‘Social media should be built on protocols, not platforms’ says Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko
https://techcrunch.com/podcast/social-media-should-be-built-on-protocols-not-platforms-says-mastodon-ceo-eugen-rochko/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Sources and docs: Meta has dismantled a system that identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach, and told content-ranking teams to stop penalizing misinfo (Casey Newton/Platformer)

https://www.platformer.news/meta-ends-misinformation-enforcement-zuckerberg/
http://www.techmeme.com/250114/p34#a250114p34

Via Katie Phang:

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Incoming senior #Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump's team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

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Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: #Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has requested that DOJ provide her with #JackSmith's full case file to facilitate her office's ongoing prosecution of Donald #Trump's allies in the 2020 election effort. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25485642-election-case-letter-to-ag-garland/

Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko plans to transfer Mastodon's ownership to a new non-profit, saying it "should not be owned or controlled by a single individual" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko
http://www.techmeme.com/250113/p15#a250113p15