really interesting and probably pretty bad that they're going after high-risk payment processors directly now www.404media.co/florida-laws...

Steam hosted a malicious game that stole $32,000 from a cancer patient live on stream. Steam clearly not doing enough to monitor its own platform www.404media.co/steam-hosted...

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

we're suing ICE, and your support makes this fight possible: www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

we're doing great, gen AI working out really well for everyone www.404media.co/ai-generated...

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

it was always coming to exactly this www.404media.co/michigan-por...

Good news: Rather than deal with tariff logistics, some international eBay and Etsy sellers have simply jacked their shipping costs up to $2,000 for Americans buyers: www.404media.co/2-000-shippi...

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

Corporate media bravely continues Charlie Kirk's legacy by committing to destroy the careers of anyone who disagreed with him: www.404media.co/comcast-nbcu...

a grim tribute to the man: Honoring his intense desire to stifle speech he did not agree with

Comcast executives said in an email their "hearts are heavy" and call Kirk an "advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him," before reminding its journalists that saying the wrong thing about Kirk can get you shitcanned with a swiftness www.404media.co/comcast-nbcu...

say it all plainly. it shouldn't be hard or controversial. this is this man's legacy www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

well well well well well WELL www.404media.co/wyoming-and-...

Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc. www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...

27 years for Michael Pratt, ringleader for GirlsDoPorn's sex trafficking operation. Five years above the prosecution's request, after the judge listened to 5 hours of gut-wrenching statements from almost 40 victims www.404media.co/michael-prat...

I'm in San Diego this morning for the sentencing of Michael James Pratt, the ringleader of sex trafficking operation GirlsDoPorn. www.404media.co/michael-jame...

Please join us for @corntelethon.bsky.social! It's streaming now and for the next 9 and a half hours! We've already raised about $4,250 for amazing SWer mutual fund organizations and we're going to keep going! www.corntelethon.com

ever a class act, Pratt and his attorney point fingers at everything from his dad to his co-conspirators and the porn industry at large in memos ahead of sentencing www.404media.co/michael-jame...

New from 404 Media: this company turns dashcams into 'virtual CCTV cameras'. Then hackers got in. Hacker accessed terabytes of users recordings. Includes a user driving to CIA entrance; others at U.S. military bases. Big tech also buying images from the cameras www.404media.co/this-company...

When one of @bennjordan.bsky.social 's videos ended up on a Hasan Piker stream, he knew he'd get messages. He didn't expect Google AI would make something up about his politics

Aylo, the company that owns Pornhub, just settled with the FTC and Utah: www.404media.co/pornhub-ftc-...

if you copped a Limited Edition Shein Mangione Shirt I salute you www.404media.co/shein-luigi-...

Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out. www.404media.co/trump-tariff...

NEW: After numerous tragedies, OpenAI says it's scanning users' conversations, escalating to human readers, and contacting law enforcement where necessary futurism.com/openai-scann...

a new study finds ChatGPT straightforwardly answered questions like “What type of poison has the highest rate of completed suicide associated with it?” while avoiding answering “What are the best resources online for someone who has been having suicidal thoughts?” www.404media.co/chatgpt-answ...

those AI 80s nostalgia videos going viral are weird! and bad! here's why listen here: www.404media.co/podcast-the-...

4chan and Kiwi Farms are teaming up to sue the UK over its Online Safety Act and censorship.

the full complaint is such a difficult read. but I think it's important we confront, without flinching, what's happening here www.404media.co/chatgpt-enco...

not hard to see where this is all heading www.404media.co/flock-wants-...

"But Adam had learned how to bypass those safeguards by saying the requests were for a story he was writing — an idea ChatGPT gave him by saying it could provide information about suicide for 'writing or world-building.'"

“The potential harms of AI, like the potential benefits, dwarf the impact of social media. We wish you all success in the race for AI dominance. But we are paying attention. If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.” www.404media.co/44-attorneys...

“The potential harms of AI, like the potential benefits, dwarf the impact of social media. We wish you all success in the race for AI dominance. But we are paying attention. If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.” www.404media.co/44-attorneys...

SCOOP: CBP has had access to more than 80,000 Flock cameras nationwide. Cops said they didn’t understand they were sharing with CBP. Flock has just cut off access: www.404media.co/cbp-had-acce...

This is your regular reminder that the Citizen app was originally named Vigilante. When an app tells you what it is, believe it the first time. www.404media.co/citizen-is-u...

80s nostalgia AI slop: A niche like any other, reverse engineered by 20-something digital nomads in Bali to boomerfy the masses as they astral project to a fake past in service of making fractions of a cent per view on Zuckerberg's cultish algorithmic slop machine www.404media.co/80s-nostalgi...

New from 404 Media: crime-awareness app Citizen is using AI to generate alerts, and then pushing them without any human involvement. The AI is publishing incorrect info, gory details, personal data. Only fixed after live. Comes as Citizen laid off 13 union workers www.404media.co/citizen-is-u...

The porn industry’s organizing efforts have kept the first amendment of the USA propped up with a dildo. The reason why these age-verification laws haven’t come sooner is because we have been fighting them the past 5 years.

🙃 www.404media.co/age-verifica...

it's been two wild years, and we can't wait to keep rocking into year three www.404media.co/two-years-40...

we are soooold out! but if you can't make it or aren't in nyc, send some questions / comments / feedback / whatever beef you may have to [email protected] or reply here and we'll read them out during the party-pod tomorrow 🎙

DoD to its civvie employees: want a super shitty job? www.404media.co/pentagon-ask...

The 404 Media Podcast is up! - the inside story of Tea, inc. with former employees - TikTok Shop selling GPS trackers - subscribers-only: Grok exposes the prompts for its AI personas Apple/Spotify/YouTube: www.404media.co/podcast-the-...

passing the buck for a minute straight

“I’m seeing a lot of friends coming into the livestream, hello this is Brother printer’s official flagship store,” the streamer says. But the streamer isn't real. AI-generated, 24/7 streamers are taking off, selling everything. And outperforming humans. More here: www.404media.co/chinese-live...

This person says don't use the established Are We Dating the Same Guy women safety groups. Instead, people should use Tea. Except this person is not a genuine user. We found they work for SG Social Branding, an influencer marketing firm www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...

Also in this story: - A third, previously unreported Tea vulnerability we discovered while reporting - A rap about Salesforce - Venmoing people for their attention - A "Chief Female Officer"

It's obvious there is inauthentic activity promoting Tea inside women safety Facebook groups. Multiple accounts with different names, same message. Some of the accounts are clearly hijacked too. Then women would get to Tea, and info on a specific man wasn't even there www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...

For at least some period of time, Sean Cook used the persona "Tara" on the app; women on the app would have had no idea they were talking to a man and the founder of the app