Johana Bhuiyan
@jmbooyah.bsky.social
It's pronounced Boo-Yah. Senior tech reporter/editor at The Guardian US covering surveillance of marginalized groups.
Tips: Johana.Bhuiyan@theguardian.com & 4156303604
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/johana-bhuiyan
Tips: Johana.Bhuiyan@theguardian.com & 4156303604
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/johana-bhuiyan
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Our latest (with Joseph Gedeon): www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration
Apple and WhatsApp say they’ll keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our latest (with Joseph Gedeon): www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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George Santos lived in Huntington, Long Island before becoming a member of Congress.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
George Santos lived in Huntington, Long Island before becoming a member of Congress.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
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Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of an LA Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler in the backseat. His mother spoke about the "very, very frightening" incident: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after two-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of an LA Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler in the backseat. His mother spoke about the "very, very frightening" incident: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This will be *interesting*: Tinder to begin accessing your camera roll for “insight” & training its AI models #privacy #AI techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/t...
Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos | TechCrunch
Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that will get to know users through questions and, with permission, will access Camera Roll photos on their phones to learn more about their interests and ...
techcrunch.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This will be *interesting*: Tinder to begin accessing your camera roll for “insight” & training its AI models #privacy #AI techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/t...
YES WE DID PAY US TO STAY HOME AND DO NOTHING
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
YES WE DID PAY US TO STAY HOME AND DO NOTHING
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The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
Huge day for my people. (34 year olds)
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Huge day for my people. (34 year olds)
We all crying in the Yemeni coffee shop
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We all crying in the Yemeni coffee shop
It’s time for Shakira law baby
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It’s time for Shakira law baby
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The great @attackerman.bsky.social on Dick Cheney www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The great @attackerman.bsky.social on Dick Cheney www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The @us.theguardian.com has a number of open positions, including two reporter roles focusing on organizing and movement building.
Jobs are 12 month contract, full-time, union, flexible location
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Jobs are 12 month contract, full-time, union, flexible location
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The @us.theguardian.com has a number of open positions, including two reporter roles focusing on organizing and movement building.
Jobs are 12 month contract, full-time, union, flexible location
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Jobs are 12 month contract, full-time, union, flexible location
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
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For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks was a model for how tech could transform Gaza. Just days after October 7, its office was blown to pieces by an Israeli airstrike. Now, with a tentative ceasefire in place, it’s trying to rebuild.
Read our new feature from @mohamhawish.bsky.social & Aseel Mousa:
Read our new feature from @mohamhawish.bsky.social & Aseel Mousa:
The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks
For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.
restofworld.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks was a model for how tech could transform Gaza. Just days after October 7, its office was blown to pieces by an Israeli airstrike. Now, with a tentative ceasefire in place, it’s trying to rebuild.
Read our new feature from @mohamhawish.bsky.social & Aseel Mousa:
Read our new feature from @mohamhawish.bsky.social & Aseel Mousa:
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ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
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After a video seemed to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner, Israel has... arrested the lawyer who authorised the release of the video www.ft.com/content/0456...
Israeli military’s former top lawyer arrested over leaked prisoner video
Surveillance footage showed alleged abuse of Palestinian inmate at notorious Israeli prison
www.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After a video seemed to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner, Israel has... arrested the lawyer who authorised the release of the video www.ft.com/content/0456...
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
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The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
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Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the harvesting season as Israel pushes measures to annex the territory.
Israeli army, settlers target Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank
Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the harvesting season as Israel pushes measures to annex the territory.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the harvesting season as Israel pushes measures to annex the territory.
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
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Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts
Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts
Rapid Support Forces, which claimed control of El Fasher on Sunday, reportedly killed at least 460 people ‘in cold blood’
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher, according to the World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors Network, after the paramilitary group claimed control of the city on Sunday.
The WHO secretary general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was “appalled and deeply shocked” at reports that more than 460 people had been killed at the Saudi maternity hospital, without assigning blame, in a post on X. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts
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Some thoughts on CharacterAI saying it plans to bar minors from "open-ended" interactions with chatbots on its platform -- my main one being that *not even three months ago*, CAI's CEO said he was perfectly fine with his 6-year-old kid using the site:
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Character.AI, Accused of Driving Teens to Suicide, Says It Will Ban Minors From Using Its Chatbots
Chatbot maker Character.AI, accused of driving teens to suicide, says it will move to largely ban minors from talking with its chatbots.
futurism.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some thoughts on CharacterAI saying it plans to bar minors from "open-ended" interactions with chatbots on its platform -- my main one being that *not even three months ago*, CAI's CEO said he was perfectly fine with his 6-year-old kid using the site:
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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oh just straight up gutter racism!
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
oh just straight up gutter racism!
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Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.
Massacre in el-Fasher: What’s happening in Sudan right now?
Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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More than 460 people were reportedly killed in a North Darfur hospital that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO said
WHO Says Over 460 People Reportedly Killed At A Hospital Taken By Sudanese Paramilitary Forces
The head of the U.N. health agency says more than 460 people were reportedly killed in a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region.
www.huffpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
More than 460 people were reportedly killed in a North Darfur hospital that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO said