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

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

One things that is really interesting and scary in the US Telecom hack by a Chinese threat actor is how much internet surveillance is putting all of us at risk of such attack.
Here is what Verizon says "While pursuing the small number of targets, the threat actor also accessed a small percentage of mobile internet access records and mobile call records for other Verizon wireless customers. The mobile internet access records included the mobile telephone number, device hardware identifier known as an IMSI, time and date of the internet session, internet destination known as a destination IP address, and cell tower location."
It means that Verizon is keeping track of every IP contacted by a customer over Internet, and some of that was accessed by a foreign threat actor. #infosec
https://www.verizon.com/about/salt-typhoon-matter-update

Meta kills DEI programs https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump

I am trying to catch up on #38C3 talks and I have to acknowledge that there are way too many of them that looks good. Any recommendations of talks that one shouldn't miss? (on all topics and preferably English but I can do with translation)

I love #Mastodon for all the amazing features there are, that make life so much better. Especially these one:
-Edit
-Follow only in some languages
-Follow but hide boosts
-Content Warnings

US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel https://www.reuters.com/world/us-house-votes-sanction-international-criminal-court-over-israel-2025-01-09/ #ICC #USA #Israel

Amnesty is doing an other round of Digital Forensics Fellowship, they are looking for 5 to 7 human rights defenders, journalists or technologists working with civil society organizations to receive training on digital forensics and digital threats. Expected work time is 10/12 hours a month from April to July 2025 and there is a stipend. It is a great opportunity for people supporting activists and journalists with tech to build forensics skills, apply here https://careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy/digital-forensic-fellowship-4051/4079/description

We have #Telegram transparency data on 29 countries already for all 2024 \o/ https://te-k.github.io/telegram-transparency/
If you have a telegram account in a country not mentioned here, please contact the transparency bot and send me a screenshot here

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’ | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/meta-immigration-gender-policies-change/ #meta #socialnetwork

I am tired of hearing AI BS all the time, I need better AI memes. Mastodon, what do you have?

I start

Some more information there : Meta’s Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them

https://www.wired.com/story/metas-fact-checking-partners-blindsided/

Zuckerberg, inspired by Musk, ditches fact checking for Community Notes - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338062/facebook-instagram-threads-meta-abandon-fact-checking #socialnetwork #facebook