Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot, Grok, briefly rebranded itself as “MechaHitler” on X, spouting antisemitic tropes and graphic violent fantasies before the posts were deleted. Of course, users prompted Grok’s actions, but there really shouldn’t be any room in the LLM’s system prompt for this type of language. Screenshots, outrage, and hate speech spreads fast – […]

Pinterest (like most major platforms) is no stranger to aggressively harvesting user data, and leveraging it into profits as much as possible. They’ve been at the receiving end of a noyb complaint for violating GDPR and not respecting user consent requirements. Not to mention; X’s lawfare aside – what do Pinterest’s Noyb complaint, and DEI […]

There is a growing trend among world governments – demanding access to the social media accounts of immigrants and visa applicants. This should send a chilling message to any privacy-conscious individual. Social media auditing at the border is effectively a digital strip search and has far-reaching implications for everyone’s privacy (not just immigrants). Your right […]

In January this year, Meta announced their intentions to encourage “More speech, fewer mistakes” on their platforms. This involved them axing their factcheckers, implementing community notes and encouraging more political content.  Now just months later, Meta is starting to test community notes across platforms, while Instagram is plagued by AI-generated adult ‘content creators’ fetishizing Down […]

Government workers across the United States have been actively removing content supportive of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from federal websites and communications.  This widespread deletion of DEI-related material is occurring in response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders, marking a significant shift in the federal government’s approach to these initiatives. The Scope of […]