Key Insights by Merlin AI Tails OS: Privacy and Surveillance Concerns – Tails OS is designed for maximum privacy, erasing all digital traces after each session, making it appealing to journalists and whistleblowers. – Several governments banned Tails due to its ability to make user activity untraceable, posing a challenge to surveillance efforts. – … Read more
Background of Telegram’s Creation – Pavel Durov, influenced by his technology background, co-founded VK, a popular social media platform in Russia, before creating Telegram. – After refusing government demands to censor VK, Durov left Russia to protect his freedom, leading to the development of Telegram in 2013. – Telegram was designed to prioritize user … Read more
EFF recently listed 10 dangers of Age Verification. Governments and corporations increasingly mandate users to undergo types of age verification. Online age verification can protect children from some harms, but it also introduces significant risks around privacy, security, surveillance, discrimination, and free expression.scientificamerican+1 Here are the major risk points: Privacy and data security Most robust … Read more
Turkey ranks first in Europe for income inequality Turkey now holds the unwelcome title of Europe’s most unequal country in terms of income distribution. According to recent data, the richest 20 percent of the population receive nearly half of the nation’s total income, while the poorest 20 percent survive on less than 6 percent. The … Read more
I am glad to be part of this project. Our report is authored by Anmol Alphonso, Sérgio Barbosa, Cayley Clifford, Kiran Garimella, Elonnai Hickok, Martin Riedl, Erkan Saka, Herman Wasserman, Sahana Udupa. The full policy report is available here. The book, WhatsApp in the World: Disinformation, Encryption and Extreme Speech (New York University Press, 2025), … Read more
Snowden on winning the alternative Nobel prize media/anthropology by John Postill via The Guardian Edward Snowden issues a recorded statement after being awarded Sweden’s Right Livelihood Honorary Award, dubbed the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’. The National Security Agency whistleblower says he accepts the award on behalf of those who risked their lives to help ‘resist unlawful … Read more