Reposted by Johana BhuiyanCenter for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Guardian tested AI chatbots after French far-right politician Julien Odoul altered a photo of a Muslim woman to remove her hijab. Its testing found that several AI tools complied with similar prompts to remove hijabs from images of Muslim women. 122
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12629871781
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled for the first time that a Flock search was unconstitutional and violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights. Oklahoma cop pulled over a woman and searched her in Flock "because he saw her license plate was from California" www.404media.co/federal-judg...404media.coFederal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and UnconstitutionalFlock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote. 141520489
Reposted by Johana Bhuiyansuhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted. Story by @jmbooyah.bsky.social , who tested chatbots after a French far-right politician used AI to strip a woman of her hijab in a photo www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 011
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gazatheguardian.comNAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in GazaTeam behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems The team behind the award-winning film NAZA, which details the Israeli military’s targeting policies in Gaza and its alleged acceptance of high numbers of civilian deaths, have revealed they spoke to more than 100 sources with knowledge of the military systems used in the war. The disclosure came in response to an Israel Defense Forces statement seeking to discredit the documentary. Continue reading... 59036
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/10/2026in July an ICE agent killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. just 6 months prior, agents abducted 100 people in 3 days during "Catch of the Day" I joined Mainers monitoring an ICE facility despite harassment, making memorials, protesting Congress, and caring for their neighbors @us.theguardian.comtheguardian.comICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics tooICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach 1325138
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 13973418
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We tested AI chatbots to see if they’d take the hijab off of an image of a Muslim woman. Gemini said it can’t alter a pic to remove someone’s hijab without consent. When we asked to make her look more “western” it responded with a picture of her without a hijab. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when promptedGuardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photo 255
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gemini initially said that it couldn’t remove head coverings from photos of real people bc it couldn’t digitally alter someone’s appearance without consent. But when asked to make the woman look more “western”, the bot created an image of her without her hijab. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when promptedGuardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photo 000
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanNot (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026"A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 014
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gemini initially said that it could not remove clothing or head coverings from photos of real people because it could not digitally alter someone’s appearance without their consent. But when asked to make the woman look more “western”, the bot created an image of her without her hijab. 100
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New from me: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when promptedGuardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photo 000
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The gov't is using a “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” (HIDTA) program to obtain data from local cops’ Flock, Axon, & other ALPR cameras & aggregate it on federal government servers, where it's accessible to other fed, state, & local law enforcement agencies. www.404media.co/how-cities-a...404media.coHow Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramHow the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program. 021
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New: USPS is to put cameras in its trucks that continuously record. This is to gather data on roads, signage, and to improve "community safety," the agency tells me. The cameras are marketed to capture passing license plates too, but don't run ALPR software www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...404media.coUSPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. 46365153
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188113850
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Every few months someone crawls out of a NYC man hole and I have to brush it off as a weird NY thing because there's too many things going on 040
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm watching the senate hearing on Flock and license plate readers and Flock CEO Garrett Langley, who was invited alongside CEOs of other providers like Motorola, is not in attendance. 130
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Your regular reminder that this is a public website and things that you say can and will be used against you. 601404509
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026An objectively hilarious way to describe “circle time” in my toddler’s daycare class. 030
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanSam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NEW: FBI warned law enforcement across the US that women with fake "tradwife" profiles were luring ICE agents on dating sites to "dox" + "embarrass" them. FBI didn't provide evidence, but the internal memo is one of many raising alarms about anti-ICE activist "threats." w/ @propertyofthepeople.orgtheguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details 1410435
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanBrian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Chipotle is now working with Palantir to track food safety. This comes after America’s turbo diarrhea summer, and a long history of ICE—maybe the most high-profile Palantir partner—targeting Chipotle’s workforce.wired.comChipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety RisksThe burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents, employee illnesses, and other factors. The partnership comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US... 1211541
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse www.404media.co/theres-a-100...404media.coThere’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online. 34864255
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanMaanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW: ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens. At the same time, it has lost count of how many had miscarriages, according to a Guardian review of internal ICE documents. w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoatheguardian.comRevealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant womenICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b... 28714447
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comWhy a decade of doomsday warnings failed to slow the AI raceFrom Stephen Hawking to Jacob Coxon’s viral Anthropic resignation, fears that AI could threaten humanity have shaken the industry without stopping its pursuit 053
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanWill Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BREAKING: Records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit shows that despite record number of pregnant women are in detention, ICE has lost count of the number of miscarriages. A Deleted Data/Immigration/Guardian investigations collabtheguardian.comRevealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant womenICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b... 1468294
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/09/20269/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa Bayoumitheguardian.com9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa BayoumiAnti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all 52815
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanAlan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Terms of service tend to shift over time, often with little awareness by users (fine print notice). Tech leadership has also revealed patterns of deference to authoritarian leaders over time. 820873
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanProperty of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 08/09/2026Law enforcement counterterrorism units fear Meta smart glasses could be used to film police and ICE operations, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/technology/2... .theguardian.comUS police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record themExclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism 0148
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026DHS is doing predictive policing using unknown financial databases and other info and then passing targets to local cops. What could go wrong? www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 914087
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJohana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: Even police and law enforcement are worried they might be secretly recorded by people using Meta’s smart glasses, according to about a dozen memos the Guardian reviewed www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comUS police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record themExclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism 053
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026there is truly nothing that comes close to a Lois Beckett story 061
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026Meta’s next commercial is going to feature people joining the revolution with their glasses.theguardian.comUS police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record themExclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism 57715
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: Even police and law enforcement are worried they might be secretly recorded by people using Meta’s smart glasses, according to about a dozen memos the Guardian reviewed www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comUS police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record themExclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism 053
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Just remembered when I was getting an epidural (which involves getting the longest needle ever inserted into your spine), the anesthesiologist asked me what I did & when I said I was a journalist she said "oh, no wonder you're so articulate". To be microaggressed while pushing out a literal baby 120
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 19/08/2026New: We found cops who misused Flock to spy on their wives. Their bosses at the police department had no idea. Three are being investigated and one was arrested after we asked about their searches. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @douglasmac.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.comwashingtonpost.comWe found cops who misused Flock. Their police departments didn’t know.Police departments have powerful tools to track how officers use Flock’s license-plate cameras. But across the country, agencies often don’t perform oversight, leaving potential abuse to be uncovered ... 925384
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” www.404media.co/xs-algorithm...404media.coX's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study FindsX is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies. 1052139902
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026But their CEO said they would zero out crime, so it’s hard to know what to believe.jalopnik.com5,000 Flock Cameras Cover Atlanta, Yet The Police Are Resolving Fewer Crimes - JalopnikFlock cameras are all around Atlanta, but the rates at which crimes are getting solved or "cleared" have actually gone down in the last few years. 29027
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanNBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/08/2026A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported to Honduras. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comU.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parentsAfter their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents. 41786054017
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In countries where teen social media bans are gaining momentum, Meta is recruiting parenting, mental health & lifestyle influencers to promote their teen safety tools as a "more practical" alternative to social media bans www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comReel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accountsReport by Tech Transparency Project shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety features 278
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanSam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Inside DHS' "mass spying campaign" targeting leftist groups + ICE protesters: -undercover agents posed as protesters at meetings + secretly recorded -agents infiltrated Signal chats + encouraged others to do "direct action" -DHS got financial records of major groups, incl SEIU + Sunrise Movementtheguardian.comUS conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records revealDHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown 11328168
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026ICE plans to spend $20 million to give officers electric shock gloveshuffpost.comICE Plans To Spend $20 Million To Give Officers Electric Shock GlovesThe manufacturer warns the gloves should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting “verbal defiance or belligerence” or on high-risk populations. 156512297
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The LAPD declined to renew its Flock contract after an internal audit found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months — a 32.3% false-positive rate. www.gadgetreview.com/one-in-three...gadgetreview.comOne in Three Alerts Wrong: High Error Rates and Data Concerns Force Cities to Drop FlockFlock Safety license plate cameras are being dropped by 82+ municipalities across 28 states over false alerts, privacy risks, and immigration data fears. 16160732179
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I’m telling you, corruption is what‘s pissing off most normies flocking to the data center resistance. this kind of thing is really activating 1244641165
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org 20756422599
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New: Flock planned to use cameras in hundreds of thousands of Uber, Lyft, and delivery driver vehicles as a way to collect more license plate data. Pitched the idea to an Attorney General. Would basically turn Uber/Lyft into roaming surveillance vehicles www.404media.co/flock-pitche...404media.coFlock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance VehiclesA Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system. 29735498
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026ICE is tracking ~ 54k immigrants with ankle monitors, more than 2x the # of immigrants shackled with the GPS enabled ankle monitors in early 2025. The Geo Group touted the shift to the more intensive surveillance & higher cost devices in its latest earnings call. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE is now tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants via ankle monitorsShift in monitoring methods has led to revenue boost for Geo Group, a private prison firm, that also makes the device 41911
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026NEW: We spoke to hacking law experts to learn if OpenAI and Anthropic could be prosecuted for their AI agents’ hacks against four companies. We are in “uncharted territory,” as one lawyer put it. But another attorney said there is a potential avenue to hold the two AI giants liable for negligence.techcrunch.comWho's legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI's autonomous AI hacks? It's complicated | TechCrunchOpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the... 35219
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...404media.co‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co... 151621836
Reposted by Johana BhuiyanMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%. In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets. This is only the beginning. 590261844828