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4Apr

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Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among others. Each hijacked account posted a similar fake message. The high-profile individual or company wanted to philanthropically give back to the community during COVID-19 and would double any donations made to a bitcoin wallet, identical messages said. The donations followed. The hack on the surface may appear to be a run-of-the-mill financial scam. But the breach has chilling implications for democracy. Serious political implications As a scholar of internet governance and infrastructure, I see the underlying cybercrimes of this incident, such as hacking accounts and financial fraud,...

A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System

The case of Demetrius Smith reads like a preposterous legal thriller: dubious arrests, two lying prostitutes, prosecutorial fouls and a judge who backpedaled out of a deal.It also delivers a primer on why defendants often agree to virtually inescapable plea deals for crimes they didn’t commit.ProPublica has spent the past year exploring wrongful convictions and the tools prosecutors use to avoid admitting mistakes, including an arcane deal known as an Alford plea that allows defendants to maintain their innocence while still pleading guilty. Earlier this year, we examined a dozen such cases in Baltimore. Source: A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System – The UrbanJournalist

Anonymous Tip Exposes Secret Boycott Action

We have received a tip of a secret boycott in the works due to the rash of shootings of black people by law enforcement nation wide. The boycott has been in force since July 8th 2016 and schedule to run until August 9th with two main companies Target Stores and Coca Cola Bottling Products as the target of the boycott. Why is it being called a secret? The call for this boycott is being texted via cell phone to people across the nation and ask each person that receives the txt to forward it to seven more people. They are also ask not to share this information on any social media platform (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) no social media only txt or word of mouth. The boycott is also calling for the organizing of one million black people to move $100 dollars to black owned businesses and banks ...