Hacker News with Generative AI: Political Activism

East German Stasi Tactics – Zersetzung (2021) (maxhertzberg.co.uk)
This post takes a look at the experiences of political activists in East Germany (GDR) who had to deal with Stasi informants and infiltration before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Cold War, East Germany, History, Political Activism, Surveillance
134 points by walterbell 25 days ago | 241 comments
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 36 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 198 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 214 days ago | 3 comments