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Google dropped a pledge not to use artificial intelligence for weapons and surveillance systems on Tuesday. And it’s just the latest sign that Big Tech is no longer concerned with the potential blowback that can come when consumer-facing tech companies get big, lucrative contracts to develop police surveillance tools and weapons of war. Continue reading “Google Lifts Self-Imposed Ban on Using AI for Weapons and Surveillance”
Israeli settler leaders have welcomed President Trump’s call for Palestinians to be removed from the Gaza Strip, which would amount to ethnic cleansing, and are calling for his plans to be implemented. Continue reading “Israeli Settler Leaders Welcome Trump’s Call for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza”
Washington D.C. – Politico, a leading left-leaning political journalism outlet, has encountered a significant financial hiccup as it failed to pay its employees for the most recent pay period, leading to widespread confusion and concern among its staff.
Continue reading “Politico Faces Payroll Issues Amid Revelations of U.S. Government Funding”
By Matt Wolfson – Libertarian Institute
Detritus from Joe Biden’s administration doesn’t just amount to the obvious—inflation and deficit spending, regulations and wars. There’s also been a more subtle shift off of these failures, affecting who has power in our country and how they’ll use it in the future. Continue reading “Pulling the Money Chain: The NGO Network in Ukraine and the Global War on Terror”
At least two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Wednesday despite the ceasefire, Al Jazeera has reported. Continue reading “Several Palestinians Killed By Israeli Forces in Gaza Despite Ceasefire”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
UK’s government is accused of attempting to rush a controversial bill – the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error & Recovery) Bill – through parliament. Critics say the draft legislation contains some dystopian social credit-style surveillance provisions. Continue reading “UK Government Fast-Tracking Bill to Monitor Bank Accounts, Revoke Licenses, and Search Homes”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Thursday on X that the Jewish state is working on a plan to move displaced Palestinians to majority white countries like Spain, Ireland, Norway and Canada. Continue reading “Israel Working to Move Palestinians to Spain, Ireland, Norway and Canada – Defense Minister”
A search of the Canadian government database shows that Politico, LLC, a US based digital newspaper, who couldn’t make payroll today after getting knee-capped by the US Dept. Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), also received a decent chunk of Canadian taxpayer money as well. Continue reading “Canadian Government Also Subsidizing Politico”
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
The Walt Disney Company’s streaming services suffered significant losses in the final months of 2024, losing hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Continue reading “Disney+ loses 700,000 subscribers in last three months of 2024”
Continue reading “Insect-based ingredient cleared for EU foods”
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”