Hacker News with Generative AI: Protests

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 2 days ago | 2 comments
Apple Intelligence denies rewriting a sentence that contain "protests in Turkey" (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Apple, Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Protests
7 points by utku1337 3 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 11 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 13 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 17 days ago | 1 comments
Military grade sonic weapon is used against protesters in Serbia (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Military, Protests, Serbia
542 points by aquir 18 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 19 days ago | 0 comments
Sound weapon used at protest in Belgrade [video] (youtube.com)
Protests, Serbia, Violence, Technology
16 points by perihelions 19 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 21 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 22 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 24 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 24 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 25 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 26 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 33 days ago | 2 comments
Protesters gather outside Tesla showrooms to rally against Musk's role with DOGE (cnn.com)
Protests, Elon Musk, Cryptocurrency, Tesla
12 points by zfg 33 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla protests gain momentum while the hate is dividing Tesla owners (electrek.co)
Protests at Tesla stores are gaining momentum across the US as people are fighting back against Elon Musk’s government takeover, and the hate is spreading to owners.
Tesla, Protests, Elon Musk, Electric Vehicles, Social Media
133 points by zfg 37 days ago | 94 comments
Artists release silent album in protest at AI copyright proposals (bbc.co.uk)
More than 1,000 musicians - including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Kate Bush - released a silent album on Tuesday in protest at the UK government's planned changes to copyright law, which they say would make it easier for AI companies to train models using copyrighted work without a licence.
Music, Copyright, Artificial Intelligence, Protests
6 points by dijksterhuis 38 days ago | 2 comments
1k artists release "silent" album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI (techcrunch.com)
The U.K. government is pushing forward with plans to attract more AI companies to the region by changing copyright law. The proposed changes would allow developers to train AI models on artists’ content found online — without permission or payment — unless creators proactively “opt out.” Not everyone is marching to the same beat, though.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Music, UK Politics, Protests
6 points by pier25 38 days ago | 1 comments
Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party says it will begin process of disbanding (theguardian.com)
Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party, which became an influential voice of opposition before Beijing cracked down on dissent, will start preparations to shut down, its leader has said.
Politics, Hong Kong, Protests, China
21 points by c420 42 days ago | 1 comments
Barcelona buys apartment building at center of eviction protests (bloomberg.com)
After months of protests, the city stepped in to buy an apartment block where tenants faced eviction. But anger over high rents and real estate speculation continues.
Real Estate, Politics, Housing, Spain, Protests
130 points by toomuchtodo 44 days ago | 318 comments
Tesla was hit by a wave of protests, sales are crashing, insiders are waking up (electrek.co)
Tesla was hit by a wave of protests across dozens of its stores in North America this weekend. With sales crashing and the board selling, it looks like some insiders are finally waking up.
Tesla, Protests, Sales, Business, Automotive
128 points by zfg 45 days ago | 95 comments
Protesters demonstrate outside Tesla showrooms in US (arstechnica.com)
Protests, Tesla, Automotive Industry
9 points by bathtub365 45 days ago | 0 comments
Protesters target Tesla stores in US over Elon Musk's cost cutting (theguardian.com)
Protesters gathered outside Tesla dealerships across the US on Saturday in response to Elon Musk’s efforts to shred government spending under the president, Donald Trump.
Protests, Tesla, Elon Musk, Politics, Economy
11 points by NomDePlum 47 days ago | 1 comments
Tesla Takeover: protests planned at Tesla stores globally this weekend (electrek.co)
Tesla is being targeted by protests organized at its stores around the globe. The demonstrations planned for this Saturday appear to be a grassroots movement without a clear goal or leadership.
Tesla, Protests, Business, Technology
11 points by zfg 49 days ago | 0 comments
To protest gun laws, a blind man got a handgun license (spokesman.com)
To protest Indiana’s gun laws, a blind man got a handgun license
Gun Control, Protests, Indiana, Disability
8 points by geox 52 days ago | 3 comments
The Zizians (2020) (zizians.info)
Attendants of the 2019 CFAR alumni reunion were shocked to arrive at Camp Meeker only to be turned away by police. The venue was occupied by five masked protesters in black robes. Surrounding them were several police cruisers, SWAT, and a helicopter. The figures who were reportedly there to protest had made themselves seem too sinister, and the police response was based on the procedure for dealing with a mass shooting.
Protests, Police, Security, Conspiracy Theories, Events
75 points by sd9 62 days ago | 7 comments