The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite. (theintercept.com)
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza....
Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave (theintercept.com)
Remaining health care workers won’t leave European Hospital in Khan Younis until Israel stops blocking entry of new medical personnel....
American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life (theintercept.com)
Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza, some at the European Hospital, due to Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing....
NYPD’s Raid on Columbia Cost Hundreds of Thousands in Overtime Alone. The Crackdown Will End Up Costing Millions. (theintercept.com)
NYPD’s raid on Columbia University’s student protest likely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The crackdown will end up costing millions....
After Raids, NYPD Denied Student Protesters Water and Food in Jail (theintercept.com)
NYPD arrested 282 protesters at Columbia and the City College of New York. Two college protesters were placed in solitary confinement....
Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon (theintercept.com)
Google and Amazon are both loath to discuss security aspects of the cloud services they provide through their joint contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus. Though both the Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces are Nimbus customers, Google routinely downplays the military elements while Amazon says...
Biden Says He Told Nigeria to Kill Fewer Civilians — but Nigeria Keeps Killing Lots of Civilians (theintercept.com)
Nigeria has gotten billions of dollars in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll....
Will Aaron Bushnell’s Death Trigger Anarchism Witch Hunt? (theintercept.com)
Microsoft Pitched OpenAI’s DALL-E as Battlefield Tool for U.S. Military (theintercept.com)
Microsoft last year proposed using OpenAI’s mega-popular image generation tool, DALL-E, to help the Department of Defense build software to execute military operations, according to internal presentation materials reviewed by The Intercept. The revelation comes just months after OpenAI silently ended its prohibition against...
Google Won’t Say Anything About Israel Using Its Photo Software to Create Gaza “Hit List” (theintercept.com)
The Israeli military has reportedly implemented a facial recognition dragnet across the Gaza Strip, scanning ordinary Palestinians as they move throughout the ravaged territory, attempting to flee the ongoing bombardment and seeking sustenance for their families....
Organizing Aid to Gaza Led Me to a Harsh Truth: Biden Is on Board for Ethnic Cleansing (theintercept.com)
Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data (theintercept.com)
How a Movement That Never Killed Anyone Became the FBI’s No. 1 Domestic Terrorism Threat (theintercept.com)
I wasn't sure where to post this specifically. But I believe this history lesson to be of some value presently....
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare” (theintercept.com)
The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.
Israeli Group Claims It Uses Big Tech Back Channels to Take Down Content (theintercept.com)
Israeli Group Claims It Uses Big Tech Back Channels to Take Down Content::Iron Truth members have flagged thousands of posts for removal, from clearly racist or false content to posts that are merely sympathetic to Palestinians.
The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work (theintercept.com)
Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.
NSA Orders Employees to Spy on the World “With Dignity and Respect” (theintercept.com)
Police Are Getting DNA Data From People Who Think They Opted Out (theintercept.com)
An Israeli Company Is Hawking Its Self-Launching Drone System to U.S. Police Departments (theintercept.com)
A Louisiana sheriff’s department has been testing the drone system, which is already used by the Israeli police and many settlements.
Pentagon Compensated Zero Civilian Victims in 2022 — Despite Evidence That the U.S. Killed a Mom and Child in Somalia (theintercept.com)
A 2018 U.S. drone strike in Somalia killed a 22-year-old woman and her child. The U.S. has been ignoring the family for years....
Israel “Likely” Used U.S.-Supplied Weapons in Violation of International Law. That’s OK, Though, State Department Says. (theintercept.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s report identifies “incidents that raise concerns,” but says Israel is not blocking humanitarian aid....
600,000 Palestinian Kids in Rafah Can’t “Evacuate” Safely, UNICEF Official Says (theintercept.com)
Recently back from Gaza, a UNICEF official says 600,000 kids there live in squalid conditions and can't "evacuate" safely....
They Exposed an Israeli Spyware Firm. Now the Company Is Badgering Them in Court. (theintercept.com)
NSO Group, which makes Pegasus spyware, keeps trying to extract sensitive information from Citizen Lab — and a judge keeps swatting it down....
Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon (theintercept.com)
Google downplays its military work with Israel, but “Project Nimbus” documents tie the American tech giants to Israel’s deadly military capabilities.
House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away from Americans (theintercept.com)
In response to Iran–Israel escalation, the Republican-ruled House passed a bill that seeks to bar Americans from travel to Iran on U.S. passports....
