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By Nitasha Tiku and Gerrit De Vynck – The Washington Post
In 2018 the company updated its policies to explicitly exclude applying AI to weapons. Now that promise is gone.
Continue reading “Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance”
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) touted the role of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in meddling in the affairs of other countries during a rally outside of the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Monday. Continue reading “Sen. Murphy Says USAID Funds ‘Freedom Fighters’ and ‘Chases China’”
On Tuesday, staffers at Politico were notified that a ‘technical error’ had prevented paychecks from going out. Many joked that this had something to do with the Trump administration putting a freeze on USAID funding. Continue reading “Politico, NY Times Propped Up By Millions Of Dollars From US Government”
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US would “take over” the Gaza Strip, a surprise announcement he made while speaking with reporters at the White House during a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading “Trump Says the US Will ‘Take Over’ the Gaza Strip”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
On February 2, the EU AI Act, which came into force in August, reached the first compliance deadline. These are provisions that contain rules that allow the bloc to legalize biometric mass surveillance. Continue reading “EU AI Act Effectively Legalizes Biometric Mass Surveillance”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday presented President Trump with both a gold-plated and regular pager as “gifts,” according to Israel’s Channel 12 news. Continue reading “Report: Netanyahu Gave Trump Golden Pager as a ‘Gift’”
By Ari Hoffman – The Post Millennial
Over the last week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested four illegal immigrants in Seattle, Washington with convictions or charges related to sexual assault. Seattle is a so-called “sanctuary city.” Continue reading “ICE Seattle arrests 4 illegal immigrants with convictions or charges related to sexual assault”
Israeli forces conducted an unprecedented escalation in the West Bank over the weekend by detonating 20 apartment buildings in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. According to some reports, the move constituted the largest single demolition operation conducted in the West Bank since 1967. Continue reading “As part of West Bank offensive, Israel conducts largest demolition in years”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
The inevitable slide of the EU’s voluntary — at least in name — disinformation code (the 2022 version) into mandatory rules integrated into the Digital Services Act (DSA) censorship law will become enforceable this July. Continue reading “EU’s “Disinformation” Code Becomes Mandatory Under Censorship Law, Platforms Preemptively Enforce Rules Ahead of German Elections”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
The Trump administration is helping Israel arm itself to the teeth amid the “ceasefire” in Gaza by asking Congress to approve another $1 billion arms deal for 4,700 1,000-pound bombs and a bunch of armored bulldozers. Continue reading “Trump Asks Congress to Approve Transfer of Another 4,700 1,000-Pound Bombs to Israel”
By Ari Hoffman – The Post Millennial
Washington Democrats, led by an ex-con, are proposing to let convicted felons volunteer in public schools. This after Democratic lawmakers last week rejected an amendment to another bill that would have required schools to inform parents if their child was a victim of sexual assault. Continue reading “Washington Dems push to allow felons to volunteer in schools”
On Monday, President Donald Trump officially signed an executive order initiating plans for the establishment of a government-operated sovereign wealth fund, aimed at functioning as a robust economic development tool. Continue reading “Trump signs executive order outlining plans for government to purchase TikTok”
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank destroyed a mosque in the occupied West Bank after setting fire to it on Sunday. Continue reading “Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in occupied West Bank”
By Emily Crane and Ben Kochman – NY Post
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision. Continue reading “FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes”
As it does virtually weekly, Israel reiterated today that civilians are not to return to their homes in any areas of southern Lebanon Israel currently occupies. This apparently includes not just villages, but the Mediterranean Sea as well, as an Israeli military boat captured a Lebanese fisherman near the coast at Ras Naqoura. Continue reading “South Lebanon Homes Burn, Fisherman Captured as Israel Ceasefire Violations Continue”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
Intelligence Community Directive 406 was signed in the dying days of the Biden Administration – on January 16 – essentially, yet another part in a recent big drive, pushed particularly strongly during the recent WEF meetings in Davos, to promote “public-private” partnerships. Continue reading “Intelligence Community Directive 406 Expands US Spy Agencies’ Ties with Big Tech”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Palestinians are “fundamentally evil,” “collectively guilty,” unworthy of “any mercy” and need to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza to make it “great again,” according Zionist activist Martin Oliner, a Trump appointee to the US Holocaust Memorial Council. Continue reading “Trump Appointee: Palestinians Are ‘Fundamentally Evil,’ ‘Collectively Guilty’ And ‘Not Worthy of Mercy’”
By Thomas Stevenson – The Post Millennial
The family of Ellen Greenberg, who died from 20 stab wounds in 2011, with half of them going into her back and neck, can take the city of Philadelphia to court after officials at the time of her death ruled the case a suicide, a judge ruled on Friday. Continue reading “Family of woman found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011 can take Philly gov to court after officials ruled it suicide, judge rules”
By JOE HUTCHISON – DAILYMAIL.COM
The US Army helicopter involved in Wednesday’s midair collision with American Airlines flight 5342 had been practicing for the event of an attack on the capital.
Officials have confirmed that the three soldiers, who all perished, had been rehearsing a plan that involves the evacuation of the White House when their Black Hawk collided with the passenger jet just before 9pm on Wednesday night. Continue reading “Chilling ‘conspiracy theory’ about Black Hawk helicopter in DC plane crash is TRUE”
The female Black Hawk helicopter pilot, Captain Rebecca Lobach, was not named until today. Was it so they could scrub her social media? Her Facebook page has been wiped. However, her Google+ image is below. If it turns out Lobach was a lesbian DEI pilot, I won't be surprised. pic.twitter.com/t8ShMR57dJ
— Joel Gilbert (@JoelSGilbert) February 2, 2025