Americans!

The Senate Judiciary Committee, in tandem with the House's Energy and Commerce Committee, is also looking to run a shock and awe campaign during a "child safety" hearing tomorrow in order to push various fascist nanny state bills (KOSA, STOP CSAM, Age Verification, etc.).

Do not buy their framing. It's nothing but moral panic nonsense.

Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #US #UnitedStates

We're so glad to hear the WebSocialBR was a hit! 🇧🇷

A huge thanks to everyone who got involved and made it happen.

We're also super excited that our partnership with Ibram-Museus to build a "Museums in the Fediverse" app was announced 🎉

Huge thanks to @josemurilo for introducing our work to WebSocialBR and for putting your presentation into such an amazing blog post👇

https://josemurilo.com/2025/12/05/museums-in-the-fediverse-experiments-with-tainacan-activitypub-and-websocial/

#SocialWeb #WebSocialBR #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Brazil #Museum

Want to support a brilliant Social Web project before the end of the year?

🔥 @bonfire are so close to achieving their funding goal as they look to crowdfund the next phase of development in their democratic, thoughtful, and open, web of interoperable services.

If you're able, we're certain they would love your support.

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

#Bonfire #Fundraising #SocialWeb #Mastodon #ActivityPub #SocialMedia #Tech #Suppport

Millionenstrafe gegen X: Musk fordert Abschaffung der EU, Account wird gesperrt

Die Reaktionen auf eine moderate Geldstrafe gegen X sind harsch, der US-Außenminister spricht gar von einem „Angriff“. Die Plattform selbst reagiert unerwartet.

https://www.heise.de/news/Millionenstrafe-gegen-X-Musk-fordert-Abschaffung-der-EU-Account-wird-gesperrt-11105798.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitalServicesAct #EU #Internet #Mobiles #SocialMedia #Wirtschaft #X #news

Europe continues Big Tech crackdown with X fine in defiance of Trump https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/tech/eu-tech-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #tech #x #elonmusk #socialmedia #internet #eu #us

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

Noise - https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/noise/?ref=feedle.world

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#web #internet #socialmedia #blogging

Americans!

The Senate Judiciary Committee, in tandem with the House's Energy and Commerce Committee, is also looking to run a shock and awe campaign during a "child safety" hearing tomorrow in order to push various fascist nanny state bills (KOSA, STOP CSAM, Age Verification, etc.).

Do not buy their framing. It's nothing but moral panic nonsense.

Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #US #UnitedStates

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115685483678590908

I originally wrote this article for government agencies, but resharing it in the context of the quoted post, in case someone finds it helpful for sharing with their organizations.

Particularly the case studies and a list of scheduling tools might be relevant.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-government-agencies/

#fediverse #SocialMedia

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

Fame & Misfortune - https://zeldman.com/2025/12/07/fame-misfortune/?ref=feedle.world

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#web #internet #socialmedia #blogging

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

Stop, Shop, and Scroll - https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/836456/influencers-tiktok-debt-shopaganda?ref=feedle.world

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#web #internet #socialmedia #blogging

We're thrilled to officially welcome @benparker to the Newsmast Foundation team!

Co-founder of The New Humanitarian and a former international aid worker, Ben joins us as Editor. He'll be helping keep our Channel experience looking good across the Social Web through careful curation 🧹

Please give him a warm welcome and keep an eye out for all the exciting things we're working on 👀

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #Channels #Newsmast #Curation #Welcome

✋ Small digital frictions can slow the spread of misinformation

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-small-digital-frictions-misinformation.html

#misinformation #socialmedia #ux #ui #uci #media #culture

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115644471843497904

Americans!

Reminder: The House Energy and Commerce Committee is debating a whopping 19 bills regarding "child safety." This includes dangerous bills such as:

-Kids Online Safety Act (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)

-SCREEN Act (Broadest and most censor happy Age Verification Law)

-App Store Accountability Act (Age Verification for App Stores)

-Parents over Platforms Act (Age Verification for Apps)

-RESET Act (Under 16 social media ban)

-Sammy's Law (Mass surveillance on minors, would out closeted LGBTQ+ youth, etc.)

-Safe Messaging for Kids Act* (Bans minors from using disappearing messages on social media, Social Media platforms must obtain parental consent before enabling DMs on minors' accounts and give parents DM safety features)

- Children's and Teen's Privacy Protection Act* (Extends COPPA protections to 13-16 year olds)

*Dangerous if paired with Age Verification

Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #SocialMedia #DigitalRights #US #UnitedStates

We're so glad to hear the WebSocialBR was a hit! 🇧🇷

A huge thanks to everyone who got involved and made it happen.

We're also super excited that our partnership with Ibram-Museus to build a "Museums in the Fediverse" app was announced 🎉

Huge thanks to @josemurilo for introducing our work to WebSocialBR and for putting your presentation into such an amazing blog post👇

https://josemurilo.com/2025/12/05/museums-in-the-fediverse-experiments-with-tainacan-activitypub-and-websocial/

#SocialWeb #WebSocialBR #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Brazil #Museum

Teens and adults around the world react to Australia's landmark move to ban children under 16 from social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/society/teens-react-social-media-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #socialmedia #australia #internet