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Patrick Leavy<p>Important <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> to sign: "Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising"</p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/713456</span></a> </p><p>If you are a UK citizen or UK resident PLEASE SIGN THIS 🙏🏼 </p><p>We need the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> to take this seriously so creeps like this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databroker</span></a> don't get more data:<br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-</span><span class="invisible">about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762</span></a></p><p>And <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is undermined by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> /Brexit/Romania etc</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>This is what we're up against. Fact-free CERTAINTY from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> muppets: </p><p><a href="https://x.com/MAGACult2/status/1896539648089903507" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/MAGACult2/status/1896539</span><span class="invisible">648089903507</span></a></p><p>Their echo chamber is fueled by right wing news outlets, but the real division was sown a while ago by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorighmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algorighmic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> didn't use 'divide and conquer', they used 'atomise and conquer' 😒</p><p>And meanwhile the masses are cooperating in their own surveillance by feeding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a></p><p>Any suggestions for how to bring people back to the 'shared centre'?</p>
Patrick Leavy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> this is great. But is the 'options to opt out of seeing recommendations based on profiling' really enforced?</p><p>If so that would really sort the problem out! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> is how reality gets distorted, and differently for each person.</p><p>Really you should ban surveillance (behavioural) advertising - that is a root cause one level deeper. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system 'bidsteam' data is the fuel for the cancer of the last 25 years: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a></p>
Konstantin Macher<p>Neue Recherche zu <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DataBrokerFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokerFiles</span></a> zeigt: überwachungsbasierte Werbung ist nicht nur zu einer Gefahr für demokratische Diskurse geworden (Stichwort <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a>), sondern ist auch ein konkretes Risiko für Militär und Geheimdienste geworden. Ein weiterer Grund dieses Geschäftsmodell und die dafür nötige Überwachungspraktiken endlich zu verbieten!<br><a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2024/databroker-files-wie-datenhaendler-nato-und-us-militaer-blossstellen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netzpolitik.org/2024/databroke</span><span class="invisible">r-files-wie-datenhaendler-nato-und-us-militaer-blossstellen/</span></a></p>
feliz<p>"A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power." </p><p>Carole Cadwalladr in The Observer:</p><p>The first wave of tech disruption of democracy is over. What starts now is something much worse: the age of information chaos. </p><p>The collaboration of tech bros with the people in power is the fusion of state and commercial power in a ruling elite.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/cambridgeanalytica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cambridgeanalytica</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a></p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ This Is Exactly How an Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Microtargeting Muslims and Jews With Opposing Messages<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/this-is-exactly-how-an-elon-musk-funded-pac-is-microtargeting-muslims-and-jews-with-opposing-messages/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/this-is-exactly-ho</span><span class="invisible">w-an-elon-musk-funded-pac-is-microtargeting-muslims-and-jews-with-opposing-messages/</span></a></p><p>“An Elon Musk-funded group called Future Coalition PAC is targeting Muslim voters in Michigan and Jewish voters in Pennsylvania with diametrically opposed <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/advertisements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertisements</span></a> about Kamala <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a>.”</p><p>“Meanwhile, a related PAC also funded by <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> is microtargeting likely <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> voters on <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Snapchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snapchat</span></a> […]”</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a></p>
Ingo Stützle 🎗️<p>„Eine von <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> bezahlte Netzkampagne wirft der Demokratin gleichzeitig vor, zu israelfreundlich und zu palästinenserfreundlich zu sein: Die eine Botschaft sehen nur Moslems in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>, die andere Juden in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a> macht solchen Zynismus möglich.“</p><p><a href="https://www.rnd.de/politik/elon-musk-attackiert-kamala-harris-schmutzkampagne-in-us-wahlkampf-6A6VHH44G5A6LDO2KHKNKQBJ2U.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnd.de/politik/elon-musk-attac</span><span class="invisible">kiert-kamala-harris-schmutzkampagne-in-us-wahlkampf-6A6VHH44G5A6LDO2KHKNKQBJ2U.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USelections2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USelections2024</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/twixxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twixxer</span></a></p>
Autonomie und Solidarität<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>-Kommission schaltet irreführende <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Werbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Werbung</span></a> für <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Chatkontrolle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chatkontrolle</span></a> auf X <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Mikrotargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mikrotargeting</span></a> <br>"Mit düsteren Bildern untermalt die EU-Kommission die Zahlen einer umstrittenen Meinungsumfrage․ <br>(...)<br>EU-Innenkommissarin <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/YlvaJohansson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YlvaJohansson</span></a> hat im September Werbung für die Chatkontrolle in Ländern geschaltet, die kritisch gegenüber der geplanten EU-Verordnung sind. Die Zielgruppe der Werbung wählte sie nach religiösen und politischen Einstellungen aus. Es handelt sich dabei um politisches Mikrotargeting – einer Form von gezielter Werbung, die die <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> wegen Manipulationsmöglichkeiten eigentlich strenger regulieren will. Und das mitten im Gesetzgebungsprozess, während im Rat um eine Mehrheit für das Vorhaben gerungen wird․"<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@konstantin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>konstantin</span></a></span> von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@digitalcourage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>digitalcourage</span></a></span> dazu:<br>"Microtargeting und Desinformation für die Chatkontrolle erreicht die EU-Kommission einen neuen Tiefpunkt in ihrer Kampagne für das Überwachungsgesetz.”<br><a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2023/politisches-mikrotargeting-eu-kommission-schaltet-irrefuehrende-werbung-fuer-chatkontrolle-auf-x/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netzpolitik.org/2023/politisch</span><span class="invisible">es-mikrotargeting-eu-kommission-schaltet-irrefuehrende-werbung-fuer-chatkontrolle-auf-x/</span></a><br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demokratie</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Chatkontrolle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chatkontrolle</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Desinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desinformation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/netzpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netzpolitik</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Autoritarisierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autoritarisierung</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Massen%C3%BCberwachung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massenüberwachung</span></a></p>