City of Amsterdam takes important steps towards digital sovereignty:
digital sovereignty as condition in procurement;
data control, less cloud service dependency; 
open, independent, non-US software;
new social media and communication strategy
#democracy #cloud #bigtech #socialmedia
https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/digitale-onafhankelijkheid/
" I no longer see almost anything real on my Instagram Reels anymore, and, as I have often reported, many users seem to have completely lost the ability to tell what is real and what is fake, or simply do not care anymore. "
Horrifying. As Voltaire said, "if they can make you believe absurdities, they can make you commit atrocities"
Ruining people's ability to judge truth from fiction will help Gilead tolerate the Concentration Camps
a tidal wave of AI slop to twist the algorithms
Aren't you glad you're on Mastodon right now?
https://www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a-brute-force-attack-on-the-algorithms-that-control-reality/
Many people seem to have completely lost the ability to tell what is real and what is fake online, or simply do not care anymore. Read more at @404media. #AI #AIslop #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/hHIBoK
The main reason you want to get out of US Social Media as a European is that US servers are under US law. And European are under our laws. So even if Facebook, Google, Apple, X, Instagram tells you they will handle your data with respect - you have no way of knowing and no way of stopping them if they don't.
The data these US platforms collect are incredibly powerful and can be used to sway opinion and "control crowds".
'LAPD knew protests were coming: 2 days earlier, the dept received
advanced warning 
on #Dataminr, a socialmedia #surveillance firm ...and“official partner” of X.
....LosAngeles #ACAB Department emails obtained via public records show city police used Dataminr to track Gaza-related demonstrations and other constitutionally protected #freespeech.'
"#LAPD Surveilled #Gaza #Protests Using #SocialMedia Tool"
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/17/lapd-surveillance-gaza-palestine-protests-dataminr/ #CyberSecurity #DomesticSpying #CyberStalking @palestine
Question for the Fediverse:
Is there a crafter out there making and selling voodoo dolls to which one could attach the faces of certain figures now regularly appearing in the news?
You know, as a stress reliever, or a fund-raiser for progressive causes.
#USPolitics #VoodoiDolls #StressRelief #SocialMedia #Fediverse #TuckersBalls
@Researchbuzz I am liking how #BlueSky is handling its AI approach. Unlike the old bird site, allowing users to provide consent builds trust in their #socialmedia platform. #AI #ML #Tech #socialmedia #responsibleAI
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Hatred of Elon Musk!
Protesters rally against Elon Musk in Schaumburg, IL call for Tesla boycott
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Musk #Twitter #x #Fediverse #socialmedia #Tesla
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-rally-against-elon-musk-schaumburg-call-tesla-boycott
@Gargron Greetings! Thank you for creating and releasing Mastodon for everyone to build communities, make connections, and support a decentralized Internet. I’m really curious about the long-term vision for Mastodon. As the network grows, what are some of the things the development team is most excited about building or improving, while still staying true to the principles of decentralization and user control?
𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒂𝒈𝒆
"The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-administration-voter-perception/681598
Argument by assertion. Belief by repetition. The group that bombards your attention and focus, eventually gets your conviction and support. Even if that group misleads and deceives you.
FOSS NEWS
FreeBSD 13.5 released with updated packages, support for Purism keyboards with Coreboot and other improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/freebsd-13-5-released-as-the-final-update-to-the-freebsd-13-series/
A Latvian film titled "Flow", made with Blender, won Oscar, beating Disney:
https://proton.me/blog/open-source-flow-oscar
(Now we have something to show for the elitist normies, who laugh at FOSS, think that only proprietary software can be good 
️)
Bluesky adds support for uploading videos up to 3 minutes long, option to accept/reject chat requests from unknown users, support for muting account directly from a post etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/bluesky-now-lets-users-upload-videos-up-to-3-minutes-long-and-enhances-dm-spam-filtering/
Audacity 3.7.2 released with improvements for AppImage bundle for 22.04 LTS, option to turn off automatic tempo detection, new “get effects” button next to the ‘Upload Audio’ button, UUID instance support, bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-7-2-improves-the-linux-appimage-bundle-for-ubuntu-22-04-lts
Framework Mono 6.14 released as the first release under WineHQ, with native ARM64 support for macOS, System.Windows.Forms improvements, improved Clipboard and Drag and Drop features etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/framework-mono-6-14-released-with-native-arm64-support-and-stability-boosts-under-winehq/
Spotube 4.0 released with redesigned UI, support for yt-dlp and NewPipe, home screen widget support for Android, custom editable Piped and Invidious instance support, bug fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/spotube-4-0-brings-a-redesigned-ui-and-other-improvements-to-this-free-spotify-client/
(Linux news in original post)
pro-Russia #hacktivist groups actively approaching people on #SocialMedia site #Telegram to conduct #sabotage & #vandalism & support #DisruptiveOperations across #Europe
#politics #Crypto #StateSponsoredTerrorism #RussiaIsATerroristState https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-europe-diplomat-eu-chief-europe-ukraine-nato-cyber/
#SouthAfrica #gov #SocialMedia #hacks #cryptocurrency #scam
'A cryptocurrency scam linked to a newly minted ‘$Ramaphosa’ token exploited South African Parliament’s official X, Facebook, and YouTube accounts in a coordinated cyberattack on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
The fraudulent posts, designed to deceive unsuspecting investors, directed users to a questionable token launched mere hours before the breach.'
On #Mastodon there are now
381 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
116 instances.
179 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@aiaraldea (BAQ)
@EsquerdaNet (POR)
@TheConversationUS (ENG)
@heisedeveloper (GER)
@RadioCORAX (GER)
Find the whole list on:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327
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