guys, we're throwing a show! 404 Media is joining hands with community members and organizations to throw LA FIGHTS BACK, a benefit show to raise money to support immigrants and refugees as ICE and DHS continue their dehumanzing crackdown across the U.S. learn more: regentdtla.com/tm-event/hea...

The person behind this account does not seem to actually have any sort of vested interest in the US or in immigration. But they are nonetheless spamming horrific videos because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for that type of content, and because Facebook directly makes payments for it.

An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.

The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social www.404media.co/ai-generated...

horrific fantasies made real, powered by AI

An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.

Here's the level of quality they were making ~6 months ago:

My point is this person is obsessively shuffling through AI slop genres, spamming tons of stuff til they find something that works and that they can monetize. The thing "that works" are horrifying videos of an AI-generated mother screaming for her baby as ICE hauls her away

NEW: A judge in Washington has ruled that police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests. The decision highlights the sheer volume of the technology-fueled surveillance state in the US.

@404media.co is journalist founded and independent, so ya, we can tell meta pr to come back when they have a sound answer for the horrors that are the meta ray-ban glasses:

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You need to be following 404 Media's main account @404media.co for videos like this every day, breaking down the stories we cover bsky.app/profile/404m...

Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...

New: a judge has ruled that Flock surveillance images are public records that can be requested by anyone. Shows that at least in some cases, police cannot withhold the data collected by its surveillance systems. www.404media.co/judge-rules-...

SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.

ICE is just going to outsource the stalking of undocumented immigrants to random private investigators, is willing to spend $180 million on it: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...

For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability - license plate reader databases - credit header data - smartphone location data www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...

New from 404 Media: ICE plans to spend as much as $180 million on bounty hunters to physically locate and stalk immigrants. I spoke to multiple private investigators/skip tracers. Some horrified. Others said they will do this work. "Money is money." www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...

OpenAI’s guardrails against copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book.

SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

“It's incredibly powerful because it isn't just one studio or one group, it's a collection of some of the most influential leaders in adult production,” @mikestabile.bsky.social told me. Publishing guidelines creates “a broad system of accountability.” www.404media.co/adult-studio...

openai is trying to program a stolen content machine to stop people from making stolen content www.404media.co/openai-cant-...

OpenAI's "guardrails" for copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book. OpenAI will never stop Sora from doing copyright infringement because the AI generator was built with stolen content. www.404media.co/openai-cant-...

big ruling today

The newly-formed, first of its kind Adult Studio Alliance is founded by major porn companies including Aylo, Dorcel, ERIKALUST, Gamma Entertainment, Mile High Media and Ricky’s Room, and establishes a code of conduct for studios.

cool news: some of the biggest porn companies got together to lay out a "code of conduct" for studios, agents, third parties, everyone on set: www.404media.co/adult-studio...

New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling www.404media.co/judge-rules-...

A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.

NEW: A judge in Washington has ruled that police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests. The decision highlights the sheer volume of the technology-fueled surveillance state in the US.

The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week: - inside a town's fight against a $1.2 billion AI data center - how people are 3D-printing whistles to fight ICE - subscribers: AI's war on knowledge YouTube here. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, etc too www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHk5...

A fight against a massive AI data center; how people are 3D-printing whistles to fight ICE; and AI's war on knowledge.

Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more. More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

have been meaning to do this for a long time - we'e going to do a FOIA Forum about our Flock reporting next week: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...

New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago www.404media.co/the-latest-d...

this is cool and people saying "just buy a whistle on amazon" did not read the story, have lost the light in their hearts, and will not enter heaven with that attitude www.404media.co/the-latest-d...

Behold: you can now see all 23 years of BYTE magazine in all its glory, all at once. Every issue on a single zoomable interface www.404media.co/byte-magazin...

Visualize all 23 years of BYTE magazine in all its glory, all at once:

BYTE was a treasure www.404media.co/byte-magazin...

Waves within Earth’s mantle can carry traces of past continents across hundreds of miles, explaining why their chemical fingerprints appear in unlikely places.

A Danish Redditor was sentenced for posting nude scenes from copyrighted films. Was similar to massive subreddit r/WatchItForThePlot, where people post clips of nude scenes—almost always featuring female actors—out of context www.404media.co/danish-reddi...

Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.

meta pr keeps implying that the glasses and a phone are no different. in response, we say this:

Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more. More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

Here are some more examples. These whistles come with an immigrant rights hotline, instructions on how to warn people. 3D printing is “a way to show a little extra solidarity, because it's being made for a specific purpose.” www.404media.co/the-latest-d...

DHS is deploying a powerful surveillance data sharing program at college football games www.404media.co/dhs-is-deplo...

Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.

Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”

A man running a Danish copycat of the r/WatchItForThePlot subreddit was assured of posting no less than 347 nude scenes from films, and downloading over 25 terabytes of data from copyrighted works.

"I’m a Japanese American with strong ties to my family in Japan and the existential threat of nuclear weapons is not lost on me, as my family has been directly impacted,” Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember who led the charge in opposition to the data center, told 404 Media.