https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com is a tech related relay instance that connects over 100 instances, focussing on things like #FreeBSD, #BGP, #IPv6, #Proxmox, #Homelab, #Linux and many other things! You can easily add a really when using #snac / #snac2, #mastodon, #pleroma and many other ones!

#community #activitypub #socialmedia #fedi #fediwall #relay #opensource #tech #federated #social

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Overview of the fedi-relay gyptazy instance for the Fediverse

#Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory #AgeVerification Despite Recent #DataBreach

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach

#privacy #cybersecurity #SocialMedia #IdentityVerification

From August: Features an ideal social network should have

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/features-ideal-social-network-should-have/

#socialmedia

A world without Israel:

https://x.com/PalestineTurtl/status/2019416661208756243

#indigenous #turtleisland @indigenouspeoples #palestine #gaza #genocide #stopgenocide #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #uspol #cdnpol #politics #resistance #activism #protest #humanrights #justice #socialmedia #ISRAELWARCRIMES #eu #canada #africa #asia #latinamerica #china #iran #francescaalbanese #middleeast #mastodon #DismantleZionism #StopAIPAC #IsraelTerroristState #ICC #Olympics

The #US has sanctioned U.N. Special Rapporteur #FrancescaAlbanese after she warned tech firms about potential complicity in #Gaza.

Palestinian victims and their families deeply value Francesca Albanese’s exceptional courage—history will remember that she stood on the right side of it

@politics #palestine #genocide #resistance #law #icc @law #humanrights #fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia #women @womensvoices @democracy #eu #italy #italia #europe #canada #un

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”

A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.

Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.

And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

#socialmedia and issues of #psychology in legal framework(s).

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/08/social-media-lawsuit-addiction

Werbung für digitale Behördengänge: Ärger für Kiel nach Clip zu Kirchenaustritt

Die Stadt Kiel wollte auf Instagram für digitale Behördengänge werben und hat sich ausgerechnet den Kirchenaustritt ausgesucht. Die Empörung folgte prompt.

https://www.heise.de/news/Werbung-fuer-digitale-Behoerdengaenge-Aerger-fuer-Kiel-nach-Clip-zu-Kirchenaustritt-11169646.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Digitalisierung #Entertainment #IT #SocialMedia #news

I had an interesting conversation on here recently that made me realize that maybe not everyone who uses Mastodon knows that you can use filters as a way to add content warning to other people's posts?

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-fediverse-content-warnings-and-filters/

#fediverse #mastodon #ContentWarning #SocialMedia

If decentralization is the future of social media, where millions or even billions of people share knowledge, then we can learn a lot from how the Open Knowledge Foundation (@okfn) and the Wikimedia Foundation (@wikimediafoundation) built cross-border, international movements with clear missions.

These two organizations are just two examples, but they demonstrate an important point: decentralization worked because communities were intentionally nurtured, not just because the technology was open.

The Fediverse, powered by the ActivityPub protocol, already has the technical capacity to thrive (UI tweaks aside).

What we still lack is the decentralization of communities, including shared ownership, coordination, and a mission that extends beyond individual instances.

Cc @eloquence @bjoernsta @_elena

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Openknowledge #Wikimedia #Decentralization #SocialMedia

Quite true. I explained the misaligned incentives of platform owners and users yesterday to my psychologist in the context of #Meta. Took all of 2 minutes.

This is particularly true of centralized #socialmedia.

In the #fediverse, without the algorithms constantly driving to anxiety, the user has control - and responsibility.

#psychology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-philosopher-is-in/202602/a-new-form-of-activism-getting-off-social-media/amp

In the #Fediverse there are now
717 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
596 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@CGMagazine
@euronewsfr
@CubbyatHome
@AltPress
@EuronewsNext

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon