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🚨Ricochet Refresh users: update announcement On Sept 1, 2026, a Tor network protocol change means Ricochet Refresh versions older than 3.0.43 won’t connect to Tor at all. Please be sure to install the latest version of Ricochet Refresh before Sept 1. Full announcement:

Ricochet Refresh announcement – please update by September 1 — Blueprint for Free SpeechAll Ricochet Refresh users must update to versions newer than 3.0.43 (released June 2, 2026) before September 1, 2026, when a Tor protocol change breaks older clients’ network access.www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Courts in Mozambique struck down a decree granting the government draconian powers to spy on citizens, collect user data and shut down the internet. A victory for freedom of expression, privacy and the right to access and share information freely. #MediaFreedom #Mozambique

Mozambique court nullifies decree allowing government to shut down internetNew York, August 3—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the decision by Mozambique’s constitutional court to strike down a decree that allowed the government to shut down the internet. In…moz24h.co.mz

Anthropic secretly scanned and pulped millions of books – some of them rare – to train its AI models, because pre-2022 print is free of AI-generated slop now degrading large language models. Time to dust off those old library cards. www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/anti...

Antique hard copy the best antidote to AI slop — Blueprint for Free SpeechAnthropic secretly scanned and pulped millions of books to train its AI, because pre-2022 print is free of AI-generated slop now degrading large language models.www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Weaponising the law: Reuters released a new report on threats to press freedom in South Africa. Half the journalists surveyed faced ‘lawfare’ & SLAPPs to silence them, incl gagging orders, abuse of privacy laws & huge damages claims to intimidate @rsf.org @pressfreedom.bsky.social buff.ly/DGOqt5u

Threats to media freedom in South AfricaThe legal threats eroding South Africa’s hard-won freedoms, and how to address them.www.trust.org

Bernie Sanders wants citizens to own half of Big AI. Sceptics rightly warn public stakes would make governments protect the firms they should be regulating. This amounts to corporate capture – not accountability. #AIGovernance #AIPolicy

How public good can trump private profit — Blueprint for Free SpeechBernie Sanders wants citizens to own half of Big AI. Critics warn public stakes would make governments protect the firms they should be regulating, amounting to capture, not accountability.www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

It turns out Hugging Face wasn't the only victim of OpenAI's agent that went rogue. It appears to have hacked into four accounts after finding exposed credentials on the open web. One belonged to Modal, a company that produces software for training and running AI services. #RogueAI buff.ly/qTqwVIm

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging FaceIn a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.www.wired.com

Bloodbath looms at KPMG Australia, with over 1 000 staff and dozens of partners facing the chop over audit whistleblowing scandal. This comes after COO Eileen Hoggett was fired on Friday when a damning email confirmed whistleblower's most damning disclosures. Via @FinancialReview shorturl.at/FiaRN

KPMG will sack dozens of partners, 1000 staff amid audit scandal falloutKPMG Australia plans to cut more than 10 per cent of its workforce in September as leadership works to stem the financial hit from its audit misconduct scandal.www.afr.com

AI spend on lobbying is going through the roof. OpenAI has almost doubled expenditure this year, while Anthropic spent close to 3x as much. This comes as political battles loom in Washington over regulation, new models and getting pro-industry policies adopted. #PayToPlay shorturl.at/qGruq via @ft

AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbyingRising expenditure from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft reflects growing battle over federal policywww.ft.com

🚨Ricochet Refresh users: update announcement On Sept 1, 2026, a Tor network protocol change means Ricochet Refresh versions older than 3.0.43 won’t connect to Tor at all. Please be sure to install the latest version of Ricochet Refresh before Sept 1. Full announcement: buff.ly/4buG1sa

Ricochet Refresh announcement – please update by September 1 — Blueprint for Free SpeechAll Ricochet Refresh users must update to versions newer than 3.0.43 (released June 2, 2026) before September 1, 2026, when a Tor protocol change breaks older clients’ network access.www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Carmody Grey says frontier AI labs are asking the wrong questions in their drive to court the humanities. They want to focus on LLM morals & metaphysics – 'I wanted to talk about the user, about addiction and dehumanisation, about power and accountability’ www.ft.com/content/bdb3... via @ft

Why this philosopher turned down AnthropicThe AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questionswww.ft.com

In the largest known copyright payout in history, a US judge has signed off on a landmark $1.5 billion settlement in a case brought by authors against Anthropic for using pirated versions of their books for AI chatbot training. #AIcopyright #AuthorRights apnews.com/article/ai-a...

How Trump is weaponizing the FBI to target journalists 👇️ #MediaFreedom buff.ly/PFLSmMM via newyorker.com

Trump’s War on JournalistsThe recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.www.newyorker.com

Thanks to the KPMG whistleblower scandal, Australian audit firms face closer scrutiny & stronger oversight, including random reviews. Still, scandal or not, KPMG keeps winning new contracts, including 3 with the Finance Dept worth A$25m 👇 buff.ly/DvgKhRE via @australian

The Hugging Face debacle exposes just how easily an AI agent can go rogue, lending weight to arguments by safety researchers such as Mrinank Sharma who warn the tech is evolving faster than humans can control it. #AISafety #AIGoneRogue www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

OpenAI says its AI model ‘went rogue’: What do we know?The system hacked into another company without being prompted by a human.www.aljazeera.com

Lawyers for Mozambican journalist @estaciosvaloi have asked the District Attorney’s office to revoke the warrant used to seize his laptop & phones, and return them immediately. The seizure violates his right to privacy and to work & threatens press freedom #MediaFreedom moz24h.co.mz/defesa-de-es...

Defesa de Estácio Valoi pede revogação do mandado de apreensão e devolução imediata dos equipamentosPor Quinton Nicuete A defesa do jornalista investigativo Estácio Valoi submeteu, esta segunda-feira (20), à Procuradoria Distrital da República de Pemba, um requerimento formal solicitando a…moz24h.co.mz

The EU's latest Rule of Law Report says several members states are updating legislation to comply with the European Media Freedom Act, but warns media ownership and editorial independence remain a concern with candidate countries. #MediaFreedom dig.watch/updates/eu-p...

2026 Rule of Law Report strengthens Europe's prosperity, security and democratic resilienceThe European Commission published its seventh annual Rule of Law Report, assessing the state of the rule of law across all EU Member States, as well as four candidate countries: Albania, Montenegro,…digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu

Nigeria's courts have prioritised pre-election disputes over a whistleblower's freedom. Nnamdi Emeh's trial has been marred by endless delays in a case that raises profound questions about the respect for due process and the rule of law. @pplaaf.bsky.social @theicir.bsky.social buff.ly/T8b8NpD

EU pledges social media ban for children after releasing results of expert panel review of online child safety. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

EU chief pledges social media ban to protect children from ‘predatory algorithms’Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment comes after panel of experts calls for restriction for under-13swww.theguardian.com

Blueprint whistleblowing prize winner Nnamdi Emeh has spent 3 years and 4 months behind bars despite being granted bail, raising serious concerns about rights to fair trial and due process, as enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution 👇

Meta warned that Facebook & Instagram’s addictive feeds may breach new EU content rules by failing to assess risks to users’ mental health. EC finding comes just ahead of Ursula von der Leyen's presentation on child safety online on Monday ft.com/content/e5af... via @ft