#falseflags — Public Fediverse posts

TechSpot: Amazon is blocking some users from seeing reviews after mistaking them for AI bots. “WTF?! Amazon is restricting access to customer reviews for some shoppers after mistakenly identifying them as AI bots or data scrapers. Affected users can see just eight reviews per product, with the usual sorting and filtering tools removed. Anyone who wants to fix things must ask Amazon to restore […]

TechSpot: Amazon is blocking some users from seeing reviews after mistaking them for AI bots. “WTF?! Amazon is restricting access to customer reviews for some shoppers after mistakenly identifying them as AI bots or data scrapers. Affected users can see just eight reviews per product, with the usual sorting and filtering tools removed. Anyone who wants to fix things must ask Amazon to restore […]

Gizmodo: Flock Cameras Got the Wrong License Plate 71% of the Time in California City. “The analysis focused on a two-year period between 2023 and 2024, in which Roseville PD received 1,427 alerts from Flock cameras…. In 71% of cases that generated an alert related to vehicles that were stolen or used in a felony, the system misread the license plate, seemingly producing false positives.”

Gizmodo: Flock Cameras Got the Wrong License Plate 71% of the Time in California City. “The analysis focused on a two-year period between 2023 and 2024, in which Roseville PD received 1,427 alerts from Flock cameras…. In 71% of cases that generated an alert related to vehicles that were stolen or used in a felony, the system misread the license plate, seemingly producing false positives.”

404 Media: YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making ‘Sexually Gratifying’ Content. “So far, YouTube creators affected by the wave of bans who’ve spoken publicly about YouTube removing their channels include ItsBunniiASMR, Slight Sounds, Nananightray, Roseasmr, Simoneasmr, and Janina Wilhelmsen, all of whom had significant followings on the platform. There are still many ASMR […]

404 Media: YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making ‘Sexually Gratifying’ Content. “So far, YouTube creators affected by the wave of bans who’ve spoken publicly about YouTube removing their channels include ItsBunniiASMR, Slight Sounds, Nananightray, Roseasmr, Simoneasmr, and Janina Wilhelmsen, all of whom had significant followings on the platform. There are still many ASMR […]

Poynter: A hyperlocal news page falls victim to Facebook’s AI. “Like many large technology platforms, Facebook now relies heavily on automated AI systems to detect accounts and pages it believes violate its policies. On July 11, it shut down The Bloomingtonian page, telling the publisher/editor/reporter Jeremy Hogan ‘the Page, or activity on it, may misuse our platform to pretend to be a […]

Poynter: A hyperlocal news page falls victim to Facebook’s AI. “Like many large technology platforms, Facebook now relies heavily on automated AI systems to detect accounts and pages it believes violate its policies. On July 11, it shut down The Bloomingtonian page, telling the publisher/editor/reporter Jeremy Hogan ‘the Page, or activity on it, may misuse our platform to pretend to be a […]

New York Times: What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram. This link goes to a gift article. “What happened to the Hansons was a case of artificial intelligence gone wrong. The technology is increasingly responsible for deciding which accounts broke Meta’s content rules while also managing the appeals for those decisions. Adding to people’s distress, it is […]

New York Times: What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram. This link goes to a gift article. “What happened to the Hansons was a case of artificial intelligence gone wrong. The technology is increasingly responsible for deciding which accounts broke Meta’s content rules while also managing the appeals for those decisions. Adding to people’s distress, it is […]

Pocketables: We received two DMCA takedown requests via Google from an entity “Jellybean” for 2012 reporting on Android Jelly Bean. “The two articles in question were written on October 8, 2012, and December 10, 2012, and assuming that ‘jamelizsmth’ on tik-tok is this person, which everything seems to indicate, she was 9 years old when those were published. I wasn’t the writer as a note, […]

Pocketables: We received two DMCA takedown requests via Google from an entity “Jellybean” for 2012 reporting on Android Jelly Bean. “The two articles in question were written on October 8, 2012, and December 10, 2012, and assuming that ‘jamelizsmth’ on tik-tok is this person, which everything seems to indicate, she was 9 years old when those were published. I wasn’t the writer as a note, […]

The Drive: How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me. “The Plymouth Police Department had been tracking me for days using Flock license plate cameras, waiting for the right moment to strike, because they thought I’d stolen the Range Rover. And the reason I was ID’d as a dangerous car thief was a simple data error made 2,000 miles away in […]

The Drive: How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me. “The Plymouth Police Department had been tracking me for days using Flock license plate cameras, waiting for the right moment to strike, because they thought I’d stolen the Range Rover. And the reason I was ID’d as a dangerous car thief was a simple data error made 2,000 miles away in […]

Gizmodo: Discord Goes Ban-Happy, Suspends People for Benign Images. “According to a report from The Verge, Discord‘s safety system mistakenly banned over 8,000 users for images of things like chessboards and Minecraft inventories—an issue the company blamed on a bug.”

Gizmodo: Discord Goes Ban-Happy, Suspends People for Benign Images. “According to a report from The Verge, Discord‘s safety system mistakenly banned over 8,000 users for images of things like chessboards and Minecraft inventories—an issue the company blamed on a bug.”

And Jamie Raskin.

https://bsky.app/profile/kinlika.bsky.social/post/3mog3fjmj5x2j #KashPatel #FBI #arrests #TerrorAttack #UFC #Trump #FalseFlags

And Jamie Raskin.

https://bsky.app/profile/kinlika.bsky.social/post/3mog3fjmj5x2j #KashPatel #FBI #arrests #TerrorAttack #UFC #Trump #FalseFlags

The Register: VRChat says somebody faked a breach notice with the Maine AG’s office. “Following notes from several readers, we followed up directly with VRChat on Thursday at 1945 GMT and they told us that the Maine Attorney General’s office apparently posted a fake breach report.”

The Register: VRChat says somebody faked a breach notice with the Maine AG’s office. “Following notes from several readers, we followed up directly with VRChat on Thursday at 1945 GMT and they told us that the Maine Attorney General’s office apparently posted a fake breach report.”

Sunday, May 31, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/sunday-may-31-2026/

Sunday, May 31, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/sunday-may-31-2026/

Spectrum News: Prank 911 murder call escalates after AI spreads false crime alert. “According to police, the call first came in as a murder. Officers were dispatched, but later learned it was a prank. By then, an AI-generated message had already circulated, alerting the community about the initial call.”

Spectrum News: Prank 911 murder call escalates after AI spreads false crime alert. “According to police, the call first came in as a murder. Officers were dispatched, but later learned it was a prank. By then, an AI-generated message had already circulated, alerting the community about the initial call.”

Palo Alto Online: Parent sues Palo Alto Unified after son is accused of using AI on essay. “A local parent is suing the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that a high school English teacher falsely accused his son of using artificial intelligence to write an essay and required the student to retake the assignment in-person, resulting in a lower class grade.”

Palo Alto Online: Parent sues Palo Alto Unified after son is accused of using AI on essay. “A local parent is suing the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that a high school English teacher falsely accused his son of using artificial intelligence to write an essay and required the student to retake the assignment in-person, resulting in a lower class grade.”

Search Engine Land: Why Facebook account lockouts are rising and what’s driving them. “Over the past few months, a growing number of users have reported being locked out of their Facebook accounts — often suddenly, and sometimes permanently. What used to feel like a rare inconvenience has become a widespread frustration, affecting everyday users, creators, and business owners alike. So […]

Search Engine Land: Why Facebook account lockouts are rising and what’s driving them. “Over the past few months, a growing number of users have reported being locked out of their Facebook accounts — often suddenly, and sometimes permanently. What used to feel like a rare inconvenience has become a widespread frustration, affecting everyday users, creators, and business owners alike. So […]

The Register: Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on people in London, say judges. “London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has survived a legal challenge that attempted to curb its rollout of live facial recognition (LFR) technology across the capital. The challenge was brought against the Met by civil liberties organization Big Brother Watch, which was representing Shaun […]

The Register: Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on people in London, say judges. “London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has survived a legal challenge that attempted to curb its rollout of live facial recognition (LFR) technology across the capital. The challenge was brought against the Met by civil liberties organization Big Brother Watch, which was representing Shaun […]

The Register: Claude Opus 4.7 has turned into an overzealous query cop, devs complain . “Anthropic’s release last week of Opus 4.7 came with stronger safeguards to prevent misuse. Unfortunately, these safeguards have also managed to thwart legitimate use.”

The Register: Claude Opus 4.7 has turned into an overzealous query cop, devs complain . “Anthropic’s release last week of Opus 4.7 came with stronger safeguards to prevent misuse. Unfortunately, these safeguards have also managed to thwart legitimate use.”

ABC News (Australia): Social media posts educating public about illicit drugs being removed by Meta, Australian health experts say. “Australian drug checking services say their Facebook and Instagram posts warning the community about dangerous substances are being removed by Meta. Organisations such as Canberra’s CanTEST use social media to distribute public health warnings when dangerous drug […]

ABC News (Australia): Social media posts educating public about illicit drugs being removed by Meta, Australian health experts say. “Australian drug checking services say their Facebook and Instagram posts warning the community about dangerous substances are being removed by Meta. Organisations such as Canberra’s CanTEST use social media to distribute public health warnings when dangerous drug […]

#War Update: #Israel’s True #Motives, Potential #FalseFlags, and Oncoming #Global #Crisis by Cucker Tarlson #HolyWar #Religious war #Theocratic Madness #ChristianZionism #3rdTemple #Dispensational #Premillennialism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHrFcBeB7Lw

#War Update: #Israel’s True #Motives, Potential #FalseFlags, and Oncoming #Global #Crisis by Cucker Tarlson #HolyWar #Religious war #Theocratic Madness #ChristianZionism #3rdTemple #Dispensational #Premillennialism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHrFcBeB7Lw

“Someone in Israel Knew Before Bondi - and that matters for what comes next”

by Mote in Sentient Mote on Substack

@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]

“I’m not asking you to conclude anything.

I’m asking you to acknowledge something very simple:

Someone knew before Bondi.

That someone appears to be in Israel.

Everything else is an open question”

https://open.substack.com/pub/christian23/p/someone-in-israel-knew-before-bondi

#Press #Australia #Bondi #Israel #GoogleTrends #Foreknowledge #FalseFlags

“Someone in Israel Knew Before Bondi - and that matters for what comes next”

by Mote in Sentient Mote on Substack

@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]

“I’m not asking you to conclude anything.

I’m asking you to acknowledge something very simple:

Someone knew before Bondi.

That someone appears to be in Israel.

Everything else is an open question”

https://open.substack.com/pub/christian23/p/someone-in-israel-knew-before-bondi

#Press #Australia #Bondi #Israel #GoogleTrends #Foreknowledge #FalseFlags

TorrentFreak: Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers. “In a submission for the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report, Cloudflare warns the U.S. government that site blocking efforts cause widespread disruption to legitimate services. The complaint points to Italy’s automated Piracy Shield system, which reportedly blocked ‘tens of thousands’ of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/10/torrentfreak-cloudflare-tells-u-s-govt-that-foreign-site-blocking-efforts-are-digital-trade-barriers/

TorrentFreak: Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers. “In a submission for the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report, Cloudflare warns the U.S. government that site blocking efforts cause widespread disruption to legitimate services. The complaint points to Italy’s automated Piracy Shield system, which reportedly blocked ‘tens of thousands’ of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/10/torrentfreak-cloudflare-tells-u-s-govt-that-foreign-site-blocking-efforts-are-digital-trade-barriers/

Ars Technica: YouTube denies AI was involved with odd removals of tech tutorials. “Late Friday, a YouTube spokesperson confirmed that videos flagged by Ars have been reinstated, promising that YouTube will take steps to ensure that similar content isn’t removed in the future. But, to creators, it remains unclear why the videos got taken down, as YouTube claimed that both initial enforcement […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/02/ars-technica-youtube-denies-ai-was-involved-with-odd-removals-of-tech-tutorials/

BBC: Mark Zuckerberg – no, not that one – sues Facebook for account shutdowns . “A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account while falsely accusing him of ‘impersonating a celebrity’.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/05/bbc-mark-zuckerberg-no-not-that-one-sues-facebook-for-account-shutdowns/

BBC: Mark Zuckerberg – no, not that one – sues Facebook for account shutdowns . “A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account while falsely accusing him of ‘impersonating a celebrity’.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/05/bbc-mark-zuckerberg-no-not-that-one-sues-facebook-for-account-shutdowns/

BBC: Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans. “Instagram users have told the BBC of their confusion, fear and anger after having their accounts suspended, often for being wrongly accused by parent company Meta of breaching the platform’s child sex abuse rules.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/19/bbc-angry-confused-and-worried-about-police-behind-instagram-bans/

#China #WWII #FalseFlags #history

"On the night of September 18, 1931, Japanese forces from the Kwantung Army staged an explosion along a section of railway under their control near Liutiaohu in the northern suburbs of Shenyang, China. They then falsely accused Chinese troops of sabotage and used it as a pretext to launch a sudden attack on the Beidaying barracks of the Northeast Army and the city of Shenyang. This marked the beginning of Japan's invasion of Northeast China and became known as the September 18 Incident.

The September 18 Incident was the inevitable outcome of Japan's continental policy of aggression against China, particularly its so-called Manchuria-Mongolia policy. After World War I (WWI), while Japan appeared to uphold international cooperation on the 'China question' under the framework of the 'Washington System,' it nonetheless spared no effort in northeastern China to defend and expand its alleged special interests in Manchuria and Mongolia.

In 1927, the Tanaka Giichi cabinet convened the Eastern Conference, which formally adopted a policy of using the 'separation of Manchuria and Mongolia' as both the starting point and focus for Japan's step-by-step strategy of invading China and expanding its influence globally.

When the global capitalist system was rocked by the onset of the Great Depression in 1929, Japan plunged into economic turmoil. Amid this domestic crisis, the previously marginalized militarist forces regained prominence. They aggressively promoted the idea that China's resource-rich northeast was Japan's 'lifeline' and 'vital interest zone' necessary for overcoming its national crisis. After Japan's Kwantung Army launched its war of aggression against China, Emperor Hirohito took no action to stop it, and the Japanese government subsequently endorsed and supported the military's actions. Within less than half a year, Japanese forces had occupied all three northeastern provinces of China and set up the puppet state of 'Manchukuo' to impose colonial rule.

The September 18 Incident thus marked not only Japan's open defiance of the post-WWI international order, but also the beginning of its unilateral bid to dominate China through war. It was from this point that Japan became the principal origin of fascist military aggression in the East.

(. . .)

In February 1932, a League of Nations investigative mission, headed by Victor Bulwer-Lytton and composed of representatives from Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Germany, arrived in China to conduct an investigation. The resulting Lytton Report, released on October 2, condemned Japan's military aggression but simultaneously acknowledged Japan's so-called special interests in Manchuria. The report characterized the incident as the culmination of 'years of conflict'" between China and Japan.

(. . .)

The September 18 Incident was not merely the beginning of Japan's large-scale war of aggression against China; it also marked the first flashpoint of localized warfare that would ultimately escalate into the broader conflict of World War II (WWII).

By launching the September 18 Incident, Japan swiftly created an irreversible fait accompli of territorial aggression in China. This brazen move not only shocked the international community but also emboldened fascist forces elsewhere in the world.

Japan's rapid and unpunished seizure of Northeast China sent a powerful and instigative signal to other authoritarian powers. Benito Mussolini was reportedly encouraged by Japan's aggression to pursue his own invasion of Ethiopia. Likewise, Adolf Hitler repeatedly cited the situation in the Far East in internal discussions, using Japan's unchecked aggression as evidence of Western weakness. The Japanese example provided him with both the confidence and the strategic template to openly violate the Treaty of Versailles and remilitarize the Rhineland."

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-08-13/Why-the-Sept-18-Incident-is-the-prelude-to-the-World-Anti-Fascist-War-1FKuZ7M7JFS/p.html

#China #WWII #FalseFlags #history

"On the night of September 18, 1931, Japanese forces from the Kwantung Army staged an explosion along a section of railway under their control near Liutiaohu in the northern suburbs of Shenyang, China. They then falsely accused Chinese troops of sabotage and used it as a pretext to launch a sudden attack on the Beidaying barracks of the Northeast Army and the city of Shenyang. This marked the beginning of Japan's invasion of Northeast China and became known as the September 18 Incident.

The September 18 Incident was the inevitable outcome of Japan's continental policy of aggression against China, particularly its so-called Manchuria-Mongolia policy. After World War I (WWI), while Japan appeared to uphold international cooperation on the 'China question' under the framework of the 'Washington System,' it nonetheless spared no effort in northeastern China to defend and expand its alleged special interests in Manchuria and Mongolia.

In 1927, the Tanaka Giichi cabinet convened the Eastern Conference, which formally adopted a policy of using the 'separation of Manchuria and Mongolia' as both the starting point and focus for Japan's step-by-step strategy of invading China and expanding its influence globally.

When the global capitalist system was rocked by the onset of the Great Depression in 1929, Japan plunged into economic turmoil. Amid this domestic crisis, the previously marginalized militarist forces regained prominence. They aggressively promoted the idea that China's resource-rich northeast was Japan's 'lifeline' and 'vital interest zone' necessary for overcoming its national crisis. After Japan's Kwantung Army launched its war of aggression against China, Emperor Hirohito took no action to stop it, and the Japanese government subsequently endorsed and supported the military's actions. Within less than half a year, Japanese forces had occupied all three northeastern provinces of China and set up the puppet state of 'Manchukuo' to impose colonial rule.

The September 18 Incident thus marked not only Japan's open defiance of the post-WWI international order, but also the beginning of its unilateral bid to dominate China through war. It was from this point that Japan became the principal origin of fascist military aggression in the East.

(. . .)

In February 1932, a League of Nations investigative mission, headed by Victor Bulwer-Lytton and composed of representatives from Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Germany, arrived in China to conduct an investigation. The resulting Lytton Report, released on October 2, condemned Japan's military aggression but simultaneously acknowledged Japan's so-called special interests in Manchuria. The report characterized the incident as the culmination of 'years of conflict'" between China and Japan.

(. . .)

The September 18 Incident was not merely the beginning of Japan's large-scale war of aggression against China; it also marked the first flashpoint of localized warfare that would ultimately escalate into the broader conflict of World War II (WWII).

By launching the September 18 Incident, Japan swiftly created an irreversible fait accompli of territorial aggression in China. This brazen move not only shocked the international community but also emboldened fascist forces elsewhere in the world.

Japan's rapid and unpunished seizure of Northeast China sent a powerful and instigative signal to other authoritarian powers. Benito Mussolini was reportedly encouraged by Japan's aggression to pursue his own invasion of Ethiopia. Likewise, Adolf Hitler repeatedly cited the situation in the Far East in internal discussions, using Japan's unchecked aggression as evidence of Western weakness. The Japanese example provided him with both the confidence and the strategic template to openly violate the Treaty of Versailles and remilitarize the Rhineland."

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-08-13/Why-the-Sept-18-Incident-is-the-prelude-to-the-World-Anti-Fascist-War-1FKuZ7M7JFS/p.html

Radio New Zealand: ‘Quite stressful’: Kiwis stung by wrongful Facebook and Instagram bans. “Some Facebook and Instagram users in New Zealand have reported their accounts being banned arbitrarily, and a tech expert says the uptick in wrongful suspensions is ‘worrying’.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/09/quite-stressful-kiwis-stung-by-wrongful-facebook-and-instagram-bans-radio-new-zealand/

BBC: Instagram wrongly accuses some users of breaching child sex abuse rules. “Instagram users have told the BBC of the “extreme stress” of having their accounts banned after being wrongly accused by the platform of breaching its rules on child sexual exploitation. The BBC has been in touch with three people who were told by parent company Meta that their accounts were being permanently […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/13/bbc-instagram-wrongly-accuses-some-users-of-breaching-child-sex-abuse-rules/

REMINDER FOR #July4th
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/americas-twofold-original-sin/606163/

1776 was a revolt from the nascent criollo #oligarchy.

the slaveocrats & their colonial managerial class, staged #falseFlags like The Boston Tea Party, in an attempt to frame First Nations for crimes against the crown ―as merciless Indian savages. their end goal: for George III to arm them for a genocidal & native slave-catching war westward.

when the king refused, the "insurgents" ―led by slaveocrat George Washington―, went to war.

REMINDER FOR #July4th
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/americas-twofold-original-sin/606163/

1776 was a revolt from the nascent criollo #oligarchy.

the slaveocrats & their colonial managerial class, staged #falseFlags like The Boston Tea Party, in an attempt to frame First Nations for crimes against the crown ―as merciless Indian savages. their end goal: for George III to arm them for a genocidal & native slave-catching war westward.

when the king refused, the "insurgents" ―led by slaveocrat George Washington―, went to war.

Mashable: Did a Facebook group randomly ban you? You’re not alone.. “According to these posts, the groups were taken down because they fell into the categories of ‘dangerous organizations and individuals’ and ‘terrorism.’ A birding group with 927,000 members was deleted for ‘nudity and adult sexual content.’”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/29/mashable-did-a-facebook-group-randomly-ban-you-youre-not-alone/

PressGazette, and once again I promise I did not intentionally put these articles together: Facebook deactivated journalist’s account for posting story about sex offender. “Facebook deactivated the personal account of a local news journalist who posted a link to a story about a sex offender on the page of her employer. A Facebook page for Iliffe-owned Kent radio station KMFM was also […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/pressgazette-facebook-deactivated-journalists-account-for-posting-story-about-sex-offender/

#Bangladesh #fascists #FalseFlags

"An effigy symbolising Sheikh Hasina’s fascism was set ablaze on Saturday at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University, prompting Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki to condemn the act, accuse Awami League allies and call for quick legal action.

The 1432 Bengali New Year's theme 'New Year's Harmony, End of Fascism' was inspired by the July-August mass uprising, and the traditional procession which was named 'Borshoboron Anondo Shobhajatra' (formerly 'Mongol Shobhajatra') on Friday by Dhaka University, was all set to feature a 20-foot-high motif called the 'Face of Fascism'.

Crafted from bamboo and cane, the depiction portrayed a woman with a toothy grin, four horns on her head, a large nose, and two fearful eyes. The striking image led many to believe it resembled ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

On Saturday early morning, a fire broke out at the Fine Arts Faculty where the motifs were being made: the monstrous fascist face motif was completely burnt in the fire, while the dove of peace motif was also partially burnt.

In a Facebook post made Saturday morning, Farooki condemned the incident and warned that those involved - regardless of political label - must face legal consequences."

https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/fascists-effigy-burned-at-du-farooki-blames-hasinas-allies-vows-stronger-resistance/157433

Stateline: Facial recognition in policing is getting state-by-state guardrails. “Before the technology was available, police needed investigative leads to pin down suspects — physical evidence, such as a fingerprint, or an eyewitness statement, perhaps. But with access to security cameras and facial recognition technology, police can quickly conjure up several possible suspects that have a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/08/stateline-facial-recognition-in-policing-is-getting-state-by-state-guardrails/

Tom’s Hardware: Facebook admits that the Linux topic crackdown was ‘in error’ and has been fixed. “Facebook’s heavy-handed censorship of Linux groups and topics was ‘in error,’ the social media juggernaut has admitted. Responding to reports earlier this week, sparked by the curious censorship of the eminently wholesome DistroWatch, Facebook contacted PCMag to say that it had made a mistake […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/02/toms-hardware-facebook-admits-that-the-linux-topic-crackdown-was-in-error-and-has-been-fixed/

Tom’s Hardware: Facebook flags Linux topics as ‘cybersecurity threats’ — posts and users being blocked. “Facebook is banning posts that mention various Linux-related topics, sites, or groups. Some users may also see their accounts locked or limited when posting Linux topics. Major open-source operating system news, reviews, and discussion site DistroWatch is at the center of the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/toms-hardware-facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked/