How Elon Musk galvanized the UK’s online safety regime
politico.eu/article/keir-starm…
How Elon Musk galvanized the UK’s online safety regime
The U.K. was taking a wait-and-see approach to online safety… then along came Grok.Mizy Clifton (POLITICO)
How Elon Musk galvanized the UK’s online safety regime
politico.eu/article/keir-starm…
The U.K. was taking a wait-and-see approach to online safety… then along came Grok.Mizy Clifton (POLITICO)
Don't reach out on X / Twitter. Contacting an elected official on that platform would likely reinforce with the politician that it's useful for dialogue.
but we still have too many of the members of the European Parliament are using actively X
Wir haben in unserem Insta-Kanal ein Fediverse-Tutorial in 11 Slides veröffentlicht, um mehr Leute zu veranlassen, hierher zu folgen.
Auch wenn das hier eher ein Fall von Eulen nach Athen wär, zeigen wir‘s trotzdem. Aber ihr dürft gern die Inhalte verwenden, um selber Werbung fürs Fedi zu machen. Kopiert euch die alt-Texte raus, wenn ihr mögt!
Only 17% of Austrian MPs are still on X.
Compare that to Sweden, 66%, the Netherlands, 63%, and the EU, 58%, that gap is striking.
Finland is often cited as a leader in digital literacy and counter-disinformation. It makes me curious how Finnish politicians assess X today, as a neutral platform, or as an active disinformation risk.
Which European country will be the first to seriously lead by example and walk away from this disinformation machine?
#X #disinformation #Finland #LeaveX
Too much talking, not enough action. Politicians, leave X now.
Herzlich willkommen im #fediverse
Schön, dass ihr es aus X raus geschafft habt.
netzpolitik.org/2026/neue-well…
#leavex #wirverlassenx #spd #gruene #linke #bigtech #digitalesouveränität #diday
Nach langer Diskussion kehren SPD, Linke und Grüne der Plattform X gemeinsam den Rücken. Sie begründen diesen Schritt mit Chaos und Desinformation auf Elon Musks Netzwerk. Viele der Accounts machen bei Bluesky weiter.Markus Reuter (netzpolitik.org)
Just spotted that Munster Technological University have replaced the X logo on their website with a Bluesky one !
Onze partij zit vol met geweldige nerds (zie bijv. politici-op-mastodon.nl/) die bijna allemaal onderschrijven: als je het systeem wil veranderen, moet je zelf willen veranderen. Tijd dat we ons hierbij aansluiten.
X is de betonrot van ons internet. Het manipuleert het debat en verkiezingen. X treedt niet op tegen racisme, seksisme en bedreigingen, en het laat haar eigen chatbot mensen (zelfs kinderen) zonder instemming uitkleden.
GA WEG DAAR! #LeaveX
Overzicht van Nederlandse politici en partijen op Mastodon.www.politici-op-mastodon.nl
EN: Headline: “Signal Hacked” – No. Nobody was hacked.
What really happened: Politicians clicked on a phishing link and revealed their verification code or PIN. Signal itself has not been compromised, the encryption works perfectly.
This is not a failure of the app, but a failure of basic digital skills. (...)
The scary thing is that the very people who decide on IT security, laws and surveillance do not master the basic digital rules.
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Note: The reason why they don't #LeaveX.
We are really glad to see @openpetition here. They were our choice to host the petition for the #LeaveX, in January 2025.
openpetition.eu/petition/onlin…
We tried to host our letter (leavex.eu/letter) at the official petition website of the @EUCommission , but it was refused. We considered @campact as well, but they seem too focused on their own bubble, and Open Petition seems more international.
The more organized civil society becomes active on the #Fediverse, the better.