#socialmedia on trial: #tech giants face lawsuits over #addiction, #safety, and mental #health.
A set of bellwether cases alleging that social media #platforms harmed teens’ safety and mental health is going to trial this year, putting executives like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the stand to answer questions about what they’ve done or not done to protect kids.
https://www.theverge.com/policy/880850/social-media-lawsuits-meta-facebook-instagram-tiktok
#fuckgafam

Are #socialmedia the problem, or specifically algorithmic social media?

Is the issue human connection at scale, or opaque and proprietary systems optimized for engagement, amplification, and behavioral prediction?

If #platforms were public, interoperable, and not driven by ad metrics, would the harms look the same?

#algorithms #platformcapitalism #Fediverse #tech #mastodon

Social media infrastructures and right wing political attitudes

* The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
Gauthier, G., Hodler, R., Widmer, P. et al. The political effects of X’s feed algorithm. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2

* A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly >>
https://theconversation.com/a-few-weeks-of-xs-algorithm-can-make-you-more-right-wing-and-it-doesnt-wear-off-quickly-276153

* The TESCREAL bundle ( Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, (modern) Cosmism, Rationalists ): Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence. "We argue that the normative framework that motivates much of this goal is rooted in the Anglo-American eugenics tradition of the twentieth century." >>
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL

* Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
"Elon Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat..." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/12/elon-musk-posts-january-white-supremacists

#algorithms #SocialMedia #platforms #news #AI #transparency #accountability #HateSpeech #hate #FarRight #WhiteSupremacy #eugenics #TESCREAL #harm #SocialCohesion #trust #democracy

TikTok is rubbish for a rubbish bin. No one cares about me there.

#socialmedia #tiktok #creators #burnout #mentalhealth #loneliness #authenticity #internet #digitalculture #online #visibility #expression #creativity #platforms #truth

#introduktion
Jeg er ved at lære #fødiverset at kende.

Jeg har oprettet profiler på forskellige #platforme for at blive lidt klogere på forskellene.

Jeg tror, jeg ville bruge dem sådan her:

- #Pixelfed til at dele de små ting i livet. @Irpelkratt

- #Mastodon til at søge og dele indsigt. @LaBuS

- #Friendica til ... noget venskabelighed, måske? @labus@friendica.dk

- #Peertube er jeg ikke nået til (endnu)

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#introduction
I am getting to know the #fediverse.

I have created profiles on different #platforms in order to get a little wiser on the differences.

I think I shall be using them like this:
- Pixelfed for sharing the little things in life.

- Mastodon for searching and sharing insights.

- Friendica for ... some sort of friendliness, perhaps?

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There is so much to he said about the hypocrisy of France's proposed #SocialMediaBan for children, but let's start with this quote from President #Macron:

"The emotions of our #children and #teenagers are not for sale or to be manipulated, either by American #platforms or Chinese #algorithms."

As if those were the only two God-given options. He'd rather ban an entire idea than help us build something better.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/france-social-media-ban-under-15s

#DigitalRights #AccessToInformation #FreeExpression

A group of organizations in Europe has launched a new social media platform, W, as an alternative to X. "There is an urgent need for a new social media platform built, governed, and hosted in Europe. With human verification, free speech, and data privacy at its core," CEO Anna Zeiter said in a LinkedIn post announcing the venture. @PCMag has the details.

https://flip.it/E5atNB

#SocialMedia #Platforms #OpenSocial #Europe #WSocial

The behavioral shift: What #socialmedia is doing to our #minds
Social media has become one of the most influential #forces shaping #human behavior in the 21st #century. Its #platforms encourage constant interaction,
https://juskosave.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-behavioral-shift-what-social-media.html

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