Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/russia-internet-censorship-putin.html

Still thinking about submitting a talk proposal for #librepanet? Check out last year's videos for inspiration: https://u.fsf.org/pt-2021. The CfP closes on December 1st!

Facebook admits site appears hardwired for misinformation, memo reveals https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/25/facebook-admits-site-appears-hardwired-misinformation-memo-reveals

#FacebookFiles #facebook
#fakeaccounts

Politically-motivated fake accounts spread like wildfire, even when Facebook knew such activity.

How Facebook users wield multiple accounts to spread toxic politics
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/25/facebook-users-multiple-accounts-politics-516926

hello world! we are exploring computation at a human scale, in pedagogical, performative and/or speculative ways :)

very glad to be here!

currently we are starting to develop the #qiudanz technique, a proposal for movement practice based on the computational transformation of sequences within a constrained vocabulary. this as part of a micro-residency in the fall phase of the #SloMoco conference.

recently we completed the #uxn tutorial that some of you might be aware of.

you can find about this and more in the web and in gemini:

* https://compudanzas.net/now.html
* gemini://compudanzas.net/now.gmi

#facebook #haugenfiles

Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents.

The files prove that Facebook has been aware of the problems for years.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-media-religion-74175aa6f2cb50fc6fb1aedda11b2c6c

(€) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/technology/facebook-india-misinformation.html

The spy tech that followed kids home for remote learning—and won’t leave

https://donestech.net/noticia/spy-tech-followed-kids-home-remote-learning-and-wont-leave

Violències i tecnologies

Gaggle’s software monitors students’ use of school-issued accounts. But educators may not be prepared to respond to what they learn A week after the pandemic forced Minneapolis students to...

Quite good website for everyone wanting to switch to Linux. It asks you questions and at the end you get some suggested distros…

https://distrochooser.de/

For Germans: Wie #Wahlomat nur für Linux. 😉

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You can comment, like, share etc PeerTube videos and subscribe to PeerTube channels entirely from within Mastodon.

Just copy and paste a PeerTube video or account URL into the Mastodon search box and press enter. You will then be able to interact with it just as if it was a Mastodon post or account.

Replies to video posts in Mastodon will appear in PeerTube as comments below the videos.

#FediTips #Fediverse #PeerTube #PeerTubeTips