A U.S. lawyer in a landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors says Meta and Google-owned YouTube “engineered addiction” in children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/10/tech/trial-meta-youtube-addiction-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #socialmedia #meta #youtube #addiction #children #mentalhealth #facebook #instagram #alphabet #google
Box464
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🎉 Version 1.0.356 of Surf is live on TestFlight and Android. Now, you have deeper customization options for your feeds — set your default tabs according to the type of content you want to highlight, filter by Bluesky or Mastodon, or even use Surf as your RSS reader.
#TIL about the #IntegrityInstitute;
"We’re a community-powered think tank transforming how social platforms impact society through public interest research, cross-sector collaboration, and community engagement."
https://www.integrityinstitute.org/about-us
Seems to be a cross between @iftas and the Center for Humane Technology. In that their focus is improving trust & safety on the "social Internet", and like #HumaneTech, many of them are former (or current) platform workers.
🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:
Journalism isn’t dying - https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/02/journalism-is-not-dying/?ref=feedle.world
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🎉 Version 1.0.356 of Surf is live on TestFlight and Android. Now, you have deeper customization options for your feeds — set your default tabs according to the type of content you want to highlight, filter by Bluesky or Mastodon, or even use Surf as your RSS reader.
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I had an interesting conversation on here recently that made me realize that maybe not everyone who uses Mastodon knows that you can use filters as a way to add content warning to other people's posts?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-fediverse-content-warnings-and-filters/
More than 40% of voters who responded to an exit poll during Sunday’s Lower House election want the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party to continue to govern Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/exit-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #nipponishinnokai #ldp #socialmedia #sanaetakaichi #cra #dpp #ai
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I can't stress this point enough: The so-called "international" financial system is a global financial dictatorship controlled by the US.
@politics #palestine #genocide #resistance #law #icc @law #humanrights #fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia #women @womensvoices @democracy #eu #italy #italia #europe #canada #un
@politics @law @womensvoices @democracy
#FrancescaAlbanese
Voters in Bangladesh elect a new government on Feb. 12, but analysts warn their choice is threatened by a coordinated surge of disinformation, much of which originates from neighboring India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/politics/disinformation-bangladesh-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #misinformation #socialmedia #india #ai
Arguments are set to begin in a U.S. trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/tech/us-social-media-addiction-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #addiction #socialmedia #us #alphabet #meta #youtube #instagram #markzuckerberg #snapchat #tiktok
🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:
The Millennial reader to medieval priest pipeline - https://mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-millennial-reader-to-medieval?ref=feedle.world
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V insightful (and scary) article!
“The Endgame of Fiat Money”
by Fabio Vighi in Savage Minds on Substack
“This point bears stating as plainly as possible: markets, states & societies are no longer governed toward an ideal of equilibrium; they are governed by being kept permanently and pervasively off kilter. Why? Because balance would expose insolvency”
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/the-endgame-of-fiat-money
#Press #SocialMedia #Capitalism #UltraFinancialisation #Collapse #Chaos #Disorder #AI #Trump
V insightful (and scary) article!
“The Endgame of Fiat Money”
by Fabio Vighi in Savage Minds on Substack
“This point bears stating as plainly as possible: markets, states & societies are no longer governed toward an ideal of equilibrium; they are governed by being kept permanently and pervasively off kilter. Why? Because balance would expose insolvency”
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/the-endgame-of-fiat-money
#Press #SocialMedia #Capitalism #UltraFinancialisation #Collapse #Chaos #Disorder #AI #Trump