Interesting list.

https://www.bespacific.com/the-200-sites-an-ice-surveillance-contractor-is-monitoring/

404 Media has obtained a list of 200+ sites monitored by a contractor for ICE

404 Media [unpaywalled] – “A contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and many other U.S. government agencies has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull a target individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social networks, apps, and services across the web at once, including Amazon, Apple Music, BabyCenter, Bluesky, Facebook, Github, GoFundMe, OnlyFans, Instagra, according to a leaked list of the sites obtained by 404 Media. In all the list names more than 200 sites that the contractor, called ShadowDragon, pulls data from and makes available to its government clients, allowing them to map out a person’s activity, movements, and relationships.”

404 Media has uploaded the list here.

I did not know that. Perhaps I’ll take another look. What other industries use it this way?

https://www.bespacific.com/the-legal-professions-shift-to-linkedin-what-you-need-to-know/

The Legal Profession’s Shift to LinkedIn: What You Need to Know

Nicole Black – LinkedIn – “A decade ago, LinkedIn was little more than a digital resume. Today, it’s the primary networking platform for legal professionals. It’s come a long way since the book I co-authored about social media for lawyers was published by the American Bar Association in 2010. Back then, LinkedIn barely merited a mention. Interaction on the platform was minimal, and its primary benefit was assisting with job searches. At the time, Twitter and Facebook were the top social networks for legal professionals, and Instagram was in its infancy. If you’d suggested to me that one day LinkedIn would be my primary social media outlet, I’d have called you crazy… There are many recent feature updates that make the platform more engaging, such as newsletters, videos, and even daily puzzles. If you haven’t checked out LinkedIn in a while, it’s worth revisiting it. You’ll undoubtedly find notable updates from colleagues and will see some using it very creatively to highlight their law firms’ successes…”

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