Every Sunday about a dozen high school teenagers gather without their iPhones on a little hill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, USA. They form a circle and
Source: Teenage iPhone Rebellion in Brooklyn – CounterPunch.org
Category: social media
Watchdog Says Social Media Giants ‘Directly Aided’ Fascist Insurrection in Brazil
The fascist attack on Brazil’s main government complex was “directly aided” by major social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram, the global watchdog group SumOfUs said Monday.
Source: Watchdog Says Social Media Giants ‘Directly Aided’ Fascist Insurrection in Brazil
Campaigners Declare ‘No… Democracy With Oligarchy’ at Twitter HQ
“Ultimately,” said one critic, Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform “is all about preserving and metastasizing oligarchy.”
Source: Campaigners Declare ‘No… Democracy With Oligarchy’ at Twitter HQ
Silence From Media as Twitter Suspends Palestinian Journalist
In yet another demonstration of anti-Palestinianism in the U.S. mainstream, there is no outcry over Twitter’s arbitrary suspension of Said Arikat, longtime D.C. correspondent for Al-Quds newspaper.
Source: Opinion | Silence From Media as Twitter Suspends Palestinian Journalist | Common Dreams
Twitter in 2022: 5 essential reads about the consequences of Elon Musk’s takeover of the microblogging platform
The intersection of content management, misinformation, aggregated data about human behavior and crowdsourcing shows how fragile Twitter is and what would be lost with the platform’s demise.
‘I Will Abide’: Musk Holds Twitter Poll to Decide If He’ll Step Down as CEO
More than 4 million accounts had responded to the poll within the first hour, with approximately 58% saying he should step down and 11 hours remaining before voting closes.
Source: ‘I Will Abide’: Musk Holds Twitter Poll to Decide If He’ll Step Down as CEO
1848+: The End(s) of History 