"Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials, from their respective app stores [...] Google told 404 Media it removed apps because they shared the location of what it describes as a vulnerable group that recently faced a violent act connected to these sorts of ICE-spotting apps—a veiled reference to ICE officials." Who is vulnerable and who is at risk? Google joins Apple in executing fascism.
404 Media
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spo...
Apparently this requires restating: We should not want a European Palantir. We should not want an open-source Palantir. We should not want a non-commercial Palantir. If it is supposed to do what Palantir does, we should not want it. And I don't care to what extent Palantir's products are shaped by political or profit motives. We know enough to reject its logic altogether.
After reading his book, I am very much moved by the release of Mikola Dziadok from Belarusian prison.
kolektiva.social
Anarchist Black Cross Belarus (@abcbelarus@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image Today, anarchist Mikalai Dziadok was released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania. He was just met by comrades in Vilnius. Up...
 He has already spent over ten years in prison (while being slightly younger than me). And his book is testament to an incredibly fearless, courageous and compassionate mind:
Mikola Dziadok: The Colours of the Parallel World
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 His case is not an isolated one, so I am even more glad that through his writing I got access to and started to care about political prisoners more generally. (1/3)
Digital sovereignty without techno-nationalism and an ambitious understanding of more democratic technology? It is always such a pleasure to listen to Cecilia Rikap! 🫶 She conveys that we should not just demand governments to “get off Big Tech” and “build local data centres”, but also to go beyond the capitalist paradigm. Uruguay seems an interesting example among various others. Finally managed to listen to her episode with Paris on @npub157rh...8pny 👇
Tech Won't Save Us
Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap - Tech Won’t Save Us
“From economy of occupation to economy of genocide” Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, details in remarkably clear words how companies across the world derive benefits from the suffering of people in Gaza. It’s vast - arms, finance, construction, tech, but also universities. “[E]nding it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives.”
the Guardian
As Gaza suffers, US companies are reaping horrific payoffs | Katrina vanden Heuvel
A report this month details US corporate involvement in IDF actions. Grassroots organizing offers opportunity for change
 Read the report (incl calls to action for govts+companies): 📄.pdf