"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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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/

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 […]

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

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 […]

Google's Sergey Brin throws $3M more into the fight against the CA billionaire tax. That brings his total known contributions to $48M. In this new filing, other techies donated too, incl crypto exec Chris Larsen and VCs John Doerr and Michael Moritz. Background: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

P. S. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social I wish I could tag The Nerve here, even if it were only through a bridge.

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 […]

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 10mo ago

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent" pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Das Gutachten wird vor der Sensationswahl von 1930 sogar an die Medien geleakt! Das Ergebnis: die NSDAP wird zweitstärkste Partei im Parlament. Mehr dazu hier: shop.autorenwelt.de/products/der...

Der Rückfall

Ein Weckruf aus der Geschichte für die Gegenwart 14. September 1930 – ein Teil der Deutschen ist entsetzt, doch der andere jubelt: In nur zwei Jahren hat die NSDAP ihre Wahlergebnisse mehr als veracht...

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1930 schreibt Robert Kempner ein Gutachten, das Deutschland hätte retten können: 97 Seiten, hunderte Zitate, ein Befund — die NSDAP ist staatsfeindlich, hochverräterisch, kriminell. Seine Forderung: sofort verbieten. Brüning: will NSDAP inhaltlich stellen. 11 Jahre später: der Holocaust.

@nicolashenin.net is this new #Musk ular provocation going to make British authorities ditch their X accounts ? And, with a bit of extra optimism, also make them call publicly for an all-UK #LeaveX 😁 ??

Elon Musk is likely to become the world's first trillionaire soon, as SpaceX heads towards its first initial public offering. Paul Waldman writes for Public Notice about Musk's hype-driven wealth, why neither this nor his behavior have stopped some people wanting to invest in him, how this and […]

How Elon Musk galvanized the UK’s online safety regime https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-elon-musk-grok-galvanized-uk-online-safety-regime/ #UK #Grok #Musk #LeaveX

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A Russian influence campaign hijacked hundreds of Bluesky accounts, many belonging to influential Americans, to spread propaganda, researchers said, in a striking disinformation tactic that weaponized authentic identities rather than relying on fake accounts. The campaign, which the researchers […]

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 […]

The European Commission (@ec.europa.eu) has updated the top follow buttons on its web page. Mastodon and Bluesky are in, X is out. commission.europa.eu/index_en

Hallo an die letzten Nachzügler von #WirverlassenX 🙋 Schön, euch auch endlich hier zu sehen!

Weiter bei X: @pellmann.dielinkebt.de, @inesschwerdtner.bsky.social und @larsklingbeil.bsky.social X verlassen hat @heidireichinnek.dielinkebt.de und heute auch @janvanaken.dielinkebt.de. Bärbel Bas & Matthias Miersch haben keine X-Accounts. Danke für den Tipp @sachlichepolitik.eurosky.social!

Abgeordnete auf Bluesky@abgeordnete.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Was lange währt, wird endlich gut: SPD, Grüne und Linke verlassen gemeinsam die Plattform X - mit den Partei- und Fraktionsaccounts. Dazu legen bei den Grünen auch die jeweiligen Vorstände ihre Accounts still. Das ist es, was es gebraucht hat, um X in den totalen Relevanzverlust zu schicken.

#LeaveX #SaveSocial

Abgeordnete auf Bluesky@abgeordnete.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Was lange währt, wird endlich gut: SPD, Grüne und Linke verlassen gemeinsam die Plattform X - mit den Partei- und Fraktionsaccounts. Dazu legen bei den Grünen auch die jeweiligen Vorstände ihre Accounts still. Das ist es, was es gebraucht hat, um X in den totalen Relevanzverlust zu schicken.

Felix, CEO of Mastodon, and I hope to collaborate more. Mastodon has wide adoption in Europe and 8k communities (servers) running independently. The customization they give communities is inspiring to me. Public squares should be a gathering place for you to discover cozier corners/communities.

... The real opposition are the oligarch-controlled, enshittified, manipulating major commercial platforms. We have no chance of making a dent into their dominance if the revolution fights itself instead.

I want to applaud @rose.bsky.team and @mellifluousbox.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for appearing on stage together and expressing a desire to cooperate. As I've said for a long time, #Bluesky and #Mastodon, #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol should not be fighting each other...

@leavex PDS is one part of the network, you also need a relay, and an AppView. Even Blacksky, the only "independent" community still relies on Bluesky to some degree. See a great explainer thread here: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116415821939972420

We prefer #Mastodon for several reasons, the main one being its ability to easily form independent, community-driven interoperable instances. Nevertheless, we have a #Bluesky account so as not to exclude people who prefer this alternative. Recently we […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says https://archive.is/2026.04.10-165315/https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-should-stand-up-to-big-tech-instead-of-imposing-social-media-bans-estonia-says/ #BigTech #SocialMedia #Estonia #EU

Conspiracy theories are nothing new, but digital platforms have transformed their scale, speed and influence. They are now a major part of the disinformation ecosystem, shaping public debate and eroding trust. This latest paper explores what drives […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"Subtlety is not the strength of Russian internet propaganda. The current waves of videos being mass-distributed on social media from X to TikTok all follow the same simple principle. They all have the same transparent thrust."