Influencers, content creators, taking centre court at Australian Open
Marnie Vinell, writing for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): Emily Wade, 28, says she is a genuine fan who is finding it personally frustrating to see the influx of influencers take up seats at marquee matches when others who would genuinely appreciate being there for the tennis are finding it increasingly inaccessible through overcrowding and higher ticket prices. Ticket buying fans report waiting hours, in the heat, to watch the tennis matches, and claim social media […]https://disassociated.com/influencers-content-creators-taking-centre-court-australian-open/
Social marketing often misunderstands its actual purpose, focusing on social interaction over meaningful business results.
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British House of Lords wants age verification for VPNs and social media
The British House of Lords has voted for an expansion of age verification. VPN providers will be required to check if users are minors.
#Datenschutz #Jugendschutz #Netzpolitik #SocialMedia #news
They're censoring the word 'Ice' on TikTok, in case you were wondering how the Free Speech is going on those Corporate social networks...
#ICE #ICEMUSTBEDESTROYED #TikTok #USPOL #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia #TechBros #USPOLITICS
Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/redditors-are-mounting-a-resistance-against-ice/

As I’ve been posting about #Eurosky I feel it'll be interesting to write on why I worry about digital projects designed to quickly become dominant.
This will be long as I’ve also been meaning to jot it down for myself. I think it will help relay why this is not just someone else’s problem, or “a server you won’t join anyway”.
If you’re Dutch or German it might also make you contemplate your digital life and if for years I had access to your deep thoughts.. ;-)
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In the #Fediverse there are now
716 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
606 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@GLAMOUR
@PennLivedotcom
@Adrenalinebr
@calgaryherald
@MDoficial
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
Please Sir May I have Some More! We knew this was coming.
The EU opens a formal investigation into X and AI chatbot Grok re posting volumes of nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images. Related: A separate ongoing investigation has been expanded into X’s recommendation systems and the switch to using Grok to choose which posts users see. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x-grok-ai-deepfakes-sexual-c1a3039e5aaeb4dd517d995b8b301537 #SocialMedia #X #Grok #EU #Investigation #AI #ChatBot #DeepFakes #AIDeepFakes #DSA #DigitalServicesAct

It's going to be morbidly funny when all the media outlets and special interest groups demanding mass censorship legislation to "protect children" suddenly find themselves buried in frivolous lawsuits and jailed.
"We thought giving the bullies our lunch money would spare us from their wrath!" -Media companies and special interest groups
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #US #UnitedStates #EU #Europe #UK #UnitedKingdom #Australia #Canada
»TikTok apologises after thousands in US report issues« https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgjedpn8p8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss?eicker.media #media #socialmedia
BreachForums used to be the place for stolen data on the dark web. It was so bold it didn't even need the anonymity of the Tor network to operate. It was seized. It's now on Telegram, Discord, and private forums.
#cybercrime #darkMarkets #socialMedia
https://negativepid.blog/the-relaunch-of-breachforums/
@tagesschau Als Nächstes dann wieder #killerspielverbotdebatte 🤷♀️
#socialmedia #killerspiele #spiele