Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Kevin Beaumont @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

1/12/2026, 5:10:53 PM

Public

OFCOM have opened a formal investigation into X.

They may fine X 10% of its global revenue, require all advertisers to withdraw as an X client, and require UK internet providers to block X. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/ofcom-launches-investigation-into-x-over-grok-sexualised-imagery

Kevin Beaumont @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

1/12/2026, 7:14:44 PM

Public

The UK government is to enforce a law this week which will make it a criminal offence to create non-consensual intimate images and make a new law to make tools to create non-consensual intimate images illegal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq845glnvl1o

UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week

It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.

www.bbc.co.uk · BBC News

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