Testimony opposing Washington HB 1951, weak algorithmic discrimination legislation Despite good intentions, the bill looks like it was written by tech lobbyists.
Instances in the free fediverses should consider "transitive defederation" from instances that federate with Meta Part 7 of Strategies for the free fediverses. As the first post in the series discusses, the "free fediverses" are regions of the fediverse that reject Meta and surveillance capitalism, and these strategies position the free fediverses as an alternative to Threads and "Meta's fediverses&
fediverse The free fediverses should work together with people and instances in Meta's fediverses and on Bluesky whose goals and values align Part 6 of "Strategies for a free fediverse"
fediverse The free fediverses should make it easier to move between (and create) instances Part 5 of Strategies for the free fediverses
The free fediverses should support concentric federations of instances Part 4 of Strategies for the free fediverses
fediverse The free fediverses should emphasize networked communities Part 3 of Strategies for the free fediverses
fediverse The free fediverses should focus on consent (including consent-based federation), privacy, and safety Part 2 of Strategies for the free fediverses
fediverse Strategies for the free fediverses (WORK IN PROGRESS) How to leverage the free fediverses' many advantages?
fediverse Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ! (UPDATED for 2024) Block Meta or "trust but verify"?
fediverse Embrace, Extend, and Exploit: Meta's plan for ActivityPub, Mastodon and the Fediverse What's Meta up to?
fediverse Compare and contrast: Fediseer, FIRES, and The Bad Space Part 4 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"
fediverse It's possible to talk about The Bad Space without being racist or anti-trans – but it's not as easy as it sounds Part 3 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"
fediverse Blocklists in the ActivityPub fediverse Part 2 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"
fediverse Mastodon and today's ActivityPub Fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default Part 1 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"
fediverse Can the Fediverse help stop Bad Internet Bills? The July 20-28 Week of Action is a good time to experiment!
Federal privacy legislation The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a House Judiciary Committee markup tomorrow! If all goes well, the committee will advance a (potentially-amended) version of the bill ... a huge step forward!
fediverse A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" The results so far are certainly encouraging!
fediverse Why just blocking Meta's Threads won't be enough to protect your privacy once they join the fediverse At least, not with today's software.
fediverse "A clear victory for our cause"? Opinions continue to differ about Meta and Threads in the fediverse! Including a polling update!
social threat modeling Threat modeling Meta, the Fediverse, and privacy (DRAFT) DRAFT! Work in progress! Feedback welcome
fediverse Six posts, a presentation, and a preview on privacy and prototyping: Fediverse update, July 3 There's a lot to write about, and I've been doing a lot of writing about it.
How to use filtering and muting to hear less discussion of odious people on Mastodon It's not a perfect solution, but it's helpful.
