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gtbarry<p>Threads users still barely click links</p><p>outbound referral traffic from Threads climbed to 28.4 million visits in June. That's a notable jump from 15.1 million visits a year ago, but still relatively tiny considering Threads is currently averaging more than 115 million users a day</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-users-still-barely-click-links-170139103.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/social-media/thre</span><span class="invisible">ads-users-still-barely-click-links-170139103.html</span></a></p>
Merle Meyerdierks<p>5.000 Euro Entschädigung von <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Zuckerberg" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> und seinem <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Spionagekonzern" target="_blank">#Spionagekonzern</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Meta" target="_blank">#Meta</a> Jetzt schnell handeln: <a href="https://www.stern.de/digital/online/meta--50-millionen-deutsche-koennen-tausende-euro-fordern---so-geht-s-35910366.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.stern.de/digital/onli...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Facebook" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WhatsApp" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Instagram" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Threads" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Metaversum" target="_blank">#Metaversum</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DeleteFacebook" target="_blank">#DeleteFacebook</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DeleteWhatsApp" target="_blank">#DeleteWhatsApp</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DeleteInstagram" target="_blank">#DeleteInstagram</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DeleteThreads" target="_blank">#DeleteThreads</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DeleteMeta" target="_blank">#DeleteMeta</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FckZck" target="_blank">#FckZck</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Datenschutz" target="_blank">#Datenschutz</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Geld" target="_blank">#Geld</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Privatsph%C3%A4re" target="_blank">#Privatsphäre</a><br><br><a href="https://www.stern.de/digital/online/meta--50-millionen-deutsche-koennen-tausende-euro-fordern---so-geht-s-35910366.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Meta: 50 Millionen Deutsche kö...</a></p>
Martin Holland<p>To put this in perspective: <br>If we add <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span>, <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Flipboard</span></a></span> &amp; <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> it brings more or less as much as <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> (and with fewer ups and downs). Which is not little. But that's mainly thanks to <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a>, as you can see.</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p>Haven't posted these in a while, but there's not much change: <br>Since <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heiseonline</span></a></span> has left <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a>/ <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>, we've seen a bit more <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> from <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>; <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> is also growing a bit. <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> lags. </p><p>There was an error in our numbers of <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a>, after correction, it's way bigger. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/fediverse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fediverse</span></a></span></p>
jan<p>Jeder kann Meta auf 10.000 Euro verklagen – theoretisch | BR.de</p><p>"Meta fällt immer wieder durch Datenschutzverstöße auf. Stiftung Warentest hat untersucht, wie User dagegen vorgehen können. Wer klagt, kann mehrere tausend Euro an Schadenersatz erzielen. Der Weg steht jedem offen, ist aber nicht immer sinnvoll."</p><p><a href="https://www.br.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/jeder-kann-meta-auf-10-000-euro-verklagen-theoretisch,Urajg9b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">br.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/jed</span><span class="invisible">er-kann-meta-auf-10-000-euro-verklagen-theoretisch,Urajg9b</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whatsapp</span></a></p>
Farhad<p><a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> hosting ads on <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>, <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> and <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> from pro-Israel entities that are raising money for military equipment including drones and tactical gear for <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> battalions, seemingly a violation of the company’s stated advertising policies, new research shows<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/21/meta-idf-drone-ads-israel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jul/21/meta-idf-drone-ads-israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/SaveGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveGaza</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/StopIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/SanctionIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanctionIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/PeaceNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeaceNow</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/StopTheWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheWar</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireNow</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@lemmy.ml</span></a></span></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>Social Web Foundation partner Meta is leaning in to war profiteering and genocide promotion.</p><p>&gt; 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.</p><p>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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jul/21/meta-idf-drone-ads-israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
MAGMOE<p><a href="https://www.magmoe.com/2438197/entertainment-news/2025-07-20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">magmoe.com/2438197/entertainme</span><span class="invisible">nt-news/2025-07-20/</span></a> 青木マッチョが激変で「爆イケじゃん」 スーツ&髪型チェンジでネット絶賛「これはやられたわ」 | ENCOUNT <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/EntertainmentTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EntertainmentTopics</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/sns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sns</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>エンタメ</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%A1%E3%83%88%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>エンタメトピック</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/%E3%81%8A%E7%AC%91%E3%81%84" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>お笑い</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%91%E3%81%8A%E3%81%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>かけおち</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/%E6%9C%89%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>有名人</span></a> <a href="https://ol2ol.com/tags/%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>青木マッチョ</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>How to Delete All of Your Social Media Accounts</p><p>Breaking up is hard to do — harder yet when there’s a deactivation period. Here’s how to log off every big social site, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social.</p><p>🚫 <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-delete-your-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/how-to-delete-</span><span class="invisible">your-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/delete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delete</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xitter</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/truthsocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truthsocial</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/deletefacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deletefacebook</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DeleteMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteMeta</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/breaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breaking</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/logoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logoff</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/accounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accounts</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>How to Delete All of Your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> Accounts: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> , X, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> , and More </p><p>Breaking up is hard to do—harder yet when there’s a deactivation period. Here’s how to log off every big social site, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> , and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TruthSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TruthSocial</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-delete-your-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/how-to-delete-</span><span class="invisible">your-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/</span></a></p>
fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ricmac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ricmac</span></a></span> It's hilarious how Mosseri has convinced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> users that the reason links are suppressed is because people don't do the thing that people have been doing since the beginning of the World Wide Web- click links. </p><p>Definitely not because Meta wants you trapped in its platforms. It's your fault, you see.</p>
🌈 vanta rainbow black 🌈<p>somebody made a fake "fedipact" suicide pact page on github that was like "by signing this i agree to kill myself if anyone else who has does" </p><p>it got removed immediately, and i never saw the full thing but it kept popping up in search results</p><p>even tho it was definitely intended to be mean-spirited, i still found it funny lol</p><p><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a></p>
:rss: Hacker News<p>Hyatt Hotels are using algorithmic Rest "smoking detectors."<br><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1945959030851035223.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">threadreaderapp.com/thread/194</span><span class="invisible">5959030851035223.html</span></a><br><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/ycombinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ycombinator</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/twitter_thread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter_thread</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/unroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unroll</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/threadreader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threadreader</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a></p>

i managed to view on amazon a preview of that book about the history of fedi that i got interviewed for! Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media

i'm mentioned by name FOURTEEN TIMES!!! and fedipact is mentioned TWENTY-TWO TIMES!!!!!

anyways here's the first page of the final chapter that talks about me and fedipact a lot :3

🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨

Retröt: Mastodon für #Einsteiger. Was ist #Mastodon? Wie bekomme ich einen Account? Wie sieht die Oberfläche aus?

Wer als #Twitter-, X-, #Threads- oder Bluesky-User ein neues Zuhause sucht, sollte Mastodon ausprobieren.

oekologisch-unterwegs.de/nuetz

www.oekologisch-unterwegs.deMastodon für Einsteiger - Eine einfache Einführung zum Umstieg für Anfänger
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Tiny Mastodon Tip to Block a Domain :blobcatstop:

If you would like to block an entire domain or instance on Mastodon, there are 2 easy ways to do this.

Be careful however, this will
block everyone from this instance, and you will lose your followers and follows from this instance as well.

HOW TO❓

  1. The easiest way is to find a user from the instance you want to block, then click on the 3-dot "Menu" button on their profile. From the drop-menu, select "Block domain DOMAIN_NAME" 🙅‍♀️

  2. You can also "pre-block" an instance or domain, even without a user account. From the web interface, go to "Preferences" > "Import and export" > "Export", then download the "CSV" file for your "Domain blocks" 🗃️

  3. Open the blocked_domains.csv file as a text file 📑

  4. Type each domain you wish to block on a separate line. Save this file using the same filename 💾

  5. Back to your account, move to the "Import" section from the left-side menu. From the "Import type", select "Domain blocking list" 📂

  6. Select "Merge" to add blocked domains to your existing list, or "Overwrite" to only use the file you just saved ➕

  7. Verify the information on the confirmation page, then click "Confirm" 👀

  8. You are now (relatively) safer from this domain 😌✨

Destroying Autocracy – July 17, 2025

Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.

It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.

DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.

FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.

We are back from holiday and brief respite from Fascism Friendly Florida.

Featured Item

Hamish Campbell writes:

Capitalism’s invisible hand has always relied on hidden data. In the digital age, that data is metadata the overlooked, under-the-hood information that tells us who, where, when, how often, and what next. It doesn’t matter what you say or do if someone else controls the context around it. That’s where the power lies. Let’s be clear: the battle for metadata is the battle for the future.

Capitalism: Metadata is hoarded by the dotcons. This is the tech-feudalism of today—soft fascism in algorithmic form.

Chinese Communism: Here, the state doesn’t outsource metadata – it owns it. Surveillance is centralised. Social credit systems reduce people to patterns and can be used to penalise deviation.

Liberalism: Wants to privatise metadata to the individual, to revive the mythical free market of rational actors with perfect information. But this is a fantasy—metadata’s power comes from aggregation, and no individual can match corporate or state capacity to hoard it. The liberal path leads to a slightly less abusive cage.

Anarchism and the Commons: A Fourth Way

What does anarchism want? It wants the social conditions for free association. It wants autonomy, not just individual, but community autonomy.

In commons vs. the market, capitalism uses metadata to target, extract, and sell. We use metadata to share, trust, and build. The Open Media Network proposes a radical shift to replace the market with metadata commons. In capitalism, knowledge is hoarded for advantage. In the commons, it is shared for coordination. The market’s “invisible hand” becomes the commons’ visible knowledge, messy, partial, human, but rooted in mutual aid, not profit.

Metadata and the OMN Path: Who Controls the Invisible Hand?

We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.

The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery

TechCrunch reports:

Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker

The Kyiv Independent reports:

EU slaps new sanctions on Russia over hybrid threats, disinformation

BleepingComputer reports:

Europol disrupts pro-Russian NoName057(16) DDoS hacktivist group

ETH Zurich announces:

A language model built for the public good

Open Future reports on:

Our Work/ Public AI

It’s FOSS reports:

Europe on a Roll: Plans Open Source Alternative to Confluence and Jira

OpenProject shares:

Empowering the Public Sector with OpenProject: An Open Source alternative for project management

Bloomberg Law reports:

States Target AI Hiring Tools as Federal Freeze Attempt Fails

404 Media has:

The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers

Immigration Raid Tracking App ‘ICE Block’ Keeps Your Data Private, Researcher Finds

Open Ice is a new resource:

OpenIce

TechPolicy reports:

States Are Fighting Back To Defend Medical Privacy and Safeguard Democracy

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:

Despite Supreme Court Setback, EFF Fights On Against Online Age Mandates

Neutral

TechPolicy reports:

How the EU’s Voluntary AI Code is Testing Industry and Regulators Alike

Making Media Pluralism Work in the Age of Algorithms

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:

EFF’s Guide to Getting Records About Axon’s Draft One AI-Generated Police Reports

The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back

Platformer reports:

The campaign to make it illegal for ChatGPT to criticize Trump

Krebs on Security reports:

DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI

404 Media reports:

ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Target

TechPolicy reports:

The US Just Logged Off from Internet Freedom

ProPublica has:

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

Ars Technica reports:

Trump sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting directors who refused to be fired

Pariah States

BleepingComputer reports:

North Korean XORIndex malware hidden in 67 malicious npm packages

DarkReading reports:

China-Backed Salt Typhoon Hacks US National Guard for Nearly a Year

4 Chinese APTs Attack Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry

Noyb has:

How TikTok, AliExpress & WeChat ignore your GDPR rights

Big Media

404 Media reports:

The Media’s Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

TechPolicy reports:

Old Tricks, New Tech: How Legacy Media Capture Fuels Today’s Digital Authoritarianism

Mediations in an Emergency reports:

Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning

Big Tech

Ars Technica reports:

New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering

TechCrunch reports:

Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools

OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry ‘reckless’ safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI

The Verge asks:

Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

Pluralistic by Cory Doctorow has:

Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

404 Media reports:

a16z-Backed AI Site Civitai Is Mostly Porn, Despite Claiming Otherwise

The Markup reports:

AI is helping students be more independent, but the isolation could be career poison

This times 1,000.

Terror

404 Media reports:

3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought

Cybersecurity/Privacy

Bleeping Computer has:

Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing

Malicious VSCode extension in Cursor IDE led to $500K crypto theft

Sounds like a win-win.

Police disrupt “Diskstation” ransomware gang attacking NAS devices

Ars Technica reports:

Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

DarkReading reports:

Military Veterans May Be What Cybersecurity Is Looking For

Beats being in the National Guard.

Women Who ‘Hacked the Status Quo’ Aim to Inspire Cybersecurity Careers

The Next Web reports:

Whisper emerges from stealth with ‘God Mode’ to tackle cybercrime

Fediverse

Connected Places has:

Fediverse Report – #125

Age Verification Laws: Are the New Social Networks Different, Or Not At All?

Steve Bate has:

ActivityPub Client API: A Way Forward

The Social Web Foundation has:

Seeking interop testing for geosocial ActivityPub client

Mastodon has:

Trunk & Tidbits, June 2025

Privacy Guides has:

Privacy and Security on Mastodon

Bandwagon has an update:

July 2025

Elena Rossini has:

My adventures in self-hosting: day 211 (CDN edition)

Forgejo announces:

Forgejo v12.0 is available

TechCrunch reports:

Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads

I guess it wasn’t shitty enough.

Slightly Federated Social Media

Connected Places has:

Bluesky Report – #125

Reuters reports:

European project Eurosky aims to reduce reliance on US tech giants

CTAs (aka show us some free love)

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