Wiener demonstrates my opinion that we should retreat from participation in the public sphere. Let them "win."

"If you are #Jewish, you now know that your continued presence in #progressive spaces is contingent on a permission that can be revoked at any moment by whoever has the largest crowd and the loudest voice. The only guaranteed safe move is to stay home.

The lesson was proof of concept: this is what works. A coordinated mob, a phone camera, and the willingness to make physical contact is all it takes to drive a Jewish #electedofficial out of a public space at dusk. The technology of exclusion is now documented, tested, and available for replication.

Teaching #exemplaryintimidation means you don’t need to threaten every #Jew in #SanFrancisco. You just need to target the most visible #gay Jewish elected official in the city: you surround him, you mob him, you film the humiliation and the #bystandereffect, and then you broadcast it on #socialmedia as a trophy."

https://thevoicesf.org/friday-nights-new-york-city-style-menacing-in-dolores-park/

That this commentary was in solidarity with Nerdeen Kiswani's is some kind of magical logic.

"A #socialmedia post by popular #columnist and former #attorney #JillFilipovic criticizing an #Orthodox #Jewish religious practice sparked a heated #online debate this week, drawing more than 1 million views and thousands of comments, many defending the custom."

https://vinnews.com/2026/06/30/columnists-post-on-orthodox-jewish-men-avoiding-handshakes-with-women-sparks-fierce-online-debate/

Faced With Age Verification Failure, Australia Doubles Fines for Social Media

Age verification was always an impossible to comply with law, but Australia is doubling fines on social media for failing to do the impossible.

https://www.freezenet.ca/faced-with-age-verification-failure-australia-doubles-fines-for-social-media/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #Australia #fine #legislation #SocialMedia

Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.

Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.

My exclusive:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/

#SocialMedia #ATproto #RateLimiting

"A survivor of the #BondiBeach terror attack has said he received "an influx of hate, of abuse, of vilification, of #AI manipulation" after the #shooting in December.

#US-based #socialmedia platform #Gab has been "hostile" in its engagement with #Australia's #antisemitism #royalcommission, a counsel assisting says.

The third hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will focus on the spread of #hatespeech #online and in traditional media sources."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-29/bondi-antisemitism-royal-commission-social-media-hate/106853944

Australia recently became the first country to pass legislation banning under-16 children from social media. Now the government plans to strengthen the law, citing evidence that the ban hasn’t worked since it went into effect last December. Other countries such as Britain, Canada, and Brazil are following Australia’s lead in introducing similar restrictions. Read more from @AssociatedPress:

https://flip.it/XMyyn7

#Tech #Australia #SocialMedia

"A woman who was #elected on Tuesday to a leadership position in the influential #Brooklyn #DemocraticParty has apologized for a #socialmedia post from last year that amplified #antisemitic comments and #conspiracytheories.

#CarmellaCharrington, whose #candidacy was supported by #democraticsocialist lawmakers, recirculated a video that highlighted a series of pamphlets in a newspaper owned by #HenryFord, the industrialist who founded #Ford Motor Company, that later became a book in the 1920s. The book highlighted well-worn conspiracy theories that #Jews controlled business and the media, and it blamed them for many of the country’s problems.

“The only way to change is understanding the truth!” Ms. #Charrington wrote in her post, which was first reported by #Jewish Insider.

Reached by telephone on Friday, Ms. Charrington said she was not antisemitic[...]"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/charrington-ford-jews-antisemitic-apology.html

There was a terrible event in #WWII in #Saipan where as American troops advanced the Japanese civilians committed mass suicide. They believed due to #propaganda that the Americans would be monstruously cruel

Here we see a similar sentiment as #Ukraine captures #Russia's troops

Traditional #media and #socialMedia lies lead to this

Pointless #war and stupid #projection of one's own malice

It's why the lies we see can't just be dismissed. They are rat poison. They must be fought

#UkraineWar

Mainstream Media Tries Blaming Social Media for Exposing Youth to Violence

As the mainstream media scrambles to justify age verification laws, one outlet is arguing that young people are exposed to violence.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-tries-blaming-social-media-for-exposing-youth-to-violence/

#Censorship #News #broadcasting #CTV #journalism #research #SocialMedia #study

The Retro Gaiden website is pushing the boundries of what's visually possible for Mastodon. There are no other servers that look like this.

https://retro-gaiden.com

#Mastodon #Retro #SocialMedia

Study Confirms that Australia’s Age Verification Law Was a Failure

More than 85% of Australian teens that are supposedly "banned" from social media are still using it according to the BMJ.

https://www.freezenet.ca/study-confirms-that-australias-age-verification-law-was-a-failure/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #Australia #BritishMedicalJournal #science #SocialMedia #study

Australia's social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers' scrolling habits, researchers have said in a peer-reviewed study that is among the first evaluations of the world-leading measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/25/asia-pacific/australia-social-media-ban-impact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #socialmedia #facebook #tiktok #youtube

Meta gave 6 executives options worth up to $921M each, then cut 8,000 jobs after a record $56.3B quarter

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/meta-gave-6-executives-options-worth-up-to-921m-each-then-cut-8000-jobs-after-a-record-563b-quarter-162000923.html

#Meta #technology #socialmedia

Your public social media posts, including deleted ones, may be permanently archived by third-party scraping services and academic datasets. #privacy #socialmedia #archiving #indigoprivacy

Consumer advocates demand Safety by Design for all instead of social media bans

The vzbv investigated Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube: Addiction-promoting mechanisms and dark patterns endanger minors despite the DSA.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Consumer-advocates-demand-Safety-by-Design-for-all-instead-of-social-media-bans-11341975.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitalServicesAct #Facebook #Instagram #Netzpolitik #Snapchat #SocialMedia #TikTok #Verbraucherschutz #YouTube #news

The good, the bad, and the ugly of running a fediverse server for the past four years, from @gfsc.

"Rather than getting mad at Bluesky for taking over the debate, the fediverse needs to look at itself and ask who it’s including, who it’s excluding, and how it can actually become a transformative social network, rather than a technological toy for computer programmers."

https://gfsc.community/why-we-discontinued-our-mastodon-server/

#fediverse #SocialMedia

The UK just banned social media for children under 16, effective Spring 2027. Nine in 10 parents backed it. Critics say requiring everyone to prove their age creates new privacy risks. #privacy #socialmedia #uk #children #indigoprivacy

The UK just banned social media for children under 16, effective Spring 2027. Nine in 10 parents backed it. Critics say requiring everyone to prove their age creates new privacy risks. #privacy #socialmedia #uk #children #indigoprivacy

#UK Official Promises Statements 'Around VPNs' and Further Teen Restrictions on Chatbots and #SocialMedia

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/06/21/2052213/uk-official-promises-statements-around-vpns-and-further-teen-restrictions-on-chatbots-and-social-media

#VPN #SocialmediaBan #AgeVerification #privacy #politics #LLM #AI

Rock band Sons of Legion can thank the power of social media and music platforms for going viral last year. The independent Nashville-based band embarked on a 50-city sold-out tour and opened for Jelly Roll. Now, band members find themselves fighting AI impersonators, AI romance scammers and rapidly-generating AI music proliferating on the same social networks they owe their success to.
https://flip.it/0ETvIx

#SocialMedia #AI #Music

#Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuits

https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-lobbies-congress-protection-child-harm-lawsuits-2026-06-18/

#KOSA #AgeVerification #privacy #SocialMedia