Ukraine struck the Kremniy El microchip plant in Bryansk with Storm Shadow missiles, inflicting heavy damage that likely put the facility out of operation and disrupting supplies to Russia’s defense industry. The Institute for the Study of War says satellite imagery confirmed the hits and the strike exposed a rift between Kremlin officials who downplayed the attack and pro-war milbloggers who publicly criticized Russia’s air defenses and information handling.
A Reddit researcher uncovered evidence that Meta funneled over $2 billion through nonprofits to push state laws forcing OS-level age-verification APIs that would embed persistent identity checks into devices while exempting Meta’s own platforms. The article warns this could enable device-level surveillance and legal liability for OS makers, contrasting it with the EU’s privacy-preserving eIDAS 2.0 zero-knowledge approach.