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⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale internet shutdown on record in any country, exceeding all other comparable incidents in severity having entered its 37th consecutive day after 864 hours.

Tobia Alberti 7h ago

Election day is coming for Orbán and Hungary: and this time we dare to dream he may be toppled – Krisztián Marton / The Nerve

https://www.thenerve.news/p/krisztian-marton-novelist-hungary-orban-election-magyar-tisza

#Hungary #Orban

Election day is coming for Orbán and Hungary: and this time we dare to dream he may be toppled

The prime minister has swept all before him for 16 years. But now his authoritarian facade is crumbling – and a challenger is offering a hope we had all but abandoned, writes novelist Krisztián Marton

The Nerve

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🗓️ Exactly one month ago on Saturday morning, 28 February, #Iran was plunged into digital darkness as authorities cut off access to the global internet.

After four full weeks, 672 hours, the blackout remains in effect, violating Iranians' right to communicate and stay informed.

Tobia Alberti Mar 25

Carole Cadwalladr Mar 25

NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC? I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive. The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...

Will Google’s AI hype man kill...

Will Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?

Matt Brittin spent two decades at Google, a tech company helping to destroy journalism. His appointment as leader of Britain’s biggest news organisation represents an existential threat, writes Carole Cadwalladr

The Nerve

Tobia Alberti Mar 18

Privacy Guides Mar 18

Apple just released their first “Background Security Improvement,” a lightweight patch fixing a severe WebKit 0-day exploit.

Finding the new “iOS 26.3.1 (a)” update may not be where you’d expect! You can check in the Settings app, under Privacy & Security > Background Security Improvements. This page will tell you whether you can install it, or if it’s already installed. If you don’t see anything listed at all, give it a minute! We’ve noticed it’s quite slow 🤭

#Apple #Security #iOS

Tobia Alberti Mar 18

NetBlocks Mar 18

ℹ️ Update: Network data show at a brief restoration of internet connectivity in #Iran at hour 444 of the country's second-longest blackout, as some users report coming momentarily back online after an apparent filtering system glitch. However, the restoration is not sustained.

Tobia Alberti Mar 17

Steve Herman Mar 17

🚨🚨Judge Lamberth orders USAGM, by March 23, to bring back all 1,042 VOA employees, who have been on paid admin leave for a year and resume full broadcasting. The court also rules all the actions Kari Lake took to reduce US international broadcasting to a supposed “statutory minimum” are vacated.

Tobia Alberti Mar 16

NetBlocks Mar 16

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is entering its 17th day after 384 hours. Over the last day a decline has been tracked in reserved telecoms network infrastructure, further reducing VPN availability and sending some whitelisted users and NIN services offline.

Tobia Alberti Mar 16

Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy Mar 16

I remember back when they said E2EE was the future.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/894752/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used

Starting on May 8th, Instagram will no longer offer end-to-end encrypted messages.

The Verge

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