Journalists are being targeted, press access to the White House is restricted, and the president is going after news outlets he doesn't like. We're standing up for press freedom. Join the national town hall tonight — a conversation at a moment of crisis. freedom.press/townhall2026

First CES panel. Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese is proud of his company's integration with OpenAI, which involves giving AI read/write access to tax data. Since prompt injection attacks are unavoidable, I asked him who will be liable when customer data is exposed: Intuit, OpenAI, etc? He had no idea.

WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people. Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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In tumultuous times, we believe in being prepared, not scared. We’ve distilled the advice our trainers have shared with thousands of journalists over the years into the actionable, concrete steps in our 2026 journalist’s digital security checklist:

I know we're all trying to get through the holidays and the end of the year and nobody's thinking about February yet, but mark this in your calendar? @huertanix.bsky.social @cactuscon.com

We wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about our recent panel with three U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas. They described facing assaults and threats from Israeli soldiers — and said the U.S. government did little to help.

journalists really should stop baring their entire asses like this "I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"

ICE now casually and lawlessly arrests scholars, journalists and commentators without any justification. Professor Detained En Route To Middle East Studies Conference: Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.

my advice for growing older is to never stop listening to new music

FPF senior digital security trainer @huertanix.bsky.social spoke with @huffpost.com’s @monicatorrr.bsky.social about the privacy implications of uploading your personal identification onto your phone.

One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.

@sulliview.bsky.social on why #ZohranMamdani will [very likely] be next mayor of New York:

Full story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

The unquestioned AI hype at #MediaFest2025 from is honestly so boring. Where is the skepticism in the face of a long lineage of other attempts at automation not panning out? No one here took an automated cab to this. Ask why problems with 90% complete solutions haven’t made the last 10%?

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

Confused/conflicted about the ballot proposals? You're not alone! Check out our voter guide for explainers and why our members voted to endorse YES on 2-6 (we didn't take a position on 1). tinyurl.com/NKDVoterGuide25

NYC friends: There. Is. So. Much. Confusion. Over. The. Ballot. Proposals. Progressive orgs in disarray! But I waded thru a raft of voting guides and am confident in voting Yes on 2-6. The two best guides: @newkingsdems.bsky.social (digestible, below) and @rpa.org (wonky but good, bit.ly/3KMI9wt)

NYC-DSA is on the verge of endorsing City Council Member Alexa Avilés to challenge Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10. But city Comptroller Brad Lander is now telling people he wants to run for that seat, so there may be intense pressure on Avilés to drop out to avoid splitting the progressive vote.

JP Morgan sees red

"We can’t ignore this anymore": How the U.S Press Freedom Tracker is fighting for journalists Read this write-up on a panel at @spj-posts.bsky.social's #MediaFest25 featuring our Managing Editor @kamccudden.bsky.social.

“Digital security isn’t about paranoia — it’s about awareness.” Loved hearing @huertanix.bsky.social from @FreedomOfThePress at #MediaFest25 share practical, human-centered lessons on staying safe online. Security = habit, not luxury. #CyberSafety #Journalism

It would cost ~$40 billion to end world hunger. Instead, the US government spent $40 billion to prop up a dictator in Argentina. Seems on brand for the United States government, which works for itself and does not represent the people.

Ernie Smith wrote a pretty good article on the SIM farm that was found in New York. tedium.co/2025/09/23/s... This more or less aligns with my FraudsterTel(TM) theory. Thread: bsky.app/profile/tpro...

Indigenous knowledge systems are important when it comes to saving our planet for all of us. #UN #ClimateWeek

The AGI goalposts remain all over the place. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ spectrum.ieee.org/agi-benchmark

1/ Hi, I'm TProphet. I write the Telecom Informer for @2600.com. A lot of people have been asking me about www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... given that I'm somewhat knowledgeable in the area. Here's my take: I'm kind of astonished that this is public, and it isn't normal that it would ever be.

Going over border-crossing device security at an #ONA25 roundtable with @freedom.press expert David Huerta reminded me how bad it is that Windows 11 doesn't offer these login options in Settings: • temporarily shut off Windows Hello (you can only remove it); • require a passcode after a restart.

#ONA25: Last call for Google Advanced Protection kits! Left the last ones right outside Empire C.

duolingo becoming an "ai first" company is so fucking funny because google STILL uses an april fool's article in the ai overview for "is airbud real?" ai cannot fact check itself. it presents you with a sentence that seems real based on the inputs it's given. and surely no one on the internet lies.

🔈 SOUND ON: Bluesky blocked Mississippi users from its app Aug. 22 due to concerns with the state’s age verification law. “This creates a chilling effect, where they don’t want to take the risk of getting sued,” FPF’s David Huerta told @neverpo.st’s @mikerugnetta.com. Listen to the segment:

Journalists everywhere need to stand in solidarity on this killing spree and resulting news blackout. See below in this thread for some actions and stay tuned here https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-20-people-including-five-journalists-2025-08-25/

SO thrilled to publish this fantastic piece outlining the problems with age verification and "child safety" by Pratika Katiyar and Rebecca Williams at the ACLU and Cynthia Conti Cook who leads the Surveillance Resistance Lab.

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.