Dear All — I've posted some items today, and for the rest of the day, will likely be absent. As many of us are, I'm frankly washed out (and sick at heart) with news of recent days and need to take some self-mending time away from social media. There's a stack of interlibrary loan books at my elbow, demanding I read them before they become due, so my focus for the rest of the day will likely be on that reading. With good wishes to all.

#SelfCare #SocialMedia

Zuck is a MAGA dweeb. We need to remember the collaborators with tyranny.
People on Meta and other broligarch platforms need to leave NOW. No excuses!

#SocialMedia #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #MAGA #DonaldTrump #USPolitics

So harmful? First child trial against Facebook and YouTube starts in LA

Thousands of child lawsuits are pending against social networks. First US trial is starting. Snap and TikTok pay, Facebook and YouTube are hoping for juries.

heise.de/en/news/So-harmful-Fi…

#Entertainment #Facebook #Jugendschutz #Recht #SocialMedia #Wirtschaft #YouTube #news

So harmful? First child trial against Facebook and YouTube starts in LA

^{Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)}

#TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

wired.com/story/tiktok-new-pri…

#privacy #SocialMedia

#TikTok users freak out over app’s ‘#immigration status’ collection — here’s what it means

techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/tikt…

#privacy #politics #SocialMedia

TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means | TechCrunch

TikTok users are freaking out over a mention of "immigration status" data collection, but lawyers explain the disclosure is related to state privacy laws.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

RE: mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenew…

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”

A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.

Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.

And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

Nationwide shut down

January 30

NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING

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#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti

#GiftArticle

The #Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of #Nazi #Propaganda

Government #SocialMedia managers have transformed official feeds.

#USpol #racism #WhiteSupremacy #xenophobia #WhiteChristianNationalism
theatlantic.com/national-secur…

The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.

^{Ali Breland (The Atlantic)}