Hacker News with Generative AI: Protests

Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Policies (military.com)
Hundreds of military children who are students at Defense Department schools across the globe walked out of class Thursday to protest book bans, curriculum changes and restrictions on extracurricular activities that have resulted from the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity.
Education, Politics, Military, Protests
35 points by MaysonL 8 days ago | 3 comments
How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests (wired.com)
There have been a number of protests in the past few months pushing back against President Trump’s most recent policy changes, and we're likely to see more.
Surveillance, Protests, United States, Politics, Technology
19 points by nickthegreek 8 days ago | 1 comments
Upcoming Fight on April 19th: The People Dissent (thedailypoliticususa.com)
After millions of Americans joined the peaceful Hands Off action on April 5th, organizers held a virtual event to discuss upcoming events, including 50501’s April 19th mobilization “The People Dissent.”
Politics, Activism, Protests
10 points by Jacquie11 8 days ago | 0 comments
Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents (reddit.com)
Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents (npr.org)
Legal Issues, Immigration, Protests, Students
93 points by foobahify 15 days ago | 27 comments
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family (freep.com)
Law, Protests, Travel, Airport Security
21 points by miles 18 days ago | 4 comments
Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary (cnbc.com)
Microsoft, Layoffs, Labor Disputes, Protests
44 points by rfarley04 18 days ago | 65 comments
Third Grade Student Arrested by ICE Sparks Mass Protest (newsweek.com)
The detention of a third-grade student and his family by federal immigration authorities has drawn widespread criticism from community members and immigrant rights advocates, culminating in a protest Saturday where around a thousand people marched to border czar Tom Homan's home in a small New York village, calling for their release.
Immigration, Protests, Politics, Law Enforcement
8 points by lawn 18 days ago | 0 comments
"Hands off working COBOL code" –protest sign in NYC (reddit.com)
NYC Software Devs Against DOGE (i.redd.it)
Programming, Software, Protests, New York
50 points by davidmurphy 20 days ago | 8 comments
Employee disrupts Microsoft 50th anniversary to protest AI targeting in Gaza (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Microsoft, AI, Protests, Gaza, Social Impact
10 points by mackyspace 20 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft birthday interrupted by a protest against using AI by Israeli military (cnbc.com)
Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Protests, Israel, Military
10 points by franczesko 21 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft CEOs interrupted by another employee protestor: 'shame on all of you' (theverge.com)
In the second major disruption of today’s 50th anniversary event at Microsoft’s headquarters, another employee stood up and began yelling at Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer, and Bill Gates — the company’s current and past CEOs — in protest of Microsoft’s dealings with the government of Israel.
Microsoft, Protests, Technology, Business, Israel
26 points by leotravis10 21 days ago | 6 comments
Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss 'war profiteer' (theverge.com)
A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.
Microsoft, AI, Protests, Technology, Events
34 points by jrepinc 21 days ago | 3 comments
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla's Defense (wired.com)
Over the weekend, thousands of people joined the “Tesla Takedown” protest movement at the company’s showrooms across the country. At the same time, a much smaller number of Elon Musk supporters turned out at Tesla locations for a counterprotest movement that some participants dubbed “Tesla Shield.”
Politics, Elon Musk, Tesla, Protests, Counterprotests
12 points by croes 24 days ago | 2 comments
Apple Intelligence denies rewriting a sentence that contain "protests in Turkey" (twitter.com)
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Apple, Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Protests
7 points by utku1337 25 days ago | 0 comments
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla's Defense (wired.com)
Over the weekend, thousands of people joined the “Tesla Takedown” protest movement at the company’s showrooms across the country. At the same time, a much smaller number of Elon Musk supporters turned out at Tesla locations for a counterprotest movement that some participants dubbed “Tesla Shield.”
Politics, Tesla, Elon Musk, Protests
15 points by doener 25 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Neo146 – anti-censorship HTTP-SMS gateway for Turkish (&all) protesters (github.com/ooguz)
connect like it's 1984 - neo146 provides a minimal (and experimental!) information gateway that serves as an emergency network connection method inspired by dial-up, allowing you to access content via certain protocols like SMS.
Software, Censorship, Turkey, Communication, Protests
5 points by m3rcury 26 days ago | 0 comments
Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk (theguardian.com)
From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government
Protests, Tesla, Elon Musk, Automotive Industry, Government Regulations
21 points by zfg 27 days ago | 4 comments
Protests across Turkey after president's main rival jailed (bbc.com)
Thousands of people are defying a ban on gatherings and taking to the streets in Turkey, following the jailing of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
Politics, Turkey, Protests, Law
24 points by decimalenough 33 days ago | 0 comments
Riot Dog (wikipedia.org)
A riot dog is a stray dog that accompanies street protesters.
Animals, Protests, Social Issues
4 points by softwaredoug 36 days ago | 0 comments
A Tesla protester targeted by Elon Musk speaks out: 'I have to protect myself' (kuow.org)
Valerie Costa never expected to be directly in Elon Musk's crosshairs, but here she is.
Tesla, Elon Musk, Protests, Social Media, Public Figure
11 points by moonka 39 days ago | 1 comments
Military grade sonic weapon is used against protesters in Serbia (twitter.com)
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Military, Protests, Serbia
542 points by aquir 40 days ago | 488 comments
Taiwan is making democracy work again. It's time we paid attention (2019) (wired.com)
On March 18, 2014, a large crowd seethed around Taiwan’s parliament. Protestors fought off guards and kicked the doors of the building open, streaming onto the parliamentary floor.
Taiwan, Politics, Democracy, Protests
6 points by Tomte 41 days ago | 0 comments
Sound weapon used at protest in Belgrade [video] (youtube.com)
Protests, Serbia, Violence, Technology
16 points by perihelions 41 days ago | 2 comments
Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working (theguardian.com)
On Saturday morning, I woke up to a nightmare of notifications. On Sunday, it got worse. Elon Musk had tweeted and amplified inflammatory lies about me and Tesla Takedown, a growing national grassroots movement peacefully protesting at Tesla showrooms that I’m proudly a part of. Musk tweeted: “Costa is committing crimes.”
Elon Musk, Tesla, Protests, Activism, Social Media
22 points by archagon 43 days ago | 2 comments
Tesla Takedown movement fights back after push to label them domestic terrorists (electrek.co)
The Tesla Takedown movement is fighting back against claims made by Elon Musk and Donald Trump while protests are ramping up.
Tesla, Elon Musk, Protests, Politics, Social Movements
15 points by zfg 44 days ago | 2 comments
The Tesla protests are getting bigger – and rowdier (theverge.com)
Anti-Musk protests are escalating across the US, and some demonstrators were arrested.
Tesla, Protests, Elon Musk, United States
50 points by bfelbo 46 days ago | 31 comments
The Tesla protests are getting bigger – and rowdier (theverge.com)
Anti-Musk protests are escalating across the US, and some demonstrators were arrested.
Protests, Tesla, Elon Musk, Social Issues
15 points by nickthegreek 46 days ago | 2 comments
Columbia Expelled Student Protesters For the First Time in Over 50 Years (thenation.com)
On March 5, protesters were arrested after dozens formed a sit-in at Milstein Library to demand the reinstatement of three expelled students.
Protests, Education, Columbia University, Students
28 points by geox 47 days ago | 19 comments
Elon Musk Dubiously Blames George Soros, Reid Hoffman over Tesla Protests (forbes.com)
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, blamed fellow billionaires George Soros, Reid Hoffman and the ActBlue fundraising organization over recent protests targeting his firm Tesla, citing an “investigation”—though it’s unclear what investigation he’s referencing.
Elon Musk, Billionaires, Protests, Business, Politics
24 points by zfg 48 days ago | 14 comments
Tesla store gets taken over by Musk protesters, 9 people arrested (electrek.co)
A Tesla store in New York City has been taken over by people protesting Elon Musk – disrupting the operations.
Tesla, Protests, Elon Musk, New York
30 points by TheAlchemist 55 days ago | 2 comments