Collabora Online is an open-source office built on LibreOffice Technology. It provides many features and one of the most useful is that Collabora provides real-time editing of Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations and etc.

We assume that you have a working instance of Nextcloud with the LAMPS stack since the Collabora must be integrated with it. If you do not know how to install it, please check our blog post about installing Nextcloud on Ubuntu 22.04.

Installing Collabora Online and integrating with Nextcloud is a straightforward process that may take up to 20 minutes. Let’s get started!

=> ↺ I Programmer ☛ Learn About RISC-V From Linux Foundation on edX

The Linux Foundation has a new free course on the edX platform for those who would like to learn about, and experiment with, RISC-V. A verified track, to earn a certificate of completion, is also available.

Games

=> ↺ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Installing Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 in OpenRA.

So I finally got around to finding the disc images and mounting them, to move the complete game data over.

Honestly, there’s not much on the discs that didn’t get re-released as Shareware. Some video cut-scenes and game music.

What I did come to find out is that there are still some tiny little issues with the supported games, and the fixes for these issues hasn’t made it back to the Stable branch, which is in the Flatpak.

Distributions and Operating Systems

New Releases

=> ↺ Pardus 23.0 Sürümü Yayımlandı – Pardus – TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM

=> ↺ Qubes OS 4.2.0 RC2: Qubes OS 4.2.0 release notes

=> ↺ On August 29th, 2023 EmmaDE5 under Debian 12 Bookworm stable version !

On August 29th 2023, the Emmabuntüs Collective is happy to announce the release of the new Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 1.00 (32 and 64 bits), based on the Debian 12.1 Bookworm distribution and supporting both XFCE and LXQt desktop environments.

This distribution was originally designed to facilitate the reconditioning of computers donated to humanitarian organizations, starting with the Emmaüs communities (which is where the distribution’s name obviously comes from), to promote the discovery of GNU/Linux by beginners, as well as to extend the lifespan of computer hardware, in order to reduce the waste induced by the over-consumption of raw materials.

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

FSFE

=> ↺ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Chaos Communication Camp 2023: back to the grounds!

=> ↺ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-29 Halftime for the German government: Thank you for the fine words, now let the deeds speak!

=> ↺ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-31 The story of Ada, available now in English worldwide

Leftovers

Science

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] NASA Probe Spots Crashed Russian Moon Lander

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ NYPost ☛ Restaurant named ‘The Crack House’ draws ire from community that thinks it’s selling drugs to college kids: ‘Addicting food, that’s it’

“All I’m saying is I’m selling addicting food, that’s it.”

=> ↺ Axios ☛ How a Republican president could affect Medicare drug negotiations

A future Republican president who opposes Medicare drug price negotiations likely couldn’t dismantle or ignore the process but could have some regulatory discretion to seek lower price cuts, experts told Axios.

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] Way More College Students Struggle With Food Insecurity Than Go to the Ivy Leagues

Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

=> ↺ Qt ☛ Commercial LTS Qt 5.15.15 Released [Ed: Proprietary]

We have released Qt 5.15.15 LTS for subscription license holders today. As a patch release, Qt 5.15.15 does not add any new functionality but provides bug fixes.

Security

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] NCSC warns of chatbot vulnerabilities, urging holistic security approach

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] NYC subway security flaw makes it possible to track riders’ journeys

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Criminal hackers ‘very likely’ to pose threat to national security, economy in near term: report

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Juniper Networks Releases Security Advisory for Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] VMware Releases Security Updates for Aria Operations for Networks

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] CISA and International Partners Release Malware Analysis Report on Infamous Chisel Mobile Malware

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] CISA Warns of Hurricane-Related Scams

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] ARDEREG Sistemas SCADA

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] GE Digital CIMPLICITY

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] PTC Kepware KepServerEX

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Digi RealPort Protocol

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] CISA and FBI Publish Joint Advisory on QakBot Infrastructure

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] CISA Releases IOCs Associated with Malicious Barracuda Activity

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Advisory

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] PTC Codebeamer

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] CISA’s VDP Platform 2022 Annual Report Showcases Success

=> ↺ Parents and cybersecurity experts weigh in as Carlisle School District investigates possible cyber attack

Confusion is spreading across the Carlisle Area School District, as students were left without the internet for an entire school day.

On Friday morning, district officials notified parents that its internet system was shut down due to a “possible security incident.” The potential security breach was discovered on Thursday afternoon.

Carlisle students remained in school for the day, however they were unable to use school laptops or iPads during the day. The school district also limited school access for parents and visitors.

=> ↺ Carthage, Claxton-Hepburn hospitals target of cyber attack

Two north country hospitals have been targeted in a cyber attack, but officials say there appears to be no breach of patient information.

Officials say Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg discovered the incident Thursday at approximately 6 p.m.

As a precaution, the emergency rooms at Carthage and Claxton have been put on diversion, meaning other area hospitals have been notified and are prepared to receive patients as needed.

=> ↺ Highgate Wood School delays term by 6 days after cyber attack

A school will be starting its new term six days late after it was targeted in a cyber-attack.

Parents were informed that the Highgate Wood School, in Montenotte Road, has become a victim of an attack that has prevented the school from accessing systems.

As a result, the start of the Crouch End secondary school’s term next Tuesday (September 5) has been delayed to September 11. The school has around 1,500 pupils aged 11 to 16.

=> ↺ State [Indiana] notifying Medicaid recipients of CareSource security breach

The protected health information of some Indiana Medicaid members may have been compromised in a recent security breach involving Ohio-based CareSource.

Officials with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced Friday that the breach of CareSource, a managed care entity, happened in late May and involved the personal information of more than 200,000 Hoosiers.

State officials say names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, member health information and more for 212,193 Indiana Medicaid members were accessed through an application called MOVEit, used by CareSource.

=> ↺ Boston Globe ☛ Lawrence schools trying to recover $2.7 million ‘frozen’ by online phishing scheme, officials say

The Lawrence Public Schools are working to recover $2.7 million in funds that were recently “frozen” when a staffer responded to a phishing email sent by scammers posing as a vendor for the school district, city officials said.

Mayor Brian A. DePeña’s office held an emergency meeting Thursday with informational technology specialists to discuss the security breach, according to DePeña’s spokesperson, Nestor Castillo.

=> ↺ Carlisle Area School District was hit with ransomware

According to an email obtained by abc27 from the Carlisle Area School District, the school was notified by federal government officials that its internet system has been infiltrated with ransomware.

=> ↺ Data Breaches ☛ “It can be confirmed the system of the Department of Defence has not been hacked”- SANDF

Yesterday, DataBreaches reported on SNAtch Team and how they were not a ransomware gang or using what had been referred to as the Snatch locker or ransomware. In that report, DataBreaches included a description provided by their spokesperson about their attack on the South Africa Department of Defense — an attack that SANDF initially dismissed as “fake news” and now claims wasn’t a hack.

[...]

It appears that SANDF is either extremely incompetent in investigating the attack and exfiltration of so much data or they are just flat-out lying because they are embarrassed. Either way, the country’s citizenry is not well-served by a government that denies the reality of what happened or attempts to deflect responsibility for the poor security practices that facilitated it.

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ Techdirt ☛ MTA Website Doles Out Rider History Data With Just A Credit Card Number

We’ve noted for years how there’s no limit of companies and organizations that over-collect data on your daily movement patterns, then fail to adequately secure that data. Whether it’s your mobile phone carrier, your smartphone maker, your favorite app, or a rotating crop of dodgy data brokers, our corrupt failure to pass even a baseline privacy law for the Internet era is the gift that keeps on giving.

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook GPAs and Details About SAT Scores

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Microsoft Edge gets a new feature to capture YouTube screenshots

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] Love or hate TikTok’s viral bottle-smashing trend? A neuroscientist explains what that says about your brain

Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Ukraine updates — German busted for sale of parts to Russia

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] How stable is Russia after the Wagner rebellion?

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Germany: Russian man guilty of Chechen dissident murder plot

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-09-01 [Older] UN Chief Sends Russia New Proposals to Revive Black Sea Grain Deal but Moscow Isn’t Satisfied

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] US Charges Man With Helping Smuggle Microelectronics With Military Uses to Russia

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia says drone heading for Moscow downed

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] US Hits North Korean and Russian Accused of Supporting North Korea’s Ballistics Missile Program

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Burkina Faso Says Leader Discussed Possible Military Cooperation With Russian Delegation

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-09-01 [Older] UN Chief Sends Russia New Proposals to Revive Black Sea Grain Deal but Moscow Isn’t Satisfied

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] EU gas supply: When Russia went into self-destruct mode

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia says drone attacks hit 6 regions

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Ukraine war: ‘Hotline’ between US and Russia?

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Anti-Russian sanctions hurt the Baltics

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] From iron to lithium: Russia plunders Ukraine’s natural resources

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Jailed US Citizen Paul Whelan Seen in Rare Video at Russian Penal Colony

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Russia Will Not Probe Prigozhin Plane Crash Under International Rules -Brazil Agency

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Russian Court Extends Detention of Ex-US Consular Employee -Tass

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Russian Military Repelling Drone Attack in Pskov, Four Planes Damaged -Officials

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Ukraine hits Russia with their largest airstrike since the start of the war

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Russia’s Actions at U.N. Terminate Mali Sanctions and Panel of Experts Reporting, Recently on Wagner

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] 2 Killed in Kyiv as Russia Accuses Ukraine of Biggest Drone Attack on Its Soil Since Fighting Began

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Two Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Kyiv – Officials

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Russia Says It Foiled Major Ukrainian Drone Attack

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Ukraine Says It Shot Down All 28 Russian Missiles and 15 Drones Launched Overnight

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Notorious Russian intelligence chief tapped to replace Prigozhin in Wagner’s Africa operations

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Hidden battle: Russia plunders Ukraine’s natural resources

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Wagner group employees asked to swear allegiance to Russia after Prighozin’s death

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Russian authorities have confirmed Wagner mercenary chief killed in plane crash

=> ↺ The Local SE ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Russian-Swedish businessman faces trial after helicopter raid at dawn

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] After Wagner Chief Death, Russia Vows to Keep Helping Mali

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Pope Francis Draws Criticism for Extolling Russian Imperialist Tsars

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Russia Scrambles Jets in Response to US Drones Over Crimea -Ministry

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russia-Ukraine war and the Chinese military moves towards Taiwan

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russia says genetic tests confirm Wagner leader Prigozhin died in plane crash

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Prigozhin: Russia confirms Wagner chief’s death with DNA

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Old Video Sparks Wild Theories on Fate of Russia’s Prigozhin

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] National Tour of Ukrainian and Russian Leftists Against the War in Ukraine

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Cheap beer: Russia soaks up Heineken operations for 1 euro

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russia Launches Overnight Air Attack on Northern, Central Ukraine

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russian Ships Return From Joint Pacific Patrolling With Chinese Ships

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russian SU-30 Plane Escorted U.S. Drone Reaper Over Black Sea – RIA

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russia Says It Confirmed Wagner Leader Prigozhin Died in a Plane Crash

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Russia Says Genetic Tests Confirm Wagner Chief Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Ukraine Investigates Incident That Killed 3 Pilots While Russia Attacks With Cruise Missiles

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] The Wagner chief’s fate was decided when he crossed Putin

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Russia Downs Drone Near Moscow, Suspends Flights

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Ukraine Says It Hit Russian Military Base in Annexed Crimea

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] EU’s Dombrovskis Asks Russia to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Shelling Kills Civilians in Ukraine’s Northeast as Fears Grow of a Second Russian Takeover

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Face Uncertainty After the Presumed Death of Their Leader in Plane Crash

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Former Ukraine prosecutor makes explosive claims against Joe and Hunter Biden in a Fox News

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-09-01 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kyiv tells counteroffensive critics to ‘shut up’

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Ukraine’s army is running out of men to recruit and time to win

=> ↺ NL Times ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Cabinet not allowed to end protection for three third-country nationals from Ukraine

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Sen. Blumenthal: US Getting Its ‘Money’s Worth’ in Ukraine Because Americans Aren’t Dying

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Decries Corruption in Military Medical Exemptions

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Yellen to Attend India G20 Summit, Focus on Economy, Climate, Ukraine -US Treasury

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Germany: Councilor fined for swastikas on Ukrainian cars

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] US Victim of Own Propaganda in Ukraine War

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Ukrainian Military Says Six Servicemen Killed in Helicopter Incident

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Moscow under siege: Ukraine’s rising drone attacks

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Ukraine drone attacks on Moscow could be first stage in bigger campaign

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Ukraine: US support may fade amid election

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] How far does Ukraine’s right to self-defense extend?

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-28 [Older] Ukrainian Drone Destroyed by Air Defences Near Moscow – Mayor

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kyiv says its troops pushing past Robotyne

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Three Ukrainian Military Pilots Die in Mid-Air Collision

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Ukraine Will Speed up Advance on Southern Front -Commander

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Ukraine Aid Faces a Stress Test as Some GOP 2024 Presidential Candidates Balk at Continued Support

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Ukrainian, Turkish Foreign Minister Says Black Sea Deal Must Be Renewed

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] Calgary startup a sweet opportunity for some Ukrainian evacuees

=> ↺ The Local SE ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] Swedish opposition calls for Saab fighter jets to go to Ukraine

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Appeals Extension of Pretrial Detention in Russia

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Heineken sells Russian operation for €1

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] ‘Little Russia’: Moscow’s occupation of a Ukrainian town

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Russian investigators recover 10 bodies from Wagner crash

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Russia to Resume Offensive in East Ukraine After Regrouping, Kyiv Says

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Second Russian Plane Reportedly Linked to Prigozhin Had No Connection to Wagner Group – Operator

=> ↺ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] Film director Lars von Trier: “Russian lives matter too”

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] Russian Officials Say Wagner Mutineer Prigozhin Was Passenger in Fatal Plane Crash

Environment

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Democracy Now ☛ Green New Deal Architect Rhiana Gunn-Wright Warns the Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind

As the cost of the climate crisis continues to rise and climate justice groups demand more government action to halt the heating of the planet, we speak with policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the architects of the Green New Deal. She says the Inflation Reduction Act championed by President Biden, which is the largest climate bill in U.S. history, has many provisions that “structurally leave out Black people.” She urges a more inclusive green transition that centers the needs of communities of color. “There is an increasing sort of narrative about the tension between justice and urgency that’s presenting a false choice.” Gunn-Wright’s latest essay, published in the new digital magazine Hammer & Hope, is titled “Our Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind.”

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] EU gas crisis: When Russia went into self-destruct mode

=> ↺ NL Times ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Turkish company that ships Russian oil active in Netherlands

Finance

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ Pension plans performing poorly in Latvia

High inflation and fluctuations in financial markets have negatively affected the profitability of pension plans. Not only the riskier investments in the stock markets, but also the conservative investments in bonds hav ebeen affected, making the returns on pension plans either meager or even negative. Latvian Radio asks what can be done.

=> ↺ LRT ☛ Wages in Lithuania grew 12%, finally outpacing inflation

Average labour income in Lithuania grew by 12.3 per cent year-on-year and reached 1,980 euros a month, before taxes, in the second quarter of this year, according to the Social Insurance Fund SoDra. The fastest wage growth was reported in construction.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Eurozone Food Inflation Remained High at 9.8 Percent in August

Countries with the highest yearly inflation rates included Slovakia (9.6 percent), Croatia (8.5 percent), and Austria (7.6 percent).

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Food prices in Finland up 8.2% in July, but inflation rate “clearly slowing”

The year-on-year increase in the price of food hit 16.3 percent in March, a record-high level, but the rate has gradually started to fall since then.

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] The shockwaves of Russia exiting from the Black sea grain deal could make global flood inflation hard to contain

=> ↺ Pakistani traders strike countrywide against high inflation and utility bills

Pakistani traders on Saturday went on strike against the soaring cost of living, including higher fuel and utility bills and record depreciation of the rupee against the dollar, which has led to widespread discontent among the public.

The traders pulled their shutters down across the country, while protesters burned tires on roads to express their anger.

The strike was called by ex-senator Sirajul Haq, who heads the religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami, and it was largely endorsed by trade and business bodies, market associations, lawyers associations and transporters.

=> ↺ Zebra Technologies to Lay Off 700 Employees around 7% workforce – LayoffsTracker

Zebra Technologies, a maker of marking, tracking, and computer printing technologies, is laying off 700 employees, or more than 7% of its workforce. The job cuts are a significant reduction from the company’s previous estimate of 2% to 3% of layoffs.

=> ↺ Malwarebytes Lays Off 100 Employees in 2nd round – LayoffsTracker

Cybersecurity giant Malwarebytes laid off 100 employees this week, the latest round of cuts in a year that has seen the company restructure and struggle to compete with larger rivals. The layoffs come just weeks after the company’s chief product officer, chief information officer, and chief technology officer were let go.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ North Korea to convene rubber-stamp parliament on Sept 26

The agenda will include laws such as public servants and the law enforcement in the financial sector.

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] YouTube Music’s Now Playing tab adds everyone’s least-favorite feature: YouTube comments

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ U.S. Seeks to Block Recovery of Titanic Artifacts

Washington has gone to court to become a party to the salvage case involving the famous liner so it can stop any expedition it deems objectionable.

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-31 [Older] Trump’s Georgia election interference trial will be livestreamed on YouTube

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ The Local SE ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Russia and Iran suspected of disinformation campaign against Sweden

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Reason ☛ In Scathing Rulings, Federal Courts Block Arkansas and Texas Age Verification Laws

Plus: Meta revises controversial “dangerous organizations” policy, a win against civil asset forfeiture in Detroit, and more…

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ An anti-porn law in Texas was halted on First Amendment grounds

A federal judge in Texas halted a state law that requires internet users to verify their age through government identification in order to access online porn.

=> ↺ Reason ☛ How Can the State Prevent Viewpoint Foreclosure?

By guaranteeing five basic internet rights.

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] YouTube Gives Creators an Extra Chance When Violating Company Policies

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] YouTubers can take training courses to remove warnings from their permanent record

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ CPJ ☛ 2023-08-29 [Older] Journalist Arsen Chepurnyi injured in Russian missile strike in Ukraine

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] Exiled Russian Journalist Describes ‘Poisoning’ Ordeal on German Train

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-26 [Older] U.S. Reporter Gershkovich Appeals Latest Extension of Detention in Russia

=> ↺ CPJ ☛ 2023-08-24 [Older] CPJ condemns Russian court’s 3-month extension of detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich

=> ↺ CPJ ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] CPJ, partners call on Bangladesh to dismiss Digital Security Act cases over freedom of expression

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ UK government to force criminals to attend sentencing hearings

UK Justice Secretary Alex Chalk announced Wednesday that the UK will enact new laws to force criminals to attend their sentencings in court, with offenders potentially being subject to longer sentences. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commented saying “Criminals shouldn’t be allowed to take the coward’s way out by refusing to face their victims in court.”

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Hundreds of Rightwing Laws Take Effect in Texas

Many new state laws passed by Texas Republicans this spring are highly controversial.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ How LGBTQ+ people in Uganda are fighting a draconian new law

As a man becomes the first to face the death penalty under one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, the community in Uganda is fighting back.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Canada Issues Travel Warning for L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S.

Advice that travelers to the U.S. “check relevant state and local laws” came in response to rules this year restricting transgender care, drag shows and sports participation.

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Finland to loosen abortion laws from 1 September

Getting an abortion in Finland will become easier and faster as a law reform approved last year comes into force.

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-27 [Older] [Guest post] German court finds online marketplace liable under CJEU YouTube/Cyando standard

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-08-25 [Older] Is YouTube tracking your kids again?

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ Internet Society ☛ Understanding Net Neutrality and Why It Matters

Imagine you’re watching a live political debate on your phone, streamed by your national public broadcaster. It’s painfully slow. You miss most of what the candidates say as the video freezes and the audio gets choppy.

Digital Restrictions (DRM)

=> ↺ Techdirt ☛ Tesla, Rivian Put On Fake Show Of Support For ‘Right To Repair’

You may have noticed that there’s a massive, bipartisan push afoot to pass “right to reform” laws in many states making it easier and cheaper to repair the things you buy.

=> ↺ The Register UK ☛ Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists

Right to repair advocates have made significant gains across the US of late, but the latest challenge to the movement faces a challenge from a surprising place: the Church of Scientology.

In a letter filed earlier this month with the US Copyright Office regarding its triennial review of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Section 1201 exemptions, Author Services, Inc., which represents “the literary, theatrical and musical works of [Scientology founder] L. Ron Hubbard,” opposed renewal of a subsection of 1201 that allows consumers to circumvent software locks in order to repair their devices.

Monopolies

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-30 [Older] Ed Sheeran US music copyright infringement case, it’s not over yet

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