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Comment Meta has no concern for Americans' rights (Score 1, Insightful) 72

Meta commissioned a study about its censorship Palestinians? Then I'm sure we'll be seeing the study about their censorship of Americans in a successful effort to limit the dissemination of truthful information at odds with the opinion-shaping narrative of the American state during the COVID pandemic.

Submission + - NSA Whistleblower and innocent bystander censored by Australian authorities (censorcon.net)

gordoste writes: Expert voices disinvited from CyberCon

CyberCon, Australiaâ(TM)s largest cyber security conference starts today. However, two eminent experts, US NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake and Dr Suelette Dreyfus, wonâ(TM)t be speaking after the Governmentâ(TM)s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), a partner in the conference, removed both from the eventâ(TM)s Speaker List.

Submission + - White-Hat Hacks Ransomware Gang and Releases Decryption Keys (zdnet.com)

ccnafr writes: A user got his revenge on the ransomware gang who encrypted his files by hacking their server and releasing the decryption keys for all victims. This happened earlier today and involved the Muhstik gang. Muhstik is a recent strain of ransomware that has been active since late September. It targets QNAP NAS devices. Hackers breach devices because of weak phpMyAdmin credentials, and then encrypt users data.

One victim, a German software developer, ended up paying the ransom, reverse engineering the malware, breaking into its C&C server, retrieving decryption keys, and then publishing the keys on Pastebin as revenge.

Submission + - Seattle Public Schools Introduce "K-12 Math Ethnic Studies" 2

RoccamOccam writes: The Seattle Public School System in August introduced a new curriculum for K-12 Math Ethnic Studies that covers “Origins, Identity, and Agency,” "Power and Oppression, and "History of Resistance and Liberation."

According to the framework, "Origins, Identity and Agency" are the ways in which we view ourselves as mathematicians and members of broader mathematical communities. Mathematical theory and application is rooted in the ancient histories of people and empires of color. All human endeavors include mathematical thinking; from humanities to the arts to the sciences.

"Power and Oppression" are the ways in which individuals and groups define mathematical knowledge so as to see "Western" mathematics as the only legitimate expression of mathematical identity and intelligence. This definition of legitimacy is then used to disenfranchise people and communities of color. This erases the historical contributions of people and communities of color.

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