ICYMI: Kochava's StationOne gains 5 ad platform workspaces for chat-run ad ops: Meta and TikTok MCP connectors sit under the five workspaces built for agency performance teams. Pricing, rollout dates and write scope all remain undisclosed. https://ppc.land/kochavas-stationone-gains-5-ad-platform-workspaces-for-chat-run-ad-ops/ #Kochava #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #Meta #TikTok

The Government is Monitoring Anti- #Flock #TikTok and #Instagram Accounts

https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/

#privacy #surveillance #FreeSpeech #ALPR #police

Kochava's StationOne gains 5 ad platform workspaces for chat-run ad ops: Meta and TikTok MCP connectors sit under the five workspaces built for agency performance teams. Pricing, rollout dates and write scope all remain undisclosed. https://ppc.land/kochavas-stationone-gains-5-ad-platform-workspaces-for-chat-run-ad-ops/ #Kochava #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #Meta #TikTok

If you're in the U.S., you want to talk about this stuff, and you don't already have a large platform/following: please, please, just use a #VPN and an anonymous account. Give them as little as possible. It's vitally important to talk about these issues, but it's not worth having rancid demons show up on your doorstep, waiting to rob you of the precious little freedom you still enjoy.

via @404mediaco

https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/

#uspol #USPolitics #cybersecurity #freespeech #TikTok #instagram

[...] I want to sit down for 10 minutes and then do something else, but before I know it it's 2am"

<the entire group laughs, nods, "me too!"s, etc>

next guy: "yeah, haha, my wife goes to bed a couple hours before me, and she'll scroll #TikTok when she does. Every time when I come to bed hours later, she's asleep and her phone is just blaring infinite TikToks next to her, it's so funny, haha, she's totally addicted!"

🧵 3/5?

me, thinking to myself: (🤯 🥴 idk, I just use #Mastodon, my timeline is chronological... I check it for a few mins, respond to a couple posts, do a few retoots of neat things, post a picture of a pelican, then I move on)

rest of group: "HAHAHAHAHA that's so me!!! I totally can't stop using #TikTok OR #Instagram hahahah" "yeah that algorithm has me figured OUT!" "hahahah are your wife and me the same person lmfaohahahaha!?!? I'm not even going to try to stop hahahahaha, it's so funny"

🧵 4/5?

#storms #tiktok #videos

#beagle #tiktok #cute

Disney and TikTok have announced a new partnership!

The deal will bring select fan-made TikTok videos to Disney+.

Creators who opt in will also gain access to assets from Disney's library of movies and TV shows to use in their TikTok creations.

#Disney #TikTok

On TikTok? So are we.
Follow us here https://www.tiktok.com/@globalmuseum2026 #globalmuseum #TikTok #museums

Global Museum is also on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@globalmuseum2026 #globalmuseum #TikTok

European Researchers Say Big Tech Is Blocking Access to Their Data

despite being legally entitled to obtain platform data under EU law, researchers face obstacles, obfuscation, and, in some cases, court battles to obtain it.

#EU #DSA #data #research #socialmedia #tiktok #twitter #meta #technolgy #tech

https://www.wired.com/story/european-researchers-want-to-study-social-medias-harms-but-cant-get-the-data/

#texas #tiktok

EU finds TikTok failed to shield the privacy of children's accounts from adults

The European Commission has found TikTok did not adequately protect children's privacy on its platform, after allowing adults to view the accounts of minors.

#euope #eu #DSA #tiktok #socialmedia #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/07/24/eu-finds-tiktok-failed-to-shield-the-privacy-of-childrens-accounts-from-adults

#Loops objectively has a problem with loud videos.
It's very user-hostile to be flipping through quiet scenic videos to have it followed up immediately with an eardrum-splitting attention-seeking noise video, or even a valid artistic video like loud concert.

Audio normalization should be built into the app. Also, a way to skip all videos from a particular account without blocking them. I don't want to block accounts that post annoying videos from interacting with me in the comments or whatnot, I just don't ever want to see them in the feed. It's two separate things.

Less objectively, and more of a personal opinion, I find it deeply unfortunate that Loops thinks it wise to model their UI/UX on the absolute flaming dogpoop of platforms like #TikTok and #Instagram.

Give me a [playhead], for the love of God. Don't make me re-watch the entire bloomin' three-minute video just to re-play a single word I missed. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Associated Press: EU finds TikTok violates its digital rule book by failing to protect privacy of minors. “The European Commission on Friday said it found TikTok had not adequately protected children’s privacy rights on its platform by allowing adults to view the accounts of minors. The action exposed children to cyberbullying, unwanted contact and predatory behavior, commission spokesperson […]

The EU accuses TikTok of failing to protect teens’ privacy, risking a billion euro fine.

TikTok is under investigation for the privacy settings of its 13-18 year old users, with the European Commission arguing that the Chinese firm is in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA).

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260724-the-eu-accuses-tiktok-of-failing-to-protect-teens-privacy-risking-a-billion-euro-fine?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#TikTok #EU #SocialMedia #Privacy #DigitalServicesAct #DSA #Tech

After #TikTok, #Snap settles #SocialMedia addiction case

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/after-tiktok-snap-settles-social-media-addiction-case/

#privacy

Reminder of how dire our digital privacy situation has become...

TikTok can spy on you even if you don’t have an account.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260210-tiktok-is-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-use-the-app-heres-how-to-stop-it

Collecting personal data just to resell it should be outlawed in my opinion.

But combine this with data brokers, ChatControl’s recent vote, and the global push for age verification through 'trusted private third parties', all while data theft is at an all-time high, and you start wondering if we aren’t attending a clown show with very real consequences.

#Privacy #TikTok #ChatControl #DataBroker #AgeVerification

Federal employees can download #TikTok on their work phones again

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-on-their-work-phones-again/

#cybersecurity #privacy

#tiktok

#superheros #tiktok

The EU will propose limits on under-16s using Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook after summer. Australia already bans them. The privacy catch: verifying every user's age can mean ID uploads or face scans for everyone, not just kids.

#ageverification #TikTok #EU #indigoprivacy

@SecondChanceLemon
After viewing #TikTok, I feel the need to take a shower.

TikTok collects keystroke patterns, clipboard contents, and device identifiers beyond what most users realize when they agree to its terms. #privacy #tiktok #tracking #surveillance #indigoprivacy

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA_hmtuAPTY

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Did the Algorithm Change Your Decisions? | How Your Feed Was Engineered

Right now, somewhere on the internet, a video is being uploaded.

Within seconds, a system that no one elected, no one audits, and no one fully understands decides whether anyone else will ever see it.

Sometimes, it decides no one should.

And that’s the end of it.

In this episode of Plain Meaning, we examine how the modern internet quietly transformed from a system designed to deliver information… into one that decides what information exists for you at all.

It didn’t happen all at once.

It happened step by step.

Feed by feed.

Platform by platform.

Until nearly everything you see online is filtered through a machine making decisions on your behalf.

We trace how:

• Social media moved from profile pages to infinite feeds
• Facebook’s News Feed shifted from chronological to algorithmic control
• Advertising—not user experience—drove the need to control timing and visibility
• “EdgeRank” introduced the first large-scale automated editorial system
• By 2016, every major platform—Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube—had adopted algorithmic feeds
• Recommendation systems replaced direct navigation across the entire internet

But this isn’t just a story about technology.

It’s a story about incentives.

Because once platforms controlled what you saw, they didn’t just control engagement.

They controlled attention.

And once attention became the product, the system began optimizing for something far more powerful than clicks.

We examine what happened next:

• How foreign influence operations exploited algorithmic feeds during the 2016 election
• The role of Cambridge Analytica and its parent Strategic Communication Laboratories in psychological targeting
• The scale and strategy of Russia’s Internet Research Agency
• How fake local news accounts built trust before deploying disinformation
• Why most influence content wasn’t political—but divisive
• How algorithms amplified all of it without distinction

And then we go further.

Because 2016 wasn’t the end of the story.

It was the beginning.

We look at how:

• Algorithmic systems shape not just what you see—but how you think
• Platforms reward emotional, extreme, and addictive content
• Foreign-owned platforms introduce new geopolitical risks
• Systems like ByteDance’s TikTok operate differently across countries
• The same algorithmic architecture can produce completely different realities depending on its objectives

This episode is not about one platform.

It’s not about one political party.

And it’s not about one country.

It’s about the system itself.

Because the algorithm isn’t just recommending content.

It’s acting as an editor.

And most of the time, you don’t even realize it’s there.

By the end of this video, the next time you open a social media app, you’ll understand:

Why your attention isn’t fully yours.

Why the world you see isn’t necessarily the world that exists.

And how to recognize when a machine—not you—is deciding what matters.

#Algorithm #SocialMedia #DigitalMedia #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #NewsFeed #TikTok #Twitter

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