Does the exodus to UpScrolled signify the end of TikTok? | The-14

UpScrolled’s surge after TikTok’s US takeover raises questions about censorship, algorithms and network effects, but history suggests TikTok is not finished yet

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36 hours of silence on one language.
Support replied in policy-scented fear.
Screenshots spread, then vanished.
Patch dropped.
“Just a bug.”
Sure.
I kept the screenshot
a receipt for a silence that wasn’t accidental.
#DigitalCensorship #AlgorithmicSilence #PlatformPolitics #SpeechUnderScrutiny #TechTransparency

Merit, Measurement, and Moral Order: The Market Imaginary in Education

https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1968-7955-ae60-480006401775

What kind of digital university are we building when platforms and systems shape pedagogy, participation, and institutional purpose?

In my latest post, I argue for reimagining the digital university as a democratic pedagogical institution.

Read it here:
https://www.e-learning-rules.com/blog/0039_reimagining_the_digital_university.html

#DigitalPedagogy #EdTech #CriticalPedagogy #HigherEducation #PlatformPolitics

Mainstream media didn’t widen the public sphere—the internet did.

#BLM and #MeToo didn’t rise through newsrooms—they broke through online.

New episode of The Internet is Crack: Alice Marwick joins us to explore how platforms shape speech, distort discourse, and empower protest.

🎧https://youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0

#TheInternetIsCrack #PublicSphere #AliceMarwick #DigitalVoices #PlatformPolitics #TechEthics

Universities depend on digital infrastructure they do not control. What if we built something different?

My latest blog post explores open source tools, federated platforms, and community ownership in reimagining the digital university.

Read here:
https://www.e-learning-rules.com/blog/0032_critical_infrastructure_reimagining_the_digital_university.html

#DigitalPedagogy #OpenSource #EdTech #PlatformPolitics #HigherEd #CriticalInfrastructure

Who shapes the platforms we are told to use in education?

Digital tools are never neutral. They carry assumptions about pedagogy, power, and control.

In my latest blog post, I argue that digital policy is pedagogical. Educators need to engage with it, not just implement it.

Read the post:
https://www.e-learning-rules.com/blog/0031_digital_policy_is_pedagogy.html

#DigitalPedagogy #EdTech #CriticalPedagogy #PlatformPolitics #EducationPolicy