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New study finds that Twitter/X users who switched from a chronological feed to an algorithmic feed showed increased engagement and a shift toward more conservative political views. Switching back to a chronological feed did not reverse these changes in political attitudes.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.

Nature

Tom Rees Feb 4

Rebane Feb 1

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
https://xikipedia.org/

Tom Rees Jan 12

Free Software Foundation Jan 11

When you join the #FSF, you support lots of great work, including the #Librephone project and research on freedom in machine learning applications: https://u.fsf.org/49z #FSFTable

Celebrate the new year: join the free software community! — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

Tom Rees Jan 8

Blackout VPN Dec 20

Prosecutors ignored regulators who said no crime existed, hid evidence, threatened 25 years, then jailed two innocent men for protecting privacy. The US government are the real criminals.

https://blackoutvpn.au/blog/samourai-wallet-founders-prosecuted

#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai #Authoritarianism #democracy

Feds Ratfuck Innocent Samourai Wallet Founders

US prosecutors crushed Samourai Wallet developers despite regulators saying their software was legal

Blackout VPN

Tom Rees Dec 19

The future is not looking bright if any man and his dog can be thrown into prison for writing a useful privacy respecting, open source tool on a conspiracy charge. Good video by #NaomiBrockwell #NBTV

#KeonneRodriguez and #BillHill did not break a single law. #FreeSamourai

https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Samourai:e

Support them at billandkeonne.org

He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.

Odysee

Tom Rees Dec 18

Unredacted 🗽Dec 5

Code is not a crime. Sign the petition to #freesamourai.

https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools

Sign the Petition

Stand Up for Freedom: Pardon the Innocent Coders Jailed for Building Privacy Tools!

Change.org

Tom Rees Nov 19

Parliament of Victoria Nov 18

There has been genuine progress to address fraud and corruption in local government, but there remains wide variation in practice and capability, particularly in areas such as expense reporting, staff training, and internal fraud detection, a report tabled in Parliament today has found. Read the report at https://vicparl.news/3K3u1yV.

Tom Rees Oct 28

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115451212483175539

So keen for this update on Loops. Highly recommend people suss out this fediverse video app once update drops

Tom Rees Mar 5, 2025

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Oliver Knabe Mar 4, 2025

For all who would like to exit from #Bigtech I would recommend once more the encouraging #optout-project developed by Janet Vertesi:

"Yes, you can live without Big Tech.
If data is the new oil, then I'm here to help you go electric. Join the resistance", says @cyberlyra https://www.optoutproject.net/welcome-to-the-opt-out-project/

Welcome to the Opt Out Project - The Opt Out Project

Welcome, fellow and aspiring conscientious objectors! Yes, you can live a modern, digitally connected, twenty-first century life online without Big…

Tom Rees Feb 8, 2025

Parliament of Victoria Feb 5, 2025

The Public Accounts and Estimates Committee is seeking public submissions to an inquiry into fraud and corruption controls in local government. See terms of reference and more information at vicparl.news/3WOQYcl.

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