Kiram

Fighting for right to privacy and democracy.
Thank you for your service, Edward Snowden.
Elon Musk is a fascist.

2025-01-30

@Tutanota Brave Browser

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2025-01-28

💪 Your data, your rights.

Since 2018, the EU's data protection rules have revolutionised how your personal data are managed and processed.

🔎 You decide who gets to handle your data, your right to be forgotten, and opt out of tracking – if you wish so.

📷 And now, thanks to the European Data Act, you can easily access and transfer any data generated by your connected devices, whether personal or not.

Use your right. This #DataProtectionDay and every other day.

More: europa.eu/!BVTtNC

A blue background with 12 golden stars arranged in a circle. Beneath it are 0 and 1 with different tones of blue and white, mimicking a cascade. Below  is the text "You are in control of your data." Close to it is the logo of the European Commission.
2025-01-26

First, they came for the foreigners
And I did not speak out,
Because I wasn't a foreigner

Then, they came for the journalists
And I did not speak out,
Because I wasn't a journalist

Then they came for the protesters
And I did not speak out,
Because I wasn't a protester

And then I realised that eventually
They would come for me
And that they would be no one left to speak for me.

2025-01-26

@c_th1 Danke dir für die Übersicht!

2025-01-21

Days before the Oscar race officially kicks off, one of the expected front-runners sparked controversy when the film's editor admitted using artificial intelligence to enhance Hungarian accents in "The Brutalist." (Source: nbcnews.com

What are your thoughts on this?

Would this be a reason for you to not watch the movie?

nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies

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Jeff Jarvisjeffjarvis
2025-01-19

A key mark of totalitarianism is government and party ownership and control of the means of speech and information. The party, through its main apparatchik, owns Twitter. The government wants to own TikTok. The only free speech is the fascists' speech.

I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark! I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security. The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.
 
Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations.
 
I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture.  By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up.  Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok.  With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions. 
 
Therefore, my initial thought is a joint venture between the current owners and/or new owners whereby the U.S. gets a 50% ownership in a joint venture set up between the U.S. and whichever purchase we so choose.
2025-01-14

One more reason why people should join Mastodon and leave profit-oriented "social" media behind!

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2025-01-12

I've also locked and mothballed my Instagram account with one final picture (feel free to reuse it!).

Audible and Instagram are now uninstalled across devices too.

Now enjoying a French press coffee and a vegan pain au chocolat.

:facebook: #Facebook #Meta #Zuckerberg #HateSpeech #MetaMigration #Instagram #Audible #Amazon #PixelFed

Geordi La Forge yes-no meme.
Top left: Him, with his palm out in a "no" gesture.
Top right: The Instagram icon.
Bottom left: Him, with his finger pointing out in a "yes" gesture.
Bottom right: The Pixelfed icon.
2025-01-11

Looking for an alternative to Google Chrome or Safari?
@brave browser might be worth a try!
This privacy-focused browser has a build-in so you can enjoy browsing and watching YouTube without distracting . In addition brave makes sure you not are being by every move.

Visit the brave browser website here: brave.com/

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2025-01-10

28.11.1929
When the Rector of Frankfurt University banned the Nazi Student Association in 1929, the Nazi newspaper headline claimed that they were "suppressing academic freedom" (whilst also being very anti-Semitic)

#OTD #Geschichte #Antisemitism #History #histodons #frankfurtmain #histodonsde

Titelseite Völkischer Beobachter, Header: "Unterdrückung der akademischen Freiheit in der Judenstadt Frankfurt", "Verbot des Nationalsoz. Studentenbundes durch den Rektor der Universität Frankfurt"
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Electronic Frontier Foundationeff
2025-01-10

By the time we shared this statement, the conversation had understandably shifted toward Meta's dangerous new content policy. It was a mistake to project good faith onto the company, which quickly showed it was not deserving of it. For a full analysis, see eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/meta

2025-01-09

Looking for an alternative to Google Play?F-Droid might be worth a try.
It's a free app store for apps only.
Ideal if you want to become less dependent on .
You don't even need an account to download apps on F-droid.

Visit their website here: f-droid.org/en/

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Flipboard Tech DeskTechDesk@flipboard.social
2025-01-09

Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S. — over 5,000% compared to previous periods — since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced radical changes to its moderation policies. Read more at @Techcrunch. #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Google #Zuckerberg #Tech #Technology flip.it/NDz1_8

2025-01-09

For anyone who is looking for a better alternative to whatsapp: Signal Messenger might be worth trying.
Very easy to use if you are familiar to WhatsApp.
It's free, non-profit and much more focused on privacy than WhatsApp.

2025-01-09

I cant believe is explicitly stating in their policy that calling people mentally ill, because oft their gender or sexual orientation, is now ok on their platforms.

Source: edition.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tec

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