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404 Media homepage roundup: WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg put on leave, first Take It Down Act sentence of 15 years, and DHS predictive policing revelations.
The 404 Media feed aggregates stories including Automattic board members voting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg onto a leave of absence, and James Strahler receiving 15 years under the Take It Down Act for real and AI-generated sexually explicit images plus threats. It also reports a secretive DHS Border Patrol predictive policing unit that analyzes Americans' financial data and has local police pull people over with no suspected crime. Additional items cover Channel 5 sharing subscriber emails with Hunter Biden despite its privacy policy, and a man's death after emotional reliance on ChatGPT.
- Automattic board voted to put WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg on leave of absence
- First Take It Down Act sentencing: 15 years for AI-generated explicit images and threats
- DHS predictive policing unit analyzes Americans' financial data and triggers traffic stops
- Channel 5 shared subscriber emails with Hunter Biden, likely violating its privacy policy
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wordpress
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'
Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, wrote in a company-wide Slack messages on Wednesday, viewed by 404 Media, that board members "conspired" behind his back to vote to put him on leave.
· Sep 9, 2026
News
Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras
‘We must work to crush any dissent to Doom’s vision of public safety,’ the Marvel supervillain told the city as it considered multiple surveillance proposals.
· Sep 9, 2026
The Abstract
The Remnants of a Lost ‘Supercontinent’ Just Rewrote the History of Life on Earth
A team discovered that Gondwana, an ancient landmass that formed more than 500 million years ago, was in fact large enough to be deemed a supercontinent, a finding that sheds light on the “explosion” of ancient Cambrian life.
· Sep 9, 2026
Flock
Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda
Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.
· Sep 9, 2026
Podcast
Podcast: DHS’ Secretive ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Pulling People Over
Secretive predictive policing units; a funk shirt designed to fool AI; and our third anniversary party.
· Sep 9, 2026
Deepfakes
First ‘Take It Down Act’ Sentencing Puts Man Behind Bars for 15 Years
James Strahler was sentenced to 15 years in prison for “cybercrimes that included both real and AI-generated sexually explicit images and threats of violence to numerous victims.”
· Sep 9, 2026
ChatGPT
'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
· Sep 9, 2026
News
The Man on a Quest to Digitally Preserve America’s Public Restrooms
The Restroom Archive is a museum-style repository of 3D scans of the world's restrooms.
· Sep 9, 2026
Privacy
Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason
A data protection lawyer told 404 Media the sharing was likely illegal, and Channel 5’s own privacy policy explicitly says it won't give subscribers’ emails away to people for marketing purposes.
· Sep 8, 2026
DHS
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
· Sep 8, 2026
party
We Are Going to Be Okay: A Three Year Anniversary Events Recap
Thank you for three years, and for partying hard with us for two sold out nights of celebration IRL in NYC.
· Sep 7, 2026
The Abstract
Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum physics.
· Sep 5, 2026
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