"The internet and social media are often maligned for spreading disinformation, negatively impacting mental health, and perpetuating screen addiction and cyberbullying. Amid all the issues with pervasive distraction, in the time of Trump, the technology that lives in our pockets has become one of the most useful tools to combat the administration’s stranglehold on the 'truth.'”
~ Dan Rather
It's going to be morbidly funny when all the media outlets and special interest groups demanding mass censorship legislation to "protect children" suddenly find themselves buried in frivolous lawsuits and jailed.
"We thought giving the bullies our lunch money would spare us from their wrath!" -Media companies and special interest groups
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #US #UnitedStates #EU #Europe #UK #UnitedKingdom #Australia #Canada
CCC vs. Dammbruch: Regierung muss Recht auf anonyme Internetnutzung retten
Der CCC verurteilt das Ja von Justizministerin Hubig zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung als historischen Angriff auf die Bürgerrechte und anlasslose Massenüberwachung.
#ChaosComputerClub #Internet #Netzpolitik #Überwachung #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #news
Fiction writing, commercial photography, radio, music and — most ominously — journalism and legacy news outlets face a reckoning with AI. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/26/world/ai-takeover-of-all-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #jobs #movies #journalism #hollywood #internet #facebook #tiktok #newyorktimes #guardian #bloomberg #politico #reuters #ap #youtube #facebook #openai #google #chatgpt
Internetsperre im Iran vor dem Ende? Berichte über 30.000 Tote im Blackout
Dass Teheran die Internetsperre genutzt hat, um Proteste blutig niederzuschlagen, war bekannt. Jetzt, wo die Blockade löchrig wird, wird das Ausmaß deutlich.
#ClimateCatastrophe will disrupt every aspect of our #world.
#politics #climatechange #DontLookUp #EU #USA #China
There will be #hunger and #war. We'll likely lose all of the #Internet and its #knowledge. Millions will die in the upcoming decades.
So far, our #politicians decided to carry on instead of doing the things #science found out to mitigate most of the impact. Choose your #vote deliberately! We were the last generation that had the chance of saving this #planet. 🌍
Día Internacional del Community Manager
El Día Internacional del Community Manager se celebra el cuarto lunes de enero, así que en 2026 cae el lunes 26 de enero.[nationaltoday]
Fecha y carácter del día
Es una efeméride internacional creada para reconocer el trabajo de quienes gestionan comunidades y redes sociales de marcas, instituciones y proyectos.[diainternacionalde]
En los calendarios de efemérides para social media en España también figura el 26 de enero de 2026 como “Día Internacional del Community Manager”.[metricool]
Origen y propósito
La jornada fue propuesta en 2010 por Jeremiah Owyang, analista web, como día mundial para agradecer el trabajo de los community managers, bajo el hashtag #CMAD.[telefonica]
Su intención es visibilizar una profesión relativamente reciente pero clave en el marketing digital y en la relación entre marcas y comunidades online.[diainternacionalde]
#CMAD #CommunityManager #dailyprompt #Internet #SocialMedia
Montag: Meta erklärt Zukunft des Metaverse, Microsoft verrät BitLocker-Schlüssel
Metaverse mobil statt VR + HDD-Verschlüsselung richterlich geöffnet + WLAN-Router mit 1-km-Reichweite + 50 Jahre Concorde + Folgen der Internetsperre im Iran
#hoDaily #Internet #Journal #Luftfahrt #Metaverse #Microsoft #Router #Verschlüsselung #VirtualReality #WLAN #Zensur #news
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Tonearm, New Unofficial TIDAL Client for Linux, Hits Beta - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/tonearm-tidal-client-for-linux-beta?ref=feedle.world
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I couldn't find an existing list of Canadian alternatives to American Internet services, so I've started one:
https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives
Please spread far and wide, and let me know if you have any updates for the page!
#canada #cira #internet #cloud #alberta #british_columbia #bc #manitoba #new_brunswick #newfoundland #labrador #newfoundlandlabrador #northwest_territories #nwt #nova_scotia #nunavut #ontario #prince_edward_island #pei #quebec #saskatchewan #yukon #buycanadian #elbowsup
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Blogs are Back: easily follow website and blog RSS feeds with one-click - https://disassociated.com/blogs-are-back-follow-website-blog-rss-feeds-with-one-click/?ref=feedle.world
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Triton - https://otavio.cc/posts/triton-i-wrote-about-triton?ref=feedle.world
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The AI-Powered Web Is Eating Itself - https://www.noemamag.com/the-ai-powered-web-is-eating-itself?ref=feedle.world
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Threads surges ahead of X/Twitter among mobile device users - https://disassociated.com/threads-surges-ahead-x-twitter-among-mobile-device-users/?ref=feedle.world
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So it turns out that this account has some purpose after all, distinct from what I'd like to do with myself at @alyx_woodward where I hope to talk in a calmer way about my scientific and chemical interests.
I would very much prefer to talk JUST about my private (or at least small-scale) scientific curiosities, but the fact is that to be a scientist is to be part of a larger community whose overall purpose, in a just and honorable society, is to serve the public trust.
Because I feel that as a scientist I have some share of duty to safeguard the public's general welfare, I feel that I have a right to call out public persons whom I regard as damaging to the public trust...such as Mr. @anildash, who despite abusing and insulting me numerous times in public still seems to think he's just a victim.
There's a very good reason why Mr. Dash feels entitled to behave in such an antisocial way: the #Internet, in general, has permitted him to do so and rewarded him for it, and this is in fact one of the most destructive things that #socialmedia has done to the public culture of the United States and the world. It has made a mockery of professional ethics.
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Navigating the shifting sands of audience strategy - https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/navigating-the-shifting-sands-of-audience-strategy/?ref=feedle.world
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Created this after reading conversation in comments below some tech article somewhere. Someone mentioned "surfing the #internet sewer" and I really liked that phrase.
#drawing #comic #krita #web #surveillance #google #SocialMedia #enshittification #privacy #adblocker #ads
Sad illustration...
I had first vision for this after reading some chapters of "Permanent Record".
#drawing #comic #internet #freedom #privacy #corporations #socialmedia
Attention Media ≠ Social Media: https://susam.net/attention-media-is-not-social-media.html
Kurzfristiger #Programmtipp
Für Computer und Kommunikation ist heute ein Beitrag zu X angkündigt, bei dem Teile des Algorithmus offengelegt wurden.
Interessant vermutlich für @hakendran, @netzfeuilleton, @Der_Waeller und weitere.
Heute, 24. Januar 2026, 16.30 Uhr, Deutschlandfunk, Computer und Kommunikation
Guten Empfang wünscht
Sascha
#X #Twitter #Musk #Socialnetwork #Kommunikation #Internet #DLF
TikTok has finally established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its U.S. business, deflecting the threat of a ban over its Chinese ownership. Here is a look at the potential consequences of the deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/24/tech/tiktok-us-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #tiktok #socialmedia #apps #internet #bytedance #tech
Seit wann wird eigentlich dem Werkzeug die Verantwortung zugeschrieben und nicht mehr dem Menschen dahinter? #EgoShooter #Internet #CambrideAnalytics #Bildschirmzeit #X #Facebook #TikTok #SocialMedia #Radio #Buch
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Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why - https://om.co/2026/01/21/velocity-is-the-new-authority-heres-why/?ref=feedle.world
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OpenAI will put ads in ChatGPT. This opens a new door for dangerous influence - https://theconversation.com/openai-will-put-ads-in-chatgpt-this-opens-a-new-door-for-dangerous-influence-273806?ref=feedle.world
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[Repost] How You Read My Content (The Answers) - https://danq.me/2026/01/22/how-you-read-my-content-the-answers/?ref=feedle.world
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