OCTOBER 8, 2025
MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV
PETE TUCKER

“That’s because the local ABC station in the DC area, WJLA, is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Network. And the right-wing network refused to air the Jimmy Kimmel Show! on any of its 38 ABC affiliates.”

https://fair.org/home/magas-little-helpers-sinclair-nexstar-and-the-consolidation-of-broadcast-tv/

#sinclair #media #tiktok #jimmykimmel #trump #freespeech #censorship #usa #oligarchy #autocracy #politics #press #journalism #democracy #education #antitrust

OCTOBER 8, 2025
MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV
PETE TUCKER

“That’s because the local ABC station in the DC area, WJLA, is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Network. And the right-wing network refused to air the Jimmy Kimmel Show! on any of its 38 ABC affiliates.”

https://fair.org/home/magas-little-helpers-sinclair-nexstar-and-the-consolidation-of-broadcast-tv/

#sinclair #media #tiktok #jimmykimmel #trump #freespeech #censorship #usa #oligarchy #autocracy #politics #press #journalism #democracy #education #antitrust

Loops makes federation management easy.

You can mass-import servers to block, enforce authorized access and more 💪

We have more safety features coming!

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #activityPub #safety

Big news! 🎉

Loops federation is working beautifully!

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Search this URL in your fediverse app and check out the comment/mention threading in action:

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Spread the word, the fediverse now has an open source TikTok alternative that is truly decentralized.

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #activitypub

Big news! 🎉

Loops federation is working beautifully!

Want proof?

Search this URL in your fediverse app and check out the comment/mention threading in action:

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Spread the word, the fediverse now has an open source TikTok alternative that is truly decentralized.

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #activitypub

When a Loops admin marks a hashtag as NSFW, it shows a warning to guests when trying to load the feed.

When not found, or banned, it shows a different error with a link to the Explore page ✨

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #safety

Indonesia reinstates TikTok licence after platform provides government with requested data on protests https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/tiktok-licence-reinstated-in-indonesia-following-submission-of-protest-data-vz04vq4w?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TikTok #Indonesia #Data #TechnologyNews #TechNews

Indonesia reinstates TikTok licence after platform provides government with requested data on protests https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/tiktok-licence-reinstated-in-indonesia-following-submission-of-protest-data-vz04vq4w?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TikTok #Indonesia #Data #TechnologyNews #TechNews

Loops now handles local + remote status edits/updates, with a versioned history!

It's going to be a fun weekend...

#Loops #TikTok #FYP

@echo_pbreyer @signal Will stop. But #whatsapp #meta is very pleased to take full control of chat. They support #chatcontrol not only give them a monopoly on chat but also all Photos documents and text. The biggest #data grab in history. @EUCommission sells our data to #zuckerberg and destroys our privacy. #eu will fall soon in the hands of the fascist uprising supported by big tech and #tiktok

When a Loops admin marks a hashtag as NSFW, it shows a warning to guests when trying to load the feed.

When not found, or banned, it shows a different error with a link to the Explore page ✨

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #safety

#ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 #SocialMedia #Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, #Facebook , #TikTok , and other platforms to target people for deportation.
#Twitter #meta #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/

#ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 #SocialMedia #Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, #Facebook , #TikTok , and other platforms to target people for deportation.
#Twitter #meta #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/

Loops now handles local + remote status edits/updates, with a versioned history!

It's going to be a fun weekend...

#Loops #TikTok #FYP

Dear readers of #mastodon!

Is anyone familiar with academic literature on communicative efficiency in short-form videos like #tiktok? I'm thinking of ways in which #influencers may adjust their speech to fit into bite-sized clips? Is there any?

If not specifically on language, then maybe something in #psychology on how things like rapid speech might (negatively) affect our comprehension, memory, etc. Again, ideally in short-form videos.

Thank you so much!

#linguistics #academia

What will be the outcome out TikTok hijack? Two tiktoks? Will users from US Tok see users from non-US Tok, and opposite? Or isolated isle for the US?

How can any company do anything in the US anymore knowing that it can just be snatched at any time?

This #tiktok stuff confuses me and journalists do not seem to be asking the right questiobns...

#Gaza #Palestine #iran #Genocide #geopolitics
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@BLKNewsNow #palestina #StopAIPAC #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism
#antizionism
#breakthesiege
#stopthegenocide

https://x.com/ajamubaraka/status/1973510073260580994

Headline after headline fails to mention that seizing the ships and kidnapping humanitarians violates international law. Instead the articles repeat Israeli propaganda.

https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1973499239813751200.

#Gaza #Palestine #iran #Genocide #geopolitics #globalsumudflotilla
#media #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@BLKNewsNow #palestina #StopAIPAC #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism
#antizionism
#breakthesiege
#stopthegenocide