#platformpower — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #platformpower, aggregated by home.social.
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#Answers Instead of #Feeds 🧭 Instead of scrolling endlessly, users ask #AIsystems directly, which will deliver #news, #backgroundinformation and even #videos.
#Content is Becoming #Personalised 🎬 Content is no longer a »one-size-fits-all« approach, but varies according to the individual’s interests.
New #PlatformPower ⚡️ When #AImedia decides what is generated and distributed, power shifts from platforms and influencers to AI models.
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🎬 🔥 Live content alert! @ozoned is streaming on Owncast: https://stream.ozoned.net/
#TedCruz #Section230 #PlatformPower #SocialMediaRegulation #owncast #livestream #stream #selfhosted
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I studied 10 years of Instagram posts. Here’s how social media has changed
#Instagram #Meta #SocialMedia #Algorithms #AI #Trends #DigitalCulture #MediaStudies #Journalism #PlatformPower #UserBehavior #OnlineSociety #Enshittification #Reels
https://the-14.com/i-studied-10-years-of-instagram-posts-heres-how-social-media-has-changed/ -
OpenAI will put ads in ChatGPT. This opens a new door for dangerous influence
#Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Ads #Tech #Media #Ethics #Chatbots #GenerativeAI #BigTech #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #Privacy #PlatformPower
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Conversational AI doesn’t show you options. It shows you the answer. When the first recommendation becomes default behavior, influence turns into infrastructure—and commerce quietly reorganizes around it. #AIethics #PlatformPower
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We keep arguing about “AI” as if it has a stable definition.
It doesn’t—and it won’t—because “intelligence” is a moving target, and every definition depends on where someone’s work (or fear, or incentives) intersects with the tech.
That’s why debates keep collapsing into talking past each other: we’re not using the same word.
#AI #TechPolicy #MediaLiteracy #DigitalCulture #PlatformPower
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Rage bait: the psychology behind social media’s angriest posts
#RageBait #SocialMedia #Psychology #DigitalBehavior #OnlineAnger #Algorithms #MediaManipulation #DigitalWellbeing #MentalHealthOnline #TechCritique #OnlineSafety #DigitalCulture #PlatformPower
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Hostility to the techno-determinism as intellectual alibi for political and social harms
This aggressive interview with an incredibly defensive Nick Clegg was fascinating as an instance of contemporary tech politics. I was particularly struck by how he explicitly invokes ‘techno-determinism’ to dismiss claims about social platforms generating politics and social harms:
https://youtu.be/KAYM1arUzXY?si=RlrfpreRLVNwSFPh&t=1563
He argues it’s “patronising” to claim that platforms have a significant influence because “people have agency”. There’s an obvious straw man here, in which claims about platform power are construed as people being cognitively hijacked by whatever they find in their feeds*, gets used to dismiss any claim about platform power.
*I do think some people basically believe this. It’s a stupid and dangerous position which we need to oppose.
#facebook #NickClegg #platformPower #platformisation #socialPlatforms
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This diagram, taken directly from the U.S. v. Google judgment, illustrates a fundamental dynamic of digital market power:
Data Aggregation → Market Dominance
This self-reinforcing loop is the core issue with Big Tech platforms: scale isn’t just an advantage — it becomes a moat. And without regulatory intervention, it shuts the door on competition.
#Google #Antitrust #PlatformPower #DataAggregation #BigTech #DigitalMonopoly #DataEconomy #NetworkEffects #Regulation
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Recommended talk from @martinandree about why #bigtech must go:
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Very important public statement by ~40 #HumanRights groups around the world including @edri and many of its members:
▌Why Infrastructure Providers Should Not Police Content▐
#ProtectTheStack #digitalrights #moderation #censorship #platformpower
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#FreedomNotFear registration is OPEN!
Vivaldi CEO @jonsvt joins them to discuss #PlatformPower & how a few massive platforms shape our current experience online. 📅21November, ⌚3 pm CET
👉Join #FnF21, a community-driven, interactive & inspiring space https://vi.tc/3kLXNsa https://nitter.net/vivaldibrowser/status/1461718670309212168/photo/1
🐦🔗: https://nitter.net/vivaldibrowser/status/1461718670309212168
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You work on #PlatformPower, #DigitalServicesAct, #DigitalMarketsAct or would like to get active for decentralising internet infrastructure? Participate in the #FreedomNotFear @fnf event on 21st of November (Sunday afternoon) or maybe even organise a session? I look forward to seeing you there!
Register NOW to discuss how a few massive platforms shape our socio-technical development without democratic control, why this concentration of power must be addressed and what to do about it.
https://www.freedomnotfear.org/2021/freedom-not-fear-21-nov-2021-registration-is-open
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UK to set up ‘pro-competition’ regulator to put limits on big tech - The UK is moving ahead with a plan to regulate big tech, responding to competition concerns over a ‘... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/g6sa7sVd0uI/ #digitalmarketsunit #digitalregulation #platformpower #facebook #europe #policy #google #uk