Mastodawn

Dr Pen 6h ago

Eliot Higgins 10h ago

Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.

Dr Pen 6h ago

JuliaR 7h ago

#Europe citizens! Who wants Europe to be less dependent on proprietary software based mainly in US?
Have your say!

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

#publicHearing #EU #OpenSource #OSS #programming #opensourcesoftware

Dr Pen 6h ago

Hacker News 7h ago

X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers
L: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/x-uk-revenues-drop-nearly-60-in-a-year-as-advertisers-pull-out-over-content-concerns
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46553503
posted on 2026.01.09 at 08:16:48 (c=0, p=8)

X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers

Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imagery

The Guardian

Dr Pen 6h ago

Gerry McGovern 10h ago

So Big Tech has started undressing our children so as to make even more profit off them.

Where are the Irish, UK and USA governments? An Irish Minister blames users. While the EU is complaining about Twitter on Twitter.

Big Tech own our governments. They own our politicians.

It's all about innovation and progress. Here we are having our children stripped of their rights and clothes to be sold for Big Tech profit. Here we are, with women facing an onslaught of Big Tech misogyny.

Toxic men.

Dr Pen 6h ago

Kotes 7h ago

Every business day, I monitor the posts on X of the students applying for jobs at our company for background checks.

On X these days, there are just so many inactive accounts and bots to begin with. The number of accounts where actual humans are expressing their opinions is probably less than one-twentieth of the total.

Dr Pen 7h ago

European Commission 7h ago

We are very well aware of the fact that X for Grok is now offering a spicy mode showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with childlike images:

📌 A detailed request for information on Grok has been sent to X, and we are reviewing the company’s responses.

📌 X has been ordered to retain all internal documents and data concerning Grok’s features until the end of 2026.

The Digital Services Act is very clear:

In the EU, all platforms have to get their own house in order.

Dr Pen 15h ago

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Evan Prodromou 15h ago

@Paulatics thank you! Please let me know how I can help. I work for a nonprofit that promotes the use of the Fediverse.

Dr Pen 15h ago

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦1d ago

And here is my more recent exchange with CBC executives, wherein I called on them to set up a Mastodon instance! https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=S7QniO7pES3s4Gtv #CBC #TRCM #Mastodon

CBC stays on X to reach audiences despite hate speech concerns - but isn't on Bluesky or Mastodon.

YouTube

Dr Pen 15h ago

Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦1d ago

As many of you will know, I’ve been campaigning for more than a year to get the Govt of Canada off X. This week’s Grok nonsense pushed me over the edge - and I said a very bad word! https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/01/07/get-the-fk-off-there-mps-senators-call-on-government-to-abandon-x-twitter-following-wave-of-grok-porn/487023/ #cdnpoli #X #Grok

‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’

A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.

The Hill Times

Dr Pen 1d ago