Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

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. 😉

You don't need to have a PeerTube account to interact with PeerTube videos.

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

Pen Plotter Programming: The Basics - Michael Fogleman: https://scribe.rip/p/pen-plotter-programming-the-basics-ec0407ab5929 (Medium via Scribe)

«

"Ok so, I just read through all 173 pages of the unredacted Google antitrust filing and I have to say that either Google is screwed or society is screwed, we'll find out which.

Unordered list of fun things I learned:"

»

continue the thread here:

https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053938195341314

#privacy #google #googleantitrust #secretDeals

Another thing to make clear:

You can like or comment on a PeerTube video within Mastodon by interacting with that video's post. Comments and likes on a video post in Mastodon appear automatically below the video itself on PeerTube.

However... other people's posts with the same video embedded might look similar when viewed through Mastodon, but they are actually a totally separate thing. Comments on embedded videos will not appear below the video on PeerTube.

You can see the difference in the attached screenshots: PeerTube video posts will have the video creator's address at the top, whereas Mastodon posts with a video embedded in them will have someone else's address.

You can make a PeerTube video post appear on Mastodon etc by pasting the video's URL in the search box and then clicking on it in the results.

You can embed someone's video within your own Mastodon post by just including its URL in your text.

#FediTips #Fediverse #PeerTube #PeerTubeTips #MastoTips #Mastodon

Attack Surface just came out in paperback:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250757517/attacksurface

My local bookstore, Dark Delicacies, has signed copies in stock and I drop by regularly to personalize them:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/

Last year, I ran a Kickstarter campaign to produce an indie audiobook (outside of Audible’s DRM walled garden), read by Amber Benson. It was the most successful audiobook crowdfunding campaign in world history!

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Facebook missed weeks of warning signs over Capitol attack, documents suggest https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/23/facebook-whistleblower-january-6-capitol-attack

@em @zleap @thor I think finding official hotline is far easier than locating their account on Fedi (or anywhere, Facebook or Twitter not being exceptions).

I mean average person will hardly follow these accounts just in case and all posts are shortlived and hard to be found afterwards.

I don't mind official entities to be represented on here but it would be mostly for social aspect, not emergency response.

Also good starting point for resolving any kind of incident for average person is their instance admin or mod team. Admins are not interested in problems with their servers so they are generally helpful and are easily contacted.

This #TruthSocial software #theft story is huge!

Its international scale.

A ex-president attempts to start a #socialPlatform supposedly to support truth by #lying about the origins of the software. Labelling the #Mastodon icon a mere bug, and labelling the platform proprietary, and not upholding the #AGPL license.

Is everyone looking forward to seeing this story in the international news, where it should be?

It deserves a proper hashtag – #mastoGate?

#foss #trump #donaldTrump #fediverse

What's stunning about the misinformation trend -- and how to fix it https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/07/opinions/facebook-misinformation-and-how-to-fix-it-himelfarb-howard/index.html