Nils Weisensee
@nw.ioc.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Product Manager at OCCRP. Passionate about journalism, media management, and human rights. Former Chief Product Officer at Korea Risk Group and Head of Operations at Choson […]
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Now that it is official US policy to promote regime change in Europe and to dismantle the EU I wonder if we will take sovereignty over tech more seriously
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Now that it is official US policy to promote regime change in Europe and to dismantle the EU I wonder if we will take sovereignty over tech more seriously
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"Digital Sovereignty" as a term always has the implicit danger of fueling nationalist narratives. We should be finding better terms, I like @leitmedium 's "resilient infrastructure" framing.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Digital Sovereignty" as a term always has the implicit danger of fueling nationalist narratives. We should be finding better terms, I like @leitmedium 's "resilient infrastructure" framing.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/x-about-this-account/685042/?gift=czqpKz1nAQkdIptPc5A3aFyKkn5xP46rGbmcUwB1WLE
#Socialmedia #influenceop #trump #maga
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/x-about-this-account/685042/?gift=czqpKz1nAQkdIptPc5A3aFyKkn5xP46rGbmcUwB1WLE
#Socialmedia #influenceop #trump #maga
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/x-about-this-account/685042/?gift=czqpKz1nAQkdIptPc5A3aFyKkn5xP46rGbmcUwB1WLE
#Socialmedia #influenceop #trump #maga
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/x-about-this-account/685042/?gift=czqpKz1nAQkdIptPc5A3aFyKkn5xP46rGbmcUwB1WLE
#Socialmedia #influenceop #trump #maga
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The main news of the week is that @Gargron is stepping down as Mastodon CEO, with @mellifluousbox taking over the role, and this week's newsletter is a reflection on the change.
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-143/
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-143/
connectedplaces.online
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The main news of the week is that @Gargron is stepping down as Mastodon CEO, with @mellifluousbox taking over the role, and this week's newsletter is a reflection on the change.
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-143/
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-143/
Another brilliant analysis by @pboehler on what journalism needs to look like if we want anyone to keep caring -- especially in the face of the AI-powered information apocalypse:
"I've watched newsrooms invest millions in circumvention technology even as their audiences turn to WhatsApp groups […]
"I've watched newsrooms invest millions in circumvention technology even as their audiences turn to WhatsApp groups […]
Original post on ioc.exchange
ioc.exchange
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Another brilliant analysis by @pboehler on what journalism needs to look like if we want anyone to keep caring -- especially in the face of the AI-powered information apocalypse:
"I've watched newsrooms invest millions in circumvention technology even as their audiences turn to WhatsApp groups […]
"I've watched newsrooms invest millions in circumvention technology even as their audiences turn to WhatsApp groups […]
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.
This may be the final straw for me. So sick of Meta and every platform it touches. Fuck these guys […]
This may be the final straw for me. So sick of Meta and every platform it touches. Fuck these guys […]
Original post on ioc.exchange
ioc.exchange
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.
This may be the final straw for me. So sick of Meta and every platform it touches. Fuck these guys […]
This may be the final straw for me. So sick of Meta and every platform it touches. Fuck these guys […]
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Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267
• Summarises car-related harm including crashes, pollution, land use, and injustices.
• 1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1 […]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267
• Summarises car-related harm including crashes, pollution, land use, and injustices.
• 1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1 […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267
• Summarises car-related harm including crashes, pollution, land use, and injustices.
• 1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1 […]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267
• Summarises car-related harm including crashes, pollution, land use, and injustices.
• 1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1 […]
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
Wondering if there are #book stores in #brussels that specialize in special interest #print #magazines? Publications like Dwell, Wallpaper, Another Escape, Sidetracked, and similar titles. Any tips?
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wondering if there are #book stores in #brussels that specialize in special interest #print #magazines? Publications like Dwell, Wallpaper, Another Escape, Sidetracked, and similar titles. Any tips?
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“We are not a fining machine,” said a @EUCommission official, when asked about the timeline for making decisions on ongoing #DSA cases.
Well, then maybe you should not have put yourselves forward as lead enforcement authority under the #digitalservicesact.
With great power comes great […]
Well, then maybe you should not have put yourselves forward as lead enforcement authority under the #digitalservicesact.
With great power comes great […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
“We are not a fining machine,” said a @EUCommission official, when asked about the timeline for making decisions on ongoing #DSA cases.
Well, then maybe you should not have put yourselves forward as lead enforcement authority under the #digitalservicesact.
With great power comes great […]
Well, then maybe you should not have put yourselves forward as lead enforcement authority under the #digitalservicesact.
With great power comes great […]
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We are aware of roskomnadzor just having ramped up their blocking efforts in #russia against #deltachat 's default onboarding chatmail relay. Signal, Whatsapp are degraded/blocked for a longer time already.
1) Delta Chat has first class shadow-socks proxy support (try ss:// links you can find […]
1) Delta Chat has first class shadow-socks proxy support (try ss:// links you can find […]
Original post on chaos.social
chaos.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We are aware of roskomnadzor just having ramped up their blocking efforts in #russia against #deltachat 's default onboarding chatmail relay. Signal, Whatsapp are degraded/blocked for a longer time already.
1) Delta Chat has first class shadow-socks proxy support (try ss:// links you can find […]
1) Delta Chat has first class shadow-socks proxy support (try ss:// links you can find […]
This may also be a good day to recall that https://matrix.org is alive and well.
#decentralize #awsdown
#decentralize #awsdown
Matrix.org
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
matrix.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This may also be a good day to recall that https://matrix.org is alive and well.
#decentralize #awsdown
#decentralize #awsdown
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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It turns out that "we're protecting democracy and our industry is dying, please pay us money" is not a great sales pitch. #media https://werd.io/dont-dwell-on-democracy-and-other-new-findings-about-how-to-market-local-news/
October 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It turns out that "we're protecting democracy and our industry is dying, please pay us money" is not a great sales pitch. #media https://werd.io/dont-dwell-on-democracy-and-other-new-findings-about-how-to-market-local-news/
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer [...] And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think […]
Original post on ioc.exchange
ioc.exchange
September 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer [...] And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think […]
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Starting today I'm going to become more aggressive about supporting independent media and journalism.
I'm not wealthy enough to make a big difference on my own but I think this is something that could have an impact if enough people with a little handful of disposable income and deep concerns […]
I'm not wealthy enough to make a big difference on my own but I think this is something that could have an impact if enough people with a little handful of disposable income and deep concerns […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Starting today I'm going to become more aggressive about supporting independent media and journalism.
I'm not wealthy enough to make a big difference on my own but I think this is something that could have an impact if enough people with a little handful of disposable income and deep concerns […]
I'm not wealthy enough to make a big difference on my own but I think this is something that could have an impact if enough people with a little handful of disposable income and deep concerns […]
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September 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#sciop hit a Petabyte (actually a Pebibyte but nobody knows that word) of total proven capacity a week or two ago. That's all the seeders * the size of the things they are seeding. All volunteers, zero dollars in funding, piggybacking off existing resources […]
[Original post on neuromatch.social]
[Original post on neuromatch.social]
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#sciop hit a Petabyte (actually a Pebibyte but nobody knows that word) of total proven capacity a week or two ago. That's all the seeders * the size of the things they are seeding. All volunteers, zero dollars in funding, piggybacking off existing resources […]
[Original post on neuromatch.social]
[Original post on neuromatch.social]
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Love to see scambaiters credited in DOJ press releases about busted scammers.
YouTube Scambaiters Help Dismantle $65 Million Multinational Fraud Ring Targeting Thousands of Seniors
SAN DIEGO – Twenty-eight alleged members of a Chinese organized crime ring are charged in four federal grand jury […]
YouTube Scambaiters Help Dismantle $65 Million Multinational Fraud Ring Targeting Thousands of Seniors
SAN DIEGO – Twenty-eight alleged members of a Chinese organized crime ring are charged in four federal grand jury […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
August 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Love to see scambaiters credited in DOJ press releases about busted scammers.
YouTube Scambaiters Help Dismantle $65 Million Multinational Fraud Ring Targeting Thousands of Seniors
SAN DIEGO – Twenty-eight alleged members of a Chinese organized crime ring are charged in four federal grand jury […]
YouTube Scambaiters Help Dismantle $65 Million Multinational Fraud Ring Targeting Thousands of Seniors
SAN DIEGO – Twenty-eight alleged members of a Chinese organized crime ring are charged in four federal grand jury […]