Warum dürfen X und TikTok in Deutschland immer noch mit so wenigen wirksamen Einschränkungen betrieben werden? Manche Progressive mögen antworten: Weil die Meinungsfreiheit hier heilig sei. Aber sie ist nicht absolut, und diese Plattformen sind keine neutralen öffentlichen Foren. Ihre […]

Why are X and TikTok still allowed to operate in Germany with so little effective restraint? Some progressives may answer: because freedom of expression is sacred here. But it isn’t absolute, and these platforms are not neutral public squares. Their algorithms amplify racism, xenophobia […]

Tagesspiegel today: TikTok is a radicalization engine. X as well. #LeaveTikTok #LeaveX #FarRight #CSD #BigTech #SocialMedia

Elon Musk is going to try to buy another election for Trump. Anyone still using 'X' or driving a Tesla is part of the problem. If Musk has that much money to spend buying politicians, he isn't paying nearly enough in taxes […]

The collective everyonehateselon_ made this in London, UK. 👾😆

Honored to be one of ten maintainers in the first @sovtechfund standards cohort. I'll be representing #ActivityPub and the #fediverse at the w3c, bringing eight years of running Pixelfed and Loops at scale into the room where the spec gets written […]

RE: https://wisskomm.social/@WZB_Berlin/116996914553497214 👀 #Democracy #FarRight

Very interesting read: @_elena did it again and uncovered the Ghost Town W Social seems to be at the moment: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/

Good question: Why does @PolizeiBerlin still rely exclusively on X for emergency updates? And why was mobile reception allowed to fail at such a major event? During an emergency, people searching for relatives and friends need reliable access to timely official information, not dependence on a […]

Trying to find more information on how the under-15 social media ban in France impacts Mastodon/fediverse servers, and while I can't see anything too concrete on that, I did come across this 2024 The Guardian article: "The report said a 15-year-old should be able to access only what it called […]

Kinda surprised by this graph, especially the spike in 2025. Bots? What is happening here? Looks like X isn't going anywhere though. I do suppose the demographics change, becoming more and more a nazi bar. But this graph suggests many liberals remain on there too (and leftists). #LeaveX

RE: https://chaos.social/@netzpolitik_feed/116766173035110604 Besides Dubya, W Social reminds me of Post News, which was similarly hyped by Very Important People, only to be quickly shut down for lack of users. If the EU wants to actually advance a positive vision of social media, open source […]

"Seven weeks on X's For You feed shifted political views 4.7 percentage points towards the Republican party" For those of you still there, your presence on #Twitter isn't helping. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.

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https://leaveX.eu #leaveX

"Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil." Hanna Arendt #leaveX #svepol

Inside the Broligarchy: How Big Tech Is Running and Ruining Politics https://youtu.be/gXMx_vOfw0k?is=wOtkei5la-y5rAKV A very good interview with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, co-founder of The Nerve, a media org she launched with other women journalists who left The Guardian. They discuss the […]

I’m especially proud of the back cover of my book, which features praise from @wajali.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @george-lakoff.com Not bad for a kid from Tulare!

This isn't going to make me rich. The 1st thing you have to do after writing a book...is get a job. But my only goal is to force tech fascism into the bright blinding light, where it can no longer hide and grow in the dark. To fully expose the goals and the plans of these dangerous billionaires.

The better this book sells, the more pressure it will create for the mainstream media to tell people about this threat. Some may deny it or downplay it, but as long as they're talking about it, it's a victory. My goal all along—since long before the book—has been to put this on the radar.

I was sunning by the pool when the boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life’s work: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.” Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat—pre-order today! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Great talk by @everton137 from March last year (25), that I salvaged over to #peertube from the evil powers of #youtube, so that I can watch it, which I did. And it was great. Am I repeating myself? Always. "Politcians should ask themselves: do you want […] [Original post on social.folkdata.se]

Stronger together. Watch out, Big Tech. https://european.social #SaveSocial

Interesting approach by the @ec.europa.eu to just ignore their own scientific service (JRC), which only 8w ago explicitly recommended to support @eurosky.social in this paper: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144603

European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 2mo ago

We have now joined W, a new European social media network. We’re present on 15+ platforms, and are especially happy to join one based in Europe and with the ambition to foster open and safer online conversations. Keep the conversation going - whether from W, Bluesky or other compatible apps.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ecoquent/116751456795170953 My simple contribution was the creation of the @leavex campaign, which soon I'll return to put more effort, @ecoquent. #LeaveX #BigTech

Today I attended a workshop about an upcoming campaign urging our public institutions to do the right thing: join the universal social network, #PublicActivityActivityPub or #PAAP for short ;-) @victor hosted the session and we had several people from cultural institutions, universities […]

We’re particularly delighted to see the @EUCommission include a call to “strengthen the open source social media space by supporting open and decentralised social media solutions and platforms. The Commission currently runs a #Mastodon instance, which hosts the Commission’s presence and plans to […]

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty. We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society. Here’s our full statement […]

This is why the Fediverse matters: it's a platform designed for human conversation, not algorithmic engagement. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6nue7_v1 #Facebook #Instagram #BigTech #SocialMedia #Fediverse

Back in March, I spoke with a researcher from Interfaced about Leave X, digital democracy, and the fight against disinformation. https://www.interfaced.eu/leave-x-digital-democracy-and-the-fight-against-disinformation/ I met an @edgeryders collaborator while trying to catch @bjoernsta at […]