X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple’s and Google’s policies, yet it and xAI’s Grok remain on both companies’ app stores. In open letters published Wednesday, a coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women’s organizations and tech watchdogs, are demanding CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai grow spines and evict them. … Read more
The FBI is reportedly investigating whether Renee Good had connections to activist organizations amid its ongoing inquiry into her fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Renee Good was shot dead by an ICE agent during a protest against immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. (AP) On the day of the shooting on January 7, Good … Read more
Fresh protests broke out across Iran overnight as demonstrators defied a sweeping internet blackout and a heavy security presence on Sunday. People poured onto the streets in several cities, including Tehran and Mashhad, chanting slogans in unison. Protesters participate in a demonstration in Berlin, Germany, in support of the nationwide mass protests in Iran against … Read more
Actor and former special envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency Angelina Jolie visited the Rafah Crossing on Friday. CNN, citing her representatives, reported that the visit was part of a humanitarian trip to Egypt. Her visit comes at a time when Israel has announced it will suspend the operations of dozens of aid organisations, … Read more
A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of an Indonesian government critic, while others have received intimidating messages, rights campaigners said on Friday, warning of growing threats to freedom of speech in the Southeast Asian country. Activists reported various threats, including dead animals and vandalism, amidst calls for accountability from authorities. (AFP) The campaigners … Read more