Notices by Etienne / Tek (tek@todon.eu)

Tech giants head to landmark US trial over social media addiction claims | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/social-media-trial-meta-tiktok-youtube

A New Jersey lawsuit shows how hard it is to fight deepfake porn
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/a-new-jersey-lawsuit-shows-how-hard-it-is-to-fight-deepfake-porn/

TIL that Kenyan workers have been used so much to train AI systems, that standard writing by Kenyan people is often flagged as AI generated while it is not (which means that they can get discriminated for jobs / exams etc)
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt

Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet https://techpolicy.press/age-verification-is-locking-trans-people-out-of-the-internet

@hakan_geijer oh I didn't know this one, is that the mkdocs of rust? I like it but lacks some theme. The original one is pretty good tho

I am working on a small handbook that I would like to publish online, what is your favorite tool / theme for that?
I have been looking at mkdocs and its themes but I can't find something that looks modern and good and not like I am reading another python library documentation. Is it worth looking at one of the new js frameworks?

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission
https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/

Journalist searched and detained at US airport, report by @freedomofpress https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/journalist-searched-and-detained-at-us-airport/

Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/658566/content-moderator-union-alliance-meta-tiktok-google

Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/data-breach-at-stalkerware-spyx-affects-close-to-2-million-including-thousands-of-apple-users/

iOS 18.3 is out and it fixes several important vulnerabilities, including one exploited in the wild (on older versions only it seems). You should update soon!
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066

'No Innocents in #Gaza ': Reflecting on Israel's First Fascist War by Gideon Levy
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-01-19/ty-article-opinion/.premium/no-innocents-in-gaza-israels-first-fascist-war-designed-to-appease-the-far-right/00000194-7b1f-de1b-a9bd-7b5f5b450000

I finished reading the New York Magazine piece on Neil Gaiman rape and sexual assault accusation. The story is just awful, another one on a powerful man abusing his power. So many lives broken, I hope his victims will be able to recover and live a long and happy life.

There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html
Read here https://archive.is/8SuMI

Starting 2025 with a blog post and new resolutions
https://maynier.eu/blog/2025/01/16/starting-2025-with-a-blog-post-and-new-resolutions/

The Supreme Court could decide the fate of Pornhub — and the rest of the internet - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344584/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-oral-arguments-pornhub-age-verification #US #pornography #censorship

Israel and Hamas Agree to #Gaza Cease-Fire Deal, Officials Say
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/15/world/israel-hamas-cease-fire-deal-gaza

Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/ #socialnetwork #fediverse

I migrated my Shaarli instance to https://shaarli.maynier.eu/
You can find there or follow with your favorite RSS reader all the articles I find interesting on tech and politics

(or follow these articles here directly, but RSS FTW)

Sense of impunity ‘absolute’: The NGO holding Israeli soldiers to account | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/10/impunity-and-accountability-the-ngo-holding-israeli-troops-to-account #Israel #Palestine