Centralized control over online platforms not only leads to enshittification, but to “despotification”; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals
In January 2011, somewhere in the crush of bodies in Cairo's Tahrir Square, a man held up a handwritten sign.LinkedIn:Mike Masnick.
Texas AG Ken Paxton probes Meta and Character.AI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, misleading kids and other vulnerable users
so I think it's good more states are cracking down on how companies present them www.platformer.news/ai-therapy- p... [image] Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Character AI and Meta almost certainly are doi...
Sources: DOGE has built an AI tool aiming to cut 50% of federal regulations, or around 100,000 rules, by the first anniversary of Trump's inauguration
www.washingtonpost.com/business/ 202... @mnindivisible : From the same folks who brought you the well thought out and well executed reductions in force. — This is going to be a clusterf**k Michael M...
The European Commission says that France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app meant to protect children online
if I live that long [embedded post] @bluespacecanary : Honestly I wish the EU would hurry up and do the thing it actually wants (banning American tech companies from operating there) so it can get a p...
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires all new US border surveillance towers to be “autonomous”, effectively granting Anduril a monopoly on tower contracts
Anduril Industries is a major beneficiary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a section that essentially grants … Bluesky: @jesspish , @mmasnick , @eff.org , and @sambiddle.com Bluesky: ...
An OPM staffer believes that a server Elon Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not had a Privacy Impact Assessment
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... Tim Marchman / @timmarchman : NEW: A 25-year-old who's worked for Elon Musk companies now has direct control over a Treasury system disbursements from which amount to a f...
Sources: Amazon is ramping up ad spending on X, as companies re-evaluate their stances in a changing political climate; source: Apple considers a return to X
The Wall Street Journal one liner lacks all context or data. “recent weeks” would have been before the Nazi salute too. … Parker Ortolani / @parkerortolani.com : This one is odd because Tim is one of ...
Free Our Feeds, backed by Jimmy Wales and others, aims to raise $30M by 2028 to billionaire-proof the AT Protocol by making it easier for Bluesky users to leave
The non-profit social media foundation space is really heating up. Ciarán Mather / Silicon Republic : Campaign aims to protect Bluesky's tech from billionaires Thomas Claburn / The Register : Hulk sma...
Q&A with Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant on what led to the country's under-16 social media ban, enforcement, unintended consequences, more
Australia passed one of the strictest internet crackdowns in the world last month, banning children under 16 from being on social media or opening new accounts. Bluesky: @shiraovide and @mmasnick Blue...
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts as its growth surges; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100
www.platformer.news/bluesky- grow... Alex Stamos / @stamos.org : 1) Many underestimate the investment the PRC has put into influencing the US social media sphere. — 2) The destruction of Trust and S...