“Cristiani, prendetevi cura della Terra come di un dono prezioso”. È l’appello che accompagna la Marcia per il clima del 5 ottobre a Bruxelles, alla quale parteciperanno l’arcivescovo di Malines-Bruxelles, mons.
Collective human consciousness is full of imagined or mythical dream-like utopias, hidden away behind mountains, across or under oceans, hidden in mist, or deep in the jungle. From Atlantis, Avalon, El Dorado, and Shangri-La, we have not stopped imagining these secret, fantastical places. One of these, Xanadu, is actually a real place but has been embellished over the years into a place of legend and myth, and thus became the namesake of an Internet we never got to see like all of those other mystical, hidden places.
The Xanadu project got its start in the 1960s at around the same time the mouse and what we might recognize as a modern computer user interface were created. At its core was hypertext with the ability to link not just other pages but references and files together into one network. It also had version control, rights management, bi-directional links, and a number of additional features that would be revolutionary even today. Another core feature was transclusion, a method for making sure that original authors were compensated when their work was linked. However, Xanadu was hampered by a number of issues including lack of funding, infighting among the project’s contributors, and the development of an almost cult-like devotion to the vision, not unlike some of today’s hype around generative AI. Surprisingly, despite these faults, the project received significant funding from Autodesk, but even with this support the project ultimately failed.
Instead of this robust, bi-directional web imagined as early as the 1960s, the Internet we know of today is the much simpler World Wide Web which has many features of Xanadu we recognize. Not only is it less complex to implement, it famously received institutional backing from CERN immediately rather than stagnating for decades. The article linked above contains a tremendous amount of detail around this story that’s worth checking out. For all its faults and lack of success, though, Xanadu is a interesting image of what the future of the past could have been like if just a few things had shaken out differently, and it will instead remain a mythical place like so many others.
Google ha presentato un nuovo strumento di intelligenza artificiale per Drive per computer desktop. Si dice che il modello sia stato addestrato su milioni di campioni di ransomware reali e possa sospendere la sincronizzazione per mitigare i danni di un attacco ransomware.
Google Drive per desktop è un’applicazione progettata per sincronizzare Google Drive con Windows e macOS, che consente di mantenere la sincronizzazione dei file locali con l’archiviazione cloud.
Gli sviluppatori affermano che la nuova intelligenza artificiale cercherà segnali che indicano la presenza di ransomware (come tentativi di crittografare o danneggiare un gran numero di file) e sarà in grado di sospendere la sincronizzazione dei file, il che contribuirà a impedire l’ulteriore diffusione del malware.
Se viene rilevato un attacco, lo strumento invierà all’utente un’e-mail o una notifica pop-up e lo aiuterà a recuperare i file “in pochi clic”, afferma Google.
Le capacità di ripristino vengono mantenute anche utilizzando “software tradizionali” come Microsoft Windows e Office, anziché soluzioni basate su cloud. Inoltre, il modello di intelligenza artificiale analizza costantemente le modifiche ai file e riceve informazioni sulle minacce da VirusTotal, il che dovrebbe, in teoria, aiutarlo a rilevare anche nuove varianti di attacco.
La nuova funzionalità è abilitata per impostazione predefinita, ma gli amministratori possono disattivarla per gli utenti finali, se necessario. Inoltre, gli amministratori possono ricevere avvisi su qualsiasi attività dannosa rilevata.
Secondo i rappresentanti di Google, la funzionalità è ora disponibile in versione beta aperta, senza costi aggiuntivi per la maggior parte dei piani commerciali di Workspace. Gli utenti avranno anche la possibilità di ripristinare i file senza costi aggiuntivi.
L’azienda sottolinea che l’intelligenza artificiale non impedirà gli attacchi ransomware (che costano in media a ogni azienda vittima più di 5 milioni di dollari), ma contribuirà solo a contenerne la diffusione.
“L’obiettivo principale è ridurre i danni causati dagli attacchi ransomware e impedirne la diffusione nella rete utilizzando un nuovo livello di protezione”, sottolinea Google.
In sostanza, la nuova funzionalità di intelligenza artificiale è progettata per “aiutare a fermare il ransomware prima che possa svolgere il suo compito principale: corrompere i file importanti e renderli inutilizzabili”.
“L’intelligenza artificiale in medicina può e deve essere un grande aiuto per migliorare l’assistenza clinica, ma non potrà mai occupare il posto del medico”.
Il Papa ha nominato Promotore di Giustizia nel Tribunale della Rota Romana il reverendo Konrad Maria Ackermann, finora Notaro nel menzionato Organismo di Giustizia. Lo rende noto oggi la Sala Stampa della Santa Sede.
“Proporre modi concreti per promuovere gesti e politiche di riconciliazione, in particolare in terre dove ci sono ferite profonde da conflitti di lunga durata”.
The Pirate Party Germany held its General Assembly on September 27 and 28 in Dudweiler, Germany and elected their 19th Federal Board.
Lilia Kayra Kuyumcu was elected as the new Chair. At just 18 years old, she is the youngest Chair in the history of the German Pirate Party.
She will be joined by Denis Klüver as Vice-Chair, Jutta Dietrich as Treasurer, and Babak Tubis, Wolf Vincent Lübcke, Nick Neumann, and Karsten Wehner as Board Members.
We welcome the new leadership and hope to hear from them on the international stage. We also extend thanks to the outgoing board members, who we also hope will work with us more on the international stage.
Congratulations to the new Federal Board of the Pirate Party Germany!
Cosa rischiano gli attivisti della Global sumud flotilla, perché l’abbordaggio israeliano è contrario al diritto internazionale e cosa potrebbe fare la diplomazia. Leggi
L'articolo proviene da #StartMag e viene ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁) Il magnate sudafricano recupera un suo vecchio pallino: l'ostilità a Wikipedia. Musk annuncia via X di essere al lavoro su di una versione realmente super partes startmag.it/innovazione/vi-pre…
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁) Il Governo Meloni ha inteso, con il DPCM pubblicato in Gazzetta ufficiale il 30 settembre 2025, rafforzare l’attuazione della Strategia Nazionale di Cybersicurezza, disciplinando l’allocazione delle risorse finanziarie tra le amministrazioni
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁) Dirigenti reparti IT di grandi organizzazioni finiscono nel mirino degli hacker a causa delle app aziendali Oracle. Secondo Google, gli hacker rivendicano l'affiliazione al gruppo ransomware Clop. Tutti i dettagli
Rod Picott – Ville Lumière Promenade – Live at The Pomme D’Eve, Paris – 2005 freezonemagazine.com/articoli/… C’è un momento nella carriera di ogni cantautore in cui la voce, le storie e il corpo stesso delle canzoni sembrano combaciare perfettamente con l’età e con l’esperienza vissuta. Per Rod Picott quel momento arriva ai suoi quaranta, quando approda a Parigi per registrare Ville Lumière Promenade, un live che
Stan Barstow – Un modo di amare freezonemagazine.com/news/stan… In libreria dal 10 Ottobre 2025 Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1960, Un modo di amare segna l’esordio di Stan Barstow, qui per la prima volta tradotto in italiano da Nicola Manuppelli. Ambientato nello Yorkshire di fine anni Cinquanta, il romanzo racconta la storia di Vic Brown, giovane determinato e ambizioso che trova lavoro, comincia a guadagnare […] L'articolo Stan Barstow – Un modo di
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo articolo21.org/2025/10/manifes… Adesione articolo 21 “ci saremo perché di fronte al genocidio in atto, nessuno può astenersi, come sta facendo il governo italiano. Chi, come la presidente Meloni, continua ad inveire contro la Cgil e la Flotilla ci dica perché non
Roadpol è una rete di cooperazione tra le Polizie Stradali, nata sotto l'egida dell'Unione Europea, a cui aderiscono tutti gli Stati Membri dell'UE (ad eccezione di Grecia e Danimarca), oltre a Svizzera, Serbia, Turchia, Moldavia, Macedonia del Nord, Ucraina e Albania. La Polizia dell'Emirato di Dubai (Emirati Arabi Uniti) partecipa in qualità di osservatore.
L'attività principale di ROADPOL è il controllo del traffico sulle strade, ma svolgiamo anche campagne di prevenzione degli incidenti. Poiché sempre più episodi di criminalità sulle strade sono commessi da conducenti o passeggeri o utilizzano i veicoli come strumento per commettere reati, abbiamo avviato trattative con le forze dell'ordine internazionali per una cooperazione efficace.
Recentemente Si è conclusa la campagna congiunta di sicurezza stradale "Safety Days”, promossa da Roadpol European Roads Policing Network, che si è inserita nell’ambito della “Settimana Europea della Mobilità” svolta dal 16 al 22 settembre.
L'iniziativa mirava a raggiungere l'obiettivo europeo di zero vittime sulle strade in una singola giornata.
Durante la campagna sono state impiegate 5830 pattuglie sul territorio nazionale italiano, controllati 28.239 veicoli e contestate 6.103 sanzioni per eccesso di velocità, 1.460 per mancato utilizzo dei sistemi di ritenuta, 636 per uso del cellulare durante la guida e 34 per mancato uso del casco. Sono state inoltre ritirate 1.135 patenti e decurtati 26.730 punti.
L'attività si è concentrata sul contrasto alle principali cause di incidentalità: eccesso di velocità, mancato utilizzo dei sistemi di ritenuta (incluse le cinture e i seggiolini per bambini), uso del cellulare alla guida e mancato uso del casco protettivo. Particolare attenzione è stata rivolta agli utenti vulnerabili delle due ruote (motocicli, ciclomotori, biciclette e monopattini), evidenziando l'importanza di una condotta responsabile non solo da parte loro, ma anche degli altri utenti della strada.
AI-Generated Biography on Amazon Tries to Capitalize on the Death of a Beloved Writer Kaleb Horton
On September 27, several writers published obituaries about writer and photographer Kaleb Horton, who recently died. The obituaries were written by friends, acquaintances, and colleagues, but all of them revered him as a writer and photographer, whose work has appeared in GQ, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and VICE.
Some of these obituary writers were shocked and disgusted to discover an AI-generated “biography” of Kaleb Horton was suddenly for sale on Amazon.
“I cannot overstate how disgusting I find this kind of ‘A.I.’ dog shit in the first place, never mind under these circumstances,” writer Luke O’Neil, who wrote an obituary for Horton, told me in an email. “This predatory slop is understandably upsetting to his family and friends and fans and an affront to his specific life and to life itself. Especially days after his death. All week people have been eulogizing Kaleb as one of the best, although sadly not widely read enough, writers of his generation, and some piece of shit pressed a button and took 30 seconds or whatever it is to set up a tollbooth to divert the many people just learning about him away from his real and vital work. And for what? To make maybe a few dollars? By tricking people? I can't say what I think should happen to thieves like this.”
The book, titled KALEB HORTON: A BIOGRAPHY OF WORDS AND IMAGES: The Life Of A Writer And Photographer From The American West, was published on September 27 as well, is 74 pages long, and has all the familiar signs of the kind of AI-generated books that flood Amazon’s store on a daily basis.
Even at just 74 pages, the book was produced at superhuman speed. That appears to be the normal cadence for the author, Jack C. Cambron, who has no online footprint outside of online bookstores, and who has written dozens of biographies and cookbooks since his career as an author appeared out of thin air earlier in September. He has written biographies about director Cameron Crowe, Fulton County, Georgia district attorney Fani Willis, and pop singer Madison Beer, to name just a few. There’s no consistent pattern to these biographies other than a lot of the people they’re about have been in the news recently.
All these books also have obviously AI-generated covers, which is the most obvious and one of the most insulting signs that Horton’s biography is AI-generated as well: The person on the cover looks nothing like him.
AI-generated books on Amazon are extremely common and often attempt to monetize whatever is happening in the news or that people are searching for at any given time. For example, last year we wrote about a flood of AI-generated books about the journalist Kara Swisher appearing on Amazon leading up to the release of her memoir Burn Book. In theory, someone who might be interested in the book or Swisher might search for her name on Amazon and buy one of those AI-generated books without realizing it’s AI-generated. We’ve seen this same strategy flood public libraries with AI-generated books as well.
"Although many of us online appreciated him and have paid tribute to him as a writer, any real reporting about him—like the kind he did for the figures he obsessed over, and which he would deserve—would reflect that Kaleb was a human being and a complicated guy," Matt Pearce, another journalist who wrote about Horton's passing, told me in an email. "This AI slop is just harvesting the remnants of legacy journalism, insulting the legacies of the dead and intellectually impoverishing the rest of us."
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but it removed the AI-generated Horton biography shortly after we reached out for comment. The company has said that it does not want these books in its store in response to our story about the AI-generated Kara Swisher books last year, but obviously is not taking any meaningful action to stop them.
“We aim to provide the best possible shopping, reading, and publishing experience for customers and authors and have content guidelines governing which books may be listed for sale," Amazon spokesperson Ashley Vanicek told me in an email last year. "We do not allow AI-generated content that creates a poor customer experience. We have proactive and reactive measures to evaluate content in our store. We have removed a number of titles that violated our guidelines.”
Update: This post has been updated with comment from Matt Pearce. This post has also been updated to note Amazon removed the AI-generated biography shortly after we reached out for comment.
The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.#OpenAI #Sora2 #Sora
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus
Within moments of opening OpenAI’s new AI slop app Sora, I am watching Pikachu steal Poké Balls from a CVS. Then I am watching SpongeBob-as-Hitler give a speech about the “scourge of fish ruining Bikini Bottom.” Then I am watching a title screen for a Nintendo 64 game called “Mario’s Schizophrenia.” I swipe and I swipe and I swipe. Video after video shows Pikachu and South Park’s Cartman doing ASMR; a pixel-perfect scene from the Simpsons that doesn’t actually exist; a fake version of Star Wars, Jurassic Park, or La La Land; Rick and Morty in Minecraft; Rick and Morty in Breath of the Wild; Rick and Morty talking about Sora; Toad from the Mario universe deadlifting; Michael Jackson dancing in a room that seems vaguely Russian; Charizard signing the Declaration of Independence, and Mario and Goku shaking hands. You get the picture.
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Sora 2 is the new video generation app/TikTok clone from OpenAI. As AI video generators go, it is immediately impressive in that it is slightly better than the video generators that came before it, just as every AI generator has been slightly better than the one that preceded it. From the get go, the app lets you insert yourself into its AI creations by saying three numbers and filming a short video of yourself looking at the camera, looking left, looking right, looking up, and looking down. It is, as Garbage Day just described it, a “slightly better looking AI slop feed,” which I think is basically correct. Whenever a new tool like this launches, the thing that journalists and users do is probe the guardrails, which is how you get viral images of SpongeBob doing 9/11.
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The difference with Sora 2, I think, is that OpenAI, like X’s Grok, has completely given up any pretense that this is anything other than a machine that is trained on other people’s work that it did not pay for, and that can easily recreate that work. I recall a time when Nintendo and the Pokémon Company sued a broke fan for throwing an “unofficial Pokémon” party with free entry at a bar in Seattle, then demanded that fan pay them $5,400 for the poster he used to advertise it. This was the poster: With the release of Sora 2 it is maddening to remember all of the completely insane copyright lawsuits I’ve written about over the years—some successful, some thrown out, some settled—in which powerful companies like Nintendo, Disney, and Viacom sued powerless people who were often their own fans for minor infractions or use of copyrighted characters that would almost certainly be fair use.
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No real consequences of any sort have thus far come for OpenAI, and the company now seems completely disinterested in pretending that it did not train its tools on endless reams of copyrighted material. It is also, of course, tacitly encouraging people to pollute both its app and the broader internet with slop. Nintendo and Disney do not really seem to care that it is now easier than ever to make Elsa and Pikachu have sex or whatever, and that much of our social media ecosystem is now filled with things of that nature. Instagram, YouTube, and to a slightly lesser extent TikTok are already filled with AI slop of anything you could possibly imagine.And now OpenAI has cut out the extra step that required people to download and reupload their videos to social media and has launched its own slop feed, which is, at least for me, only slightly different than what I see daily on my Instagram feed. The main immediate use of Sora so far appears to be to allow people to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, blogs, books, images, videos, photos, and pieces of art that OpenAI has scraped from people far less powerful than, say, Nintendo. As a reward for this wide scale theft, OpenAI gets a $500 billion valuation. And we get a tool that makes it even easier to flood the internet with slightly better looking bullshit at the low, low cost of nearly all of the intellectual property ever created by our species, the general concept of the nature of truth, the devaluation of art through an endless flooding of the zone, and the knock-on environmental, energy, and negative labor costs of this entire endeavor.
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
La chiusura parziale di uffici e servizi pubblici a causa della mancata approvazione del bilancio federale non è un evento inedito negli Stati Uniti e lo “shutdown”, o la minaccia di esso, viene spesso utilizzato come uno strumento di pressione polit…
“LA PENSIONE NON È DOVUTA” La Fornero torna a fare terrorismo pontificando sulla Finanziaria: «Punirà i giovani». Parola di chi ha fabbricato migliaia di esodati. Da 14 anni insiste, cioè da quando tentò di distruggere quel che restava di un Paese massacrato dallo spread e in pieno tsunami da crisi dei debiti sovrani. Non ci riuscì. Ma da allora è un continuo rimodellare la realtà, vantare operazioni pseudo-strategiche, ergersi a salvatrice della patria.
Anche stavolta Fornero vede grigio e lancia un siluro dal titolo: «Legge di bilancio, il solito mercato che alla fine punisce i giovani». L’ex ministro del Lavoro, impegnata vita natural durante a giustificare la sua sanguinosa riforma, sostiene che sarebbe sbagliato proporre «provvedimenti che ripropongono per l’ennesima volta la falsa illusione dell’anticipo del pensionamento per fare posto ai giovani o il falso mito del diritto acquisito».
E per chiudere dichiara: «Mostrateci, governo e opposizione, quello sguardo lungo e inclusivo che per molto tempo è mancato alla politica italiana». Sorvolando sullo sguardo inclusivo (poiché il suo includeva i sottopassi delle stazioni come abitazioni per i 170.000 esodati fabbricati a mano),fa specie che la ex docente universitaria torinese continui a definire un diritto acquisito, praticamente una grazia del sovrano che getta dobloni dalla finestra ai villani, quello che secondo la Costituzione è uno dei patti sociali più inscalfibili in una democrazia; un contratto fra Stato e cittadini, i quali ne rivendicano il rispetto e l’applicazione nel momento in cui maturano requisiti anagrafici e contributivi di legge.
Fornero riesce a concretizzare due paradossi: definisce regalìa una prerogativa di legge, ancor più dopo l’applicazione in toto del sistema contributivo. E trasforma un dovere costituzionale (quello dell’erogazione della pensione ai lavoratori) in un principio contabile, scambiando allegramente lo Stato per una Spa.
È lo stesso errore che si commette sulla Sanità quando si evoca il pareggio di bilancio, ritenendo erroneamente che debba essere un investimento a scopo di lucro e non un servizio indispensabile da eseguire anche in perdita.
Una delle navi della Global Sumud Flotilla, la Alma, è stata abbordata dalle navi dell’IDF.
Al momento le navi si trovano nella zona definita ad alto rischio, a 10 miglia nautiche dalla costa di Gaza. Nelle scorse ore una ventina di navi non identificate erano state captate dai radar della Flottilla, dando il via allo stato di allarme.
People Are Farming and Selling Sora 2 Invite Codes on eBay
People are farming and selling invite codes for Sora 2 on eBay, which is currently the fastest and most reliable way to get onto OpenAI’s new video generation and TikTok-clone-but-make-it-AI-slop app. Because of the way Sora is set up, it is possible to buy one code, register an account, then get more codes with the new account and repeat the process.
On eBay, there are about 20 active listings for Sora 2 invite codes and 30 completed listings in which invite codes have sold. I bought a code from a seller for $12, and received a working code a few minutes later. The moment I activated my account, I was given four new codes for Sora 2. When I went into the histories of some of the sellers, many of them had sold a handful of codes previously, suggesting they were able to get their hands on more than four invites. It’s possible to do this just by cycling through accounts; each invite code is good for four invites, so it is possible to use one invite code for a new account for yourself, sell three of them, and repeat the process.
There are also dozens of people claiming to be selling or giving away codes on Reddit and X; some are asking for money via Cash App or Venmo, while others are asking for crypto. One guy has even created a website in which he has generated all 2.1 billion six-digit hexadecimal combinations to allow people to randomly guess / brute force the app (the site is a joke).
The fact that the invite codes are being sold across the internet is an indication that OpenAI has been able to capture some initial hype with the release of the app (which we’ll have much more to say about soon), but does not necessarily mean that it’s going to be some huge success or have sustained attention. Code and app invite sales are very common on eBay, even for apps and concert tickets (or game consoles, or other items) that eventually aren’t very popular or are mostly just a flash in the pan. But much of my timeline today is talking about Sora 2, which suggests that we may be crossing some sort of AI slop creation rubicon.
Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.#Photography #FilmCameras #film
Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade
Kodak announced two new stocks of color film on Wednesday, in a move that has excited the photography world and which indicates that the photography giant is directly distributing still photography film again.
“To help meet the growing demand for film, Kodak is excited to announce the launch of two color-negative films, KODACOLOR 100 and KODACOLOR 200, in 135 format rolls,” Kodak said in an Instagram post. “For the first time in over a decade, Kodak will sell these films directly to distributors, in an effort to increase supply and help create greater stability in a market where prices have fluctuated. These films are sub-brands of existing Kodak films and offer the same high quality you’ve come to expect from Kodak.”
That quote is key—there are various types of Kodak film on the market right now. Those films are all made by Eastman Kodak (the legendary 133-year-old photography company) but they are sold through a totally separate company called Kodak Alaris, which is a UK-based company spun off from Eastman Kodak in 2012 as part of its bankruptcy. Since then, Kodak Alaris has had the sole right to distribute the still film stocks that Eastman Kodak manufactures. The sense in the photography community is that this arrangement is, at best, annoying and that it has perhaps led Kodak to not focus as much on making new film stocks as it should; there was further concern last year after Kodak Alaris was sold to a private equity firm.
What remains unclear is what KODACOLOR actually is; in the photography world, many “new” films are rebranded versions of other films that are on the market, are rereleased versions of film that had been previously discontinued, or are respooled versions of movie film that have been altered for still photography.
The Wednesday announcement of KODACOLOR makes clear that Eastman Kodak will be selling KODACOLOR directly to photography stores itself, which suggests that the company has wrested at least some control over the distribution of its films from Kodak Alaris, and raises all sorts of exciting possibilities about the future of Kodak film. The details of how or why it did this are not yet available and Kodak did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But it is notable that while Kodak manufactures about a dozen different types of film including Kodak Gold, Ektar, Portra, and Colorplus, the only “still film” listed on the Kodak website is now the new KODACOLOR film stocks.
Regardless of the reasoning or specifics behind the news, the announcement of new film stocks from the most important film company in the world is the latest sign of the enduring and resurgent popularity of analog film photography. And it at least shows that Kodak is interested in creating new types of film for the hobby; as Petapixel points out, it is Kodak’s “first new film in a very long time.” In recent years, there has been a handful of new film stocks announced and released, most notably a type of film called Phoenix from a company called Harman, which is made in a new factory in England and, according to the company, has been “hugely successful.”
HARMAN TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT ONGOING INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM HARMAN technology Ltd, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of analogue photographic films, darkroom papers, and photo chemicals, has further reaffirmed…
Both organizations are seeking a copy of a data sharing agreement that is giving the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients to ICE.#Announcements
404 Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation Sue DHS
Last week Freedom of the Press Foundation and 404 Media filed a lawsuit against the multiple parts of the U.S. government demanding they hand over a copy of an agreement that shares the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients with ICE. The data sharing marked a watershed moment for ICE and its access to highly sensitive data that is ordinarily siloed off from the agency. We believe it’s important for the public to see this unprecedented data sharing agreement for themselves.
As the Associated Press wrote when it first reported on the data sharing agreement between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agreement will give ICE the ability to find “the location of aliens.” The data shared includes home addresses and ethnicities, according to the Associated Press.
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Both Freedom of the Press Foundation and 404 Media filed similar Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with DHS and CMS seeking a copy of the agreement. Neither agency provided the requested records in time, so we have now filed the lawsuit. In 404 Media’s case, CMS acknowledged the request but has not provided the records, and DHS did not even acknowledge the request at all.
404 Media’s request asked for a copy of the specific agreement, and if the agencies were unable to locate it, to alternatively provide copies of all agreements between DHS and CMS from this year.
“Despite having received the FOIA requests, and despite their obligations under the law, Defendants have failed to notify Plaintiffs of the scope of documents that they will produce or the scope of documents that they plan to withhold in response to the FOIA requests,” the lawsuit reads. playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TBIEA2… Freedom of the Press Foundation is a non-profit organization that monitors press freedom issues in the U.S. and trains journalists on how to keep themselves and their sources safe. It regularly sues the U.S. government for access to records.
The data sharing agreement is just one of a growing list of ways that ICE is sourcing highly sensitive, and sometimes legally protected, information as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort. ProPublica reported on the vast system the IRS is building to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE 404 Media previously reported ICE has gained access to ISO Claimsearch, a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets. The database is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
Separately, 404 Media filed a lawsuit against ICE in September for access to the agency’s $2 million spyware contract.
#NextGenAI, a Napoli da mercoledì 8 a lunedì 13 ottobre! Per il primo summit internazionale sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nella #scuola, promosso dal #MIM nell’ambito del Campus itinerante #ScuolaFutura, sono previste le delegazioni di istituzioni sc…
#NextGenAI, a Napoli da mercoledì 8 a lunedì 13 ottobre!
Per il primo summit internazionale sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nella #scuola, promosso dal #MIM nell’ambito del Campus itinerante #ScuolaFutura, sono previste le delegazioni di istituzioni sc…
Gli Stati Uniti stanno spingendo sull’acceleratore per esportare i loro sistemi d’arma all’estero. Al Congresso è infatti in corso il tentativo più ambizioso degli ultimi decenni di aggiornare le regole sull’export
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo Sciopero generale oggi in Grecia contro la proposta del governo di permettere ai dipendenti di lavorare fino a 13 ore al giorno per aumentare il proprio salario L'articolo Grecia. Scioperohttps://pagineesteri.it/2025/10/01/mediterraneo/grecia-sciopero-generale-giornata-lavorativa-13-ore/
