Jon S. von Tetzchner
Jon S. von Tetzchner  ·  2 weeks ago
I have for the last 11 years talked about the problem with user profiling and algorithmic content. Creation of echo chambers and the ability to easily manipulate what people see for marketing purposes and worse. Even made a cat video to try to make the point. I wish more would see this.

The point is not for political parties to see the potential here, but rather to see the risk. The only way to fix this is to ban user profiling.

You have made a good choice to move the the Fediverse. It would help for more of your friends to join us.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/09/social-media-traditional-news-elections-00188548

#Politics #fediverse#Mastodon @EUCommission#Privacy#Twitter#Facebook#USPol#USPolitics

Newsmast
Newsmast  ·  3 weeks ago
It's time for charities and for-good organisations to ditch X - a platform which helped grow and fund the Trump campaign - and move to alternatives where they aren't at the mercy of a single persons politics.

As a start, we're excited to be featured as an organisation which can help in this @BylineTimes article

There's a lot of hard work to be done, but we like hard work. Hard work is good work.

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/11/07/x-odus-charities-and-campaigners-to-abandon-musks-twitter-after-trump-endorsement/

#Fediverse#Charity#NGO#News#USPol#Politics#X#SocialMedia#Twitter

Warner Crocker
Warner Crocker  ·  4 weeks ago
“America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they’d have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas. One was surprised they were working to elect Donald Trump.”

Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
#politics#ElonMusk#Voting
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

A Guy Named Brian (he/him)
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)  ·  last month
“During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil.”

#Politics#USPolitics #Election2024#Immigration#NationalSecurity#DomestcUseOfTheMilitary#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot #DemocracyVsAutocracy#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-hell-use-the-military-on-the-enemy-from-within-the-u-s-if-hes-reelected

Police State UK
Police State UK  ·  last month
"Alex Blasdel lays out the case for private equity as a kind of virus that infects economies, parasitically draining them of not just the capacity to provide goods and services, but also of the ability to govern themselves, as politicians and regulators are captured by the unfathomable sums that PE flushes into the political process:"
~ @pluralistic

#Politics#Capitalism

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/10/slash-and-burn-is-private-equity-out-of-control

About Flipboard
About Flipboard  ·  2 months ago

News and Politics are two of the most followed and read topics on Flipboard, and with the U.S. election just a few weeks away, we have a new feature to help you keep up with the day’s leading stories. 

Now you can follow people from social networks in the fediverse, like Mastodon and Threads, so you can get your daily dose of news and political commentary from journalists and experts, alongside content from your favorite publishers. 

Here’s a look at some of the people you can follow on Flipboard: 

  • Joseph Biden, President of the United States 
  • Ian Bremmer, political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group 
  • George Conway, conservative legal expert and co-founder of The Lincoln Project 
  • David French, legal expert and New York Times columnist 
  • Katie Harbath, public policy expert and CEO of Anchor Change 
  • Steve Herman, Voice of America’s chief national correspondent
  • Molly Jong-Fast, host of the podcast Fast Politics and journalist at Vanity Fair 
  • Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States 
  • Joy Reid, host of The Reidout on MSNBC
  • Olivia Troye, American national security expert 

Here’s how you can find and follow them on Flipboard:

  • Explore — Select the Search icon in the bottom navigation and check out the new Fediverse tab for a list of people to follow that post about a wide range of topics, including news and politics. Swipe left to the News tab for more accounts to follow, plus you’ll find editorial features and publishers to follow too.
  • Search — Select the Search icon and type in the name or handle of the account you’d like to follow. You will see results in the new Fediverse Accounts section in All, Social and Profiles tabs. 

Once you’ve followed accounts from Threads, Mastodon or other platforms in the fediverse, you will see their new posts in the Fediverse Activity carousel in your For You feed. If there is a profile that you never want to miss a post from, add their profile to the top of your Home carousel so you can easily keep up on their social sharing. (Note: The Fediverse Activity carousel will only update when there is a new post from a followed account.)

If your Flipboard account is already federated, you’ve got a few more features to enjoy: 

For one, in addition to being able to follow accounts from the fediverse, you’ll also be able to comment on and like their posts. Having a federated account fully opens up your Flipboard experience and enables you to seamlessly interact with people across the fediverse.

And while you’ve been able to see your fediverse activity in your Flipboard notifications panel, now you’ll be able to follow and interact with people directly from this experience, making it easier to build connections. For example, if someone follows your profile in the fediverse, you can follow them back from Flipboard — it’s all interconnected. 

These features are only available via the latest versions of Flipboard’s iOS and Android apps. And if you’re not federated on Flipboard but all this news is making you wish you were, you can request to federate your account here.

We hope you find new people to follow and inspiring content to explore. Also, be sure to follow The News Desk and The Politics Desk (if you aren’t already) for curated stories from Flipboard’s editors. 

Thanks for keeping up with all the Flipboard and fediverse news through our blog. You can download the Flipboard app in the App Store and Google Play Store for free. Personalize it for the stories you’re interested in and curate your favorite articles, videos and podcasts into your own Flipboard Magazines.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-news-and-politics-voices-on-flipboard/

#Mastodon #news #politics #threads

Jason Perseus
Jason Perseus  ·  2 months ago
Nothing could be more of an example of why monopolies suck than Google search.

Went from great to shitty in a few years as they ruined it for various forms of incidental revenue.

Now we have no good alternatives because they dominated the market.

(I know there is DuckDuckGo, but it has never been as good as Google. Closer now but that, imo, is because Google is trash now.)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/googles-ai-deals-could-hurt-its-search-monopoly-appeal-expert-says/

#tech #uspol #politics #uspolitics #monopoly #doj

Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson  ·  2 months ago
"Muslim faith leaders endorse Harris"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/kamala-harris/muslim-faith-leaders-endorse-kamala-harris-rcna174190

"A group of imams endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in an open letter shared first with NBC News on Sunday, a critical boost as she steps up her efforts to win back disaffected Muslim voters amid the Israel-Hamas war."

#Harris#Muslims #politics #election

Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Zhi Zhu 🕸️  ·  2 months ago
"The story of that period has a powerful resonance today as #Trump, angered in part by the two #federal & two state-level #indictments... threatens to carry out a campaign of #retribution if he returns to the White House. He has signaled that a 2nd Trump administration would be stocked not with people who served as #guardrails during his first term, but with carefully vetted loyalists who would eagerly carry out his wishes"
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share

#GOP#Politics#Revenge#USA #News

Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Zhi Zhu 🕸️  ·  2 months ago
"If elected again, he would also return to the White House bolstered by the #SupremeCourt 's ruling in July that former presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution for official acts taken while in office."

Read the whole article yourself, even if you don't have a subscription, by clicking on this #GiftArticle #GiftLink:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share

Click on the URL above ⬆️ not the preview below (if there is one) in order to access the gift article.

#Trump #SCOTUS #Corruption#Politics#USA

Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Zhi Zhu 🕸️  ·  2 months ago
"a look back at the cases of 10 individuals brings a pattern into clearer focus: After #Trump made repeated public or private demands for them to be targeted by the govt, they faced federal pressure of one kind or another.

...Even without his direct order, his indirect influence could serve his ends and leave those in his sights facing expensive, time-consuming #legal proceedings or other high-stress inquiries."
#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share

#Corruption#Politics#USPol #News#US#USA

Text from article: The episode marked the start of a more aggressive effort by Mr. Trump to deploy his power against his perceived enemies despite warnings not to do so by top aides. And a look back at the cases of 10 individuals brings a pattern into clearer focus: After Mr. Trump made repeated public or private demands for them to be targeted by the government, they faced federal pressure of one kind or another. The broad outlines of those episodes have been previously reported. But a closer examination reveals the degree of concern and pushback against Mr. Trump’s demands inside the White House. And it highlights how closely his expressed desires to go after people who had drawn his ire were sometimes followed by the Justice Department, F.B.I. or other agencies. Even without his direct order, his indirect influence could serve his ends and leave those in his sights facing expensive, time-consuming legal proceedings or other high-stress inquiries.
Text from article: The episode marked the start of a more aggressive effort by Mr. Trump to deploy his power against his perceived enemies despite warnings not to do so by top aides. And a look back at the cases of 10 individuals brings a pattern into clearer focus: After Mr. Trump made repeated public or private demands for them to be targeted by the government, they faced federal pressure of one kind or another. The broad outlines of those episodes have been previously reported. But a closer examination reveals the degree of concern and pushback against Mr. Trump’s demands inside the White House. And it highlights how closely his expressed desires to go after people who had drawn his ire were sometimes followed by the Justice Department, F.B.I. or other agencies. Even without his direct order, his indirect influence could serve his ends and leave those in his sights facing expensive, time-consuming legal proceedings or other high-stress inquiries.
Text from article: The episode marked the start of a more aggressive effort by Mr. Trump to deploy his power against his perceived enemies despite warnings not to do so by top aides. And a look back at the cases of 10 individuals brings a pattern into clearer focus: After Mr. Trump made repeated public or private demands for them to be targeted by the government, they faced federal pressure of one kind or another. The broad outlines of those episodes have been previously reported. But a closer examination reveals the degree of concern and pushback against Mr. Trump’s demands inside the White House. And it highlights how closely his expressed desires to go after people who had drawn his ire were sometimes followed by the Justice Department, F.B.I. or other agencies. Even without his direct order, his indirect influence could serve his ends and leave those in his sights facing expensive, time-consuming legal proceedings or other high-stress inquiries.