tiktok
I was opposed to the whole “TikTok ban” situation. But ByteDance may have proven Congress’s point.
Biden noted he would not enforce the ban and allow the next administration figure it out. ByteDance still turned off their services to Americans, blaming the Biden admin.
And then they turned it back on, thanking Trump.
The congressional mandated ban was already in flux. The shutdown was self-imposed. This was all planned.
Maybe congress actually did have a point.
Young people in Taiwan are being exposed to pro-China content on TikTok which is influencing their identity and attitudes towards China
According to research, TikTok’s algorithm suggested a “disproportionately high ratio” of content favorable to the CCP compared with other apps such as Instagram or YouTube. Users of the platform tended to hold a significantly more favorable view of China’s human rights record
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/01/20/2003830509
Loops is the ethical TikTok alternative the fediverse needs.
Unique safety features, mental health protections, and user controls you've never seen before.
Open source launch coming later this month - and you'll see why we took the time to get this right ✨
Loops Studio is built for creators, allowing you to upload new content, review and manage your posts, comments and interactions as well as view analytics!
It just one aspect of the platform that will soon launch with federation support and easy self-hosting.
Follow @loops for updates, or join https://loops.video to be one of the first to experience this 🚀
#loops #loopsStudio #tikTok #fediverse #activityPub #shortVideoSharing
Following the success (sarcasm!) of my previous post "Battle of IMs", I decided it's time to write another post where I try to articulate in a technical but snarky way my view on the wonderful world of social media, and which one is best among the mainstream and non-mainstream ones. This is a long post, reviewing 14 different "socials".
https://gagliardoni.net/#20250818_battle_of_socials
#socialmedia #social #privacy #selfsovereignty #security #digitalsovereignty #mastodon #nostr #bluesky #ssb #securescuttlebutt #facebook #meta #tiktok #threads #x #twitter #diaspora #friendica #linkedin #xing #instagram
"Loops isn't open source"
Now it is. Enjoy ✨
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.1
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/loops/loops-server
Loops v1.0.0-alpha.2 is now available 🥳
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.2
I've been busy wrapping up the final parts of Loops ActivityPub federation!
We will ship with two modes (Open and Lockdown), the latter allowing you to restrict federation with allowed instances only (and enforced via AuthorizedFetch)
You can also disable Federation support
I'll have a better ETA this weekend after some more testing ✨
Thanks to phpstan, this may even ship this weekend 🚀
Loops now handles local + remote status edits/updates, with a versioned history!
It's going to be a fun weekend...
