Hacker News with Generative AI: Protests

The protester's guide to smartphone security (privacyguides.org)
For most protesters, activists, and journalists, your smartphone is an essential tool you depend on for organizing with your peers, accessing and distributing information, and helping others. It also represents a great risk, as a tool that is easily appropriated by authorities for targeted and mass surveillance.

Privacy, Security, Protests, Journalism

465 points by nameequalsmain 3 days ago | 227 comments

Elon Musk Controversial Salute Image Beamed on Tesla Factory in Berlin (newsweek.com)
An image of Elon Musk making a controversial salute during a speech on Monday was projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin. The display featured Musk's gesture alongside the words "Heil Tesla."

Elon Musk, Tesla, Germany, Controversial Gesture, Protests

10 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 1 comments

Jack Dorsey talk at FOSDEM 2025 may lead to protest (cnx-software.com)
Jack Dorsey, who previously owned Twitter and now runs Block, will be giving a talk at FOSDEM 2025 entitled “Infusing Open Source Culture into Company DNA: A Conversation with Jack Dorsey and Manik Surtani, Block’s head of Open Source” and some people don’t like having a billionaire giving a talk at an open-source event and plan to host a protest.

Open Source, Protests, Technology, Events, Social Media

11 points by abetusk 7 days ago | 2 comments

Statement on planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 (fosdem.org)
We were made aware of planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 in response to a scheduled talk which is causing controversy. The talk in question is claimed to be on the schedule for sponsorship reasons; additionally, some of the speakers scheduled to speak during this talk are controversial to some of our attendees.

FOSDEM 2025, Protests, Controversy, Open Source

5 points by pantalaimon 11 days ago | 4 comments

Statement on planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 (fosdem.org)
We were made aware of planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 in response to a scheduled talk which is causing controversy.

Protests, FOSDEM, Conferences, Open Source, Free Software

15 points by tledakis 12 days ago | 5 comments

South Korean Lawmakers Vote to Defy President, Demanding an End to Martial Law (nytimes.com)
President Yoon Suk Yeol announced the extraordinary move amid a bitter fight with the political opposition, and protesters clashed with police outside the assembly.

South Korea, Politics, Law, Protests

15 points by miles 56 days ago | 2 comments

Georgia's moment of truth: Protesters demand Western path not Russian past (bbc.com)
Night after night, Georgians have filled the broad central avenue that runs past parliament, in such great numbers there is barely space to move, on the road or the pavement either side.

Politics, Georgia, Protests, Russia, Westernization

11 points by peutetre 57 days ago | 4 comments

Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory (bbc.com)
The memories began rushing back as Kenneth strolled through Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, once a focal point for the city’s resistance to China.

Hong Kong, Protests, China, Memory, History

7 points by peutetre 59 days ago | 2 comments

French cognac Hennessy's workers protest China bottling plan amid tariff threat (france24.com)
Hundreds of employees of French cognac maker Hennessy on Thursday staged a protest over potential measures to circumvent Chinese tariffs imposed in a spat with the European Union.

France, Cognac, International Trade, Protests, China

6 points by rntn 59 days ago | 0 comments

Simple Sabotage for the 21st Century – Specific Suggestions (specificsuggestions.com)
The most potent tools for fighting injustice are the ones already in your hands.

Social Justice, Activism, Resistance, Political Action, Protests

121 points by RobLach 60 days ago | 64 comments

Who Would Support Deploying the Military to Domestic Protests? (lawfaremedia.org)
Former President Donald Trump has promised to deploy the military to fight crime, stop protesters, and otherwise play a policing role.

Politics, Law Enforcement, Military, Protests

22 points by hn_acker 79 days ago | 41 comments

Uber, Lyft drivers block Manhattan traffic to protest lockouts (amny.com)
Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers blockaded Manhattan traffic Wednesday morning, demanding an end to “lockouts” by Uber and Lyft.

Transportation, Labor, Protests, Uber/Lyft

26 points by philip1209 96 days ago | 27 comments

Reddit policy changes make sitewide protests nearly impossible (engadget.com)
Reddit has just changed the rules so moderators of subreddits must get admin approval to switch from public to private, as originally reported by The Verge.

Reddit, Social Media, Censorship, Protests

64 points by notamy 120 days ago | 40 comments

Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy (cnn.com)

Politics, Russia, Italy, International Relations, Protests

6 points by worstspotgain 136 days ago | 1 comments

UK courts handing climate protesters prison terms akin to rapists and thieves (cnn.com)

Climate Change, Law, Protests, UK

6 points by pera 136 days ago | 1 comments

'Glory to Hong Kong' protest song may be pulled from online sites, producer says (scmp.com)

Hong Kong, Protests, Censorship, Music

3 points by perihelions 161 days ago | 0 comments

Venezuela's government turns to tech to curb election protests (context.news)