Johannes Ernst"They promised connection. But they delivered addiction, surveillance, and manipulation."
What a simple, powerful statement about commercial social media by @_elena in her amazing movie.
I'm going to steal this. (With attribution of course!)
mcEwen
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Jan PenfratFor weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.
One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work
Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. He has lost access to his email and his bank accounts have been frozen. American staffers at The Hague-based court also have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest. In addition, some nongovernmental organizations have stopped working with the ICC. Rights groups say these problems will prevent victims of war crimes from getting justice.
KuJoe 💞If any Mastodon instances are having trouble with their costs growing out of control, ping me and see if I can help lower your bill.
Apparently a recently closed instance was paying $300/month for hosting which is insane to read considering how small of an instance it was. When we had 40k monthly users I was paying about $120/month so an instance with less than 400 total users (not MAU) should be super cheap to run even with a few TB of storage and bandwidth.
It hurts my heart to read instances closing down over costs and finding out they’re paying more than instances 10x their size. 😢
Jeff (of the internet) (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Another Mastodon server gone. Airwaves.Social shut down & off the air for good. Reason: Costs! https://vmst.io/@User47/114508192446827453 Running a Mastodon server isn’t free & it’s often thankless. But it is essential. If you value independent, community-run spaces, now’s the time to chip in to your favorite server/instances Your server admins can’t keep the lights on with vibes alone. Want to Suport Newsie or Journa.host? DO IT! OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/newsiesocial#category-CONTRIBUTE PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BCV5VZ5HRMB3U
Mo Schoenfeld (she/her)
Tomasz OryńskiMeanwhile in Switzerland: after US embassy demanded to know if the bakery that supplies them with baked goods is not too WOKE and send them a questionaire, the bakers responded with sending US embassy a questionaire asking if they are willing to respect human rights, otherwise they might bake their right-wing croissaints themselves. 🙂
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FlohEinstein
Joanna HolmanWith both #Eurovision and the Papal conclave happening in May, it’s gonna be a big month for Europeans who love overly complex, confusing and dramatic ways to select a winner that are run by international bureaucracies, include smoke for dramatic effect and feature excessively extra outfits
Bits of FreedomMeer signallen dan whatsappen is een stap in de goede richting. Maar om als Nederland en Europa onafhankelijk te worden van Big Tech, moet er meer gebeuren. Welke stappen moeten precies worden gezet om dit einddoel te bereiken? En welke rol kun je daar als Nederlandse burger in spelen? We vroegen het aan jullie!
We werken momenteel aan een plan om gezamenlijk in actie te komen. Op de hoogte blijven? Sluit je aan bij de 'Onafhankelijk van Big Tech'-beweging via https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/doemee! 💪
Vee