Gareth Kitchen on Nostr: This is interesting. A petition, in Germany, about getting their Universities to stop ...
This is interesting. A petition, in Germany, about getting their Universities to stop promoting Facebook/Meta, Alphabet/Google, TikTok et. al. for corporate communications.
Instead requesting that communications be made using the Fediverse.
The same is true in this country (UK). I came off Facebook for two of three years after Brexit, but found myself being sucked into it again (because it's difficult not to and various community groups require it!) and it's not a healthy environment.
I think we should start thinking about weaning the Town, District and County Councils, along with other public service organisations, off these propriety platforms.
The major social media platforms operate by collating very personal information, all sold to data brokers, and along with the increasing use of so-called AI methods exposes users to ever more subtle manipulation.
These American platforms really do represent a serious threat to our democracy.
More information and background on the petition here......
https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/open-letter-to-the-german-rectors-conference-hrk-on-the-use-of-social-media
Instead requesting that communications be made using the Fediverse.
The same is true in this country (UK). I came off Facebook for two of three years after Brexit, but found myself being sucked into it again (because it's difficult not to and various community groups require it!) and it's not a healthy environment.
I think we should start thinking about weaning the Town, District and County Councils, along with other public service organisations, off these propriety platforms.
The major social media platforms operate by collating very personal information, all sold to data brokers, and along with the increasing use of so-called AI methods exposes users to ever more subtle manipulation.
These American platforms really do represent a serious threat to our democracy.
More information and background on the petition here......
https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/open-letter-to-the-german-rectors-conference-hrk-on-the-use-of-social-media