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Suddenly, my feed was crawling with fake cake bakers basking in the love of real Facebook members. What does that have to do with connecting the world?

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Imagine an open-source, modular audio system with interchangeable cloud services. It's the audio system that consumers -- and our environment -- deserve.

Sonos' upheaval highlights the risks of closed systems in home audio. Here's how an open-source platform and universal speaker connectivity standard could benefit everyone.

Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Here’s a simple guide for you—and anyone who claims they have nothing to hide.

Wired Editor Katie Knibbs interviews Bluesky CEO Jay Graber.Director: Justin WolfsonDirector of Photography: Mark SimonEditor: Richard Trammell; Louis Lalire...

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Director of Global Public Policy for Facebook and author of the recently released tell-all book

Mark Zuckerberg makes a grim announcement over his plans to cure male loneliness by creating computer friends, except the friends are actually AI-generated c...

Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate information on virtually everyone in the US.

In this one I personally lament the end of the internet I grew up on, the state of the current era, the new methods of ideological conflict and explain why d...

Open-source brings much-needed clarity to the often black box of AI development Open-source brings much-needed clarity to the often black box of AI development

Over the past few years, digital organizing has become the hot new thing in unionization campaigns. Digital mobilization and engagement technologies have become essential to winning. However, while some unions have won remarkable gains utilizing these technologies, other unions have lagged behind, unwilling to embrace these new tools. Before the…

Users and local businesses say they've been left in the lurch while Bunz's popular Facebook groups are abandoning the brand en masse

Editor’s note: This is the second of three articles on the role of social movements in bringing about transformative change. This article was produced

Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change. We are a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling our own secure means of communications.

The early internet was like the coolest club around. Then, big tech companies swept in. But the alternative to a corporate online world has always existed.

Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.

Tired of Big Tech prying on your data and invading your privacy? Here are some open source, decentralized alternate social platforms.

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84 votes, 17 comments. I know BlueSky is a PBC (public benefit corporation, required to benefit the public good) and is open source and…

TikTok is set to be banned on January 19th, but creators on the popular app aren’t going down without a fight. TikTok creators have not only sounded off about the U.S. government’s corruption, but they’ve found brilliant ways to antagonize the status quo to retaliate against them for banning TikTok. In this video we’ll discuss reactions to the TikTok ban, why it was banned, and how creators are organizing ahead of TikTok’s inevitable ban. Sources: Common Dreams - https://www.commondreams.org/news/tiktok-scotus-uphold-ban Sludge - https://readsludge.com/2024/04/23/meta-shatters-lobbying-record-as-house-passes-tiktok-ban/ Featured TikTok Creators (in Order of Appearance): Mango Slug - https://www.tiktok.com/@mangoslug Bryan Andrews - https://www.tiktok.com/@bryanandrewsmusic Jordxn Simone - https://www.tiktok.com/@jordxn.simone Tony Statovci - https://www.tiktok.com/@tonystatovci Jasmine’s Garden - https://www.tiktok.com/@jasminesgarden23 Good Trouble - https://www.tiktok.com/@goodtrouble_ Thiqy Dusty - https://www.tiktok.com/@thiqydusty What The Ish - https://www.tiktok.com/@whattheish Soupy Time - https://www.tiktok.com/@soupytime Thoren Bradley - https://www.tiktok.com/@bradley.thor Total Hypocrisy - https://www.tiktok.com/@totalhypocrisy Lissat772 - https://www.tiktok.com/@lissat772 Chapters: 0:00 US Bans TikTok 3:59 TikTok Creators Respond 6:28 Antony Blinken and Mitt Romney Admit Reason for Ban 8:45 Politician's Priorities 14:19 RedNote 15:37 Meta 18:14 Conclusion 20:03 Outro ************** Support the Show: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/humanistreport YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Q4rvzJDbHeBHYk5rnvZeA/join Membership via PayPal: http://www.humanistreport.com/support.html ************** Mike's Book, 'Catalyze' is Now Available on All Major Retailers! Grab Your Digital or Paperback Copy Here: http://www.humanistreport.com/book.html ************** Visit Our Website: http://www.humanistreport.com/ Join Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ntzkbyzsdA Join Our Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HumanistReport/ Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/humanistreport Follow Us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@humanistreport Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HumanistReport Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike.figueredo/ Follow Mike on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/humanistreport Subscribe to Our Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSKFAh2-y_xplp4gB_9X0w Download the Opt-Out App: https://www.optout.news/ ************** The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. Our analyses are guided by humanism and political progressivism. Each news story we cover is supplemented with thought-provoking, fact-based commentary that aims for the highest level of objectivity. #HumanistReport #TikTok

Hannah Byrne joined Facebook to combat far-right extremism. She’s now convinced the tech giant can’t be trusted with such power.

The man accused of killing Brian Thompson had an extensive social media history that makes his worldview very clear, writes Io Dodds

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Just in case there was any doubt about how Jack Dorsey really feels about Bluesky, the former Twitter CEO has offered new details on why he left the board and deleted his account.