Meet Project Maven, the US military’s terrifying new AI-powered war machine, detailed in a forthcoming book by Katrina Manson 👇
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-12/iran-war-tests-project-maven-us-ai-war-strategy
Blueprint for Free Speech
@BPFreeSpeech
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International think tank advocating for free speech and whistleblower protections. Host of Annual Blueprint Whistleblower Prizes
Australia’s top business lobby quietly proposed a copyright workaround allowing AI companies to mine books and articles without permission or payment
@CopySocAus @jackrivermusic @pgarrett
#AISafety #AI #Copyright #AIRegulation
https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/how-big-business-tried-to-sneak-through-a-backdoor-plan-to-rip-off-content-creators-for-ai-training
Professor John Kanu Emeh denounces the continued detention of his son Nnamdi on what he describes as ‘trumped-up charges’ after exposing alleged police abuses three years ago. For more details 👇
@RulaacOrg @SaharaReporters @fijnigeria @PPLAAF
It’s back to the drawing board in the UK after a backlash from the creative industries against watering down copyright rules for AI companies who want to mine content for free. Publishers and film companies object to exemptions similar to those granted to academic researchers – and the government appears to be listening, @ft reports
https://www.ft.com/content/e759a712-eddf-4bdd-b4d9-03446f8c6545
Within hours of US-Israeli airstrikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran imposed a near-total internet shutdown, cutting off 90 million people. Journalists now rely on VPNs, Starlink and smuggled videos—while risking arrest or even execution under new espionage laws 👇
https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/war-reporting-during-a-blackout
@wired @WiredMiddleEast
War reporting during a blackout — Blueprint for Free Speech
Within hours of US-Israeli airstrikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran imposed a near-total internet shutdown, cutting off 90 million people. Journalists now rely on VPNs, Starlink and smuggled videos—while risking arrest or even execution under new espionage laws.
Asylum systems are failing to protect whistleblowers, with many denied protection after reporting wrongdoing. A refugee who exposed a human trafficking ring now lives in fear of his life in a safe house, feeling abandoned, isolated – and silenced, @newhumanitarian reports. His ordeal exposes deep-seated flaws and systemic failures in the way international humanitarian aid groups respond to whistleblowers, requiring urgent reflection and reform 👇
https://gijn.org/stories/how-refugee-system-fails-whistleblowers/
@gijn
@gijnAfrica
Homeland Security has issued hundreds of ‘administrative subpoenas’ to Google, Meta and other tech firms to identify the people behind anonymous accounts critical of ICE – and some were complied with, @nytimes reports. These legal instruments don’t require approval from a judge or any sort of independent review. Privacy groups say DHS has weaponised the tool to strangle free speech 👇
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html
Ireland has approved major reforms to its defamation law. It now requires companies to show serious harm, provides for a live broadcast defence, and simplifies the defence for publication in the public interest used by journalists. Further legislation is planned to introduce stronger anti-SLAPP measures and prevent abusive court proceedings 👇
#Anti-SLAPP
As whistleblowers continue to be murdered in South Africa at an alarming rate, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the long-awaited Whistleblower Protection Bill will finally be tabled this year –4 years after the Zondo Commission asked for it. The bill promises witness-style protection, compensation for loss of income, and criminalises intimidation. It remains to be seen if the will and capacity exists to implement it effectively 👇
As AI embeds deeper in policing, a growing body of research shows rising false arrests and miscarriages of justice. Algorithmic results are treated as facts, not probabilities — raising serious risks for due process, accountability and public trust in the rule of law 👇
@wired @washingtonpost @HarvardPolitics @BigBrotherWatch
#AI-Safety #FacialRecognition #DigitalArrests
