Social Media Trains Us to Do Nothing
Social media is one of the key ways we interact with each other. I get to talk to my friend Chris regularly about life and code. I never would have met him without the connections that Twitter let me make years ago. Twitter helped me build a business by allowing me to get my name out in the WordPress ecosystem which let
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/01/11/social-media-trains-us-to-do-nothing/
#BookClub #activism #neoliberalism #slacktivism #SocialMedia
If someone is asking for help with using this place, could you let them know about my account, and also let them know about my website? I'm totally unofficial so people only find out about me by worth of mouth 馃檪
I have a website full of easy-to-understand guides for using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse at:
The section at the top of the site marked "Quick Start" is especially designed for new people who want to find out the basics.
Thanks! 馃檹
@FediTips
Bookmarked and boosted.
Here's an account that provides excellent Fediverse tips and guidance.
Pleez let all your friends know about Fedi.tips.
Especially good for people new to Mastodon!
#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #FediTips
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It鈥檚 time for governments to take action. Elon Musk鈥檚 X should have been banned long ago. They don鈥檛 have an excuse to delay any longer.
https://disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x-must-be-banned/
#tech #socialmedia #elonmusk #x #grok #twitter #everythingapp #deepfake
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It鈥檚 time for governments to take action. Elon Musk鈥檚 X should have been banned long ago. They don鈥檛 have an excuse to delay any longer.
https://disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x-must-be-banned/
#tech #socialmedia #elonmusk #x #grok #twitter #everythingapp #deepfake
Cognitive Dissidence
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Still waiting for JK Rowling to denounce all the sexism and Paedophilia on her preferred social media platform....
#JKRowling #Twitter #CSAM #SocialMedia #WhiteFeminism #ElonMusk #Musk #GrokAI
Still waiting for JK Rowling to denounce all the sexism and Paedophilia on her preferred social media platform....
#JKRowling #Twitter #CSAM #SocialMedia #WhiteFeminism #ElonMusk #Musk #GrokAI
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i knew i saw this on fedi recently and i have now experienced it first hand https://mastodon.social/@simplecatsoftware/115841583165243626
please, for the love of god, don't be that person who takes pictures in events/celebrations and post them to social media without asking every participant for consent. have the will to say NO to being fed into invasive personalization/profiling algorithms
i knew i saw this on fedi recently and i have now experienced it first hand https://mastodon.social/@simplecatsoftware/115841583165243626
please, for the love of god, don't be that person who takes pictures in events/celebrations and post them to social media without asking every participant for consent. have the will to say NO to being fed into invasive personalization/profiling algorithms
Em :official_verified:
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Back-to-school in 2026 could look very different in Europe: France proposes banning social media for under-15s and restricting phones in high schools to curb screen time and protect well-being. 馃帓
Key questions remain on enforcement, privacy, and open access to information. Safety and accountability must guide any rollout. 馃摰
#TechNews #Education #Privacy #OpenSource #UserRights #DataProtection #DigitalRights #France #Europe #Youth #School #TechPolicy #SocialMedia
Em :official_verified:
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"French lawmakers are preparing a renewed push to limit children鈥檚 online exposure, unveiling a proposal that would block anyone under 15 from using social media platforms.
The draft legislation, reviewed by AFP, sets September 2026 as the target date for enforcement.
President Emmanuel Macron has endorsed the plan and urged Parliament to take it up.
France鈥檚 effort follows a similar move in Australia, which recently became the first country to impose an outright ban on under-16s accessing social media.
To apply such a rule, online platforms would need to verify every user鈥檚 age at sign-up or login. This would go far beyond the current model of self-declared birthdays and instead rely on official credentials such as national IDs, driver鈥檚 licenses, or government-backed digital identity wallets.
In effect, it would introduce a form of digital ID into everyday internet use."
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-social-media-ban-under-15-digital-id-age-verification
#France #EU #Macron #SocialMedia #NannyState #PoliceState #Censorship #DigitalID #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Privacy
"French lawmakers are preparing a renewed push to limit children鈥檚 online exposure, unveiling a proposal that would block anyone under 15 from using social media platforms.
The draft legislation, reviewed by AFP, sets September 2026 as the target date for enforcement.
President Emmanuel Macron has endorsed the plan and urged Parliament to take it up.
France鈥檚 effort follows a similar move in Australia, which recently became the first country to impose an outright ban on under-16s accessing social media.
To apply such a rule, online platforms would need to verify every user鈥檚 age at sign-up or login. This would go far beyond the current model of self-declared birthdays and instead rely on official credentials such as national IDs, driver鈥檚 licenses, or government-backed digital identity wallets.
In effect, it would introduce a form of digital ID into everyday internet use."
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-social-media-ban-under-15-digital-id-age-verification
#France #EU #Macron #SocialMedia #NannyState #PoliceState #Censorship #DigitalID #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Privacy
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El pueblo unido jam谩s ser谩 vencido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBtcDanlvG0
#Venezuela #NicolasMaduro #HandsOffVenezuela
@democracy @politics @blackvoices @indigenouspeoples @environment @workersrights @povertyandinequality @humanities @womensvoices #mastodon #tiktok #media #socialmedia #usa #propaganda #ai #bigtech #canada #cdnpoli #politics #freespeech #censorship #trump #LatinAmerica #democracy #resistance #solidarity #activism #protest #antifa #classwar #plutocracy #oligarchy #kleptocracy
Back-to-school in 2026 could look very different in Europe: France proposes banning social media for under-15s and restricting phones in high schools to curb screen time and protect well-being. 馃帓
Key questions remain on enforcement, privacy, and open access to information. Safety and accountability must guide any rollout. 馃摰
#TechNews #Education #Privacy #OpenSource #UserRights #DataProtection #DigitalRights #France #Europe #Youth #School #TechPolicy #SocialMedia