2026 (@2026@rbfirehose.com)
Techdirt: Right Wing Influencers Caught Copy Pasting Identical Rants Against New AI Regulations. “K Street policy and lobbying firms appear to have leveraged a bunch of right wing influencers to launch a coordinated social media campaign attacking the AI Overwatch Act, which would tighten restrictions on the export of advanced artificial intelligence chips to foreign adversaries.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/techdirt-right-wing-influencers-caught-copy-pasting-identical-rants-against-new-ai-regulations/Show Original Post
31-1-02026 (@31-1-02026@kuemmerle.name)
31.1.02026
Rundschreiben | Vermischtes | Umberto Ecohttps://kuemmerle.name/31-1-02026/
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remixtures (@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)
"There are many ways in which the new algorithm will be able to influence the platform’s content visibility and hence its overall “political climate”. We may indeed witness changes in moderation, meaning that certain contents and accounts are effectively restricted. Award-winning Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda has said she has been permanently banned from the app as of Wednesday this week. However, it is likely that the most consequential changes will be more in terms of the way the algorithms serve content to users.
The new algorithm will be retrained on US rather than global data. This opens opportunities to introduce biases, with the potential of reinforcing conservative views and sidelining minority ones, while at the same time cutting US debates off from those going on in the rest of the world. Further, weights attributed to different parameters can have important consequences for user experience. As seen with Facebook’s 2018 adoption of the meaningful social interaction framework which down-ranked public and news content, while attributing a high weight to angry reactions, changes to the feed algorithm can have major consequences.
As scholars Kai Riemer and Sandra Peter have pointed out, the way in which algorithms “interfere with free speech on the audience side” highlights the need to reconsider the way we think about public debate in the algorithmic era. It’s not what we can or cannot say that matters; rather, it’s whether what we say can get any visibility at all, and whether it is able to move against the political climate imposed by those controlling platform algorithms."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/30/tiktok-us-takeover-new-type-of-censorship
#USA #SocialMedia #TikTok #Algorithms #RecommendationAlgorithms #ContentModeration #Censorship
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researchbuzz (@researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host)
#legal #Australia #SocialMedia
'... interviews with teenagers, parents and researchers indicate that many children are still accessing banned apps through simple workarounds, raising questions about whether the rules can be effectively enforced.'
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2026 (@2026@rbfirehose.com)
Euronews: Australia’s under-16 social media ban: How children are already finding ways around it. “Platforms say millions of underage accounts have been removed since the ban for under-16s came into force on 10 December 2025. But interviews with teenagers, parents and researchers indicate that many children are still accessing banned apps through simple workarounds, raising questions about […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/australias-under-16-social-media-ban-how-children-are-already-finding-ways-around-it-euronews/Show Original Post
r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
youtube.com/watch?v=h2Gt... #skypilot #socialmedia #socialmediachanel
Sábado III Ordinario
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r (@r@bsky.brid.gy)
youtube.com/watch?v=h2Gt... #skypilot #socialmedia #socialmediachanel
Sábado III Ordinario
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2026 (@2026@ericfoltin.com)
Things I Never Thought I’d Tolerate
What would younger you be shocked you tolerate today? I used to have standards. Actual ones. Lines you didn’t cross unless you wanted consequences. Younger me would be absolutely floored by what I tolerate now. Not because I got wiser. Because the world got louder, dumber, and weirdly proud of it. I put up with stupid people. Daily. Loudly. People who say things that make you wonder how they successfully put on pants this morning. Opinions with no facts. Confidence with no competence. […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/31/things-i-never-thought-id-tolerate/
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knowprose (@knowprose@mastodon.social)
I am awash in news and in #socialmedia about politicians making decisions.
That is a structural flaw.
Politicians are figureheads.
You, gentle reader, make the decisions, as those around you do.
Make your own decisions. Express them. That is the core of democracy: discussion.
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dustcircle (@dustcircle@mastodon.social)
Another reason to ignore #socialmedia
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/30/another-reason-to-ignore-social-media/
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100D (@100D@mastodon.social)
#DonCherry (1936 -1995)
Cette trompette de poche est comme une amygdale. Je l’utilise pour chanter. Le timbre est accordé au son de ma voix.
#Jazz #FreeJazz #Trumpet #Music #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-PYh855XUY
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knowprose (@knowprose@mastodon.social)
This sort of thing is only really found out about when it is so overt.
This is why you should be concerned about #privacy - not that you agree or disagree with a political stance, a government or a loud mouthed comedian. This case is a canary in the coal mine we live in.
When you wonder about the less overt being done, at scale, like #socialmedia identification by #ice, this is what you are looking at. The scale is different.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6w3zgden0o
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