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#web #internet #socialmedia #blogging
RE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUK/116125447882117250
If you are not sure how your family shifted #right or #farright so quickly, beyond television (particularly shocking in France) there is #socialmedia #bias, structurally designed to shift the Overton window to the right with long-term effects, as shown in this new Nature research...
#Indie #Alt #Cardiff #UK #Socialmedia #Music
https://themsquirrels.bandcamp.com/track/sight-for-sore-eyes
https://themsquirrels.bandcamp.com/track/two-trick-horse
https://themsquirrels.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-sight

»Online-Medium âThe Kyiv Independentâ: âDer Welt helfen, die Ukraine zu verstehenâ« https://taz.de/Online-Medium-The-Kyiv-Independent/!6157134/?Multiplikator.in #Medien #SocialMedia
https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/23/trump-demands-netflix-fire-susan-rice-pay-the-consequences-xcxwbn/
Trump to Netflix: Fire Susan Rice or 'Pay the Consequences'
#Netflix #BigTech #SocialMedia #Antitrust #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #DepartmentOfJustice #StreamingServices #MergersAndAcquisitions #MediaCompanies #SusanRice #WarnerBrosDiscovery

Explore Lately.ai and 8 top #alternatives for 2026! Discover the best #socialmedia tools with unique features, easy automation, and powerful #analytics to boost your brand's success. đ https://www.radaar.io/resources-121/blog-388/what-are-the-top-alternatives-to-lately-in-2026-16774/
The Age-Verification Trap â Verifying userâs ages undermines everyoneâs data protection
Social media is going the way of alcohol, gambling, and other social sins: Societies are deciding itâs no longer kid stuff. Lawmakers point to compulsive use, exposure to harmful content, and mounting concerns about adolescent mental health. So, many propose to set a minimum age, usually 13 or 16.
đ”ïž https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification
#ageverification #socialmedia #security #trap #dataprotection #privacy #youth
#Verbraucherzentrale:
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Gerichtserfolg fĂŒr Verbraucher:innen: Der Freunde-Finder von Facebook ist rechtswidrig. Meta verarbeitete auch Daten von Nicht-Nutzenden illegal. Zudem sind umfassende Werbeprofile ohne klare Zustimmung unzulĂ€ssig, entschied das Landgericht Berlin.
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https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/wissen/digitale-welt/datenschutz/gerichtsurteil-facebooks-freundefinder-verstoesst-gegen-datenschutzrecht-117585
24.2.2026
#Datenkrake #Datenschutz #DSGVO #Facebook #Kontakte #Meta #Nutzungsprofil #PersonenbezogeneDaten #Smartphone #SocialMedia #vzbv #Werbung
A few days ago I discovered that there's a whole genre of videos only with streamers having incredulous break downs over the abject stupidity of US social media posters.
And now I'm struggling to grasp what the need expressed in that genre is.
It's somewhere between satire, resistance and katharsis. And there's clearly also elements of the morality at play.
Anyway, they're fun. At least, I seem to enjoy them myself.
#genre #resistance #ignorance #US #SocialMedia
AI-generated replies really are a scourge these days
https://twitter.com/simonw/status/2025909963445707171
#HackerNews #AIgeneratedReplies #Scourge #Technology #Ethics #SocialMedia #Discussion
»Datenschutz und Tiktok: Weimer will Tiktok in âeuropĂ€ische HĂ€ndeâ legen« https://taz.de/Datenschutz-und-Tiktok/!6157499/?Multiplikator.in #Medien #SocialMedia
I need some inspiration on how to make more use of my Matrix server. I found only 2 advantages so far. The first one is, not having to install the client apps of each BigTech corp and eliminating surveillance by these apps (...although this is sort of invalidated by the fact that I need those apps when I need to take a call from friends). The second one is that I can have whatsapp on multiple devices. There has to be more to this.
#privacy #matrix #socialmedia #datasovereignty