Good article from the Concordia University Newspaper, on #DigitalSovereignty on campuses across Canada. Before these students enter the workforce they are being tracked and data collected every time they access a university or college application. How many administrators recognize the risk to their students?
If you know anyone at The Concordian, please suggest that they #LeaveX and join Mastodon.
#MastodonCanada
https://theconcordian.com/2026/03/why-digital-sovereignty-belongs-on-campus/
Wat mooi dat #Lubach eindelijk eens X onder handen neemt 👏
RE: https://mstdn.social/@stux/116337052513452953
EN: What is our government still doing on #X?
X, formerly #Twitter: it used to be a pretty cool platform, but then it just got worse and worse. X isn’t what it used to be since #Musk took over.
Is it really smart for the #Dutch #government to be on X? Should our country’s leadership be complicit in this sick business model of an #American tech billionaire?
Time for Deep Dive Thursday!
CSAM, Nazism, right wing algorithms, holocaust denial, harming young teenagers. Nothing is too strong, too much to outweigh the adrenalin shot and thrill of reach and virality for these irresponsible actors.
All of our political actors: politicians, government agencies, parliaments – all of them support this and funnel people into these platforms. 🤮
#leaveX #deMeta #degoogle
People who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world are the ones that do. Let's go crazy.
"Big Tech has been addicting and harming our kids for years, and they knew it." I keep hearing this from politicians. Fair enough.
But I rarely see the same energy directed at parents. I've seen mobile devices used as digital pacifiers. I've seen adults glued to their phones while supposedly supervising their children.
How can someone who can't put their phone down be expected to set limits for their kids?
Further than that. If our decision makers can't either and are still using disinformation tools like X, then maybe it's time for a more honest conversation about the harms caused by big tech social media.
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-musk-twitter-takeover-highlights-danger.html
#x #twitter #musk #democracy #SavingDemocracy #leaveX #SocialMedia #meta #zuckerberg
Musk's Twitter takeover highlights danger of owner-dominated social media platforms
by #JoeStafford #UniversityManchester
"They were never fully democratic, but they rarely supported one political side, and almost never authoritarian groups," said Dr. Magalhães.
A new study has suggested that the transformation of Twitter into X under Elon Musk marks the rise of a new, illiberal regime of governing social media platforms, which can be controlled by one person and used to push their own political agenda. Alongside researchers from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Weizenbaum Institute, Dr. João C. Magalhães of The University of Manchester studied more than 1,500 events to track how the platform has changed since Musk acquired it.
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty @parismarx On this topic, I'm giving a book talk tomorrow at York University, focusing on the late 2022 wave of folks who left Twitter for Mastodon.
https://www.yorku.ca/research/connected-minds/events/book-launch/
Lots of people quit X back then. Lots of people ought to do it now.
The Connected Minds Book Launch celebrates new interdisciplinary publications exploring the intersections of technology, society, and justice. Featuring readings and discussions with authors, the event highlights arts-based, EDI-forward scholarship while engaging the community in critical conversations about human values, agency, and ethical innovation. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with authors, ask questions, and […]
It should be considered common sense that there are no good reasons remaining to have an account on X. But people still believe that their posts on X generate engagement or awareness, as they ignore the trash posted along with their content. They worry about giving up on their followers, but bots have no feelings.
In this article by @parismarx, several excellent points are made that it's time to stop now.
#LeaveX #DigitalSovereignty #MastodonCanada
https://disconnect.blog/its-time-to-stop-posting-on-x/
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 .
We've heard this argument too often: not deleting a Twitter account because someone could impersonate you.
Interestingly, after checking the links of several politicians who deleted their accounts, we found that no one has impersonated them.
Have you seen a case like that, or is it just a feeling of self-importance that makes people worry too much?
ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty
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