If we're going to ban TikTok I think we should also ban Facebook. And Instagram. And Threads. I feel like the world would be a lot more peaceful without those platforms.

#Instagram #Threads #Facebook #SocialMedia #meta #tech #TikTok

Happy Friday!

Here is an early look at the Loops web UI that will be launching later this weekend.

Yeah, you won't need an app to use Loops anymore ✨

#loops #tiktok #fediverse

Was die manipulierte, annullierte (und in ihrer Bedeutung wohl noch unterschätzte) Wahl in #Rumänien nun auch zeigt: Nicht #Tiktok allein ist das Problem, nicht die Ex-Twitter-/X-Algorithmen sind es, "sondern eher: sämtliche Algorithmen sämtlicher, meist sowieso viel größerer Plattformen."

mdr.de/altpapier/das-altpapier…

Kolumne: Das Altpapier am 17. Dezember – Zum Beispiel Australien

Nicht nur Tiktok spielte bei der erst manipulierten, dann annullierten Wahl in Rumänien eine Hauptrolle. Auf der Suche nach medienpolitschen Inspirationen könnte EU-Europa öfter ans andere Ende der Welt schauen.

^{Christian Bartels (MDR)}

Tiktok vetoaa korkeimpaan oikeuteen Yhdysvalloissa estääkseen pakkomyynnin

Sovelluskauppojen on määrä poistaa Tiktok valikoimistaan Yhdysvalloissa 19. tammikuuta.

yle.fi/a/74-20131849

#Ulkomaat #Tiktok #Yhdysvallat #Sosiaalinenmedia #ByteDance

Tiktok vetoaa korkeimpaan oikeuteen Yhdysvalloissa estääkseen pakkomyynnin

^{Jalmari Salaterä (Yle Uutiset)}

When posting a link to the @w3c Ethical Web Principles, please also make sure to link to their members page so we can all see the list of exemplary corporations that adhere to these excellent principles (Meta, Google, TikTok, UnitedHealth, etc.) :

w3.org/membership/list/

#w3c #EthicalWebPrinciples #ethics #web #ethicsWashing #surveillanceCapitalism #surveillance #capitalism #BigTech #bullshit #meta #google #tiktok #unitedHealthcare #unitedHealth #unitedHealthGroup

Our members

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.

^W3C

Big Tech gatekeepers want you to think bootstrapping a video platform is impossible.

Reality check: With edge computing & client-side transcoding, any dev can build a TikTok alternative at a fraction of the cost.

Don't let Web2 giants gatekeep creator innovation and monetization.

Time to disrupt short-form video. Join the open creator revolution 🚀

loops.video

#activityPub #fediverse #buildinpublic #tiktok

Loops by Pixelfed

Loops, explore and share short videos on the fediverse. Available soon!

^loops.video

Det finns flera undersökningar av svenskarna och deras medieanvändning. Svenskarna och Internet är en undersökningarna och den görs av Internetstiftelsen. Nordicom som är en del av Göteborgs universitet gör Mediebarometern, Mediemyndigheten gör Mediekonsumtion och Medieekonomi.

blog.zaramis.se/2024/12/13/sve…

I know the outcome of the presidential election in #Romania has a web of complex reasons. But it would be ludicrous to ignore the dangerous impact that #bigtech's laissez-faire and its #trackingads and content #monetisation business model has. Not only #tiktok but also #google and #meta:

Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential #Election - important research by @checkfirst

checkfirst.network/research-no…

#surveillance #CommercialSurveillance #politicalads #TrackingFreeAds #digitalservicesact #gdpr

Research Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirst

Check First, with the help of Reset Tech, EU DisinfoLab and independent journalists Luiza Vasiliu and Victor Ilie publish the flash research note “Ads, Influence, and Democracy: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election.

^{Guillaume K. (Check First)}

Yea, why let the Chinese owners gather information about American consumers? TikTok should be divested to an American company so that an American company can gather information about American consumers. Whoo!

Let’s not talk about the real issue here: The gathering of information about consumers.

fastcompany.com/91242906/how-t…

#tiktok #meta #instagram #facebook #privacy

@Dr. Michael Blume

Kennst du das?

dietagespresse.com/selbstversu…

Eigentlich ist die Tagespresse ein Satiremagazin. So in Richtung "österreichischer Postillon".

Diesmal haben sie aber eine Bitterernste Reportage über #Tiktok gemacht. Sehr erdchreckend!

#TikTok lost another round in court today, on its appeal of a U.S. law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned.

It’s the latest development in a lengthy saga over the app that many politicians in Washington fear is a security risk.

And why is TikTok controversial?

Here’s a quick recap of reads from #cybersecurity, #socialmedia and legal experts: theconversation.com/tiktok-ban… #news #technology

TikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

Lawyers for the popular video app warned of ‘staggering’ consequences for free speech if ban is allowed to happen.

^{The Conversation}

"Appeals court upholds #TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale"

cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-ap…

👏👏👏

A disturbing thing I've encountered on #Mastodon #Fediverse are voices not necessarily defending TikTok, but disliking the method

Who gives a fuck

High minded but impotent reasons to showboat on the topic, with zero awareness of the stakes is clueless

#Democracy around the world is getting murdered by #centralized #socialmedia

Kill it. Now. Any way

"But #Facebook..."

Oh shut up

Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale

An appeals court judge wrote that the law that would force a sale or ban of TikTok "survive[s] constitutional scrutiny."

^{Caitlin Yilek (CBS News)}

#TikTok drosselt Reichweite von AfD-Politiker Maximilian Krah deutlich …
#noafd
spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpoliti…

@EU_Commission @EC_Commissioner_Vestager @EC_Commissioner_Breton
above reads “TikTok significantly reduces the reach of AfD politician Maximilian Krah”.
I thank TikTok for restricting EU Nazis.

urgent:
Hereby I do notify you again and publicly that MEP Krah uses his secure EU infrastructure for organising and managing events which are directly against EU fundamental values and the German Constitution.
ENOUGH!

/ cc @1br0wn

Verstoß gegen Plattformregeln: TikTok drosselt Reichweite von AfD-Politiker Maximilian Krah deutlich

Maximilian Krah hat über TikTok zeitweise ein Millionenpublikum erreicht. Weil der AfD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl unter anderem gegen Flüchtlinge gehetzt haben soll, zieht das Unternehmen Konsequenzen.

^{Max Hoppenstedt (DER SPIEGEL)}