RE: https://bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285017968321829

#Universidades alemãs no #Fediverso:

"We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/institute-DE
We believe this is an approach we can also recommend to the #research and #academic communities in the #US to fend off attacks from #autocrats ."

#NoKings

As early as 2 years ago, many people in #Germany and #Europe felt that #BigTech ’s internet platforms did not live up to the claim of being #socialmedia. Many were appalled by the #hatespeech, #incitement, #cyberbullying, and #disinformation being spread there.
Our action alliance first reached out to #universities to propose withdrawing from #X and adopting #Mastodon. We believe the #Fediverse platforms are much better suited for #SciComm or, more broadly, for substantive discourse aimed at protecting and preserving our #democracy. Other initiatives have since emerged, such as #ByeByeElon, #HelloQuitX, #LeaveX, and #SaveSocial.

We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/institute-DE
We believe this is an approach we can also recommend to the #research and #academic communities in the #US to fend off attacks from #autocrats .

Trump Gets $10 Billion Kickback To The Treasury For Offloading TikTok To His Billionaire Buddies

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/16/trump-gets-10-billion-kickback-to-the-treasury-for-offloading-tiktok-to-his-billionaire-buddies/

How Democracies Die

Institutions become political #weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected #autocrats can subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing” the courts and other neutral agencies, buying off the media and the private sector (or bullying them into silence), and rewriting the rules of politics to tilt the playing field against opponents. ~ Steven Levitsk

How Democracies Die

Institutions become political #weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected #autocrats can subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing” the courts and other neutral agencies, buying off the media and the private sector (or bullying them into silence), and rewriting the rules of politics to tilt the playing field against opponents. ~ Steven Levitsk