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☆ Courts force people to download Covenant Eyes, the porn blocker used by Mike Johnson. Even the app's CEO says they shouldn't.
  + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Katherine Long | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Rep. Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, uses an anti-porn app called Covenant Eyes. Johnson lauded Covenant Eyes at a Christian convention last year, according to a clip of the event shared on social media. That's despite the fact that Covenant Eyes shouldn't be used in a legal setting, its CEO Ron DeHaas told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementOn Apple devices, Covenant Eyes isn't allowed to take random screenshots of anything except the user's activity in Safari or the Covenant Eyes app itself because , according to the terms of service listed in Apple's App Store. He also declined to share how Covenant Eyes trained its AI algorithm, saying that was also "proprietary."
Persons: Mike Johnson, —, Johnson, That's, Ron DeHaas, DeHaas, Josh Duggar, he'd, Sarah McDonald, Yotam Ophir, Ophir, Michael Holm, Holm didn't, Insider's, Holm Organizations: Service, Apple, Wired, Penn View Bible Institute, Roman Catholic Archdiocese, University of Buffalo, Christian Locations: Eastern Washington, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, Colorado, Washington, Montana, Pennsylvania, New Orleans
☆ Experts warn the program Mike Johnson used to keep himself from watching porn is akin to 'a modern day wiretap program'
  + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The main use of the service, Covenant Eyes, is to stop its customers from viewing porn. Experts said it's "frightening" and "terrifying" that Johnson installed the programs on his devices. AdvertisementAdvertisementExperts told Insider it's "frightening" and "terrifying" that Speaker Mike Johnson installed monitoring programs on his devices to keep him and his son from watching porn as it sets him up for possible extortion attempts. According to Covenant Eyes' website, the program uses artificial intelligence to monitor everything on the user's screen and send screenshots to its servers for review. Covenant Eyes did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
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☆ Volunteers who used digital ads to counter Russian propaganda about Ukraine plan to fight misinformation in countries like Syria and Iran
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A group of volunteer 'spammers' who used ads to counter Russian propaganda about Ukraine plans to expand the campaign. Rob Blackie, organizer of the Breaking Putin's Censorship campaign. Earlier this month, the Kremlin said that anyone found simply posting a link to the banned independent Russian news site Meduza could face a six-year prison sentence. An example of one of the Breaking Putin's Censorship ads, which reads, "Why have 141 countries condemned Russians invasion of Ukraine? Breaking Putin's CensorshipThe group, which has now grown to around 60 volunteers, is already structured similarly to an ad agency.
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