Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices.

404 Media

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#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Tech

A.I. #Videos Have Flooded #SocialMedia. No One Was Ready.

Apps like OpenAI’s #Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
#ai #artificialintelligence #openai #deepfake

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/technology/ai-slop-sora-social-media.html

A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.

Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.

The New York Times

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088

“Calls for public institutions to invest in digital sovereignty are increasing across civil society. The term digital sovereignty means that an institution has autonomy and control over the critical digital infrastructure, data, and services that make up their online presence. Up until this point, social media has not been a part of this conversation. We think it is time to change that.”

#DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse #Mastodon #TechForAll #DataPrivacy #SocialMedia #DigitalInfrastructure

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as #Australia ’s world-first #socialmedia ban begins

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-begins-apps-listed

Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban

The Guardian

#Taiwan Cries #Censorship As Government Bans #Rednote - Slashdot

Taiwan's government has ordered a one-year block of a popular, mainland Chinese-owned #socialMedia app #Xiaohongshu, also known as The Little RedNote, citing its failure to cooperate with authorities over fraud-related concerns.
#China

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/08/2148249/taiwan-cries-censorship-as-government-bans-rednote?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Taiwan Cries Censorship As Government Bans Rednote - Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: Taiwan's government has ordered a one-year block of a popular, mainland Chinese-owned social media app Xiaohongshu, also known as The Little RedNote, citing its failure to cooperate with authorities over fraud-related concerns. Taiwan's Ministry of the In...

“the #social-media giant for at least three years failed to identify and stop an avalanche of ads that exposed #Facebook, #Instagram and WhatsApp’s billions of users to #fraudulent #e-commerce and #investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and …” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

America Has Become a Digital N...
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State

Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe

Paul Krugman

Salut tout le monde, j'ai encore oublier de poster le #planning des stream pour cette semaine.
Du coup le voisi une peux en retard, mais bien là !

#Warframe #Perso5royal #astralys_vv #minecraft #gaming #vtuber #PNGtuber #image #Twitch #livestream #socialmedia

10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of #AgeVerification

half of US & the UK now require you to upload your #ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states & #Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a #socialMedia acct

Age-verification laws may sound straightforward to some: protect young people online by making everyone prove their age. But in reality, these mandates force users into one of 2 flawed systems
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification

10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification

It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account.Age-verification laws may sound...

Electronic Frontier Foundation