Would you like to try the first ever algorithmic feed with CONTROLS? GreenEarth is built to serve you, not the platform or anybody else. Now in beta. www.greenearth.social/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the GreenEarth Feeds

Social media algorithms built for people who hate social media algorithms

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One of the goals of the GreenEarth project is to build models that let feed designers quickly estimate the effects of their algorithms on addiction, polarization, depression etc. With your permission, of course. www.greenearth.social/p/measuring-...

Measuring the Effects of Social Media Without Expensive Surveys

GreenEarth is building models that turn survey experiments into cheap A/B tests

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Independent prosocial design research can shape what gets built, but researchers lack the pathways and incentives to produce it. Audrey Hingle and Julia Kamin on what needs to change.

Making the Case for Actionable Prosocial Design Research

Regulating harmful design is only half the equation — attention must go toward how platforms can build prosocial design, write Audrey Hingle and Julia Kamin.

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Great to see more uptake of the idea of platform harms as a negative externality - that could be taxed See more in @howtobuildup.bsky.social reports on the #polarizationfootprint

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 4w ago

Bans regulate users, and taxes on ad-revenue target the wrong variable; a tax on harmful amplification would reach the producer's incentives instead, writes Mihaela Popa-Wyatt.

Instagram, Facebook failing EU’s digital rules by hooking teens

Instagram, Facebook failing EU’s digital rules by hooking teens

Commission's preliminary Digital Services Act finding on Meta calls out addictive design

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👏 amazing week in Mombasa with the incredible colleagues at @howtobuildup.bsky.social We operate as a collective, with shared organisational and financial ownership and risk across the core team without hierarchy of age, experience, or geography. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Do you have OPINIONS about algorithmic feeds in BSky? We're building them, and we want them to be awesome. Who wants to talk to me about this? This is your chance to be heard by algorithm designers (me! and the rest of the GreenEarth.social team)

Up for another party? 🎉 Build Peace 2026 registration will be open soon: howtobuildpeace.org #PublicSpaces #DigitalCommons #PeaceTech #DigitalAutonomy #OpenSocialWeb

Reflections from the PublicSpaces Conference 🌍 Last week, Build Up's Technology Lead @benjamincerigo.bsky.social joined the PublicSpaces conference, energizing! The community around PublicSpaces and Waag inspired attendees across tech, digital infrastructure, and community building. 🧵👇

“Across the world, the desire for a world free of war and empire exists, waiting to be mobilized and given fresh political voice.“ From my essay published this week in @ForeignAffairs. Related podcast link below www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/how...

How to Prevent the Next World War

A Conversation With Thant Myint-U

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Build Up's June newsletter out💥 🇸🇩previewing new research on Sudan's information warfare 🤖joining a Design for Integrity conversation on polarization for profit 🔩a new tool for researchers 🕊️heading to Data for Peace conference mailchi.mp/howtobuildup... Subscribe here: mailchi.mp/howtobuildup...

What if "structural violence" isn’t always as faceless as we assume? @juliehawke.bsky.social's concept of institutional violence challenges Galtung’s classic triad of direct, cultural and structural violence by asking us to look more closely at attribution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

New publication to share, open access in Peacebuilding! "Works (un)cited: investigating the persistence of global exclusion in peace studies through citation analysis." -- Written with Wesley Hedden, Debora Rogo, and Caroline Hughes www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Works (un)cited: investigating the persistence of global exclusion in peace studies through citation analysis

Peace studies scholars have recently participated in decolonial challenges to global structures of power, including calls to re-centre non-Western knowledge(s) to expose the oppressive nature of te...

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Join me Thursday 21 May in Brussels! "tech and AI are changing conflict, geopolitics and mediation – can we fix it?" @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social @edri.bsky.social @cdteu.org @eplo-network.bsky.social

CPDPconferences@cpdpconferences.bsky.social · 3mo ago

From digital warfare to digital peacemaking: tech and AI are changing conflict, geopolitics and mediation – can we fix it? Organised by Build Up with Alexander Ramsbotham, Guy Banim More information: cpdp.be/145526 #CPDP2026 #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures #CPDPWorkshops

From digital warfare to digital peacemaking: tech and AI are changing conflict, geopolitics and mediation – can we fix it? Organised by Build Up with Alexander Ramsbotham, Guy Banim More information: cpdp.be/145526 #CPDP2026 #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures #CPDPWorkshops

Ready to join the fight against disinformation? Join us in Lisbon on 23 June for the #ChangingTIDE Media Literacy Incubator, an initiative designed to help young people spot disinformation, think critically, and connect with peers from across Europe 🤝 Apply May 31 👉 tepsa.eu/events/call-...

Following hot on the heels of three political parties announcing their departure from X in Germany, another very positive development. The fastest way to stop the monetisation of harmful and illegal online content by Big Tech oligarchs is to deprive their platforms of an audience.

Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

European Commission has updated its follow buttons. ✅ Mastodon and Bluesky are in; ⛔ X, Facebook, YouTube are out. (Only when you scroll all the way down, FB and YT are still there, but no longer X.) commission.europa.eu/index_en

In Silicon Valley, AI is a race—who wins, who captures value, who deploys fastest. In Brazil, the question isn't who wins but how the race itself is structured. With elections looming and institutions strained, AI safety starts with everyday harms, not existential ones, writes Adriana Abdenur.

The Political Economy of AI Starts in Brazil, Not Silicon Valley

Brazil’s experience with PIX is an intriguing window into how public intervention can reshape AI-relevant markets, writes Adriana Abdenur.

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@guybanim.eurosky.social from BuildUP highlighted how most #AI tools are not designed specifically by peacebuilders, for peacebuilders. This makes their use in #peacebuilding complex, because their foundations are already hardwired in a different way than the peacebuilding mindset.

"We don't want AI-generated content, and we also don't want to feed people's content into AI for moderation." Read more and listen to @euronews.com Tech Talks: www.euronews.com/next/2026/04...

Are there alternatives to mainstream social media? |Euronews Tech Talk

Privacy, political, and ethical concerns are pushing people to look for alternative social media platforms. What are the options? Are they the solution? Euronews Tech Talks tries to understand.

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"Privacy, political, and ethical concerns are pushing people to look for alternative social media platforms. What are the options?" Read more and listen to @euronews.com Tech Talks: www.euronews.com/next/2026/04...

Are there alternatives to mainstream social media? |Euronews Tech Talk

Privacy, political, and ethical concerns are pushing people to look for alternative social media platforms. What are the options? Are they the solution? Euronews Tech Talks tries to understand.

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Sadly, in light of today's announcement that #RightsCon has been cancelled, I'm sharing here the investigation we did at @amenazaroboto.bsky.social, which I was planning to present there: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh...

RightsCon@rightscon.org · 3mo ago

It is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online.

Really encouraging to watch this youtu.be/sWubw1FM9gc?... #BuildingPeaceinEurope @icipeace.bsky.social @humefoundation.bsky.social

Meeting the Quiet Peacebuilders

YouTube video by Hume Foundation

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The John and Pat Hume Foundation@humefoundation.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Yesterday in the Guildhall, the Hume Foundation hosted the 2nd Quiet Peacebuilders Award honouring fourteen Quiet Peacebuilders. The event included an address by Director of the Palestinian Child Institute, Dr Ali Shaar MD, about his work on the impact of war and conflict on children and women.

2/3 of seats for Tisza likely. Party will be able to change constitution and cardinal laws to dismantle the party state. Hopefully it will do so responsibly to build foundations for pluralistic democracy. #Hungary

Michael Meyer-Resende@meyer-resende.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Orbán concedes defeat. #Hungary

🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇 1/10

This is not merely a war of missiles and militias, but a war across networks, supply chains, and digital systems, argues S. Yash Kalash. Its most enduring consequence may be a fractured, contested, and deeply politicized global technological order.

The Iran War Will Disrupt the Digital Order and Redefine Sovereignty

S. Yash Kalash writes that the Iran conflict reveals a war across infrastructure and supply chains, accelerating a fragmented global technological order.

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📆save the date - Build Peace is back! We’re excited to share that Build Peace 2026 will take place this year from November 13-16 Co-organised @uwaterloo.ca 🎉 More details on the way - conference themes & ways to get involved @abualfatah.bsky.social @lukethorburn.com @allancheboi.bsky.social

The rise of fake news has transformed how misinformation spreads. It leverages social media to reach vast audiences at unprecedented speeds. Read more: https://techethics.co.uk/insights/how-to-spot-fake-news-tips-for-critical-thinking #fakenews #media #techethics #social #misinformation

Could social media make us less polarized instead of more? We tested 5 algorithms on 3 platforms with 10,000 people for 6 months during the 2024 election, and found that the answer is yes. 🧵

A simply brilliant article by Caroline de Cock 👇👇

information labs@informationlabs.org · 4mo ago

The Publisher Is Also a Data Broker Academic research didn’t just go digital — it became trackable. Platforms run by Elsevier (part of RELX) log behaviour across the research cycle. This isn’t just publishing. It’s data extraction. informationlabs.org/the-publishe...