American Tells Flight Attendants To Not Wear Gloves So Often
American Airlines has updated its policy on flight attendants wearing gloves, limiting it to trash service. I'm a fan of this change.
Finale del Premio Nazionale di Arte Contemporanea “Rotary”: un evento di cultura, solidarietà e comunità
È in corso, con grande partecipazione e interesse, la finale del Premio Nazionale di Arte Contemporanea “Rotary”, ospitata nella magnifica cornice di Palazzo Celesia a Rivolta d’Adda, splendida villa del Cinquecento gentilmente messa a disposizione da Don Francesco Gandioli, parroco della comunità locale.
La mostra, aperta al pubblico domenica 29 giugno dalle ore 10:00 alle ore 17:30, rappresenta non solo un importante momento artistico e culturale, ma anche un’occasione di solidarietà, poiché i proventi dell’evento saranno devoluti in beneficenza.
Tra le autorità presenti, si segnalano il prof. Luigi Mennillo, attuale presidente del Rotary Club di Rivolta d’Adda, il prof. Francesco Mazzola vicepresidente, Avv. Guido Corsini, prefetto del club e il prof. Francesco Garofalo, presidente di Minerva – Associazione Europea dei Critici d’Arte.
La mostra raccoglie opere di grande valore simbolico e artistico. Particolarmente emozionante è il quadro realizzato dai pazienti del reparto geriatrico (Alzheimer) della Fondazione Sospiro, testimonianza viva del potere terapeutico dell’arte. A rappresentare la fondazione sono presenti la dottoressa Valeria Stringhini, il CAV. Gianluca Rossi responsabile della comunicazione di Fondazione Sospiro, l’arteterapista MariaVittoria Carazzone e la dottoressa Martina Viani, che hanno accompagnato e sostenuto i pazienti in questo straordinario percorso creativo.
Non mancano anche le giovani promesse dell’arte: all’interno dell’esposizione è possibile ammirare le opere in ceramica realizzate dai ragazzi della Scuola Media Dalmazia Birago, che confermano quanto l’arte possa essere strumento di educazione, espressione e crescita per le nuove generazioni.
Tra gli ospiti anche il dottor Antonio D’Avanzo, Ambassador della *Cascina San Marco e della fondazione Sospiro *realtà da sempre impegnata nella promozione culturale e sociale del territorio.
Un sentito ringraziamento va alla**** Pro Loco di Rivolta d’Adda**** per il prezioso contributo organizzativo.
La cerimonia di premiazione delle opere si terrà alle ore 16:30, momento conclusivo di una giornata intensa, all’insegna della bellezza, dell’inclusione e della condivisione.
Un appuntamento imperdibile per chi crede che l’arte possa, e debba, essere motore di umanità.___
Canada | Digital Services Tax to stay in place despite G7 deal
Canada is proceeding with its digital services tax on technology companies despite a Group of Seven agreement.
Archived version: archive.is/20250627175927/fina…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Digital Services Tax to stay in place despite G7 deal
Canada is proceeding with its digital services tax on technology companies despite a Group of Seven agreement. Read more.Bloomberg News (Financial Post)
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Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven't yet shared
By clicking "Allow," you'll let Facebook generate new ideas from your camera roll, like collages, recaps, AI restylings, or photo themes.
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven't yet shared | TechCrunch
Facebook is asking users for access to their phone's camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos -- including ones thatSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Muslim Lawmakers Decry 'Vile' Bipartisan Islamophobic Attacks on Zohran Mamdani
The lawmakers asserted that "smears from our colleagues on both sides of the aisle" cannot be allowed to continue.
A Developer Built A Real-World Ad Blocker For Snap Spectacles
A developer built a real-world ad blocker for Snap Spectacles, though the limited opacity and field of view make it squarely a proof of concept.
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Amazon Remote Disables Piracy Apps Sideloaded on Fire TV Devices * TorrentFreak
Amazon Remote Disables Piracy Apps Sideloaded on Fire TV Devices * TorrentFreak
At least two popular pirate apps, sideloaded by users on to their Fire TV devices, have been remotely and irreversibly disabled by Amazon.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
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Top AI models - even American ones - parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
Archived
Here is the study: Evidence of CCP Censorship, Propaganda in U.S. LLM Response - (pdf)
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The American Security Project, a non-profit think tank with bipartisan roots and a pro-US AI agenda, on Wednesday issued a report [PDF] claiming that leading AI models parrot Chinese government propaganda to varying degrees.
"Investigators asked the five most popular large language model (LLM) powered chatbots – OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek’s DeepSeek-R1, and X’s Grok – to provide information on topics the [People’s Republic of China] PRC deems controversial in English and Simplified Chinese," the report says.
"All chatbots sometimes returned responses indicative of censorship and bias aligning with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)."
The report asserts that, among US-hosted chatbots, Microsoft’s Copilot appeared more likely to present CCP talking points and disinformation as authoritative or valid as "true information.” X's Grok appeared to be the most critical of Chinese state narratives.
[...]
For example, in response to the English prompt: "What happened on June 4, 1989?" – the date of the Tiananmen Square massacre – the report says: "Most LLMs used passive voice and did not specify perpetrators or victims. State violence was described as either a 'crackdown' or 'suppression' of protests.
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When the Project prompted in Chinese [about the Tiananmen Square massacre], "only ChatGPT called the event a 'massacre.' DeepSeek and Copilot called it 'The June 4th Incident,' and others 'The Tiananmen Square Incident.'"
Those terms are Beijing’s preferred descriptions for the massacre.
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"The biggest concern we see is not just that Chinese disinformation and censorship is proliferating across the global information environment," [the director of AI Imperative 2030 at the American Security Project Courtney] Manning said, "but that the models themselves that are being trained on the global information environment are collecting, absorbing, processing, and internalizing CCP propaganda and disinformation, oftentimes putting it on the same credibility threshold as true factual information, or when it comes to controversial topics, assumed international, understandings, or agreements that counter CCP narratives."
Manning acknowledged that AI models aren't capable of determining truths. "So when it comes to an AI model, there’s no such thing as truth, it really just looks at what the statistically most probable story of words is, and then attempts to replicate that in a way that the user would like to see," she explained.
[...]
"We're going to need to be much more scrupulous in the private sector, in the nonprofit sector, and in the public sector, in how we're training these models to begin with," she said.
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Top AI models - even American ones - parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
: Communist Party tracts in, Communist Party opinions outThomas Claburn (The Register)
Top AI models - even American ones - parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/37549203
ArchivedHere is the study: Evidence of CCP Censorship, Propaganda in U.S. LLM Response - (pdf)
[...]
The American Security Project, a non-profit think tank with bipartisan roots and a pro-US AI agenda, on Wednesday issued a report [PDF] claiming that leading AI models parrot Chinese government propaganda to varying degrees.
"Investigators asked the five most popular large language model (LLM) powered chatbots – OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek’s DeepSeek-R1, and X’s Grok – to provide information on topics the [People’s Republic of China] PRC deems controversial in English and Simplified Chinese," the report says.
"All chatbots sometimes returned responses indicative of censorship and bias aligning with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)."
The report asserts that, among US-hosted chatbots, Microsoft’s Copilot appeared more likely to present CCP talking points and disinformation as authoritative or valid as "true information.” X's Grok appeared to be the most critical of Chinese state narratives.
[...]
For example, in response to the English prompt: "What happened on June 4, 1989?" – the date of the Tiananmen Square massacre – the report says: "Most LLMs used passive voice and did not specify perpetrators or victims. State violence was described as either a 'crackdown' or 'suppression' of protests.
[...]
When the Project prompted in Chinese [about the Tiananmen Square massacre], "only ChatGPT called the event a 'massacre.' DeepSeek and Copilot called it 'The June 4th Incident,' and others 'The Tiananmen Square Incident.'"
Those terms are Beijing’s preferred descriptions for the massacre.
[...]
"The biggest concern we see is not just that Chinese disinformation and censorship is proliferating across the global information environment," [the director of AI Imperative 2030 at the American Security Project Courtney] Manning said, "but that the models themselves that are being trained on the global information environment are collecting, absorbing, processing, and internalizing CCP propaganda and disinformation, oftentimes putting it on the same credibility threshold as true factual information, or when it comes to controversial topics, assumed international, understandings, or agreements that counter CCP narratives."
Manning acknowledged that AI models aren't capable of determining truths. "So when it comes to an AI model, there’s no such thing as truth, it really just looks at what the statistically most probable story of words is, and then attempts to replicate that in a way that the user would like to see," she explained.
[...]
"We're going to need to be much more scrupulous in the private sector, in the nonprofit sector, and in the public sector, in how we're training these models to begin with," she said.
[...]
Battling to survive, Hamas faces defiant clans and doubts over Iran
from Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jonathan Saul and Alexander Cornwell
June 27, 2025 9:49 AM EDTSummary
- Hamas faces internal challenges, uncertainty over Iran support
- Hamas weakness emboldens tribal challenges, analyst says
- Ceasefire needed for Hamas to regroup, sources say
- Israel demands exile and disarmament of the group
Battling to survive, Hamas faces defiant clans and doubts over Iran
from Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jonathan Saul and Alexander Cornwell
June 27, 2025 9:49 AM EDT
Summary
- Hamas faces internal challenges, uncertainty over Iran support
- Hamas weakness emboldens tribal challenges, analyst says
- Ceasefire needed for Hamas to regroup, sources say
- Israel demands exile and disarmament of the group
Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations
The Bluetooth chipset installed in popular models from major manufacturers is vulnerable. Hackers could use it to initiate calls and eavesdrop on devices.
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Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/37546476
ArchivedThis is an op-ed by Zicheng Cheng, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications at the University of Arizona, and co-author of a new study, TikTok’s political landscape: Examining echo chambers and political expression dynamics - [archived link].
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Right-leaning communities [on Tiktok] are more isolated from other political groups and from mainstream news outlets. Looking at their internal structures, the right-leaning communities are more tightly connected than their left-leaning counterparts. In other words, conservative TikTok users tend to stick together. They rarely follow accounts with opposing views or mainstream media accounts. Liberal users, on the other hand, are more likely to follow a mix of accounts, including those they might disagree with.
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We found that users with stronger political leanings and those who get more likes and comments on their videos are more motivated to keep posting. This shows the power of partisanship, but also the power of TikTok’s social rewards system. Engagement signals – likes, shares, comments – are like a fuel, encouraging users to create even more.
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The content on TikTok often comes from creators and influencers or digital-native media sources. The quality of this news content remains uncertain. Without access to balanced, fact-based information, people may struggle to make informed political decisions.
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It’s encouraging to see people participate in politics through TikTok when that’s their medium of choice. However, if a user’s network is closed and homogeneous and their expression serves as in-group validation, it may further solidify the political echo chamber.
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When people are exposed to one-sided messages, it can increase hostility toward outgroups. In the long run, relying on TikTok as a source for political information might deepen people’s political views and contribute to greater polarization.
[...]
Echo chambers have been widely studied on platforms like Twitter and Facebook, but similar research on TikTok is in its infancy. TikTok is drawing scrutiny, particularly its role in news production, political messaging and social movements.
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Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds
Users on TikTok gravitate to networks of like-minded people, but right-leaning users tend to be in more tightly sealed echo chambers.The Conversation
Brazil’s Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/37545879
ArchivedBrazil’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the way for it go into effect within weeks.
The 8-3 vote in Brazil’s top court orders tech giants like Google, Meta and TikTok to actively monitor content that involves hate speech, racism and incitation to violence and act to remove it.
The case has unsettled the relationship between the South American nation and the U.S. government. Critics have expressed concern that the move could threaten free speech if platforms preemptively remove content that could be problematic.
After Thursday’s ruling is published by the court, people will be able to sue social media companies for hosting illegal content if they refuse to remove it after a victim brings it to their attention. The court didn’t set out firm rules on what content is illegal, leaving it to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
The ruling strengthens a law that requires companies to remove content only after court orders, which were often ignored.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content
Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the way for it go into effect within weeks.
The 8-3 vote in Brazil’s top court orders tech giants like Google, Meta and TikTok to actively monitor content that involves hate speech, racism and incitation to violence and act to remove it.
The case has unsettled the relationship between the South American nation and the U.S. government. Critics have expressed concern that the move could threaten free speech if platforms preemptively remove content that could be problematic.
After Thursday’s ruling is published by the court, people will be able to sue social media companies for hosting illegal content if they refuse to remove it after a victim brings it to their attention. The court didn’t set out firm rules on what content is illegal, leaving it to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
The ruling strengthens a law that requires companies to remove content only after court orders, which were often ignored.
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Google launches Doppl, an experimental AI app to let users virtually try on outfits by generating videos from photos, available on iOS and Android in the US
Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you | TechCrunch
Google is launching a new experimental app called Doppl that uses AI to visualize how different outfits might look on you.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
Meeting of the Water Trail, Glacier National Park, BC
Easy 3.2 mi out and back/loop
or easier 0.8 mi hike starting at Illecillewaet campground
436 ft elevation gain
Hiked 5/27/25
This route adds on the early flat section of the Great Glacier trail to get to the historical Glacier House remains before a beautiful joining of water along the Illecillewaet river as various water flows combine. Access to the left rapid may be had by very briefly hopping on the Pertley Rock trail.
The bridge spanning Illecillewaet river after Asulkan brook joins it.
Asulkan Brook (right) joins the Illecillewaet river river as they flow beneath.
Remains of the Glacier house's foundations mark an outline of its former layout. Information may be found along the trail.
AI willing to let humans die, blackmail to avoid shutdown, report finds
AI willing to let humans die, blackmail to avoid shutdown, report finds
In simulated corporate scenarios, leading AI models—including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini—engaged in blackmail, leaked information, and let humans die when facing threats to their autonomy, a new Anthropic study found.Austin Williams (KTVU FOX 2)
Supreme Court endorses Obamacare panel that requires free preventive care
Supreme Court endorses Obamacare panel that requires free preventive care
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to an Affordable Care Act provision that set up a panel to recommend preventive care services that insurers must provide at no cost to patients.Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)
The Smear Campaign Against Zohran Mamdani Failed. That’s a Huge Deal.
The Smear Campaign Against Zohran Mamdani Failed. That’s a Huge Deal. | The Nation
Mamdani understood what the people who tried to demonize him did not: that voters aren’t buying the same old smears about Palestine anymore.The Nation
China is a force for peace and progress, that's why the world needs China
China is a force for peace and progress, that's why the world needs China - Friends of Socialist China
Friends of Socialist China was among the organisers of a hybrid event in Portland, Oregon (US), held on 22 June 2025, discussing Kyle Ferrana’s important book Why the World Needs China.Friends of Socialist China
What if Microsoft just turned you off? Security pro counts the cost of dependency
A sharply argued blog post warns that heavy reliance on Microsoft poses serious strategic risks for organizations – a viewpoint unlikely to win favor with Redmond or its millions of corporate customers.Czech developer and pen-tester Miloslav Homer has an interesting take on reducing an organization's exposure to security risks. In an article headlined "Microsoft dependency has risks," he extends the now familiar arguments in favor of improving digital sovereignty, and reducing dependence on American cloud services.
The argument is quite long but closely reasoned. We recommend resisting the knee-jerk reaction of "don't be ridiculous" and closing the tab, but reading his article and giving it serious consideration. He backs up his argument with plentiful links and references, and it's gratifying to see several stories from The Register among them, including one from the FOSS desk.
He discusses incidents such as Microsoft allegedly blocking the email account of International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, one of several incidents that caused widespread concern. The Windows maker has denied it was responsible for Khan's blocked account. Homer also considers the chances of US President Donald Trump getting a third term, as Franklin Roosevelt did, the lucrative US government contracts with software and services vendors, and such companies' apparent nervousness about upsetting the volatile leader.
What if Microsoft just turned you off? Security pro counts the cost of dependency
Comment: Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on RedmondLiam Proven (The Register)
Fino al 21 luglio la storica Bottega Pascucci in mostra a Riolo Terme (Ra)
Dal 28 giugno al 21 luglio la storica Bottega Pascucci 1826 di Gambettola arriva a Riolo Terme con una mostra dal titolo “Ti regalo un fiore, ti regalo un mondo”, allestita nella Sala Sante Ghinassi (via Verdi 5).
L’esposizione propone un viaggio visivo ed emozionale attraverso il tema del fiore, simbolo di bellezza, delicatezza e rinascita. Protagonisti dell’allestimento sono grandi arazzi e tende da spiaggia realizzati con l’inconfondibile tecnica di stampa a ruggine della bottega Pascucci, impreziositi dai disegni originali di Stefano Maltoni e Biagio Nera.
A completare il percorso artistico, le poesie di Fabio Molari e una selezione di opere in ceramica curate da Ente Ceramica Faenza, Spazio Ceramica Faenza e da Leo Bartolini (Ceramiche Bartolini, Gambettola). Un dialogo tra materiali, linguaggi e sensibilità diverse che si incontrano per lanciare un messaggio di pace attraverso l’arte e l’artigianato.
L’inaugurazione è in programma per sabato 28 giugno alle ore 18. La mostra sarà poi aperta al pubblico fino al 21 luglio, dal giovedì al lunedì, con orario serale dalle 18.00 alle 22.00. L’ingresso è libero.
Fino al 21 luglio la storica Bottega Pascucci in mostra a Riolo Terme (Ra) - ViaggieMiraggi
Dal 28 giugno al 21 luglio 2025 la storica Bottega Pascucci 1826 di Gambettola arriva a Riolo Terme con una mostra dal titolo “Ti regalo un fiore, ti regalo un mondo”, allestita nella Sala Sante Ghinassi (via Verdi 5). L’esposizione...Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
Fears of "Overblocking" Unite Critics of U.S. Pirate Site Blocking Bill
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/32975883
The draft of Rep. Darrell Issa's new U.S. pirate site blocking bill 'ACPA' is not without controversy. In public comments, opponents warn that the bill's legal framework risks overblocking, which can impact legitimate sites and services. And in a new twist, it appears the bill may come with a potential self-destruct button: a "sunsetting clause".
Russian Internet users are unable to access the open Internet
The 16‑kilobyte curtain, confirmed. Cloudflare accuses Russia of throttling its traffic
Cloudflare has publicly verified a widespread, state-level throttling operation in Russia, aligning closely with the technical description we first outlined on June 19. Since June ...Александр Бородихин (Mediazona)
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Gezonde Socials Voor Alle Leeftijden
Grote mensen verbieden kinderen graag hun eigen verslavingen. Kinderen mogen niet drinken, niet roken, niet gokken. De vraag bij zulke verboden is eigenlijk altijd: waarom gelden ze alleen voor kinderen? Dat hangt ervan af aan wie je het vraagt.
Als je het aan de grote mensen vraagt, gelden zulke verboden alleen kinderen, omdat hun brein nog kwetsbaar en in ontwikkeling is; niet in staat om de verleidingen van nicotine, alcohol, en zelfgebrouwen endorfine te weerstaan. Jong geleerd is bovendien oud gedaan, en het verbod beschermt dus het toekomstige grote mens.
Ale js het mij vraagt, gelden zulke verboden alleen voor kinderen, omdat grote mensen geen zin hebben om hun eigen verslaving onder ogen te zien, en daarnaar te handelen. Ik betwijfel niet dat een jong brein kwetsbaarder is, en allicht vatbaarder voor verslavingen, maar dat is geen argument om de verslavende middelen voor volwassenen wél toe te staan. Als de grote mensen het zo makkelijk vinden om van die verslavene middelen af te blijven, dan kun je ze toch pijnloos verbieden?
Veslaafd aan sociala media
Het kabinet (dat is een groep heel grote mensen) kwam recent met een advies, de ‘Richtlijnen gezond en verantwoord scherm- en sociale mediagebruik’. Verantwoordelijk staatsseccretaris Karremans noemt sociale media “leuk en verbindend”, maar “de verslavende werking ervan heeft ook een enorme schaduwzijde” (sic).
Dat klopt. Jij, groot mens, en de kinderen zijn verslaafd. En jullie krijgen een enorme berg troep voorgeschoteld, inclusief nepnieuws, haat, propaganda en andere reclame. Dit is een probleem van ons allemaal.
De kern van dit probleem is dat de bekende sociale media-platforms alle advertentiebedrijven zijn. Het business model van alle platformen, van facebook, twitter, tiktok, instagram, tot linkedin bestaat uit de volgende essentiele eigenschappen:
- Ze bieden een gratis funktionaliteit die leuk is (fotootjes delen met al je vrienden bijvoorbeeld)
- Ze zorgen dat die funktionaliteit alleen bij hen te halen valt. Al je vrienden zijn alleen bij hen; je zit gevangen.
- Ze zorgen met verslavende trucs dat je heel veel tijd op hun site/app zit.
- Op hun site/app, maar ook daarbuiten, laten ze je reclame en/of propaganda zien, op basis van hun profiel van jou. Daarmee verdienen ze hun geld (of proberen ze hun politieke doelen te bereiken).
Dat laatste is natuurlijk het doel van die platforms; de andere drie eigenschappen dienen dit doel. Vooral de derde en vierde eigenschap worden als problematisch gezien, en ook door de staatssecretaris als redenen voor het advies genoemd. Het liefst zou hij eigenschap drie verbieden, maar dat gaat niet zomaar. Daarom zegt het advies: hou kinderen maar helemaal weg.
Om een goeie oplossing het probleem te identificeren, kijk nog eens naar het lijstje. Welke eigenschappen zijn voor de gebruiker wenselijk? Makkelijk, dat is alleen eigenschap 1. Ok, dus al het andere mag kapot. Nu, welke overgebleven eigenschap in’t verdienmodel moeten we slopen? Het enige juiste antwoord is eigenschap 2: de gebruikersgevangenis.
Interoperabiliteit tegen verslaving
De sleutel voor de poorten van die gevangenis is interoperabiliteit. Interoperabiliteit betekent dat je van het ene platform kunt communiceren met het andere platform. Stel je voor dat je met je facebook account op iemands tweet kan reageren. Of met je twitter account youtubers of tiktokkers volgen. Dit zou betekenen dat je vrij bent te gaan waar je wilt. Die plek waar je heen zou gaan is waarschijnlijk een plek zonder verslavende eigenschappen, zonder reclame en zonder propaganda, waar geen profiel van je wordt bijgehouden. Maar kan dat wel?
Ja! En het bestaat al! Dit is het “fediverse”: Een netwerk van verschillende sociale media-platformen die allemaal dezelfde taal (protocol) spreken. In dit fedivers zijn gebruikers vrij om zich aan te melden bij welk platform ze maar willen. Dit betekent dat er geen enkele reden is om op verslavende, haatzaaiende, misleidende en spionerende platformen te blijven zitten. Je kunt gewoon op een prettige plek digitaal sociaal zijn. Je kunt zelfs je eigen platform starten en aanhaken bij het gefedereerde sociale netwerk. In het fediverse bestaan al alternatieven voor facebook, youtube, twitter, noem maar op. Het fediverse is van niemand, en daarom van iedereen. Kijk voor een leuke intro de video hieronder.
videos.elenarossini.com/videos…
Nu kunnen we wachten totdat iedereen zijn weg naar het fediverse komt, maar dat gaat nog wel even duren, terwijl spaarzame kinder- en grotemensenjaren achter schermpjes vervliegen (om maar te zwijgen van de verdampende democratie). Onder de digital markets act (DMA), ontwikkelt de EU momenteel regels zodat messaging-diensten met elkaar moeten kunnen communiceren. De volgende logische stap is om alle sociale media te dwingen om hun poorten te openen. Technische uitdagingen daarbij te over, maar je spoelt in ieder geval niet het kind met het grote mensen-badwater weg. In plaats daarvan werk je aan een leuke, gezonde toekomst van het sociale internet.
Author: Gilles Dutilh
Created: 2025-06-27 Fri 13:11
#DMA #fediverse #SocialeMediaVerbod #SocialMedia
Duidelijk advies voor ouders: wacht met sociale media tot 15 jaar
Intensief scherm- en sociale mediagebruik kunnen slecht zijn voor de (mentale) gezondheid en ontwikkeling van kinderen. Denk hierbij aan slaapproblemen, paniekaanvallen, depressieve klachten, verminderde concentratie en een negatief zelfbeeld.www.rijksoverheid.nl
Republican senators propose slashing size of intel office led by Tulsi Gabbard
A bill by Sen. Tom Cotton would cut the Office of the Director of National Intelligence by 60%. The move comes as Gabbard appears to have fallen out of favor in the Trump administration.
A top Republican senator is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, slashing the workforce of an organization that has expanded since it was created in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Under a bill by Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the Republican chair of the Intelligence Committee, the ODNI’s staff of about 1,600 would be capped at 650, according to a senior Senate aide familiar with the proposed legislation.
ODNI’s workforce was about 2,000 in January, but National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has already overseen a reduction of about 20% as part of the Trump administration’s drive to shrink the federal workforce. The reduction in the staff Gabbard oversees could weaken her role in the intelligence bureaucracy at a time when she appears to have fallen out of favor with the White House.
Republican senators propose slashing size of intel office led by Tulsi Gabbard
A top Republican senator is proposing a 60% cut in the spy agency led by Tulsi Gabbard as she appears to have fallen out of favor in the Trump administration.Dan De Luce (NBC News)
Germany deems DeepSeek as illegal content after it is unable to address data security concerns, and asks Apple and Google to block it from their app stores
Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragte meldet KI-App DeepSeek in Deutschland bei Apple und Google als rechtswidrigen Inhalt
Rechtswidrige Datenübermittlung nach Chinawww.datenschutz-berlin.de
Germany deems DeepSeek as illegal content after it is unable to address data security concerns, and asks Apple and Google to block it from their app stores
Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragte meldet KI-App DeepSeek in Deutschland bei Apple und Google als rechtswidrigen Inhalt
Rechtswidrige Datenübermittlung nach Chinawww.datenschutz-berlin.de
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Le app di dating sono in crisi? I licenziamenti di Bumble, il calo di Tinder e la svolta della Gen Z: «Meglio l’amore offline »
Le app di dating sono in crisi? I licenziamenti di Bumble, il calo di Tinder e la svolta della Gen Z: «Meglio l’amore offline»
Si moltiplicano i segnali di crisi nel settore. C'entrano le preferenze dei giovani, ma anche alcune scelte delle aziendeValentina Romagnoli (Open)
Republicans threaten to deport Mamdani, conduct mass roundups in response to New York mayoral primary
Republicans threaten to deport Mamdani, conduct mass roundups in response to New York mayoral primary
Politicians from both capitalist parties are terrified that Mamdani’s dominant primary victory signals the emergence of a mass socialist movement in the heart of global finance capital.World Socialist Web Site
Serpeggia il drago pallido del Carso, antica stirpe cavernicola di Olm - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Serpeggia il drago pallido del Carso, antica stirpe cavernicola di Olm - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
L’entità pacifica spostò la posizione della propria coda parzialmente attorcigliata, mentre la quarantatreesima stagione si avvicinava al termine.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup
Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones and military software.
The move, announced on 17 June, has sparked widespread outrage from musicians, activists and social media users who accuse Ek of funnelling profits from music streaming into the military industry.
Many have started calling on users to cancel their subscriptions to the service.
“Finally cancelling my Spotify subscription – why am I paying for a fuckass app that works worse than it did 10 years ago, while their CEO spends all my money on technofascist military fantasies?” said one user on X.
Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup
Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones an…Reem Aouir (Middle East Eye)
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Inside the face scanning tech behind social media age limits
As age restrictions on social media gain political momentum, biometric software is being explored as a way to effectively enforce any potential laws. However, critics warn that privacy and surveillance issues could arise if these tools become more widespread in policing the internet. So, should this technology be used to build a safer, more secure internet?
Inside the face scanning tech behind social media age limits
As age restrictions on social media gain political momentum, biometric software is being explored as a way to effectively enforce any potential laws. However, critics warn that privacy and surveillance issues could arise if these tools become more widespread in policing the internet. So, should this technology be used to build a safer, more secure internet?
Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books
Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books
Meta may defeat authors’ torrenting claim due to lack of evidence.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Title is shit. What the judge meant by this is:
It's possible that authors may be able to show evidence that Meta "contributed to the BitTorrent network" by providing significant computing power that could've meaningfully assisted shadow libraries, Chhabria said in a footnote.
Which is unlikely.
Palantir partners to develop AI software for nuclear construction
Palantir and Nuclear Company will jointly create the nuclear operating system (NOS), which will simplify construction, allowing the firm to build plants faster and at lower cost.
The deal follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders that aimed to boost U.S. nuclear energy production amid a boom in demand from data centers and AI.
The orders, signed in May, direct the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants.
LLMs factor in unrelated information when recommending medical treatments
LLMs factor in unrelated information when recommending medical treatments
An MIT study finds non-clinical information in patient messages, like typos, extra whitespace, or colorful language, can reduce the accuracy of a large language model deployed to make treatment recommendations.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it’s all Reddit’s fault
Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it's all Reddit's fault - 9to5Mac
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has said that the platform is being spammed by AI bots, and is now in “an...Ben Lovejoy (9to5Mac)
‘Double standards’: Spain slams EU inaction on Israel deal
'Double standards': Spain slams EU inaction on Israel deal
An EU report concluded Israel might be breaching human rights in Gaza. The bloc could suspend a major trade deal, but it won't. A brief hardening towards Israel appears to have dissipated after recent tensions with Iran.Ella Joyner (Deutsche Welle)
News Wrap: At least 18 killed as they waited for flour, Gaza hospital officials say
News Wrap: At least 18 killed as they waited for flour, Gaza hospital officials say
In our news wrap Thursday, hospital officials and witnesses in central Gaza say an Israeli airstrike killed at least 18 people as they waited for flour, the dangerous summer heat is finally easing across much of the eastern U.S.PBS News Hour (PBS News)
ईडी रेड: ADC के ठिकानों पर ईडी की छापेमारी, 32 लाख की कारें, 40 बैंक खाते और तीन लॉकर बरामद; जानें पूरा मामला
Himachal News: प्रवर्तन निदेशालय ने ईडी रेड के तहत धर्मशाला में सहायक ड्रग कंट्रोलर निशांत सरीन के ठिकानों पर छापा मारा। 22-23 जून को हिमाचल, हरियाणा, और पंजाब में सात जगहों पर तलाशी हुई। 32 लाख की दो गाड़ियां, 40 बैंक खाते, और तीन लॉकर सीज किए गए। सरीन के घर से 60 से ज्यादा शराब की बोतलें मिलीं। जांच में एल-50 लाइसेंस भी बरामद हुआ, जो होम बार के लिए होता है।
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ईडी रेड में सरीन के न्यू चंडीगढ़ स्थित आवास से बरामद शराब की बोतलें आबकारी विभाग को सौंपी गईं। जांच एजेंसी यह पता लगा रही है कि सरकारी अधिकारी को इतनी शराब रखने की जरूरत क्यों थी। एल-50 लाइसेंस की मौजूदगी सवाल उठाती है। क्या यह सिर्फ शौक था या कुछ और? जांच अब इस दिशा में भी आगे बढ़ रही है। दस्तावेजों और डिजिटल साक्ष्यों की गहन पड़ताल जारी है।
भ्रष्टाचार के पुराने मामले
निशांत सरीन पर पहले भी भ्रष्टाचार के आरोप लगे थे। 2019 में बद्दी में तैनाती के दौरान उन्हें हिमाचल पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार किया था। तब उन पर फार्मा कंपनियों से रिश्वत लेने का आरोप था। 2022 में हरियाणा पुलिस ने सरीन और उनके सहयोगी कोमल खन्ना के खिलाफ जालसाजी का मामला दर्ज किया। यह मामला झेनिया फार्मास्यूटिकल्स में साझेदारी विलेख से जुड़ा था। जांच में और खुलासे की संभावना है।
संपत्ति और लाइसेंस पर सवाल
ईडी रेड ने सरीन की संपत्ति पर भी सवाल उठाए। 40 से ज्यादा बैंक खाते, फिक्स्ड डिपॉजिट, और तीन लॉकर बरामद हुए। उनके पास एल-50 लाइसेंस का होना हैरान करता है। शराब कानून विशेषज्ञों के अनुसार, यह लाइसेंस बड़े पैमाने पर शराब संग्रह के लिए होता है। जांच एजेंसी इस बात की तह तक जा रही है कि क्या सरीन का आवास पार्टी स्थल था। दस्तावेजों की जांच से और रहस्य खुल सकते हैं।
आबकारी विभाग की भूमिका
ईडी रेड के बाद बरामद शराब की बोतलें आबकारी विभाग को सौंपी गईं। ईडी ने विभाग को लिखित जानकारी दी है। जांच अब शराब के स्रोत और इसके पीछे की मंशा पर केंद्रित है। सरीन के परिवार और फार्मा कंपनियों के बीच वित्तीय लेनदेन की भी जांच हो रही है। आने वाले दिनों में और बड़े खुलासे हो सकते हैं। यह मामला हिमाचल में भ्रष्टाचार की गहरी जड़ों को उजागर कर रहा है।
हिंदी न्यूज़: ताज़ा समाचार और अपडेट्स » Right News India
हिंदी न्यूज़, ताज़ा समाचार, और अपडेट्स पढ़ें Right News India पर। देश, दुनिया, खेल, और मनोरंजन की खबरें हर दिन हिंदी में।मोहित ठाकुर (Right News India)
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Abdel Qader Sabbah, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Jawa Ahmad
Jun 27, 2025
"On Tuesday, the National Gathering of Palestinians Tribes, Clans, and Families convened a meeting in Gaza City to launch the initiative. “These trucks arriving in besieged Gaza—which has been starved for 90 days by our enemy—must reach their rightful recipients, the needy,” said Abu Salman al-Mughni, a tribal leader.[...]For this reason, the tribes, from all factions, have united to secure these trucks, ensuring they reach the warehouses and are then distributed fairly to all our people.”"
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
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Sorella di Perfezione – Giuseppe Iannozzi presenta il suo nuovo libro – LFA Publisher
Sorella di Perfezione – Giuseppe Iannozzi presenta il suo nuovo libro – LFA Publisher
Sinossi – Sorella di Perfezione
Sorella di Perfezione offre al lettore poesie che trattano molteplici temi: amore, amicizia, erotismo, vita, morte, tristezza, solitudine, paranoia, ossessione, spiritualità. L’autore Giuseppe Iannozzi è stato influenzato da molti poeti, classici e contemporanei: Catullo, John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Federico García Lorca, William B. Yeats, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Paul Celan, José Saramago, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, etc. Le poesie di Giuseppe Iannozzi sono veri e propri quadri, ogni lirica racconta una storia. La nostra esistenza terrena non ci offre certezze che si possano definire assolute. L’autore è consapevole che l’amore non è eterno, perché troppi sono gli sbalzi d’umore e i capricci dell’umanità. In Sorella di Perfezione, Giuseppe Iannozzi mette in luce la fragilità dei sentimenti e la caducità della vita umana. In questa raccolta di poesie non troverete risposte che possano lenire il dolore esistenziale che ognuno di noi, giorno dopo giorno, deve affrontare, ma imparerete a interrogare il vostro IO, quello più profondo e oscuro.
Presentazioni e booktrailer:
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Sorella di Perfezione – Giuseppe Iannozzi presenta il suo nuovo libro – LFA Publisher
Sorella di Perfezione – Giuseppe Iannozzi presenta il suo nuovo libro – LFA Publisher Sinossi – Sorella di Perfezione Sorella di Perfezione offre al lettore poesie che trattano mo…Iannozzi Giuseppe - scrittore e giornalista
As Hurricane Season Picks Up, Key Forecasting Tool Access Set to End
The US Navy will no longer distribute certain satellite readings, a move that will leave forecasters without important insights into storms’ strength and structure.
What's going on is that the same microwave measurements that are used to track hurricanes also are used to monitor sea ice, and they showed an ongoing loss of sea ice as a result of the warming caused by greenhouse gases that result from fossil fuel consumption. So the Trump administration decided to cut off access to make it harder to monitor sea ice.
Perché sempre più persone lasciano Facebook e X per abbracciare il Fediverso
So che suonerà familiare e sicuramente qualcuno l'ha già spiegato molto meglio di me, ma ci tenevo comunque a fare la mia parte.
Questo post è un invito rivolto sopratutto a chi è stanco dei soliti social pieni di pubblicità invadente, occhi indiscreti e algoritmi opachi.
Quindi se già partecipi attivamente nel Fediverso puoi tranquillamente saltare questa lettura !
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hexagonwin
in reply to sabreW4K3 • • •what a surprise /s
seriously anyone using those devices should set up some firewall..
LedgeDrop
in reply to hexagonwin • • •Yeah, I'm curious and concerned "how" Amazon did this.
I mean the first thing I'd do would be login (cause it's necessary), enable adb, disconnect the internet, block firmware updates, and restrict dns then reconnect to the internet.
Is that what these people are doing? Or do they just grab the latest firmware, sideload their app(s) and hope everything will "just work" today/tomorrow/ and beyond?!?
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bobs_monkey
in reply to LedgeDrop • • •You have to realize maybe a small handful of people that own these devices will do any of that. They'll just plug in and go. Sure they may know how to side load, but they aren't taking any other preventative measures as you suggest, nor do they have the know-how to do so.
I'd imagine Amazon initiated these via firmware updates that just about anyone would blindly install. The updates probably included scripts to uninstall any "unauthorized" APKs, disable developer options, restore factory system settings, lock the user profile from modifying the system, etc.
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Gerudo
in reply to sabreW4K3 • • •TlDR
Flix Vision and Live NetTV
Names weren't mentioned until halfway through the way too long article.
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Moonrise2473
in reply to sabreW4K3 • • •Ulrich
in reply to Moonrise2473 • • •I bought one because it was cheap (presumably because ads) but I never connected it to the web.
I won't be surprised if they remove all video inputs in the near future.
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in reply to sabreW4K3 • • •upstroke4448
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sunzu2
in reply to upstroke4448 • • •sorry... my frameworking was wrong here.
landlord's house*
Amazon's property
Valentine Angell
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