Matene Toure
@matene.bsky.social
tech & power journalist • occasional film & culture critic • fact checker @logic(s)mag • formerly @ZDNET
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ngl I kind of think Sam Altman should be tried criminally? is that … feasible?
August 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
ngl I kind of think Sam Altman should be tried criminally? is that … feasible?
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Palantir is in the news a lot lately. However, the public discourse about the company often misconstrues it as a data broker, a data miner, a single centralized database, etc. But what does Palantir actually do?
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
www.wired.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Palantir is in the news a lot lately. However, the public discourse about the company often misconstrues it as a data broker, a data miner, a single centralized database, etc. But what does Palantir actually do?
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
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SCOOP: The CBP asking tech companies to pitch digital forensics tools that are designed to process and analyze text messages, pictures, videos, and contacts from seized phones, laptops, and other devices at the United States border, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.
CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones
Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border.
www.wired.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
SCOOP: The CBP asking tech companies to pitch digital forensics tools that are designed to process and analyze text messages, pictures, videos, and contacts from seized phones, laptops, and other devices at the United States border, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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One of the most underreported aspects of life for Black undocumented migrants can be summed up in one statistic: They’re deported at a rate four times more often than their numbers would suggest.
capitalbnews.org/black-migran...
capitalbnews.org/black-migran...
5% of Undocumented Migrants Are Black. They're 20% of Potential Deportations.
Research exposes how racial disparities in policing have created a pathway from routine life to permanent family separation for Black migrants.
capitalbnews.org
June 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One of the most underreported aspects of life for Black undocumented migrants can be summed up in one statistic: They’re deported at a rate four times more often than their numbers would suggest.
capitalbnews.org/black-migran...
capitalbnews.org/black-migran...
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Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation.
And hope to gobble up some land near you.
Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's latest.
And hope to gobble up some land near you.
Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's latest.
Tech moguls want to found a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation
And hope to gobble up some land near you.
www.motherjones.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation.
And hope to gobble up some land near you.
Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's latest.
And hope to gobble up some land near you.
Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's latest.
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A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
🔗 www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
🔗 www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
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💡NEW at @dropsitenews.com: The Massacre of Nine Children of the Al-Najjar Family
“I turned on my camera and began recording. I didn’t know yet that the fire was burning the bodies of my neighbors’ children.”
Dispatch by Donya Abu Sitta
www.dropsitenews.com/p/massacre-a...
“I turned on my camera and began recording. I didn’t know yet that the fire was burning the bodies of my neighbors’ children.”
Dispatch by Donya Abu Sitta
www.dropsitenews.com/p/massacre-a...
The Massacre of Nine Children of the Al-Najjar Family
“I turned on my camera and began recording. I didn’t know yet that the fire was burning the bodies of my neighbors’ children.”
www.dropsitenews.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
💡NEW at @dropsitenews.com: The Massacre of Nine Children of the Al-Najjar Family
“I turned on my camera and began recording. I didn’t know yet that the fire was burning the bodies of my neighbors’ children.”
Dispatch by Donya Abu Sitta
www.dropsitenews.com/p/massacre-a...
“I turned on my camera and began recording. I didn’t know yet that the fire was burning the bodies of my neighbors’ children.”
Dispatch by Donya Abu Sitta
www.dropsitenews.com/p/massacre-a...
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Hi! I am currently investigating nonprofit newsrooms that have lost funding over their Palestine coverage for @prismreports.org -- please email me at nicolefroio@gmail.com if you have any tips. I guarantee anonymity.
May 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hi! I am currently investigating nonprofit newsrooms that have lost funding over their Palestine coverage for @prismreports.org -- please email me at nicolefroio@gmail.com if you have any tips. I guarantee anonymity.
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second, I wrote about the myriad digital platforms immigrant advocates have been coding and launching to notify their neighbors of ICE raids, with a special focus on @joshua.stealingheather.com's new ICEBlock app: slate.com/technology/2...
Immigration Crackdowns Are Booming. So Is the Digital Resistance Fighting Them.
As immigrants face threats under Trump 2.0, a scrappy movement of techies is creating real-time tools to resist.
slate.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
second, I wrote about the myriad digital platforms immigrant advocates have been coding and launching to notify their neighbors of ICE raids, with a special focus on @joshua.stealingheather.com's new ICEBlock app: slate.com/technology/2...
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It is too horribly perfect that Musk's Grok is spewing racist inanities while fueled by huge methane generators that are menacing the health of Memphis's Black communities.
May 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It is too horribly perfect that Musk's Grok is spewing racist inanities while fueled by huge methane generators that are menacing the health of Memphis's Black communities.
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“We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.”
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.”
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
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Ray Levy Uyeda wrote an extensive piece about Musk's supercomputer last month for @prismreports.org! It's definitely worth a read.
May 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ray Levy Uyeda wrote an extensive piece about Musk's supercomputer last month for @prismreports.org! It's definitely worth a read.
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NEW: ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
A document viewed by 404 Media describes ICE's plans to incorporate data from the Department of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ...
www.404media.co
April 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEW: ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
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⚡️NEW at @dropsitenews.com: The State Department Relied on Columbia University’s Mischaracterization of Protests to Arrest Mohsen Mahdawi
Story by Meghnad Bose
www.dropsitenews.com/p/mohsen-mah...
Story by Meghnad Bose
www.dropsitenews.com/p/mohsen-mah...
The State Department Relied on Columbia University’s Mischaracterization of Protests to Arrest Mohsen Mahdawi
Columbia University refused to retract its statement calling pro-Palestine protests “intimidation.” Now, the Trump administration is using it against Mohsen Mahdawi.
www.dropsitenews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
⚡️NEW at @dropsitenews.com: The State Department Relied on Columbia University’s Mischaracterization of Protests to Arrest Mohsen Mahdawi
Story by Meghnad Bose
www.dropsitenews.com/p/mohsen-mah...
Story by Meghnad Bose
www.dropsitenews.com/p/mohsen-mah...
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The Trumpian move is to don the Totenkopf, to embrace and supercharge this monstrous and grossly unequal death tableau.
Khalil, meanwhile, continues to show us what it means to fight for the living. @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/04/11/m...
Khalil, meanwhile, continues to show us what it means to fight for the living. @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/04/11/m...
Mahmoud Khalil and the Necropolitics of Trump’s Deportation Regime
The necropolitics of Trump's attack on immigrants like Mahmoud Khalil: Death is the point.
theintercept.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Trumpian move is to don the Totenkopf, to embrace and supercharge this monstrous and grossly unequal death tableau.
Khalil, meanwhile, continues to show us what it means to fight for the living. @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/04/11/m...
Khalil, meanwhile, continues to show us what it means to fight for the living. @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/04/11/m...
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NEW: while researching another story I stumbled across a group of AI slop farms on YouTube, churning out heartwarming fake stories about people in the Trump universe. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
AI slop farms are churning out fake heartwarming videos about Trump figures
Machine-made YouTube videos are racking up views while fooling the MAGA faithful.
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NEW: while researching another story I stumbled across a group of AI slop farms on YouTube, churning out heartwarming fake stories about people in the Trump universe. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Revealed: The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administrati...
www.motherjones.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Revealed: The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
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Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.
Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke
Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.
wrd.cm
April 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.
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The new director of Medicare and Medicaid services was peddling vitamins to teenagers on TikTok Shop just a few months ago. I wish I was joking
April 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The new director of Medicare and Medicaid services was peddling vitamins to teenagers on TikTok Shop just a few months ago. I wish I was joking
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In Africa’s migration economy, women’s labor fuels households abroad while their own needs are sidelined at home. Naila Aroni asks: what does freedom look like when care itself becomes a form of exile? africasacountry.com/2025/04/the-...
The cost of care
In Africa’s migration economy, women’s labor fuels households abroad while their own needs are sidelined at home. What does freedom look like when care itself becomes a form of exile?
africasacountry.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In Africa’s migration economy, women’s labor fuels households abroad while their own needs are sidelined at home. Naila Aroni asks: what does freedom look like when care itself becomes a form of exile? africasacountry.com/2025/04/the-...
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With today's news about Eric Adams running for re-election as an independent, throwing all sorts of wacky chaos into this year's race, we wanted to highlight a story about the mayor's effect on national discourse you may have missed from last week. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-n...
How Eric Adams and the NYPD Helped Create the Xenophobic Tren de Aragua Panic
New York City's law enforcement officials were some of the first to push the narrative that a mysterious and deadly Venezuelan gang was running amok, despite little evidence to back it up.
hellgatenyc.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
With today's news about Eric Adams running for re-election as an independent, throwing all sorts of wacky chaos into this year's race, we wanted to highlight a story about the mayor's effect on national discourse you may have missed from last week. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-n...
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@radhikaraj.bsky.social and @matene.bsky.social from @zdnet.bsky.social interviewed Project Liberty President @tomicah.bsky.social about our plan for decentralizing TikTok. Read the full article: www.zdnet.com/article/the-... #tiktokban
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
@radhikaraj.bsky.social and @matene.bsky.social from @zdnet.bsky.social interviewed Project Liberty President @tomicah.bsky.social about our plan for decentralizing TikTok. Read the full article: www.zdnet.com/article/the-... #tiktokban