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RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Website backed by billionaire solicits detailed info with a "Register to Vote" button.

But won't send voters to genuine voter registration sites if they are in a battleground state.

Oh, and the billionaire is Elon Musk.

By @schwartzbCNBC
cnbc.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-

[2024-08-02 15:01 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: The @FTC's investigation found that TikTok knowingly and repeatedly violated kids’ privacy, threatening the safety of millions of children across the country.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today based on FTC's referral.

ftc.gov/news-events/news/press

[2024-08-02 18:16 UTC]

If I wasn’t going to be in NYC to launch my book, I would be in Brussels for this all-star event on Digital Independence and a European stack with
nitter.privacydev.net/francesc
nitter.privacydev.net/Caffar3C
and the one and only
nitter.privacydev.net/mer__edi
with cross-party support 💪🏻🇪🇺↘️
digital-independence.eu/

[2024-08-02 20:23 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Vladimir Kara-Murza says what we had all been fearing: “I was sure I was going to die in prison…”

[2024-08-02 08:22 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: “We have been campaigning for Evan’s release and also Alsu Kurmasheva…for more than a year and it will be amazing to see them hopefully both step off a plane, be in the arms of their families, finally, and be free," CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg told the BBC this morning.

Jailing journalists is an increasingly common tactic worldwide. 320 journalists were jailed worldwide on December 1, 2023. This is the second-highest number of imprisoned journalists CPJ has ever recorded.

[2024-08-01 15:44 UTC]

Glad to see
nitter.privacydev.net/vkaramur
survived his imprisonment in Russia and is now free. We need his voice to speak loudly and freely

[2024-08-01 21:36 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Welcome back to , @vkaramurza!

This news is a tremendous relief to all those who know and love him - none more than his wife and fellow activist @ekaramurza and their three children.

raoulwallenbergcentre.org/en/n

[2024-08-01 18:02 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Breaking: 6th Circuit blocks @FCC net neutrality rules: "The petitioners are likely to succeed on the merits because the final rule implicates a major question, and the Commission has failed to satisfy the high bar for imposing such regulations" reuters.com/legal/us-court-blo

[2024-08-01 21:23 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: We're thrilled that @MarietjeSchaake's The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley (out Sept. 24) has been selected as a @NextBigIdeaClub September 2024 Must-Read Book! 🎉

Take a look at the complete list: hubs.ly/Q02JGbYm0

[2024-08-01 14:06 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: We were told Southport murderer was migrant who arrived on a dinghy. He didn’t. Then we were told he came to UK as an immigrant. He didn’t, was born in Wales. Then we were told he is a Muslim. He’s not, his family are Christian.

Case study in pure social media disinformation.

[2024-07-31 08:17 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: State readout of Blinken Qatar PM call after the assassination of the head of Hamas political wing and key negotiator Ismail Haniyeh, essentially is that US still desperately wants a Gaza ceasefire/hostage release deal.

[2024-07-31 14:05 UTC]

It is impossible that the same army that can target assassinate in Beirut and Tehran cannot be more precise in fighting Hamas in Gaza. Civilian deaths and destruction are the goal

[2024-07-31 11:17 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Het is behalve een (onnodige) ramp ook een grote schande 👇

[2024-07-31 08:17 UTC]

RT by @MarietjeSchaake: UPDATE: 89 out 89 (!) Russia drones launched at Ukraine this past dawn were shot down: UA Air Force Commander LTG Oleschuk just now.

[2024-07-31 06:54 UTC]

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