politics
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Big Tech Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. It’s a change that mirrors shifts at Google and the rest of the tech industry. Silicon Valley has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the…
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48 Countries to Agree on Refusing to Make Ransomware Payments
They’re signing a pledge agreeing never to pay a ransom to cybercriminals again.
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Pro-Russia Hackers Target European Government With Roundcube Webmail Bug
Winter Vivern, believed to be a Belarus-aligned hacker, attacked European government entities and a think tank starting on Oct. 11, according to an Ars Technica report Wednesday. ESET Research discovered the hack that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube, a webmail server with millions of users, and allowed the pro-Russian group to exfiltrate sensitive emails.…
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Biden Trolls Trump on Truth Social
President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched its account on former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform on Monday. The reason? They thought it would be funny, according to an X post. BidenHQ’s first Truth says “Converts welcome!” Biden’s account currently just follows one other person, Donald Trump. Biden’s campaign seems to be posting as consistently…