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Bytes Europe<p>Meet the UK party that thinks Trump-bashing is a vote-winner – POLITICO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/757909/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/757909/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Americas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BorisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorisJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BritishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EdDavey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdDavey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeorgeW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeW</span></a>.Bush <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JohnSwinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnSwinney</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LizTruss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizTruss</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negotiations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NigelFarage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NigelFarage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parliament</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platforms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Protectionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protectionism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Referendum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Referendum</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VinceCable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VinceCable</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WestminsterBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestminsterBubble</span></a></p>
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)X challenges German court decision that forces it to share election data <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/x-challenges-german-court-decision-that-would-force-it-to-share-data-with-researchers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/x-challenges-german-court-decision-that-would-force-it-to-share-data-with-researchers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/digitalservicesact" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalServicesAct</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/contentmoderation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Contentmoderation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/onlineadvertising" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Onlineadvertising</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/electionsecurity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electionsecurity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/consumerpolicy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConsumerPolicy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/dataprotection" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dataprotection</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/transparency" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transparency</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/socialmedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/algorithms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Algorithms</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/regulation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Regulation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/technology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/democracy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/elections" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elections</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/platforms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Platforms</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Services</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/courts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/media" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a>
Jakob (he/him)<p>Uff ich werde in letzter zeit so oft auf Plattformen (hauptsächlich <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reddit</span></a> und <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a>) ge- <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/shadowban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadowban</span></a> -ed. Die scheinen jetzt alle unglaublich Zensurfreudige <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> zur Moderation einzusetzen. Das macht einen so unfassbar sauer, da versucht man sich zu einem Thema zu vernetzen und schreibt zwanzig Minuten einen gut formulierten Beitrag und dann ....</p><p>Und wirklich NICHTS an den Beiträgen war irgendwie problematisch.</p><p>Jedes mal schwör ich mir die komplett zu canceln.</p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
katzenberger<p>For every <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> decision that restricts or removes content or accounts, the <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>'s "Digital Services Act" (<a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a>) obliges <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a> to submit a "statement of reasons" (SoR) to a "DSA Transparency Database".</p><p>As of today, this affects 23 designated Very Large Online Platforms (<a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/VLOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VLOP</span></a>​s).</p><p>(Don't get excited, SoRs by law must not contain any <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> – also, there is no "case number" that you could cross-reference to moderation decisions affecting your posts. It's more of a "Statistics Database" than a "Transparency Database").</p><p>A study that became available last week ("DSA Transparency Database: Auditing Self-reported Moderation Actions by Social Media.") looked at the database, with not so surprising findings:</p><p>»Our analyses reveal that (i) the platforms adhered only in part to the philosophy and structure of the database, (ii) the structure of the database is partially inadequate for the platforms’ reporting needs, (iii) the platforms exhibited substantial differences in their moderation actions, (iv) a remarkable fraction of the database data is inconsistent, (v) the platform <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> (formerly <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>) presents the most inconsistencies.«</p><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/html/2312.10269v4#S6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/html/2312.10269v4#S6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/DSATransparencyDatabase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSATransparencyDatabase</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p><p>[Updated the number of VLOPs]</p>
Martijn Staal<p>Tot eind januari dit jaar had de <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/EersteKamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EersteKamer</span></a> een (goed verstopte) <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> feed van zijn nieuwsberichten (<a href="https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">eerstekamer.nl/nieuws</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). Die feed is opeens gestopt met werken. Ik had er achteraan gemaild, en volgens een medewerker is de RSS feed al sinds 2020 niet meer beschikbaar. Als je de Eerste Kamer wil volgen, ben je als gewone gebruiker nu afhankelijk van de Amerikaanse <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a> X, Instagram, LinkedIn en YouTube...</p>
🗦 𝙴𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚠 🗧(🦣)<p>If the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> is ever to go even partly mainstream, say 10 million active users, we will have to have a clear eyed look at what ordinary <a href="https://spore.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> consumers want as an interface. Then either alter one of the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>platforms</span></a>, mostly likely <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, to meet those expectations, or build a new <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> platform from scratch that will. Otherwise admit to ourselves we just wanna be <a href="https://spore.social/tags/niche" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>niche</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> is tearing it up folks! It&#39;s pulling in ...</p>
AstroMancer5G (she/her)<p>I never worry much about getting <a href="https://spore.social/tags/harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>harassment</span></a> for being openly <a href="https://spore.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> on the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> the way I would on <a href="https://spore.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>platforms</span></a>. I know not everyone here shares that <a href="https://spore.social/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experience</span></a>, and it&#39;s getting worse the more <a href="https://spore.social/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>liberals</span></a> join, but it&#39;s still a huge difference and that&#39;s a draw all on its own for me.</p>
AstroMancer5G (she/her)<p>It would be super helpful to include <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fatphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fatphobia</span></a> as a category for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reporting</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/abusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abusive</span></a> posts under. Few, if any, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>platforms</span></a> do. But it would make a big difference for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>safety</span></a> and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>inclusion</span></a> for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fat</span></a> people.</p>