#onlineactivism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #onlineactivism, aggregated by home.social.
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University of Texas at Dallas: Study: Elected Officials Tend To Discount Social Media Input. “A University of Texas at Dallas political scientist and his colleagues have found that elected officials put much more stock in in-person communication with their constituents than they do in messages conveyed via social media. The research, published in Public Opinion Quarterly, suggests that a social […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/07/study-elected-officials-tend-to-discount-social-media-input-ut-dallas/ -
Ars Technica: DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online. “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has backed down from a fight to unmask the owners of Instagram and Facebook accounts monitoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Pennsylvania. One of the anonymous account holders, John Doe, sued to block ICE from identifying him and other critics […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/30/ars-technica-dhs-keeps-trying-and-failing-to-unmask-anonymous-ice-critics-online/ -
I think people would be best served if they stopped thinking of online platforms as being useless for accomplishing political goals and instead understanding that just as is the case offline, online political actions encompass a wide range of efficacy, everything from the essentially useless to incredibly effective. It's just not the case that there's a dichotomy between effectiveness dictated by how "online" a person is. People who operate primarily online can mobilize massive political action and people who never touch a computer can engage in entirely ineffective political gestures that accomplish nothing. We have to judge political actions by their results, not their medium of operation.
And of course some types of actions are more suited to an online medium than others, but in the modern day, even offline actions are often coordinated online. And so instead of dismissing the internet as a platform for activism, we should instead be asking how we can more effectively utilize it. -
One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
#HackerNews #OneManCampaign #EUChatControl #DigitalPrivacy #InternetFreedom #OnlineActivism
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Engadget: GeoGuessr community maps go dark in protest of EWC ties to human rights abuses. “A group of GeoGuessr map creators have pulled their contributions from the game to protest its participation in the Esports World Cup 2025, calling the tournament “a sportswashing tool used by the government of Saudi Arabia to distract from and conceal its horrific human rights record.” The protestors […]
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BBC: Zoë Bread’s TikTok leads to parking fine refunds. “A woman has won a long-running battle over a parking fine after sharing her ordeal to TikTok under her alter-ego Zoë Bread. Zoë Bread’s campaign started when she received a penalty for parking on Collier Street in Manchester and claimed confusing signs meant she bought a ticket from the wrong machine.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/bbc-zoe-breads-tiktok-leads-to-parking-fine-refunds/
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EU Startups: German search engine Ecosia unveils new climate impact experience for users, shifting away from tree planting. “Berlin-based Ecosia, the green search engine which invests 100% of its profits into climate action initiatives, is launching a new climate impact experience for its 20 million users – moving their primary focus away from planting trees. They can now log in to a new […]
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Poynter: A new pope with a social media presence. “Pope Leo XIV is the 267th pope in the church’s history. But there is something different about him from most of the popes who came before him: a presence on social media. Though his posts were rare and mostly retweets or links to stories, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost is occasionally active on social media channels.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/poynter-a-new-pope-with-a-social-media-presence/
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🔍 Ah yes, #Anonymous, the #keyboard #warriors in #Guy #Fawkes masks, bravely typing their way to #justice from mom's basement! 🧑💻 Fighting "fascism" with the revolutionary power of... angry blog posts and fancy slogans. 🎭 Truly, the modern-day Robin Hoods we all needed.
https://opdreadnought.com #ModernRobinHood #OnlineActivism #HackerNews #ngated -
Deutsche Welle: Kenya’s digital struggle: AI, activism and crackdowns . “A silent war is unfolding in Kenya, not on the streets but in the vast, uncharted world of the internet. Kenya’s digital landscape is at a breaking point, as the government clamps down on AI-generated content and social media activism, igniting what many have described as a ticking time bomb of online resistance.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/07/kenyas-digital-struggle-ai-activism-and-crackdowns-deutsche-welle/
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
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Übertreibungen bzw Überspitzungen sind übrigens selbstverständlich erlaubt! (Ich hatte z.B. keine konkreten Urlaubspläne, aber dass ich fast jeden Winkel der Welt gerne mal sehen würde, ist nichtmal gelogen.)
Wenn ihr könnt, versucht so zu klingen (was Wortwahl und Rechtschreibung angeht), wie die Zielgruppe des Konzerns (Partei etc) ist.
Da zusammen alles besser geht als alleine, gibt es oft vorgefertigte Formulierungen für organisierte Protestkampagnen. Diese sind noch wirkungsvoller, wenn ihr sie abändert und anpasst.
Ihr könnt auch auf social media teilen, was ihr wem geschrieben habt. Das regt andere an, macht Mut und schafft mehr Öffentlichkeit.
Sofern möglich ist auch Papierpost wirkungsvoller, als Emails. Das ist auch keine Papierverschwendung, sondern ihr tut der Welt damit was Gutes!
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#Briefe #ProtestBriefe #ProtestEmails #OnlineAktivismus #OnlineActivism #OnlineGegenRechts
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Entsprechend könnt ihr natürlich auch sagen, ihr hättet deren Produkt gerne gekauft oder habt das früher getan und ihr würdet es gerne weiterempfehlen, aber nun müsst ihr leider all euren Freund*innen sagen, was bei dem Konzern alles schlecht gemacht wird.
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#Briefe #ProtestBriefe #ProtestEmails #OnlineAktivismus #OnlineActivism #OnlineGegenRechts
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Ein Tip, den ich über's Schreiben von Apellen an Behörden, öffentliche Stellen, Betriebe etc gelernt habe: Zeigt auf, wie denen ihre Einnahmen wegbrechen würden, wenn sie nicht reagieren.
(Bei Apellen an Politiker*innen und Parteien geht das entsprechend mit Stimmen.)Wenn ich höre, das irgendwo, wo ich nicht wohne, Unrecht geschieht, dann schreibe ich z.B. sowas wie "Ich würde ja so gerne bei euch Urlaub machen, aber das kann ich leider nicht, bis sich nichts ändert."
Weil bei der "Drohung" wegfallender Tourismus-Einnahmen die Ohren schonmal öfter aufgehen, als wenn Leute "nur" ihre Rechte durchsetzen wollen…
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#Briefe #ProtestBriefe #ProtestEmails #OnlineAktivismus #OnlineActivism #OnlineGegenRechts
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🔍 Take control of your digital footprint with @Info_Activism's #MyShadow.org! Discover how you're being #tracked and delve into the data #industry Developed since 2012, this project empowers you to safeguard your online presence. 🌐🛡️
🏆 Awarded in 2013 for Most Creative & Original Online Activism by Deutsche Welle Bobs. Explore now: myshadow.org 🕵️♂️ #PrivacyMatters #OnlineActivism
https://myshadow.org/media/video/what-is-a-digital-shadow.mp4
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#Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script | TechCrunch
The tip form added a CAPTCHA on Thursday, but that alone wasn’t enough to deter the trolls. The form was removed from the attorney general’s site by Friday morning.
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These are bad times for the "Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority" group on #Facebook. I hope that they migrate to #Mastodon and the #Fediverse.
@pantsuitnation
@grassroots
@organizing
@communitybased
@politics
@nptech
#PantsuitNation
#ProgressivePolitics
#USpolitics
#GrassrootsOrganizing
#OnlineCommunity
#OnlineOrganizing
#OnlineActivism
#OnlineAdvocacy
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W00T!
We now have an #nptech group on Mastodon!
You can find it at @nptech
Please boost this message.
#nonprofit
#technology
#SocialGood
#CivicTech
#PositiveSocialChange
#Philanthropy
#CommunityTechnology
#PublicGood
#NTEN
#NonprofitTechnolgy
#OnlineActivism
#ElectronicAdvocacy
#DigitalInclusion
#MissionBased
#CivicMedia
#technobabes
#SocialEnterprise
#TechnologyAffinityGroup
#NotForProfit
#CommunityBased
#CivicData
#NetworkCentricAdvocacy
#MacroSocialWork
#PublicAdministration
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Does online activism work?
In this video, Wisecrack takes on the question of "Does online activism work?" Online activism does lead to better awareness of issues, but doesn't always lead to action.
