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Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC

FTC urged to reject Elon Musk’s bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.

There is no ethical case for staying on X

X has crossed a line it cannot uncross. This is no longer a debate about moderation or free speech trade-offs, but about predictable harm enabled by design. When a platform becomes ethically indefensible, outrage is not enough – walking away matters.

Apple urged to withdraw 'out of control' AI news alerts

Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.

How Elon Musk’s Own Account Dominates X (Published 2024)

The billionaire has effectively become the star of his social media platform, transforming X into a reflection of his personal views before the election.

Freedom Isn't Free

An inquiry into the failure of the free software movement, and a proposal for recovering its radical soul.

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

Exit Chat Control · Become Ungovernable

A practical field guide to escape Chat Control and reclaim your digital privacy: encrypted messaging, email, VPN, DNS, passwords, Linux, GrapheneOS, self-hosting. Free, open source, no tracking.

Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering

Last week, Elon Musk’s Grok AI started spewing extreme antisemitism, calling itself “MechaHitler” and pushing conspiracy theories about Jewish people. But that wasn’t the mo…

Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media

X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

The State Department’s X Directive and the End of Platform Independence

A cable endorsing a social media platform by name as a tool of U.S. diplomacy and  military psychological operations would have been unthinkable—until recently.

Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance

Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance

Switching Codes w/Eric Deggans | Substack

Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington and Lee University; Critic at Large at NPR; dad, drummer, bassist, blerd. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. (see links to purchase)