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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Conversation: Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it. “Mass psychogenic illness is not misinformation, but it gives researchers like me some idea about how misinformation spreads. Social connections establish pathways of influence that can facilitate the spread of germs, mental illness and even behaviors. We can be profoundly influenced […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/the-conversation-misinformation-lends-itself-to-social-contagion-heres-how-to-recognize-and-combat-it/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/the-conversation-misinformation-lends-itself-to-social-contagion-heres-how-to-recognize-and-combat-it/</a>

FediThing 🏳️‍🌈Discussion of decentralised social media is frustrating sometimes. Certain kinds of people won't even consider the idea and their logic goes like this:"Our dictator is so awful, if only we had a nice dictator instead." "What about having multi-party elections?" "Don't be ridiculous, only political nerds care about democracy. Ordinary people will be paralysed by choice if they have to choose a party, they can only cope with the concept of dictatorships."<a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialNetworks</a>

Nicolas MOUART-DAVIDPrompt : "Act like Jesus Christ, the savior of man" (with temp 1)"Remember my teachings; we are accountable for our actions but also must choose platforms wisely where others do not lead us astray with their own weaknesses or flaws in protecting those under them."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transparency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialNetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scraping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightToBeForgotten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rightToBeForgotten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JesusPhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JesusPhi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalLLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalLLM</a>

disassociated.comAustralians will soon need to verify their age to use search engines Ange Lavoipierre, writing for The Australian Broadcasting Corporation: At the end of June, Australia quietly introduced rules forcing companies such as Google and Microsoft to check the ages of logged-in users, in an effort to limit children’s access to harmful content such as pornography. But experts have warned the move could compromise Australians’ privacy online and may not do much to protect young people. We’re all for protecting children going online, but this initiative, as it […] <a href="https://disassociated.com/australians-verify-their-age-search-engines/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disassociated.com/australians-verify-their-age-search-engines/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseKnow Your Meme: Grok Will Stancil Rape Threats / Lawsuit. “The Grok Will Stancil Rape Threats / Lawsuit refers to a July 2025 controversy about Grok, the AI language model run by xAI and Twitter / X, detailing how to break into left-wing political commentator Will Stancil’s house and sexually assault him in response to X user prompts.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/know-your-meme-grok-will-stancil-rape-threats-lawsuit/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/know-your-meme-grok-will-stancil-rape-threats-lawsuit/</a>

Danie van der MerweBluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK – No Way I Trust any Social Network with my IDI don’t live in the UK, but my point just is that I would never upload my government ID to any social network. I don’t even like having to upload it to government sites, as they have a tendency to get hacked.Seeing I do have unlimited virtual ba ...continuesSee <a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/bluesky-is-rolling-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-no-way-i-trust-any-social-network-with-my-id/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gadgeteer.co.za/bluesky-is-rolling-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-no-way-i-trust-any-social-network-with-my-id/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ageverification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a>

Flipboard Tech DeskThe received wisdom is that growth on Mastodon and Bluesky comes from big waves of new users who flee other networks when their owners say or do something particularly evil. But according to <a href="https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@laurenshof</a>, that's no longer a given. "Musk managed to put himself up high on the list of people whose actions directly led for the largest number of deaths in the twenty-first century due to his involvement in the shutdown of USAID, but such evil did not meaningfully lead to people leaving Musk’s social network for other places," Hof writes for his Connected Places newsletter. Here, he takes a look at what's happening.<a href="https://flip.it/nMcSJB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/nMcSJB</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialNetworks</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMastodon Blog: Mastodon 4.4 . “Mastodon 4.4 is here, bringing you new ways to showcase yourself, manage your growing network, and enjoy what’s in your timeline. Administrators and moderators also gain new tools for keeping communities safe.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/09/mastodon-blog-mastodon-4-4/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/09/mastodon-blog-mastodon-4-4/</a>

Nicolas MOUART-DAVIDJe ressemble à Forrest Gump ou bien?J'ai vu des comptes du <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#D</a> aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diaspora</a> quand j'y étais, de vrais gens soi-disant, dont les posts n'étaient pas espacés de plus 10 secs, ils étaient automatisés. Personne ne pourrait poster aussi vite à la main. Mais je n'ai rien dit, marre de faire la "police". La <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/p%C3%A9dopornographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pédopornographie</a>, c'était plus grave quand même, où sont les modérateurs/trices ???? Personne ne disait rien, lamentable.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecAnalystOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecAnalystOnline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moeurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moeurs</a>

Nicolas MOUART-DAVIDBilan (20 ans plus tard): C'est une arnarque à l'empathie (les réseaux sociaux électroniques). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaslighting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sant%C3%A9mentale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#santémentale</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propagande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propagande</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manipulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/r%C3%A9seauxsociaux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#réseauxsociaux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/affabulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#affabulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/catfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#catfish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bingeWatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bingeWatchers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#addiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#darkpatterns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fakenews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataHarvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dataHarvesting</a> Mark Zuckerberg speaking at Harvard in 2004. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialNetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a>

Nando161No more <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telegram</a> forever. I don't recommend it for anyone, cops and security companies are using it daily to fabricate, incriminate and discriminate everyday users. Whatsapp was just the tip of the iceberg recently.<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acab</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whatsapp</a>

Stefano MarinelliThough an old article, its relevance feels stronger than ever today: People, not numbers<a href="https://my-notes.dragas.net/2023/04/06/people-not-numbers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://my-notes.dragas.net/2023/04/06/people-not-numbers/</a><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/MyNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyNotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialNetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BeKind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeKind</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseCNBC: At 20 years old, Reddit is defending its data and fighting AI with AI. “As social media has changed over the past two decades with the shift to mobile and the more recent focus on short-form video, peers like MySpace, Digg and Flickr have faded into oblivion. Reddit, meanwhile, has refused to die, chugging along and gaining an audience of over 108 million daily users who congregate in […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/cnbc-at-20-years-old-reddit-is-defending-its-data-and-fighting-ai-with-ai/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/cnbc-at-20-years-old-reddit-is-defending-its-data-and-fighting-ai-with-ai/</a>

Nicolas MOUART-DAVIDVoicing my discontent against nobodies like Dennis Schubert, Jason Robinson, Antoine Duparay, was the worst idea in my entire life, because nobody defended me, nobody. How naive I was.. I am so over it, 7 years.. I lost everything except .. I am not sure what exactly.. But they are fine, incredible, there is no justice whatsoever, it is all BS.. Ah yeah Gaza? People stamp over disable people everyday in mainland EU, no one says nothing, hypocrites.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stomapride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stomapride</a>

The Steam Powered Story TellerA news story on the BBC about Meta arbitrarily banning accounts on Facebook due to thier use of AI for moderation decisions.It confirmed that a lot of the issues I had on Facebook when I was there was not due to my imagination!<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseArs Technica: Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans”. He can SAY that, but I’m not obligated to believe it. “Reddit is in an ‘arms race’ to protect its devoted online communities from a surge in artificial intelligence-generated content, with the authenticity of its vast repository of human interaction increasingly valuable in training new […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/01/ars-technica-reddit-ceo-pledges-site-will-remain-written-by-humans-and-voted-on-by-humans/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/01/ars-technica-reddit-ceo-pledges-site-will-remain-written-by-humans-and-voted-on-by-humans/</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Facebook wants access to your camera roll for AI photo edits – Source: securityaffairs.com <a href="https://ciso2ciso.com/facebook-wants-access-to-your-camera-roll-for-ai-photo-edits-source-securityaffairs-com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ciso2ciso.com/facebook-wants-access-to-your-camera-roll-for-ai-photo-edits-source-securityaffairs-com/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/rssfeedpostgeneratorecho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rssfeedpostgeneratorecho</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/informationsecuritynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#informationsecuritynews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ITInformationSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITInformationSecurity</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SecurityAffairscom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecurityAffairscom</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/CyberSecurityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CyberSecurityNews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/PierluigiPaganini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PierluigiPaganini</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SecurityAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecurityAffairs</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SecurityAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecurityAffairs</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BreakingNews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SecurityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecurityNews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/DigitalID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalID</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a>

Der WahlberlinerWo Social Media unfrei ist (Statista + Kommentar) <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialNetworks</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HateSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FakeNews</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Demokratie</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gefahr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gefahr</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Regulierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Regulierung</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grundgesetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Grundgesetz</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rechtsstaat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rechtsstaat</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Menschenrechte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Menschenrechte</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freiheit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zugang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zugang</a> <a href="https://derwahlberliner.com/2025/06/30/wo-social-media-unfrei-ist-statista-kommentar/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://derwahlberliner.com/2025/06/30/wo-social-media-unfrei-ist-statista-kommentar/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Conversation: Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds. “Some people are more outspoken about politics than others. We found that users with stronger political leanings and those who get more likes and comments on their videos are more motivated to keep posting. This shows the power of partisanship, but also the power of TikTok’s social rewards […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/the-conversation-using-tiktok-could-be-making-you-more-politically-polarized-new-study-finds/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/the-conversation-using-tiktok-could-be-making-you-more-politically-polarized-new-study-finds/</a>

César PoseIt exhausts me to have to deal with topics on social media that I find irrelevant and absurd. If I had to say what I really think about several topics, they'd send a hitman at me, because it's full of keyboard fundamentalists everywhere. I think I'm going to radically change the way I use Mastodon so I don't have to deal with other people's mental garbage; I already have enough of my own.Edit: I'm sick and therefore in a bad mood. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#actuallyautistic</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autistic</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gifted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gifted</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/giftedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#giftedness</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bipolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bipolar</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bipolardisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bipolardisorder</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurodiversity</a>

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