Hacker News with Generative AI: Political Activism

This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops (wired.com)
American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected drug and human traffickers, according to internal documents, contracts, and communications that 404 Media obtained via public records requests.

Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Law Enforcement, Political Activism

235 points by colinprince 9 days ago | 227 comments

LameDuck: analyzing Anonymous Sudan's threat operations – Cloudflare (cloudflare.com)
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently unsealed an indictment outlining efforts to dismantle Anonymous Sudan, a prominent group tracked by Cloudflare as LameDuck, notorious for its apparent politically motivated hacktivism and significant involvement in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Cybersecurity, Hacktivism, Political Activism, Anonymous Sudan

3 points by raskelll 171 days ago | 0 comments

Climate protest linked to increases in public for moderate organizations (nature.com)
Social movements have the power to drive large-scale social change but the effectiveness of disruptive tactics in achieving this change is uncertain.

Climate Change, Social Movements, Public Opinion, Political Activism, Environmentalism

7 points by tcfhgj 186 days ago | 3 comments