Even if Musk isn’t leading DOGE on paper, he’s its de facto public spokesperson.
The Verge
Elon Musk doesn’t work for DOGE
“He doesn’t even go here.”
Fight for the Future
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We are artists, engineers, activists, and technologists fighting for a future where tech is a force for liberation— not oppression, and we’ve been behind the largest online protests in human history 😎
https://links.fightforthefuture.org/
Our Lia Holland spoke on the dangers + harms of police foundations as they continue to put unaccountable, flawed tech in the hands of police.
American media institutions enjoy constitutional freedoms… but lack the will or courage to assert them.
Just Security
What Happens After the Most Powerful Media Institutions Keep Surrendering to Trump
U.S. media institutions are abandoning their own First Amendment rights by settling lawsuits with Trump, writes Jaffer for the New York Times.
Just dropping this as a friendly reminder that you should be using Signal for secure messages. 
the Guardian
WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware
Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware
As a tech justice + human rights org, what we’ve seen in RFK Jr. ’s confirmation hearings so far
has confirmed our worst fears.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/us/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-health
Last year OpenAI deleted restrictions against using its services for military + warfare activities- then the Israeli military’s use of Azure spiked.
The Intercept
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare”
The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.
Some good news for book lovers, historians, organizers and cultural curators!
Amazon e-book alternative just dropped: 
WIRED
Bookshop.org Now Sells Ebooks
The bookseller is applying its sales model—where online purchases support indie bookstores—to digital books. It has also released a mobile app ...
OpenAI upset that an AI company would train on someone else's data without consent is laughable and hypocritical.
404 Media
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
KOSA is about censorship. And as this article states “ in our quest to make the internet safe - a solution that puts the most vulnerable children in more danger is not a solution at all.” 
Teen Vogue
Internet “Child Safety” Laws Could Leave Homeschooled Kids in the Dark
“For many children, the internet is a source of safety.”
You’re probably following the media chaos surrounding RFK JR. today… it gets worse! He also plans to continue spreading health misinfo + further restrict access to abortions. This will impact our day-to-day lives! Tell your lawmakers to oppose RFK Jr.’s nomination now: 
Fight for the Future
Stop RFK From Destroying Healthcare
Stop RFK From Destroying Healthcare
Last year, #facialrecognition company Clearview AI pushed to settle a class action lawsuit. 
Just Futures Law
#CLEARVIEWCOPOUT — Just Futures Law
Attn: Google workers! Seeing Googles complicity in genocide? Fearful about leadership or retaliation? No Tech for Apartheid is creating space to process and support you. Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/nhcbpxr6
Collective action is being taken by mods on various subreddits to ban Twitter/X links: 
404 Media
Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
A recent hack of a location data company revealed apps that are spying on us behind the scenes. 
WIRED
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the ...
Meet Cecilia Ananías Soto, author of "Curlews" - where we catch a disturbing glimpse of how fertility monitoring apps can be weaponized. 
U.S. consumers have told us they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair. It's clear that Congress needs to heed their call, take up the charge for net neutrality + put open internet principles in federal law.
Columbia Journalism Review
Net Neutrality Is Dead (Again). Journalism Could Suffer.
What a new court ruling might mean for independent local news.
BREAKING: HR 9495 Defeated!
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"Digital archiving as we know it would not exist without the Internet Archive—without it, the world would lose its best public resource on internet history."
Read the full story: 
WIRED
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
You've probably heard the news by now about Internet Archive.
It takes a lot to stand up to greedy corporations who don't care about humanity at all and it's an honor to support their mission. Please share some love to them as they reckon with this ruling:
@internetarchive is doing incredible work to ensure access to knowledge and combat censorship and surveillance. If you want to learn how and show your support, check the link below: 
Fight for the Future
Battle for Libraries
Don’t let libraries die. As the future goes digital, major publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ defense of digital books from censorship....