🧐 Disinformation Has Become Another Untouchable Problem in Washington

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Disinformation Has Become Another Untouchable Problem in Washington. WASHINGTON — The memo that reached the top of the Department of Homeland Security in September could not have been clearer about its plan to create a board to monitor national security threats caused by the spread of dangerous… (Steven Lee Myers / The New York Times)

Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @wiczipedia

In every Congressional testimony I've given, I've emphasized that disinformation is a democratic issue, not a partisan one. The current polarized, hysterical climate around imaginary versions of counter-disinformation work makes doing it impossible.

nytimes.comDisinformation Has Become Another Untouchable Problem in WashingtonNumerous federal agencies agree that widely promoted falsehoods threaten the nation’s security. Doing something about them is another matter.

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Hybrid Work Is (Probably) Doomed. I noticed the shoes first. That I was wearing them. Real shoes, the leather kind, with laces. After a year and a half, I was finally returning to the office, and that meant giving up the puffer slippers and slides that had sustained me for so long. (Ian Bogost / The Atlantic)

Ian Bogost @ibogost

I'm extremely sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, but, everyone probably got the future of office work wrong. The Office isn't a place, it's an ideology. You never left. You work in an office because you are an office worker.

theatlantic.comHybrid Work Is DoomedOffice workers work in offices, for better or for worse.

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Apple's Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats. The surveillance-for-hire industry has emerged in recent years as a very real threat to activists, dissidents, journalists, and human rights defenders around the world, as vendors offer increasingly invasive and effective spyware to governments. (Lily Hay Newman / WIRED)

Lily Hay Newman @lilyhnewman

Apple will debut a Lockdown Mode in iOS 16 to massively cut attack surface for people at risk of spyware targeting. It’s a big step, but of course everyone is bracing for vendors to find ways around it Apple’s bug bounty will go up to $2M for full bypasses

wired.comApple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware ThreatsStarting with iOS 16, people who are at risk of being targeted with spyware will have some much-needed help.

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Google Eases Ad Restrictions for Abortion Pill Providers After Roe. The Supreme Court's move to overturn Roe v. Wade has left abortion-seekers across the U.S. scrambling to find access to medical care online, only to find themselves awash in a sea of search results and ads for clinics offering anything but. Now… (Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo)

shoshana wodinsky (she/her) @swodinsky

scooplet: Multibillion Dollar Company Does The Bare Minimum

gizmodo.comGoogle Eases Ad Restrictions for Abortion Pill Providers After RoeFor years, the company barred mail-order abortion providers from certifying themselves with a “Provides abortion” label in Search ads. Now they can.

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Amazon Strikes Partnership Deal with Grubhub That Could Include Small Equity Stake. Amazon.com Inc. agreed to add Grubhub to its suite of Prime services in the U.S., in a deal that also gives the e-commerce giant the option to acquire a small stake, the parent of the food-ordering company said. Grubhub's parent, Netherlands-based… (Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal)

Heather Haddon @heatherhaddon

Some takeout with your Amazon order? Grubhub now a benefit of Prime membership

wsj.comAmazon and Grubhub Strike Deal to Bring Restaurant Delivery to Prime MembersThe e-commerce giant’s partnership with Just Eat Takeaway.com, Grubhub’s parent company, includes an option for a 2% equity stake.

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