Benjamin Goggin

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Benjamin Goggin

The top U.S. watchdog monitoring child exploitation online says that a sharp drop in reports from tech companies is primarily due to Meta and its embrace of end-to-end encryption. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s annual report, released Tuesday, said the organization received about 29.2 million reports of suspected exploitation in 2024 — a drop of roughly 19% compared with the year before. In total, the organization received 7 million fewer reports.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Kevin Collier |Benjamin Goggin

TeleMessage, the app that President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, appeared to use to archive his group chats, has suspended all services after hackers claimed to have stolen files from it. A spokesperson for Smarsh, the company that owns TeleMessage, said Monday that the company “is investigating a potential security incident.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Benjamin Goggin

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried something new on Monday.  Instead of just addressing credentialed journalists in the storied White House briefing room, she held a separate “influencer briefing” for 10 people.  “Tens of millions of Americans are now turning to social media and independent media outlets to consume their news, and we are embracing that change, not ignoring it,” she said during her seven-minute-long introductory remarks.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Benjamin Goggin

13 hours agoTrump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletesIn response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Kevin Collier |Benjamin Goggin

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz was photographed using a Signal-like messaging app during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, more than a month after he first came under intense scrutiny for accidentally including a journalist in a group chat that discussed military plans.