Good reminder here: Immigration authorities in the U.S. have been collecting social media data since Trump 1.0. Now they're using it to justify their "catch and revoke" scheme. Important reporting and analysis by @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social www.compiler.news/mahmoud-khal...

SCOOP: More than 300 FTC blogs published under FTC Chair Lina Khan disappeared this morning. They included posts critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI. www.wired.com/story/federa...

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Universities are doing Trump's bidding, purging voices of dissent from their halls. Among them is Swarthmore, a college with a foundation in Quaker values of peaceful resistance and civil disobedience. We must hold them to account -- sign & share if you agree. actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...

It’s economic independence—not the lofty and abstract ideas of academic freedom, but the indispensable fact that colleges become the sole economic engines in their regions—that Trump and his acolytes want to curtail.

Good read on gov't bureaucracy, the current limitations of tech, and the coming human toll of Musk's AI-driven slash-and-burn strategy, via @benzevgreen.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/doge-plan-to...

What Yale, Columbia and other universities are doing has precious little to do with anti-semitism. The GOP is exploiting a crack in academia that divides people focused on scholarship and truth-telling from those with political and economic capital. Rich people with values, please come forward.

"The decision came three days after a news site, *powered at least in part by artificial intelligence,* published a story about Dr. Doutaghi....The news site called her a member of a terrorist group." Shame on Yale. Cowardice will end free thought in this country. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...

New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here: www.404media.co/the-200-site...

Fear of retribution has rapidly become a feature of working as a journalist in the U.S. Here's a tip from working with journos in Cuba and China: Partner up with a journalist in a safer jurisdiction. Work together on the reporting, but put the story out under their byline.

EVERYONE ought to read this piece from @mmasnick.bsky.social. If I were an editor at @niemanreports.org or @columjournreview.bsky.social I would be begging to republish a version. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

If you're in the weeds of Meta's policy change blitz, this is a good thread 👇🏻

When censorship happens on Meta's platforms, Meta must be held accountable. Fact-checkers, contrary to what Zuckerberg insinuated, never censored anything. True to form, @factchecknet.bsky.social has set the record straight 👇🏻

Some very nice coverage of a very dark turn at Meta, with a quote from me. Thanks @inafried.bsky.social for reaching out and reporting with such care! www.axios.com/2025/01/09/m...

WTAF...This is Meta, a company that has spent years insisting that it's all about authentic identities and "real" people and "real" conversations. www.firstpost.com/tech/meta-is...

US colleagues: Pay attention to what's coming for non-profits that are pushing for equitable, rights-protective technology. And look to your counterparts in India, Hungary, Turkey for tips. They have plenty.

Trump seized the phone records of NYT reporters. Patel has vowed to do it again, if not engage in even more invasive surveillance. And its headline team is going with "wow, bold choice." That is really, really something.

Glad to see my piece on legal threats against researchers is making the rounds here on @bsky.app, where I've finally set up camp. Thanks to @heymike.bsky.social & @compiler.news for all the support. Please read and share --- more relevant than ever.