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journalist / co-founder @404media.co signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms) [email protected] (everything else) complain about the paywall, catch a block
@samleecole.bsky.social PinnedATTENTION PLEASE: www.404media.co/three-years/
@404media.coReposted by @samleecole.bsky.socialToday, "The Social Reckoning" hits theaters. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social sat down with Frances Haugen, one of the real-life whistleblowers the movie based on about why she exposed how Facebook’s algorithm was pushing people toward hate groups.
Watch our interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3I...
@samleecole.bsky.socialwhen will the pope make a statement about leaf blowers
@mjgault.bsky.socialReposted by @samleecole.bsky.socialspoke to a man who kicked off a city council meeting in Iowa with an invocation to Satan. “I think we're seeing you know a big shift in our politics. I think we've seen a rise of Christian nationalism in this country [...] and I find that highly troubling."
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@samleecole.bsky.socialjonathan holds some secrets all right www.404media.co/oldest-livin...
@samleecole.bsky.socialgoing around today telling random people "the orioles fired the bird" like the town crier
@mjgault.bsky.socialReposted by @samleecole.bsky.socialspoke to Stacey Wales, the woman who made an AI-generated avatar of her brother to speak in court, for a long time this morning
@404media.coReposted by @samleecole.bsky.social@sanders.senate.gov, @aoc.bsky.social, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using ALPRs like Flock. Now, 404 Media needs your help. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Read now: www.404media.co/lawmakers-in...
@samleecole.bsky.socialplease know that we did not do this lmao youtube auto-generates these
@samleecole.bsky.socialif you couldn't make it IRL to our live event last month, it's now available wherever you get podcasts and also, youtube! check it out: youtu.be/t_VjNAopjhI?...
@404media.coReposted by @samleecole.bsky.socialSanders’ announcement says that one reason for the legislation is Flock has shared state information with federal officials. In May 2025, 404 Media revealed local cops were doing lookups in Flock for ICE. After that report, Flock made dramatic changes to its product.
@samleecole.bsky.socialok tysm wish me luck o7
@samleecole.bsky.socialbrian if I were to start with one album to get into the dead where should I begin
@attackerman.bsky.socialReposted by @samleecole.bsky.social“‘Many senior engineers believe it’s inevitable we’re going to have a massive data breach as a result of Hatch.’ Muse is called ‘Hatch’ internally and in Meta’s codebase.” @404media.co
@samleecole.bsky.socialtoday I'm thinking (proudly) of all the journalism indies that have gone out on their own in the last few years without half a million dollars worth of cushion
@samleecole.bsky.socialjust groaned for like 20 seconds straight thanks
@samleecole.bsky.socialhave started just directly telling the juveniles doing comms for ai agent platforms that they're being super annoying and then blocking them 🤷
@samleecole.bsky.socialthere's this impression, I think, that AI-generated abuse imagery is hiding and hard to find. in reality, it's being propped up by some of the biggest internet infrastructure companies in the world. very interesting new report: www.404media.co/deepfake-abu...
@samleecole.bsky.socialgetting pepcom holiday expo emails makes me nostalgic for the time when I would go to literally anything if it promised free alcohol and snacks
@jasonkoebler.bsky.socialReposted by @samleecole.bsky.socialNew: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies:
