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Implementing Encrypted Messaging over ActivityPub

One of the project areas of the Social Web Foundation for the last year has been end-to-end encrypted messaging. ActivityPub, the standard protocol that powers the Social Web, has privacy controls, but they do not protect the content of messages from server operators. Encrypted messaging has become a common feature on many social networks since ActivityPub was created, and its lack has inhibited Social Web adoption and public trust in the network. ActivityPub is extensible, though. As part […]

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/

Opinion from @bridgettodd@bsky.social in the @TheHill “Digital blackface: Racist AI content is fueling the SNAP debate” https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5649383-racist-ai-tiktok-videos/

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Wondering what's been happening over the last 3 months in the Wikimedia Technical Community? Read the January 2025 newsletter for updates, highlights, and insights! https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2025/January

A new blog series from @wikimediafoundation explains their systems of collaboration and consensus and their principles of neutrality and verifiability, layer by layer, to show how Wikipedia really works and how it can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia-info-series/

You can follow the proceedings:
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1ocy52tag

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Yours truly was a speaker in a webinar held by Medianama on the new rules in India that require SIMs to be tied to the mobile device.

A report of the webinar: https://www.medianama.com/2025/12/223-real-world-use-cases-sim-binding-restricts-nama/

At the UN today to talk about the internet and human rights. The WSIS+20 is a look back at when the UN's first negotiated statement on the "information society" established the Internet Governance Forum and other things.

Core question: What does the information society look like in 20 years?

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Feeling overwhelmed by the onslaught of invasive age-verification mandates? You’re not alone. We built a resource hub to break down how these laws work, who they harm, what’s at stake, and how to protect yourself. Join the fight at https://www.EFF.org/Age.

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We have three vacancies open at the #RIPENCC. If you want to make a difference and work at the heart of the Internet, take a look at our careers page:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc/

✏️ Learning Experience Designer
✏️ Technical Trainer / Network Engineer
✏️ System and Network Engineer

If you know of people who could be a good fit for these roles, please share this post!

#hiring #careers

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Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents
The Agentic AI Foundation launches to support MCP, AGENTS.md, and goose.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/big-tech-joins-forces-with-linux-foundation-to-standardize-ai-agents/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Mike Benz, the pathological paranoiac who never did find the 22 million tweets Stanford supposedly censored, or explain how the CIA ran me for 20 years in a long game to censor Twitter before it even existed, is now “investigating” USAID — the agency he boasts about being instrumental in killing — from the inside.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/usaid-mike-benz-cia/685195/?gift=ymYfi5fGEGbizA5HTnXX5waTjLYVN6Ee7JMyMil5HVo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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Health data represents one of the most valuable types of data available to commercial data processing entities.

It is increasingly used for AI training, digital health devices or to inform advertising strategy on a mass scale.

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5680/patient-data-and-healthcare-ai-boom

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It is that time of year, so I thought I’d mention that my book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION is very much a thing you can buy for any tech workers in your life. Or yourself!

You can buy it just about anywhere books are sold, or ask your library to grab a copy! https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/

#books #bookstodon #1u #YDATUbook

Three bright red copies of the book “You Deserve a Tech Union” are stacked on a gray wooden surface. The stack is flared slightly, so that the corners of the lower books are peeking out from below.

A screenshot of two pages from the digital version of “You Deserve a Tech Union”, showing the beginning of Chapter 3, titled “What is a Union?

Screenshot of three testimonials, titled “Praise for You Deserve a Tech Union”.

Peter Olney, retired organizing director of the ILWU and the co-editor of Labor Power and Strategy, described the book as, “A wonderful back-pocket book, perfect for any tech worker interested in powering up and getting a union.”

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee described the book as “A compelling and galvanizing read — not just for tech workers, but for anyone who is union-curious. ”

Nozlee Samadzadeh, a member of the New York Times Tech Guild, said, “ You Deserve a Tech Union is a how-to guide, a history lesson, and a manifesto all in one. Ethan Marcotte starts by laying out the case for unionization in tech, and ends with a rallying cry for using our power as workers. I wish we’d had this book as we organized the New York Times Tech Guild.”

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After we published this story, Kohler has removed all mentions of "end-to-end encryption" from its website.

Company PR said: "We used the term with respect to the encryption of data between our users (sender) and Kohler Health (recipient)."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-end-to-end-encrypted/

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At the November 2025 TPAC event, Tara Whalen, W3C Principal Privacy Specialist reported on the age-based content workshop, "IAB/W3C Workshop update: Age-based restrictions on content access: highlighting challenges from diverse regulations, technical approaches, and enforcement roles. Participants valued collaboration, shared understanding, and user research insights. Next steps include publishing the workshop report, policy engagement, and ongoing discussions.
#w3cTPAC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwsLg1Aa9g&feature=youtu.be

Tara Whalen presenting on an age-based restrictions workshop. caption: "It's my pleasure to give you all an update on our recent workshop that we had as advertised"

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The Shifting Politics of Transgender Rights
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/transgender-rights-strangio-douthat.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Most Emailed @most-emailed-newyorktimes

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Librarians told 404 Media that AI library software like CLCD is just the tip of the iceberg; they are being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books that they need to wade through. But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics. https://www.404media.co/ai-is-supercharging-the-war-on-libraries-education-and-human-knowledge/

Apply Now for the @internetsociety 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-now-for-the-2026-pulse-research-fellowship-and-mentorship

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It's link time: a preview links from tomorrow’s IX. 🧵

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@newyorktimes @new-york-newyorktimes i hope they paid luxury prices for the private use of public space

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