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Excellent reporting by @eileenguo.bsky.social & colleagues at @technologyreview.com about the roots & spread of the right's allegations of a "censorship industrialization complex". Including the little tidbit that @ninajankowicz.com highlights below.... www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...

How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policyNarratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them?urldefense.com

"Charlie Downs also claimed that The Telegraph’s Allister Heath was an ‘agent of the anti-white establishment’" The mind boggles.

Hegseth’s blocking of promotions for high-ranking women in the military has contributed to the lowest percentage of such nominations for women in at least 25 years, according to a NYT analysis. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...

Under Hegseth, Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Plunged This YearThe percentage of high-ranking officer nominations going to women is currently at its lowest level in over two decades.www.nytimes.com

And this Labour MP seeming to imply, hopefully unintentionally, that the problem is people being misidentified as asylum seekers, rather than actual asylum seekers being brutalised and intimidated

Grotesque response by the Home Office, reassuring far right would-be stormtroopers that they’re on their side and that they have a legitimate point to make, as long as they just tone the violence down and lay off the police

“alleged asylum seekers”, fucking hell

Water companies panic as drought worsens in UK From the new Private Eye, out now.

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry www.wired.com/story/the-ma...

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance IndustryMany young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.www.wired.com

🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: Vanderbilt's board just launched a horrifying assault on academic freedom that threatens the legitimacy of their university. 1/x #AAUP #academicsky #edusky

Vanderbilt’s Board Declares War Against Academic FreedomA new policy punishes faculty for speech the trustees deem strays from the core purpose of the university.www.insidehighered.com

Two security researchers shipped me a pink plastic kid's smartwatch from Amazon. When I wore it, they tracked my movements, surreptitiously took photos of me, even listened to my conversations. The same backend they hacked is used by 30+ watch brands for kids. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/hacker...

Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for KidsSecurity researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.www.wired.com

Delighted to see my #Udemy courses on propaganda and disinformation have helped people in 44 different countries (!) become more digitally literate. Incredible to see such an impact for a course equipping people for our misleading and manipulative online environment. www.udemy.com/course/propa...

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroomThe 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.www.nbcnews.com

One aspect of the parasocial style in American politics is a fixation on heroes and villains. The former are taken as both our best friends and invincible, infallible giants. The latter are made out to be shadowy adversaries in league with the devil himself. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasoci...

The Parasocial Style in American Politics, Part 2: Witch Hunts and Comfort BlanketsAs during witch hunts, social media enables a process of rendering people into totemic figures in a war between Good and Evil.www.liberalcurrents.com

Good thing Republicans are showing us, through their insane treatment of Dr. Fauci, that when the next pandemic hits, literally zero medical professionals will want to help.

Those profiteers from a #Trump presidency include the industries behind #disinformation and #propaganda - be prepared and order my new book with Vian Bakir 'The Routledge Handbook of the #Influence Industry' today www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha... #socialmedia #data #ai #books

Routledge Handbook of the Influence IndustryThis Handbook provides the first comprehensive examination of the influence industry and how it operates worldwide across different domains. The rapid evolution of emerging technologies and data-drive...www.routledge.com

“Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities’ suffering all so the rich and powerful can profit,” the senators wrote in a letter to CFTC Chair Michael Selig.

Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arsonA public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.www.kptv.com

I was interviewed by Colorado Public Radio about how the the current FCC Commissioner is working to eliminate diversity in media ownership, local reporting, and viewpoint by ignoring Congressional oversight.

FCC expected to get rid of ownership caps for local TVThe FCC chair pushing the move says it will help local news, but others disagree. Vote will determine the future of television news across the country.www.cpr.org

"The gov't wants access to private Signal chats that communities... are using to coordinate lawful responses to dangerous abuses of power... We’re asking the court to deny that access and shut down the government’s attempt to intrude on the fundamental First Amendment right" ✏️ @wired.com

DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group ChatsA lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.www.wired.com

TTP alerted @wired.com to over 50 image and video ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that we discovered in the Meta ad library. We also reported the ads—which made no effort to mask the images or hide what they were promoting—to @ncmec.org.

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse ImageryMore than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.www.wired.com