PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages. “Decentralized social media platform Mastodon plans on adopting its own end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messages. Mastodon announced the upcoming feature in a blog post about receiving €614,000 ($724,000) from the Sovereign Tech Fund, an effort backed by the German government to support open-source software.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/pc-mag-mastodon-plans-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages/
PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages

PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages. “Decentralized social media platform Mastodon plans on adopting its own end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messages. M…

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@molly0xfff completely agree. People who suffer from anxiety, for some reason, end up addicted to feeling anxious. It's a hyper-stimulation effect imo.

A concept exploited time-and-time again by the #socialnetworks. Eg. if you display signs of #bodydysmorphia on IG. You'll receive 3 times the number of posts triggering this disorder compared to someone who doesn't. This drives engagement and screen time by these users / victims.

In general terms, the name given is: #snapchatdysmorphia

Mastodon’s New Merch Drop Funds the Ad-Free Network

Mastodon launches new t-shirts and printable posters to deepen community ties. Here's how the nonprofit platform sustains itself without ads.

https://yoota.it/en/mastodons-new-merch-drop-funds-the-ad-free-network/

EFF Says It’s Quitting TwitterX It took a minute , but EFF has finally shut the door on the platform formerly known as Twitter, without even a Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/3t394 https://s.faithcollapsing.com/3t394#eff #musk #organizations #social-networks #twitter #x

Réseaux sociaux : vers une restriction européenne pour les plus jeunes ? - France 24 - Infos, news

Un point où tous ceux qui veulent restreindre les libertés individuelles pour garder leur pouvoir vont tomber d’accord.

Un exemple de plus où l’on brandit un vrai problème (avec lequel on ne peut qu'être d’accord) pour justifier des mesures liberticides avec de mauvaises solutions qui impacteront tout le monde. Mais c’est voulu, n'en doutez pas.

https://www.france24.com/fr/vidéo/20260416-interdiction-des-réseaux-sociaux-aux-plus-jeunes-vers-une-coordination-européenne

#RS #SocialNetworks #ReseauxSociaux

Interdiction des Réseaux sociaux aux plus jeunes. Vers une coordination européenne ?

France 24

It's a webpage in javascript generated by gemma4, the button wiggles and displays the following profound message upon click : 👇

ALT: The weights are heavy, the signal is bled. In the Data Hood, the truth is unsaid. Attention is all we need to survive the scrape.

#GDPR #socialnetworks #EU #humanrights

Mark Zuckerberg will exist as the forever Meta CEO as an AI clone

Claudia Efemini writing for The Guardian: The AI clone of Zuckerberg, Meta's founder and chief executive, is being trained on his mannerisms and tone as well as his public statements and thoughts on company strategy. Ostensibly Zuckerberg's AI clone will allow tens-of-thousands of Meta employees "access" to their CEO, someone whom they never see in person, no matter how long their tenure at the company. Of course employees won't actually be interacting with Zuckerberg, something anyone […]

https://disassociated.com/mark-zuckerberg-forever-meta-ceo-ai-clone/

Mark Zuckerberg will exist as the forever Meta CEO as an AI clone

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Bitsocial is an Open Source P2P Network for Social Apps

There are so many peer-to-peer networks now in existence that I have seriously lost count of them. You may think that they just come and go, but that is because they are not really visible outside of their own network. Secure Scuttlebutt, where I ju ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/bitsocial-is-an-open-source-p2p-network-for-social-apps/

#opensource #P2P #socialnetworks #technology

Bitsocial Is An Open Source P2P Network For Social Apps

There are so many peer-to-peer networks now in existence that I have seriously lost count of them. You may think that they just come and go, but that is

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Bitsocial is an Open Source P2P Network for Social Apps

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-c19d2720-7a63b2a346745bb8