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• Post #4516561

  X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies. https://www.404media.co/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds/

• Post #4499463

  LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system. https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-lexisnexis-millions-for-data-to-feed-to-palantir/

• Post #4452499

  “I am fully of the notion that clapping is a First Amendment right that I have. I can exercise that as long as I'm not disrupting, and I still argue that I was not disrupting at all." https://www.404media.co/clapping-is-a-first-amendment-right-an-interview-with-the-person-arrested-for-clapping-at-a-data-center-meeting/

• Post #4377708

  The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data. https://www.404media.co/the-sec-bought-airline-data-to-monitor-flights-worldwide/

• Post #4361616

  "This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of concerned citizens." https://www.404media.co/own-the-narrative-leaked-flock-guide-shows-how-it-teaches-cops-to-promote-its-tech/

• Post #4359214

  Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he started to get disillusioned. https://www.404media.co/why-a-flock-worker-quit-they-lied/

• Post #4351398

  The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said. https://www.404media.co/the-government-hopes-to-set-a-precedent-an-interview-with-the-man-charged-for-allegedly-wiping-his-grapheneos-phone/

• Post #4336187

  YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-altering. https://www.404media.co/youtube-asmr-ban-sex-and-nudity-policy/

• Post #4334762

  YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-altering. https://www.404media.co/youtube-asmr-ban-sex-and-nudity-policy/

• Post #4285275

  "Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam." https://www.404media.co/google-earths-new-ai-lets-anyone-fabricate-completely-bullshit-satellite-images/

• Post #4281693

  Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest." https://www.404media.co/ai-company-training-scanning-books-database-isbndb/

• Post #4246859

  LIVE NOW: 404 Media teaches you how to file Freedom of Information requests, so you too can pry records from the government on everything from Flock to technology ICE is using and buying. Join us now: https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-forum-7-30-1pm-et/

• Post #4245231

  Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it. https://www.404media.co/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button/

• Post #4207381

  "I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out." https://www.404media.co/clapping-is-a-first-amendment-right-an-interview-with-the-person-arrested-for-clapping-at-a-data-center-meeting/

• Post #4170167

  The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said. https://www.404media.co/the-government-hopes-to-set-a-precedent-an-interview-with-the-man-charged-for-allegedly-wiping-his-grapheneos-phone/

• Post #4169189

  “They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.” https://www.404media.co/casa-grande-arizona-flock-city-council/

• Post #4166816

  “I’m not going to apologize for using AI in the creation process.” https://www.404media.co/substackers-say-new-ai-detection-tool-is-a-witch-hunt/

• Post #4149526

  Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could "could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts." https://www.404media.co/person-opposing-data-center-arrested-for-clapping-at-city-meeting/

• Post #4141851

  Claude users are creating public share links, but probably don't realize that means their chats are now ending up in Google searches where anyone can dig through them. https://www.404media.co/tons-of-peoples-claude-chats-and-creations-are-exposed-on-google/

• Post #4139220

  Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead. https://www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-problem-is-so-bad-random-people-are-stepping-in-to-track-the-slop/

• Post #4137999

  As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time. https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/

• Post #4123351

  404 Media has mapped out this supply of data by reviewing U.S. government procurement records and internal documents. It highlights the sometimes unexpected ways ICE is gaining access to peoples’ personal information. https://www.404media.co/you-opened-a-credit-card-ice-now-knows-where-you-live/

• Post #4120422

  Hacked source code reveals how Suno scraped decades worth of music and podcasts from the internet to train its AI tool. https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/

• Post #4114470

  “Print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination." https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/

• Post #4101226

  Cops and drone companies seem increasingly eager to put weapons on their drones. https://www.404media.co/new-orleans-cops-published-policy-document-allowing-weaponized-drones/

• Post #4096980

  Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Media. https://www.404media.co/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars/

• Post #4093473

  After they decided not to continue their Flock contract, emails that 404 Media obtained show how this town in Wisconsin struggled to get their Flock cameras physically removed. https://www.404media.co/flock-objects-to-our-removing-their-equipment-emails-reveal-why-a-town-put-bags-over-its-flock-cameras/

• Post #4088333

  Scientists have predicted that human linguistic diversity flourished between 3,000 and 1,000 years ago, before declining with the rise of multinational states and colonial expansion. https://www.404media.co/scientists-uncover-lost-golden-age-of-languages-that-ended-1-000-years-ago/

• Post #4048757

  Flock's CEO Garrett Langley says people don't understand the capabilities of its ALPR system, but they do. https://www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-says-its-alprs-dont-do-video-after-repeatedly-announcing-they-can/

• Post #4047375

  A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter than it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services. https://www.404media.co/judge-caught-court-reporter-using-ai-transcript-errors/