The jury at the center of the social media trial in L.A. will be resuming their deliberations today, after the closing arguments last week.

Looking forward to reading about their decision.

"If jurors rule in favor of [the 20-year-old lead plaintiff], the social media companies could face harsh financial penalties, which plaintiffs’ lawyers hope will lead them to change fundamental aspects of how their platforms function."

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#news #TechNews #technology #SocialMedia #SocialMediaTrial

‘IG is a drug’: jury to deliberate as US trial over social media addiction wraps up

Meta and YouTube accused of creating harmful products in trial seen as a bellwether for attitudes towards social media

^{Dara Kerr (The Guardian)}

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : blog.elenarossini.com/openness…

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb

Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse

An article making the case that the Fediverse is a fantastic communication platform for public institutions - because of its openness, transparency and reach.

^{Elena Rossini}

Instagram will remove end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 proton.me/blog/instagram-end-t…

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats

Instagram will drop end-to-end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026, reversing years of Meta’s push for stronger privacy. Here's what it means.

^{Edward Komenda (Proton)}

A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.

The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.

Page: github.com/upper-up/meta-lobby…

Page backup: archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/g…

Reddit discussion: web.archive.org/web/2026031314…

#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology

GitHub - upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Contribute to upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Is this the first time a major service has removed end-to-end encryption instead of adding it? Why Instagram?

#instagram #socialmedia #privacy #infosec #technology #enshittification

🌻 This is a friendly reminder, you deserve to use social media that makes you feel good.

You don't need to use platforms that pump hate into your timeline or use addiction as a marketing tool 🧡

#SocialMedia #BeKind

Excerpt from How Democracies Die, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.

#BigTech #SocialMedia #USPol #Trump #Journalism #LeaveX #HateSpeech

Our co-founder @michael represented the Newsmast Foundation last week at Rebuild, an event bringing together 60 European social platforms to take back control of social media.

There's a lot of work to do, but we're so proud to be part of a long overdue European movement calling for commitment to European social platforms.

You can see and sign the letter here: letter.rebuild.net/

#SocialWeb #EU #SocialMedia #Rebuild

the rebuild letter

Sign the rebuild letter to serve and support European social platforms.

^{letter.rebuild.net}