PCMag: “Year after year, Apple rolls out new features and settings for its iPhones, adding more customization options that change how we use our phones. The start of a new year is a good time to review those settings. Do you really need notifications from that particular app? Want to revoke location access from a… Continue Reading
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Mastodon FAQ by KuJoe
This easy to use FAQ answers many of the questions new users of Mastodon may have, includes screenshots along wit very clear and easy to follow instructions. [h/t to @[email protected]] Continue Reading
Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech
The New York Times: “On Friday, the Supreme Court is expected to discuss whether to hear two cases that challenge laws in Texas and Florida barring online platforms from taking down certain political content. Next month, the court is scheduled to hear a case that questions Section 230, a 1996 statute that protects the platforms… Continue Reading
What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?
The Atlantic – The dream of an artificial mind may never become a reality if AI runs out of quality prose to ingest—and there isn’t much left. What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?. “Artificial intelligence has in recent years proved itself to be a quick study, although it is being educated in a manner… Continue Reading
How much misinformation are you exposed to?
“Misinformation exposure scores measure how much the politicians and public organizations you follow tend to lie (based on fact-checking their claims by PolitiFact). These scores go from 0 (none of the fact-checked claims by politicians and public figures you follow are false) to 1 (all of the fact-checked claims by politicians and public organizations you… Continue Reading
Let’s find you a fediverse home
Mastodon is an open source decentralized social network – by the people for the people. Fediverse Observer checks all servers in the fediverse and gives you an easy way to find a home using a map or list: First, Filter sites by software – diaspora – friendica – hubzilla – funkwhale – mastodon – pixelfed… Continue Reading
Jan6th Committee – Social Media & the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol – Summary of Investigative Findings
Washington Post – Social Media & the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol – Summary of Investigative Findings – “…The Select Committee has also collected evidence from a high-ranking employee serving on Twitter’s Safety Policy Team on January 6th; she said that she was deeply concerned about the content that was being posted on… Continue Reading
Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased
PHYS.org: “USC researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms’ structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information. The team’s findings, published Tuesday by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, upend popular misconceptions that misinformation spreads because users lack the critical thinking skills necessary for discerning truth… Continue Reading
How you could build a search that the fediverse would welcome
Anil Dash – “Mastodon and the fediverse are clearly taking off, bringing in millions of new users, and also organically inspiring a wave of technical innovation that dwarfs all of the efforts that the bribes and empty promises of the Web3 crypto bubble couldn’t touch. I’m even enjoying having settled into a relatively permanent new… Continue Reading
Gonzalez v. Google
Techdirt: “In early December 2022, a former Israeli Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, three other retired Israeli generals, a former Commissioner of the Israeli Police, and a former head of the Mossad’s Intelligence Directorate filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Google arguing… Continue Reading
Quote Tweeting: Over 30 Studies Dispel Some Myths
Absolutely Maybe, PLOS Blogs, Hilda Bastian, January 12, 2023: “The first myth to dispense with: That there’s almost no research on quote tweets! I added to this misconception with my December post. I’d heard there was next to no research so often, that when I had trouble finding studies, I assumed digging harder would be… Continue Reading
Courts Find That Twitter Can Restrict More Than Just Your Character Count
ABA: “The 21st century court system has seen a surge of internet-related cases as websites and social media platforms continue to connect more individuals around the globe. While only 5 percent of adults in the United States reported using social media in 2005, the number has now skyrocketed to more than 70 percent. Today, people… Continue Reading
