"#TheInternet did not make us hate; we brought our bias, bigotry, and prejudice with us online. That’s why even well-intentioned regulation will fail to fix hate speech & misinformation and may instead imperil the freedom of speech the internet affords to all. Once we understand the internet for what it is—a human network—we can reclaim it… and turn our attention where it belongs: to fostering #community, #conversation, & #creativity online. "

Hachette Book Group

The Web We Weave

A bold defense of the internet, arguing attempts to fix and regulate it are often misguided —"essential reading for anyone who cares about the ...

"Update, 4 October 2024: a couple of days after this article published, #TimBernersLee replied to my Bluesky post that linked to it. He thanked me for my feedback and said he’d now joined the fediverse at this Mastodon address:

w3c.social

Tim Berners-Lee (@timbl@w3c.social)

42 Posts, 67 Following, 11.1K Followers ·

. He also updated the #W3C post I referenced below, to include mentions of #ActivityPub and #theFediverse." https://thenewstack.io/social-web-foundation-launched-how-in-is-w3c-on-fediverse/

The #digitalmuseum we need: “It’s a research library. It’s there to record and make available an accurate version of the past,” @npub1ftlr...3e6s says. “Otherwise, we’ll end up with a George Orwell world where the past can be manipulated and erased.” #internetarchive #digitalmemory #MuseudaDemocracia

Internet Archive: Inside $621 Million Legal Battle by Record Labels

Major record labels have sued the Internet Archive for $621 million over thousands of old recordings, raising the question: Who owns the past?

"A internet está em um ponto de inflexão. Nada ilustra isso mais do que a recente prisão do CEO do Telegram, Pavel Durov, na França, e o #Xban no Brasil. Esse movimento é mais disseminado do que pode parecer. Houve indignação mínima sobre o #XBan fora da câmara de eco da direita... Por muito tempo, foi difícil resistir a uma compreensão da internet enquadrada por uma lente #individualista e #antiestatista #ciberlibertária..." @npub157rh...8pny

Brasil 247

Reivindicando a soberania na era digital

"O ciberlibertarianismo deve morrer se houver alguma esperança de um futuro melhor para a internet", diz Paris Marx

"How far can #Fediverse2pt0 take us? Threads has limited one way Federation, Bluesky has limited two way federation via the bridge. So Bluesky is already very much part of the #widerFediverse - giving us another reason to celebrate the #BrazilianMigration. There’s even a technical route emerging to federation with Nostr - if we can get around the MAGA crew running it and find a way to hook up directly with Rabble and Nos.social."

Paths & Patches

Brazil, Bluesky & the Fediverse

It’s been a week for migration. That’s the big story. Some people in the Fediverse have been concerned that the news is all going Bluesky’s ...

#Reddit "…the platform that was once the darling of the internet's cool kids is now facing an existential crisis. It's a feeling that should be familiar to anyone who's watched their favorite punk band sell out and start playing elevator music. You want to look away, but you can't help but wonder: How did we get here?" https://joanwestenberg.com/how-the-internets-front-page-is-eating-itself

"#Musk's algorithms pushed pro-riot content so hard down users' throats it prompted a #UK government rebuke and talk of legal sanctions. Tommy Robinson, a leading British racist, got over 430 million views for his X posts, for instance. Andrew Tate, Britain's top misogynist, got 15 million views for one X post inciting rioters. And the biggest turd in the cesspit—Musk's own avatar—…ranted about "civil war" in the UK, peddled pro-Trump conspiracy theories,…"

EUobserver

Why EU leaders should get off Musk

Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?

"From now on, we will refer to them as #corporatemedia.” The word “mainstream” is defined as the dominant ideas, attitudes, and values in our society. But nothing about the major news outlets is #MainstreamMedia anymore. They are all owned by a handful of rich people and run by boards that pander only to the wealthy and powerful. It’s clear that corporate media can’t be trusted as the standard bearers of #journalism." V. @npub1kxu2...9fca

Time to Stop Calling Them "Mainstream" Media

We've had enough

#introducao Para a turma que chega, me apresento como um cidadão do Fediverso. Trabalho com Internet desde 1995, inicialmente publicando websites de governo, depois mais diretamente com políticas públicas para o digital. Hoje estou no Ibram-Museus, e lá estamos trabalhando em um projeto experimental para museus no Fediverso. Saúdo a todes com a paciência necessária para enfrentar a entrada peculiar nesta região da infosfera, e que permaneçam o tempo suficiente para criar laços por aqui. Inté!

A turma que sai do Twitter agora aqui no Brasil vai direto para o Bluesky. Para chegar no Fediverso, a pessoa precisa passar por uma transformação em sua perspectiva sobre o que sustenta o ambiente digital. Leva algum tempo, e faz sentido que assim seja. Se houvessem instâncias preparadas para bem receber essa leva de refugiados locais, daríamos um salto. Mas vai rolar..

The Verge

Brazil’s X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

“We’ve never seen traffic like this.”