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US Americans are, slowly but surely, learning what it’s like to be a citizen from anywhere else in the world at a border crossing. Top of the NYTimes is how to get and (gasp) pay for a UK ESTA:
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/most-emailed-9b8fb5gsz/-/a-ONAnI8fiQdySsoSiPKHwwg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0
Related: IMO teen social media bans not only break communication & speech, but turn teens off of government & regulation, AND avoid dealing with the real issues of regulating recommenders, AND do nothing to avoid scams, gambling, porn &c. that mostly impact families & communities via older users.
@mallory My sibling had a pizza restaurant ironically named “Dirty Pizza”, and I got the domain dirty.pizza for them.
Doesn’t get much better than that 🍕
(Sadly it’s closed, they had the best vegetarian Poutine in the world)
where are my icann rap enthusiasts there is no .bunny just saying
@evan tjmaxx???
You're looking to query this https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
TIL .wap was rejected in 2000 and this Cardi B fan is crushed at what could have been
What are the most underappreciated TLDs?
Remember, encryption doesn't protect you if you add cops-- or bots-- to the chat https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/
Please we cannot let the MPAA run point on the risks of generative AI harms. The intellectual property lobby doesn’t speak in the public interest.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-in-talks-with-30-nations-to-curb-ai-misuse-ashwini-vaishnaw/amp_articleshow/128438755.cms
If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how […]
See? https://www.wired.com/story/ice-asks-companies-about-ad-tech-and-big-data-tools/
“This is the tip of the iceberg” for tech powering ICE. For years activists have warned about automatic licence plate readers. Not to mention the sources of data that can be scooped up online, surveillance cameras. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSFDgvIDAIg/?igsh=MTd6aHllYXNiNW51aQ==
#tech […]
Would love to have spent two years fixing privacy on social media for everyone everywhere hbu
For a solution to a supposed issue with online privacy the thin details report about the TikTok deal is kinda ironic no 🤔
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook […]
Starlink is critical. Activists have been keeping Iran connected for years with efforts on the ground and at the highest levels of international cooperation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html
It should be impossible for the ITU to deny that internet shutdowns in Iran demonstrate fundamental flaws with digital sovereignty rhetoric for human rights in both policy and global internet governance […]
ICE is a slave patrol powered by tech. Violence is all that is on the 24 hour news cycle and yet just weeks ago WIRED ran a feature that humanised Palantir’s Alex Karp.
#civilrights #assange #censorship #democracy #votingrights #DemocracyNow #equalrights #humanrights #humanrightswatch […]
Hey Siri, got any ideas for how to tackle Earth’s destruction by humankind?
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast
Found this deep dive into how Russia (unconvincingly and somewhat hilariously) censors American TV shows quite fascinating https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/19/arts/television/russia-tv-censorship.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse […]
A good read from @ghost enabled newsletter @IX 👇
“What We Learned About Publishing on the Open Social Web
Over two years, we’ve grown alongside the open social web, experimenting with Ghost, ActivityPub, and Bluesky to publish in ways that align with our values.” […]
Opinion from @bridgettodd@bsky.social in the @TheHill “Digital blackface: Racist AI content is fueling the SNAP debate” https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5649383-racist-ai-tiktok-videos/
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia […]
A new blog series from @wikimediafoundation explains their systems of collaboration and consensus and their principles of neutrality and verifiability, layer by layer, to show how Wikipedia really works and how it can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times […]
You can follow the proceedings:
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1ocy52tag
At the UN today to talk about the internet and human rights. The WSIS+20 is a look back at when the UN's first negotiated statement on the "information society" established the Internet Governance Forum and other things.
Core question: What does the information society look like in 20 years?
Apply Now for the @internetsociety 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-now-for-the-2026-pulse-research-fellowship-and-mentorship
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter […]
