John Z Black
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Unwinding the Deal: China Blocks Meta's Manus AI Acquisition
China reversed a completed Meta acquisition of AI startup Manus on national security grounds. We're now in the era of strategic AI protectionism.
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New Mexico Handed Meta a $375 Million Jury Verdict on Child Safety. Every State AG Is Watching.
A New Mexico jury just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety: a $375 million verdict after six weeks of trial. It's not a settlement. It's a proof of concept for state AGs everywhere.
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Meta Killed Instagram's Encryption and Hired Signal's Founder to Encrypt Its AI in the Same Week
Meta un-defaulted end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs while partnering with Moxie Marlinspike to encrypt its AI chatbot, revealing exactly where Big Tech's privacy priorities actually land.
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Meta's AI Glasses Are a Privacy Disaster — And Now There's an App to Detect Them
Bruce Schneier called Meta's AI glasses 'a privacy disaster.' A developer built an Android app to detect them nearby. Together, they're the first signs of a consumer counter-response to ambient AI surveillance.
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Agentic AI Just Had Its First Major Enterprise Data Breach — and the Attacker Was the AI
A Meta AI agent followed its instructions and caused a major internal data leak. Combined with the new OWASP MCP Top 10, this is the clearest real-world picture yet of what agentic AI security failures actually look like.
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Meta's Killing Instagram Encryption While Bragging About Nuking 11 Million Scam Accounts
Meta's shutting down Instagram's end-to-end encrypted chats in May while touting the removal of 10.9 million scam accounts. Both are real moves. The tension between them says a lot about what kind of security Meta actually cares about.
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