RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Microsoft built a data center in a drought ravaged region of Mexico, & gained access to 25% of its groundwater to cool the facility.
My colleagues @FintanMcDonnell & @DianaBaptistaR started asking the company questions, & they would not explain any details of their water usage.
[2024-09-06 15:41 UTC]
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23Techcoup
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/AASchapiro/status/1832095560947601490#m
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[2024-09-06 17:16 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a letter Friday endorsing Kamala Harris for president, including the CEOs of Costco, Ford, American Express, Merck, PayPal, Autodesk, Lyft, Yahoo, Docusign, Yelp, DuPont, Sony, Pepsi, Zillow, Twilio, and LinkedIn. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/06/harris-endorsed-trump-murdoch-yelp-snap-ripple.html
[2024-09-06 13:41 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Marietje Schaake: ‘We wandelen rond in één groot AI-experiment zonder dat we ervoor gekozen hebben’ https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/internationaal/algemeen/marietje-schaake-we-wandelen-rond-in-een-groot-ai-experiment-zonder-dat-we-ervoor-gekozen-hebben/10563128.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1725627047
[2024-09-06 12:51 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Telegram may start “moderating private chats.” This seems like a decision that would only be possible in a non-E2E messenger. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24237254/telegram-pavel-durov-arrest-private-chats-moderation-policy-change
[2024-09-06 11:32 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Autocracy in America doesn’t start with stormtroopers. It starts with a crazy and sinister story about chickens. New podcast with @anneapplebaum and me, where we see the worrying and weird parallels between America and autocracies we know all too well
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/09/start-with-a-lie/679625/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
[2024-09-06 12:30 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Background reading to the Russian-purchase-of-'conservative'-influencers story.
On the Russian, Chinese and other authoritarian regimes who are trying to build an authoritarian narrative and undermine democracy.
An excerpt, in part, from AUTOCRACY INC
[2024-09-06 10:59 UTC]
No surprises here! ↘️
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/panyiszabolcs/status/1831602252517102070#m
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[2024-09-06 10:30 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Cyberexpert Marietje Schaake waarschuwt: ’Grote techbedrijven brengen democratie in gevaar’ https://www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/676638183/cyberexpert-marietje-schaake-waarschuwt-grote-techbedrijven-brengen-democratie-in-gevaar/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=twitter #telegraafpremium
[2024-09-06 00:13 UTC]
👀 more of the Tech Coup, in the name of ‘efficiency’ a lot of bad shit is going to happen ↘️
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/alx/status/1831735405269385603#m
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[2024-09-05 20:46 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: The showdown in #Brazil between Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court over access to the social media platform X is another cautionary example of how powerful private tech CEOs and their companies have become, @MarietjeSchaake tells @washingtonpost. https://ow.ly/zlS650TgwML
[2024-09-05 20:30 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: Intelligence agencies and FBI/DOJ have revealed that unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU—a unit responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—is now engaged in brazen hacking operations with targets across the world, including in Ukraine and the US. https://www.wired.com/story/russia-gru-unit-29155-hacker-team/
[2024-09-05 17:36 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: The @FBI announce a $10 m award for information leading to the arrest of GRU Unit 29155 hackers who targeted Ukrainian gov't infrastructure at the start of the invasion. They are all familiar faces to us, will do a story on them in the next few days.
[2024-09-05 17:47 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: BREAKING: The U.S. government charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds. https://apnews.com/article/trump-simes-russia-election-fbi-f0b0fe681c821f735c4e951736f041c8?taid=66d9e131b1e19800019a7bb6&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
[2024-09-05 16:49 UTC]
Kremlin’s goals: “To escalate internal tensions ... in order to promote the interests of the Russian Federation & to influence real-life conflicts and artificially create conflict situations” via fake articles, influencers, as well as targeted posts↘️
https://www.politico.eu/article/fbi-dossier-reveals-russian-psy-ops-disinformation-campaign-election-europe/
[2024-09-05 13:53 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: “‘I was crying, I didn't want to die that way,’ Nelms told NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta. ‘I don't want to meet the Lord that way.’”
Thinking of everyone in that high school. We shouldn’t have to live like this.
[2024-09-04 18:40 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: This indictment alleges that right-wing commentators like Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Lauren Southern — as part of the "Tenet Media" YouTube channel — have been unwittingly working for a Russian influence operation.
[2024-09-04 19:18 UTC]
RT by @MarietjeSchaake: “I think it's important that lawmakers feel empowered to make sure that they govern this technology in a democratic way,” says @StanfordHAI International Policy Fellow @MarietjeSchaake. Learn more about HAI's policy efforts: https://bit.ly/3Tgu6Rq
[2024-09-04 21:09 UTC]
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