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wendivibe<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aral</a> This kind of behavior from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> would merit <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FediBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediBlock</a> from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/socialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialWebFoundation</a> is an impossibility

Aral BalkanMeta did this? Mastodon gGmbH’s partner Meta at the Social Web Foundation?But aren’t Mastodon gGmbH the good guys? I can’t see how they’d ever partner with Meta if this were true.No, no, this must be fake news.(Otherwise, what would it say about Mastodon gGmbH and the Social Web Foundation?)<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MastodonGGMBH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastodonGGMBH</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/socialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/114935241338278110" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/114935241338278110</a>

Aral BalkanNo, not Meta! Meta? Really? The same Meta that’s Mastodon gGmbH’s partner at the Social Web Foundation?<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/socialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@srijit/114917379679378848" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hachyderm.io/@srijit/114917379679378848</a>

Hamish CampbellConversations on Compost, Bridges, and the Future A few recent conversations remind me: we’ve already done the work of building alternatives. Twenty years of grassroots tech, radical process, and messy social organizing. The trouble is, that soil has been hollowed out, scattered, exhausted, and composted into the #dotconsOur current mission isn’t to “start from scratch,” but to rebuild bridges, spread compost, and replenish the soil. That’s why I keep coming back to this moment, the bridging of the #openweb back into #mainstream […] <a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/mastodon?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/threads?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/bluesky?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/x?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fconversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future%2F&linkname=Conversations%20on%20Compost%2C%20Bridges%2C%20and%20the%20Future" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/conversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/conversations-on-compost-bridges-and-the-future/</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍Social Web Foundation partner Meta is leaning in to war profiteering and genocide promotion.> Meta is hosting ads on Facebook, Instagram and Threads from pro-Israel entities that are raising money for military equipment including drones and tactical gear for Israeli Defense Force battalions, seemingly a violation of the company’s stated advertising policies, new research shows.Meta allows ads crowdfunding for IDF drones, consumer watchdog finds: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/21/meta-idf-drone-ads-israel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/21/meta-idf-drone-ads-israel</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

Aral BalkanMeta an evil company? How can it be?! They’re partners, alongside Mastodon gGmbH, at the <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/@swf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@swf</a> (<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org</a>)<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/institutionalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#institutionalCorruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whitewashing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/@Linux/114821179079336678" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.au/@Linux/114821179079336678</a>

Aral BalkanSocial Web Foundation talking about privacy and interoperability. Who do they partner with? Meta.Nothing to see here. <a href="https://techpolicy.social/@mallory/114737793476373409" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techpolicy.social/@mallory/114737793476373409</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/igf2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#igf2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedNations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whitewashing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instagram</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whatsapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/socialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/swf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swf</a>

Aral Balkan<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@miclgael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@miclgael</a> Meta? You mean our partners at the Social Web Foundation working with Mastodon gGmbH to “build a new global town square that works for everyone”. Say it ain’t so!<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/socialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal broke the story that Meta has been providing an "AI"-based pedophilia simulator, both to adults - interacting with bots who identify as children - and to underage users, who were offered the experience of sexual exploitation by a virtual adult, right from their own home feed. Paywall-free link (CW - disturbing): <a href="https://archive.ph/tl1Pw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/tl1Pw</a>Needless to say, the Social Web Foundation and SWICG leadership have failed to respond to this news concerning their close partner. Do note that Meta's most forceful advocates on the Fedi have also been among those most insistent on a claimed need to impose algorithmic police-tech on this network - for the sake of the children.SWF and SWICG leadership will, as in all previous cases, ignore the latest Meta atrocity. But we can expect them to surface soon with an edict that it is imperative for the Fedi to succumb to the new ROOST "trust and safety" surveillance ploy built by the likes of OpenAI and Google, while all the while enabling the internet's most prolific CSAM generator to influence the course of ActivityPub development<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

PaulaToThePeople 😷If you're talking about the "open social web", "stakeholders", "community leaders", "social graph", "sustainable growth" and "commercial and open source implementations" then you're most certainly not talking about the Fediverse that I know.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FediverseMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediverseMeta</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FediForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediForum</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/astroturfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astroturfing</a>

Hamish CampbellConversations on this subject A. It sounds like you’ve got a detailed plan — good luck in your work! Q. As I outline in my posts, our work isn’t going anywhere because the grassroots have been hollowed out. My focus now is to build bridges to the #mainstreaming in an effort to make compost to refill that grassroots soil. What I argue for, in a practical sense, is that we’ve already spent 20 years working in alternative paths, and this approach likely still works. We have a rare opportunity with the current […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/conversations-on-this-subject/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/conversations-on-this-subject/</a>

hamish campbell<a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evan</a> <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/author/evanprodromou/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evanprodromou</a> We have an opportunity with the current bridging of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openweb</a> back to mainstreaming with ActivityPub to be the change we need, it would be a disaster to fuck this up in the era of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechaos</a> and the hard shift to the right.Please keep this in mind when organising events for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SWF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SWF</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FreeOur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeOur</a> Feeds is overseen by these nine: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NabihaSyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NabihaSyed</a>, executive director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mozilla</a> Foundation; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RobinBerjon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobinBerjon</a>, independent technologist; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarkSurman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarkSurman</a>, president at Mozilla Foundation; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MalloryKnodel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MalloryKnodel</a>, executive director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EliPariser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EliPariser</a>, co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Avaaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Avaaz</a>; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhilBeaudoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhilBeaudoin</a>, entrepreneur; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarcFaddoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcFaddoul</a>, co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIForensics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIForensics</a>; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DeeptiDoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeeptiDoshi</a>, co-director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/New_" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#New_</a> Public; and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SherifElsayedAli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SherifElsayedAli</a>, executive director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FutureofTechnologyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FutureofTechnologyInstitute</a>.And the group arrives with endorsements from a set of celebrities, academics, entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists, and activists, including Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Harvard Business School Professor Emerita Shoshana Zuboff, Incredible Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo, and activist and author Cory Doctorow.”So this is the kind of grab bag technology Mozilla is backing to “secure the Internet” while slurping user data?<<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/free_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/free_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/</a>>

Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:<a href="https://bonn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blockchain</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Dorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dorsey</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mozilla</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VentureCapital</a> and <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/NoBusinessCase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoBusinessCase</a><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a> füllt mit einer Pressemitteilungen mein Digital-Bullshit-Bingo schneller als Heise in einer Woche. <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/who-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/who-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html</a>Schon allein, dass man 30 Millionen Dollar mininum braucht, um einen zweiten (!) Bluesky-Relay zu betreiben, klingt für jeden der tausenden meist spendenfinanzierten Mastodon-Admins wahnwitzig.Wie so ein Kuckuck legt <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> dem <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> sein Ei ins Nest. 🪺

Evan Prodromou<a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@andypiper</a> I hope it went amazing! <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a> has a big presence at <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightsCon</a> this year.<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/19/social-web-foundation-at-rightscon-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/19/social-web-foundation-at-rightscon-2025/</a>

cacuBillionaires Destroyed the Web But Rebuilding Social Media Is Easier Than You Think | Mallory Knodel <a href="https://youtu.be/pUPpmKUjerM?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pUPpmKUjerM?feature=shared</a><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/socialwebfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialwebfoundation</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/freeourfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeourfeeds</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freesoftware</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/BigTechs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTechs</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshitification</a>

Sebastian LasseHello <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> just another urgent warning about <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threads</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/swf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swf</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/socialwebfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialwebfoundation</a> :„Meta now appears to be acknowledging that your DMs (on Threads, Instagram and Facebook) can be fed into its AI system and potentially redistributed. “<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@w7voa@journa.host/113996390182079195" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://digitalcourage.social/@w7voa@journa.host/113996390182079195</a><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instagram</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/techfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techfascism</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍In this recent communication, SWICG leadership discuss forming a task force to "approach and facilitate [AI] Avatars and Agents" in ActivityPub, and discuss topics such as "using AI for content filtering" and "for algorithmic feed reading": <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2025Feb/0025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2025Feb/0025.html</a>These are the people in charge of the ActivityPub specification, and this discourse is occurring in the context of the chartering of a new working group to oversee the development of AP2. This is where the protocol is going next. Meta is right in the middle of it.This is why it's critical to lend support and solidarity to protocol projects pointing beyond ActivityPub like <a href="https://social.coop/@spritely" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@spritely</a> and <a href="https://hackers.town/@VeilidNetwork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@VeilidNetwork</a> , as well as the developers of emerging progressive fediverse services which refuse to align with the Social Web Foundation. And it's why we <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FediPact</a> advocates and agitators should continue to ring this bell - and zero in on those among us who are selling out the fediverse to a fascist intruder.🧵 4/4 end<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍It is completely unacceptable, in this moment, for Meta to have the slightest presence in or influence on this network. <a href="https://aoir.social/@jat23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jat23</a> , in their paper on the FediPact movement ( <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323</a> ), refers to the praxis of "Strategic Closure". Fair and good, but this is a necessarily defensive response. We would argue that it is time for a complimentary offensive opposition. It may not be sufficient to merely batten down the hatches while a corporation with near-totalitarian reach and explicitly fascist intent insinuates itself into the development processes of the protocol underlying the fediverse.The leadership of the W3C SWICG ActivityPub working group - and by extension, of the Social Web Foundation, their gambit to privatize and de-democratize the evolution of the protocol - have discredited themselves by colluding with the Zuckerberg entity and accepting its bribes. They do not deserve the trust of the communities and developers of the fedi. They have proven themselves incapable of responsibly wielding the power to shape the future of the fediverse they claim for themselves.🧵 3/4<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍There is now a notable influx into the fedi of folks trying to escape the Meta networks, both occurring organically and due to the Pixelfed boom and efforts like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalSwitchDay</a> (and not at all, btw, because of the Threads bridge). But does this network really offer them that refuge?Meta's own terms indicate that they are ingesting the profile data of every account behind every toot that crosses the bridge. That means that new users may be showing up here from FB or IG, setting up profiles with details that match those of their old Meta accounts, then replying to Threads posts unaware that they are still being surveilled by Meta, and that their presence and activities here could be compiled into their identity dossiers back there. The fedi is already serving as a surveillance vector.Meta was always an abhorrent monstrosity; but with the recent turn, it has now directly telegraphed itself as a Trumpist organ. It is an explicitly fascist entity colluding with a fascist regime. And anyone who is collaborating with Meta in the fedi and enabling their ability to exercise power here needs also to be understood accordingly.🧵 2/4<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

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