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YouTube opens ‘second chance’ program to creators banned for misinformation

Jay Peters / theverge - YouTube is now giving some creators who were banned for spreading covid and election misinformation a chance to make a new channel, according to a blog post. Under political pressure, the company had said last month that it was going to set up this pilot …

#techpolicy #youtube #internet #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy #regulation

YouTube prepares to welcome back banned creators with “second chance” program

4 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

YouTube opens ‘second chance’ program to creators banned for misinformation

4 months / theverge / Jay Peters

YouTube will give 'second chances' to some banned creators

4 months / engadget

YouTubers who were kicked off the platform for rule violations can now request a ‘second chance’

4 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

YouTube will give banned creators a 'second chance' after rule rollback

4 months / cnbc

Back to Top / Thursday, October 9, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15052 / 5 stories in 4 months


Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people. [...]

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #cybercrime #privacy #hack #digitalprivacy

Hackers say they stole 2.1 million Discord ID photos in latest breach

4 months / techspot

Communications platform Discord has provided an update on a recent security incident, explaining that as many as 70,000 users globally may have had their government IDs stolen in a malicious breach.

4 months / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

Discord says only 70,000 government ID photos exposed in third-party service breach, denies 2.1 million figure — says it won't pay $3.5 million ransom and has cut communications with hackers, who are threatening to go public

4 months / tomshardware

70,000 users may have had IDs leaked in Discord breach

4 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

4 months / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

Discord now says 70,000 government IDs may have leaked in provider hack

4 months / engadget

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

4 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Discord support was breached, and accounts vary on how bad it was

4 months / appleinsider

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 8:20 pm / permalink 15038 / 8 stories in 4 months


Germany rejects EU ‘Chat Control,’ upending next week’s vote

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Germany blocked Chat Control, killing the Council majority needed for mandatory message scanning. The move preserves Europe's encryption advantage but leaves child safety policy unresolved—and exposes the continent's privacy-versus-sovereignty split.

#techpolicy #government #europe #privacy #eu #digitalprivacy #regulation

Germany will not support Chat Control - a law which proposes to scan all messages people send even on end-to-end encrypted platforms - Justice Minister said today. German stance likely dooms the measure. Signal had threatened to leave the EU if Chat Contr

4 months / bsky / @suzannesmalley.bsky.social / suzannesmalley.bsky.social

Germany will not support 'Chat Control' message scanning in the EU

4 months / therecord

Germany rejects EU ‘Chat Control,’ upending next week’s vote

4 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Germany Blocks EU ‘Chat Control’ Bill in Major Victory for Digital Privacy

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest

4 months / theregister / Connor Jones

One-man spam campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill

4 months / politico

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 9:22 am / permalink 15020 / 6 stories in 4 months


OpenAI's Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says

cnbc - The Motion Picture Association called out OpenAI's new video generation model Sora 2 for content infringement.

#law #media #intellectualproperty #digitalprivacy #copyright #watermark

You can’t libel the dead. But that doesn’t mean you should deepfake them.

4 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

$150k per violation. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/o...

4 months / bsky / @alexpagliuca.bsky.social / alexpagliuca.bsky.social

Shot arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...

4 months / bsky / @motoridersd.pug.ninja / motoridersd.pug.ninja

Please Stop Sending Robin Williams’s Daughter AI Videos of Her Dad

4 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

OpenAI's Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says

4 months / cnbc

Dead celebrities are apparently fair game for Sora 2 video manipulation

4 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

OpenAI brings more control to Sora

4 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

4 months / 404media / Matthew Gault

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15010 / 8 stories in 4 months


Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup — latest Insider build removes 'local-only commands,' skipping Microsoft account sign-in will crash setup process

tomshardware - Microsoft is patching "known mechanisms" used to complete a fresh Windows 11 install without signing into a Microsoft account. It's now even more difficult to use a local account in the OOBE, but the change is limited to a test build for now.


Insider builds crush local account bypasses.

Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build

4 months / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Microsoft is removing the ability to easily install Windows 11 with a local account

4 months / techspot

Microsoft kills more Microsoft Account bypasses in Windows 11

4 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft Blocks Another Windows 11 Local Account Workaround

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut

4 months / theregister

Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup — latest Insider build removes 'local-only commands,' skipping Microsoft account sign-in will crash setup process

4 months / tomshardware

No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut

4 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Windows 11 installation no longer lets you skip creating a Microsoft Account

4 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson


Mandatory online sign‐in fuels connectivity debates.

The Party's Over: Windows 11 Installation Will Require the Internet

4 months / cnet / Alex Valdes

How To Install Windows 11 Without An Internet Connection

4 months / bgr

In Defense of Requiring a Windows 11 Online Account Sign-In ⭐

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott


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Microsoft REALLY doesn’t want you to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account

4 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Oh go fuck yourselves Microsoft! www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...

4 months / bsky / @catelli.bsky.social / catelli.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15000 / 13 stories in 4 months


Apple removes ICE-spotting app amid concerns over targeting enforcement officers

Imran Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has taken down Red Dot, an app designed to track and report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The removal follows Apple’s App Store policies on safety and harassment, which treat ICE agents as a “vulnerable...Read m…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apple #google #apps #privacy #digitalprivacy

Both ICEBlock and Red Dot allow users to anonymously report sightings of ICE agents and view nearby reports www.theverge.com/news/791533/...

5 months / bsky / @stevefm20.bsky.social / stevefm20.bsky.social

Google removes ICE-spotting app following Apple's ICEBlock crackdown

5 months / theverge

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

5 months / wired / Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts

Apple removes ICE-spotting app amid concerns over targeting enforcement officers

5 months / ithinkdiff / Imran Hussain

Back to Top / Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:20 am / permalink 14977 / 4 stories in 5 months


ICEBlock app removed from App Store after DOJ demands, citing safety concerns

appleinsider - Controversial app ICEBlock has been removed from the Apple App Store after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded its removal, suggesting it was being used to harm ICE agents.ICEBlock removed from Apple App StoreApple has had to deal with many requests from …


Developer Free Speech Response

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

5 months / 404media / Joseph Cox


Government Pressure Forces Removal

Apple ices ICE agent tracker app under government heat

5 months / theregister / Lindsay Clark

Apple removes ICEBlock and similar tracking apps from the App Store

5 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

The Download: using AI to discover “zero day” vulnerabilities, and Apple’s ICE app removal

5 months / technologyreview / Rhiannon Williams

Apple pulls ICEBlock tracking app following Justice Department demand

5 months / techspot

Apple yanks ICEBlock app from the App Store after DoJ pressure

5 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Apple Pulls ICE-Tracking Apps From App Store After Pressure From Trump DOJ

5 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple removes ICEBlock app after DOJ pressure

5 months / ithinkdiff / Imran Hussain

Apple removes ICEBlock from the App Store after Trump administration's demand

5 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Apple pulls ICEBlock app from the App Store

5 months / theverge / Richard Lawler

ICEBlock app removed from App Store after DOJ demands, citing safety concerns

5 months / appleinsider

Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from Bondi DOJ

5 months / foxbusiness


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“Apple made similar claims in 2019 when it removed HKMap, an app that allowed Hong Kong protesters to trace the movements of law enforcement … At the time, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out against ‘Apple’s censorship of apps.’”

5 months / bsky / @samuelwa.de / samuelwa.de

And yet, Apple *insists* that their App Store monopoly makes their users safer and the EU should absolutely not force them to allow alternatives. https://www.theverge.com/news/791170/iceblock-app-store-removed-by-apple

5 months / bsky / @gufo.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy / gufo.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy

Back to Top / Thursday, October 2, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 14971 / 14 stories in 5 months


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U.S. prepares strict export controls on AI accelerators, curbing foreign sales

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