge fuel tanks and a large amount of electronics to alert the drivers to the presence of law enforcement, but until now, no one has tried this race with an EV specifically modified for this task.
The vehicle used for this trial was a Rivian electric truck, chosen for a number of reasons. Primarily, [Ryan], the project’s mastermind, needed something that could hold a significant amount of extra batteries. The truck also runs software that makes it much more accepting of and capable of using an extra battery pack than other models. The extra batteries are also from Rivians that were scrapped after crash tests. The team disassembled two of these packs to cobble together a custom pack that fits in the bed of the truck (with the tonneau closed), which more than doubles the energy-carrying capacity of the truck.
Of course, for a time trial like this, an EV’s main weakness is going to come from charging times. [Ryan] and his team figured out a way to charge the truck’s main battery at one charging stall while charging the battery in the bed at a second stall, which combines for about a half megawatt of power consumption when it’s all working properly and minimizes charging time while maximizing energy intake. The other major factor for fast charging the battery in the bed was cooling, and rather than try to tie this system in with the truck’s, the team realized that using an ice water bath during the charge cycle would work well enough as long as there was a lead support vehicle ready to go at each charging stop with bags of ice on hand.
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo L'aviazione Usa ha colpito decine di presunti obiettivi dell'Isis nell'Est in apparente risposta all'uccisione di due soldati e un contractor americani. Il governo post jihadista di Damasco approva L'articolo SIRIA. Trump revoca le sanzioni del Caesar Act poi bombarda
Tv2000: lunedì 22 dicembre gli auguri di Papa Leone XIV alla Curia Romana e ai dipendenti vaticani
Tv2000, lunedì 22 dicembre, trasmette in diretta due appuntamenti con Papa Leone XIV in occasione della festività natalizie: alle ore 10, dall'Aula della Benedizione, gli auguri alla Curia Romana e alle ore 11.
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo articolo21.org/2025/12/alloppo… Siamo nel regno del pensiero unico, d’accordo, TeleMeloni impera e non si vede l’alba, è altrettanto vero, eppure una piccola eccezione è rimasta, anzi due. Si tratta di due fiction amatissime e, non a caso, premiate da un
Scientists Discover ‘Black Widow’ Exoplanet That Defies Explanation
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that defied expectations, broke barriers, made trash into shelter, and lived to swear another day.
First, there’s a giant, lemony, diamond-studded, black widow in space. I’ll explain. Then: electrons get ready for a close-up, the ultimately tiny home, and why expletives are the hottest new workout hack.
Astronomers have observed a Jupiter-sized planet more than 700 light years from Earth that is unlike anything spotted before and defies explanation.
Known as PSR J2322-2650b, the exoplanet is shaped like a lemon, boasts baffling skies, and may have hidden troves of diamonds in its belly. The distant world closely orbits a pulsar, a type of hyper-dense dead star that is tugging on the gassy planet, giving it the distended shape.
Pulsar companions are normally other stars. These are called “black widow” systems because winds from the pulsar weather down the stellar companion, eventually destroying it, similar to the deadly embrace of the namesake spider. It is very rare to see a black widow system with a planet as the pulsar companion.
Curious about this unusual exoplanet, astronomers observed it with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), thereby “unveiling a bizarre atmosphere that raises more questions than it answers,” according to their new study.
“PSR J2322–2650b is different from other ultralight pulsar companions, being the only pulsar companion with a mass, a density, and a temperature similar to those of hot Jupiters,” said researchers led by Michael Zhang of the University of Chicago. “The atmosphere of such an object has never been observed.”
“In stark contrast to every known exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star, we find an atmosphere rich in molecular carbon (C3, C2) with strong westward winds,” they said. youtube.com/embed/oBf1GFkFjdc?… Molecular carbon is unusual in planetary atmospheres because carbon atoms tend to bind to other elements, producing more familiar compounds like carbon dioxide. The atmosphere is so carbon-dominated, and so depleted in oxygen and nitrogen, that it doesn’t neatly line up with any known planetary formation scenarios. In a sparkling twist, its dense carbon atmosphere may produce soot clouds that then solidify into diamonds, bedazzling its core.
Is this a long-lived gas giant that survived the transformation of its star into a pulsar? Or was it born from the debris of the supernova that created the pulsar? And will this black widow system end as others do, with a slow death by pulsar winds? Nobody knows!
“Our findings pose a challenge to the current understanding of black-widow formation” and it will take more observations of similar systems “to determine whether PSR J2322–2650b’s composition is unusual or representative of the class.”
Scientists have created the shortest X-ray light pulse ever produced, a breakthrough that could resolve the previously hidden motions of electrons and other particles at subatomic scales.
These newly-demonstrated soft X-ray pulses last for just 19.2 attoseconds, where an attosecond is equal to one quintillionth (10−18) of a second. In other words, an attosecond is to a second as a second is to 31.69 billion years, more than twice the age of the universe. This is where the science happened. Image: ICFO “Excitation, scattering, and electron relaxation are crucial processes that control how matter interacts with light,” said researchers led by Fernando Ardana-Lamas of the Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO) in Spain. “Their timing influences how chemical bonds form or break, how charge and energy move, and how properties of molecules and materials emerge. Understanding these dynamics requires attosecond resolution, as electronic excitations and dynamics occur on timescales of tens of attoseconds.”
“We demonstrated the generation of coherent attosecond [short X-ray] pulses with a duration of 19.2 as, significantly shorter than the atomic unit of time,” a milestone that offers “exciting new opportunities to investigate atomic, molecular, and solid-state physics,” the team concluded.
This high pulse speed is necessary for the development of instruments that could capture the mysterious dynamics of particles on subatomic timescales. Other experimental technologies are still required to make these ultrafast cameras a reality, but for now, here’s to shattering the shutter speed record.
Here’s a question for prospective home owners: have you ever considered living in a clump of regurgitated bones? This solution worked out well for Caribbean cave bees that lived some 20,000 years ago, according to a new study that reports the discovery of the first known fossilized bee nests built inside skeletal remains.
Scientists found the honeycombed bones buried in a cave on the island of Hispaniola that was once also inhabited by owls. Since owls regularly barf up pellets—gnarly globs of half-digested prey—the solitary bee species had a ready-made supply of skeletal remains, which were apparently a perfect place to raise offspring. A part of a fossilized mammal skull, with sediment in a tooth socket that turned out to be a nest built by a prehistoric bee. Image: Courtesy of Lazaro Viñola López. “Isolated brood cells…were found inside cavities of vertebrate remains,” including tooth sockets and the spinal canal, said researchers led by Lázaro Viñola López of the Field Museum in Chicago. “The high abundance of nests throughout the deposit indicated that this cave was used for a long period as a nesting aggregation area by this solitary bee.”
There’s nothing like getting the skeleton keys to your new skeleton house.
Cussing is discouraged in polite company, but it may actually be good for your health and performance, according to a new study that confirms swearing alleviates inhibitions and provides increased endurance during physical challenges.
Psychologists recruited nearly 200 volunteers to hold themselves in a sustained chair pushup while repeating either a swear word of their choice, or a neutral word, every two seconds. The results revealed a consistent “swearing advantage” characterized by “significant performance improvements in the swearing condition.”
“These effects have potential implications for athletic performance, rehabilitation, and contexts requiring courage or assertiveness,” said researchers led by Richard Stephens of Keele University. “As such, swearing may represent a low-cost, widely accessible psychological intervention to help individuals ‘not hold back’ when peak performance is needed.”
At long last, science has vindicated the foul-spoken, the pottymouths, the salty-tongued, and the vulgarians. So go forth, ye cursers, and f*ck that sh*t up! It’s the doctor’s orders, after all.
A narrative and visual exploration of humanity’s age-old search for and fixation with extraterrestrials.First Contact explores the ancient idea—and epic ...
Ammontano a oltre 32,2 milioni le risorse che il Ministro Giuseppe Valditara ha destinato alle scuole per la riduzione dei divari territoriali e il contrasto alla dispersione scolastica.
Leone XIV ha convocato il primo Concistoro straordinario del Suo Pontificato, che si terrà nei giorni 7 e 8 gennaio 2026. Lo annuncia la Sala Stampa della Santa Sede in un comunicato diffuso oggi.
In un mondo dominato dall’aggressività, dall’arroganza, dalla volgarità, la gentilezza è trasgressiva, perché si rifiuta di cedere all’imbarbarimento generale. Ne è convinto mons.
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo Dopo il patto di mutua difesa con l'Arabia Saudita, il Pakistan ha sottoscritto un accordo di cooperazione militare con la regione della Libia orientale controllata da Khalifa Haftar L'articolo Pakistan e Cirenaica stringono un accordo di cooperazione militare proviene da
"Molti potenti non ascoltano questo grido: la ricchezza della terra è nelle mani di pochi, pochissimi, sempre più concentrata - ingiustamente - nelle mani di chi spesso non vuole ascoltare il gemito della terra e dei poveri".
Il Presidente della Repubblica ci spiega che le spese militari sono “poco popolari ma MAI COSÌ NECESSARIE”. Ce lo dice dal Quirinale, con tono grave, parlando di “deterrenza”, “difesa collettiva”, “sicurezza europea indivisibile”.
Peccato che a dirlo sia il CUSTODE della Costituzione. Quella che all’Art. 11 dice una cosa chiarissima: L’ITALIA RIPUDIA LA GUERRA. Non la “gestisce meglio”. Non la “deterrentizza”. La RIPUDIA.
E qui il corto circuito è totale. Perché se la democrazia è “sfidata da involuzioni autoritarie”, come dice Mattarella, allora qualcuno dovrebbe spiegare perché la risposta automatica è SEMPRE PIÙ ARMI, SEMPRE PIÙ SPESA MILITARE, SEMPRE MENO POLITICA.
Belgrado, 1999. Bombardata per 78 giorni senza mandato ONU. Anche allora si parlava di “difesa dei valori”, “diritti”, “sicurezza”. Anche allora la democrazia veniva “salvata” a colpi di missili.
Il punto non è la dialettica politica. Il punto è che qui si sta NORMALIZZANDO l’idea che la guerra sia uno STRUMENTO ORDINARIO di governo del mondo. E che chi lo dice non è un generale, ma il GARANTE della Carta che dovrebbe impedirlo.
Quando la Costituzione diventa un orpello retorico da citare solo il 2 giugno, e l’Articolo 11 un fastidio da reinterpretare, non è la democrazia a essere “sfidata”. È GIÀ STATA PIEGATA.
Ma tranquilli. È per il nostro bene. E se non capiamo, è perché siamo “poco popolari”.
Dipiazza ci ha anche tenuto a precisare che «le donne sono il più bel regalo che il buon Dio ci ha dato. Sono un estimatore e ho sempre avuto grande successo».
Questi giocano proprio in un altro campionato c'è poco da fare...
New York, Dec. 18, 2025 — Photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested in November while documenting a protest in Miami, Florida. A coalition of 23 press organizations spoke out against the charges — and this weekthe prosecutor agreed.
The following statement can be attributed to Adam Rose, deputy director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):
“Journalists have a distinct role at protests. They are not participants, merely observers. A broad local and national coalition said this in unison, and we were glad to see all charges dropped against Dave Decker. Hats off to his attorneys, lawyers for the Florida State Attorney’s Office and the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, and all the community groups who rallied to his side.
“At the same time, that’s a lot of people who had to work on something entirely preventable. I hope law enforcement officers take this to heart: Swearing an oath to protect the community means protecting everyone — including press. This is an opportunity for agencies like the sheriff’s office and Florida Highway Patrol to take proactive steps and review training approaches. Freedom of the Press Foundation is happy to help.
“And of course, it would be nice to see an apology to Dave and an offer to fix any of his equipment they damaged.”
Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 268 days for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like, and journalist Ya’akub Vijandre remains locked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over social media posts about issues he reported on.
Join us today and Dec. 21 in New York City for two special screenings of the Oscar-shortlisted film “Cover-Up” by Laura Poitras — an FPF founding board member — and Mark Obenhaus.
Read on for more on what we’re working on this week. We’ll be back in the new year.
Covering protests is a dangerous job for journalists
As of Dec. 15, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented 32 detainments or charges against journalists in the U.S. — 28 of those at immigration-related protests — according to a new report released by the Freedom of Press Foundation (FPF) project this week.
The report notes how, unlike most years, the majority of journalists were released without charges or had them soon dropped, with law enforcement instead focusing on deterring news gathering rather than pursuing charges.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to stop the Trump administration from deporting Heng Guan, who helped journalists expose the horrors of Uyghur prison camps in Xinjiang, China. He’s exactly the kind of person asylum laws are intended to protect.
The next hearing in Guan’s case is Jan. 12. He could be sent to Uganda, placing him at risk of being shipped back to China, where, according to his mother, he’d likely be killed.
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The FCC’s declaration of dependence
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr admitted at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that there had been a political “sea change” and he no longer viewed the FCC as an independent agency.
FPF Director of Advocacy Seth Stern wrote for The Guardian that Carr’s admission proves the danger of letting a self-proclaimed partisan weaponize the FCC’s public interest standard to grant himself amorphous censorship powers. “Carr avoids ever articulating his vision of public-interest news, forcing anyone seeking to avoid his ire to play ‘Whac-A-Mole.’ … The only discernible rule of Carr’s FCC is ’don’t piss off Trump’.”
President Donald Trump on Monday followed through on his threats to sue the BBC over its editing of his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, for a documentary.
“If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list,” FPF said in a statement, noting that Trump has demanded a total of $65 billion in damages from media outlets since taking office.
Under First Amendment, Diddy ‘can’t stop, won’t stop’ Netflix documentary
Sean “Diddy” Combs is threatening to sue Netflix for airing a docuseries that is, to say the least, unflattering to him. The disgraced music mogul’s cease-and-desist letter claims the series, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” uses “stolen footage.”
Stern wrote for Rolling Stone about why Diddy’s threatened lawsuit would be a non-starter: the right to publish content that sources obtain illegally is well established. But a series of recent cases nonetheless puts that right under unprecedented attack.
The town of Hamburg, New York, claims its police body camera footage is copyrighted despite being a public record. It’s telling people who request footage under New York’s Freedom of Information Law that they can’t share the footage with others.
That’s ridiculous, and we wrote a letter to the police chief telling him to stop the nonsense and tell anyone who has received these frivolous warnings that they’re free to share body camera footage as they see fit.
FPF Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy Lauren Harper joined fellow Freedom of Information Act experts Jason Leopold, Liz Hempowicz, and Kevin Bell to take questions about FOIA and the numerous ways that it’s broken. They teamed up for a Reddit “ask me anything” discussion this week.
To our New York audiences and documentary film buffs: FPF is proud to host a special screening tonight of the Oscar-shortlisted film “Cover-Up” by award-winning directors Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, followed by a Q&A moderated by our executive director, Trevor Timm. The film chronicles the career of legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.
NPR It’s shameful the Department of Defense is curtailing press access five decades after the Supreme Court’s Pentagon Papers ruling, Harper told NPR’s “1A.” Harper also joined “1A” to discuss how the Trump administration is enhancing its surveillance capabilities.
The Guardian That TikTok remains available “makes a mockery” of the government’s earlier national security claims that the platform was “an urgent national security risk – and of the court that deferred to those claims.”
Associated Press “‘Chilling effect’ does not begin to describe the neutering of our political coverage,” said one former KCBS journalist about the aftermath of Carr’s threats.
Al Jazeera Stern explained, “Throwing out the credibility of CNN and other Warner Bros Discovery holdings might benefit the Ellisons in their efforts to curry favour with Trump, but it’s not going to benefit anyone else, including shareholders.”
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In the piece I did not focus on Tunick’s activism because frankly we don’t know yet how big a role it played in CBP stopping him. I mentioned it but didn’t focus on it. I think regardless, someone being charged for allegedly wiping a phone is interesting essentially no matter who they are.
Yes, it absolutely may turn out that he was stopped specifically because of his activism. Maybe lots of people think it’s very likely that’s the reason. But I can’t frame a story because it feels like that’s maybe the case. I have to go on what actual evidence I have at the moment.
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#Scuola, da oggi è disponibile il “Fascicolo digitale del personale scolastico”, la nuova piattaforma del #MIM che consente di consultare in modo semplice e sicuro le informazioni relative al proprio percorso professionale, attraverso i dati presenti…
#Scuola, da oggi è disponibile il “Fascicolo digitale del personale scolastico”, la nuova piattaforma del #MIM che consente di consultare in modo semplice e sicuro le informazioni relative al proprio percorso professionale, attraverso i dati presenti…
This is where the science happened. Image: ICFO
A part of a fossilized mammal skull, with sediment in a tooth socket that turned out to be a nest built by a prehistoric bee. Image: Courtesy of Lazaro Viñola López.
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in reply to 𝓘𝓰𝓸𝓻 🏴☠️ 🏳️🌈 🇮🇹 • • •posso chiederti come ti trovi con questo sistema operativo? Le app android classiche ci sono? O sono insatallabili? Intendo cose come le app delle banche, soprattutto.
Ti ringrazio per quanto potrai dirmi.
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in reply to 🇪🇺 Il Simone Viaggiatore ✈️🧳 • — (Torino) •Le applicazioni ci sono. Lo store di /e/OS è essenzialmente un ponte con il Play Store di Google e F-Droid per quelle FOSS. L'unica applicazione che non sono riuscito a far funzionare, finora, è PosteID per lo SPID. Le altre app per banche/pagamenti/governative son riuscito a farle funzionare con relativamente poco sbatti.
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