Leave X - Protect DemocracyX Tried to Sidestep Brazil's Inquiry on AI Deepfakes. The Government Just Pushed Back.
PaulaToThePeople 😷How to switch to the Fediverse and take as many people with you as you can (provided you have followers elsewhere):
1. Set up an independent website, if you don't have one (ideally self-hosted or hosted by people you know personally and trust - definitely not hosted in the US or by a big corporation or in their cloud) and link to it from all your social media accounts.
2. Do some research to find a good fit for a Fediverse instance (don't just join mastodon.social).
3. Set up your account there, change the settings to your liking (there is a spectrum from maximizing visibility to maximizing privacy), fill your profile, make an introduction post (with the hashtag and more hashtags representing your topics of interest) and pin it to your profile.
4. Link your Fediverse profile on your website.
5. Request archives of all your data on all your other social media accounts and download them, delete your accounts and request all data to be deleted - first posting about moving to the Fediverse is probably useless, as it'll just get you shadowbanned.
6. Make a blogpost or create a page on your website announcing your move to the Fediverse and add a guide on how to join the Fediverse.
Resources:
https://joinfediverse.wiki
https://fedi.tips
#JoinFediverse #JoinTheFediverse #UnplugTrump #UnplugMAGA #UnplugFascism #UnplugBigTech #DiDay #DigitalIndependence #LeaveX
everton137I shared this on the #LeaveX account.
However, it’s still painful to see how almost every website includes share buttons for major tech platforms.
I’ve learned not to get upset about it, but I'm still shocked that even organizations studying the dangers of Big Tech social media don't dare remove the buttons.
The Big Tech Lobby Playbook
How Big Tech’s power has rewritten digital rules globally
https://www.somo.nl/big-tech-lobby-playbook/
Big Tech giants have developed a powerful playbook to shape laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Our Big Tech Lobby Playbook series explores their tools and strategies through 6 case studies from Australia, Brazil, India, the EU, Kenya and the US.
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PoLiTiPeT
RE: https://mastodon.social/@chrisstoecker/116052827897793591
EN: "Note the view count (100k) and followers (0). As already written here: X practically only consists of bots, trolls and a few politicians and media people. Fake engagement, fake content, fake accounts."
@mathildesaliou Je ne sais pas. 🤷♂️
It was really great to have a call with Canadian collaborators sharing values of the Leave X campaign and leading the @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty.
Thanks to @ZebKing for taking the initiative and to @smattymatty for creating an awesome app. Let's continue to work together to push this forward.
Soon, policymakers will realize that an interoperable social web is public digital infrastructure. The missing ingredient is political will, not technology, to treat Big Tech social media as a thing of the past.
Pino CarafaI just signed this petition, will you join me?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons
Take X icons off websites and emails ! And replace with Mastodon icons !
Why leave and de-platform toxic and lock-in social media (such as X, Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok) ? Black Box Algorithms: Lock-in platforms aim to show you more content that their owners like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and their paymasters want you to see, and less content that you want to see…. https://xodus.online/why#algorithms Rise of the far-right: Toxic platforms promote hate, the far-right, and interfere in elections…. https://xodus.online/why#democracy Disinformation: Toxic platforms...