Notices by Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) (davemosk@mastodon.nz)

Make AI Companies Criminally Liable for Preventable Harm | TechPolicy.Press
https://www.techpolicy.press/make-ai-companies-criminally-liable-for-preventable-harm/

A new corporate offense would ensure accountability when preventable harm is caused by AI agents, argues Darryl Slabe.

Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811052857.htm

Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices and routers can be used to create radio-based images of people and recognize them within se...

Alligator Alcatraz Closed for Good. — The Workers Circle
https://www.circle.org/news/alligator-alcatraz-closed-for-good

Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and White House Border Czar Tom Homan, and Florida State Board of Immigration Enforcement Executive Director Anthony Coker, just finished a press conference at Alligator Alcatraz where they said that the detention camp is now closed and would not be reopening. No

Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/palantir-posted-a-manifesto-that-reads-like-the-ramblings-of-a-comic-book-villain-181947361.html?src=rss

Palantir shared 22 points excerpted from CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's 2025 book, The Technological Republic, and they're troubling.

Dutch Court Orders X, Grok to Stop AI-generated Sexual Abuse Content
https://www.techpolicy.press/dutch-court-orders-x-grok-to-stop-aigenerated-sexual-abuse-content/

Dutch court bans Grok's nudify tool and hits xAI with €100,000-a-day fines in Europe's first binding injunction against an AI image generator.

@aral @phil_stevens The business model for https://perceptive.news/ is a small [monthly or annual] subscription. It's free during our beta, and we'll work out the details of the revenue model later. We are not a data farm and will not sell advertising or personal info.

We're not aiming for a unicorn here, my main goal is to provide a useful service that lets people be in control of the news they consume, disempower the manipulative platforms, and combat disinformation. We are unlikely to need investment, and looking to grow organically.

I've built a news aggregator where you have absolute control over your sources and algorithm. Get more news and less noise.

https://perceptive.news/

You can give it RSS feeds, mastodon, bluesky, or reddit URLs, and it will even build a scraper for you for sites without proper feeds.

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exit
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5703447-who-gavin-newsom-california/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced just one day after the U.S. officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) that his state would become the first to join the organization&#8…

A rather piercing look.

I know quite a few dual US/NZ citizens who are renouncing their US citizenship. I've put together a signal group for expatriators to trade experiences. DM me if you'd like to join.

Microsoft, AWS, and even France-based OVHCloud say that they can't keep the US Government's hands off your data, if requested under the CLOUD Act.

👉 You can't guarantee data sovereignty using a provider that is subject to US law, even if your data is housed outside the US.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/microsoft_admits_it_cannot_guarantee/

Does your company do business with the US Federal Government?

I bet you weren't expecting this.

US orders foreign companies to comply with Trump's diversity ban | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-warns-french-companies-they-must-comply-with-trumps-diversity-ban-2025-03-29/

Misinformation Doesn’t Stop When Polls Close: 3 Things to Watch after Election Day - Center for Democracy and Technology
https://cdt.org/insights/misinformation-doesnt-stop-when-polls-close-3-things-to-watch-after-election-day/