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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Prominent voices worry that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will negatively impact elections worldwide and trigger a misinformation apocalypse. A recurrent fear is that GenAI will make it easier to influence voters and facilitate the creation and dissemination of potent mis- and disinformation. We argue that despite the incredible capabilities of GenAI systems, their influence on election outcomes has been overestimated. Looking back at 2024, the predicted outsized effects of GenAI did not happen and were overshadowed by traditional sources of influence. We review current evidence on the impact of GenAI in the 2024 elections and identify several reasons why the impact of GenAI on elections has been overblown. These include the inherent challenges of mass persuasion, the complexity of media effects and people’s interaction with technology, the difficulty of reaching target audiences, and the limited effectiveness of AI-driven microtargeting in political campaigns. Additionally, we argue that the socioeconomic, cultural, and personal factors that shape voting behavior outweigh the influence of AI-generated content. We further analyze the bifurcated discourse on GenAI’s role in elections, framing it as part of the ongoing “cycle of technology panics.” While acknowledging AI’s risks, such as amplifying social inequalities, we argue that focusing on AI distracts from more structural threats to elections and democracy, including voter disenfranchisement and attacks on election integrity. The paper calls for a recalibration of the narratives around AI and elections, proposing a nuanced approach that considers AI within broader sociopolitical contexts."</p><p><a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/content/dont-panic-yet-assessing-the-evidence-and-discourse-around-generative-ai-and-elections" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knightcolumbia.org/content/don</span><span class="invisible">t-panic-yet-assessing-the-evidence-and-discourse-around-generative-ai-and-elections</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MassPersuasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassPersuasion</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MediaEffects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaEffects</span></a></p>
Karl Dezeti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@z3r0fox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>z3r0fox</span></a></span> </p><p>"the whole AI is a scam ... is not inevitable ... is based upon illegal behavior ... they married their rapist ... we don't make deals with OpenAI" Corole Cadwalladr</p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/cambridgeAnalytica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cambridgeAnalytica</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/bildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bildung</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/techfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfascism</span></a></p>
Frederik Borgesius<p>New paper:</p><p>‘Issue ownership in the online campaign for Dutch general elections: A topic modeling approach.’</p><p>By Joren Vrancken, Tom Dobber, and me. </p><p>Journal of Digital Social Research, open access.</p><p><a href="https://publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article/view/54885" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article/v</span><span class="invisible">iew/54885</span></a></p><p><a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/dsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dsa</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a></p>
Weizenbaum-Institut<p>There is little research on <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> ads so far. Mona Krewel &amp; Jeanelle Frontin researched their impact in U.S. presidential <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> with the Meta Ad Data Set. They show that surprisingly not gender, age or location are used for targeting, but a persons interests instead. <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/WIConf2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIConf2025</span></a></p>
Daniele de Rigo<p>2/</p><p>A manipulation technique also known as "microtargeting": "a type of personalised communication that involves collecting information about people, and using that information to show them targeted political advertisements" [3].</p><p>[3] on <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a>:<br>- "it exploits personal data [...]<br>- conceals its true nature [...]<br>- allows [...] to make incompatible promises to different segments of the electorate". Potentially targeting <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/CognitiveBiases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveBiases</span></a> by opaque/foreign <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>Important <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> to sign: "Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising"</p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/713456</span></a> </p><p>If you are a UK citizen or UK resident PLEASE SIGN THIS 🙏🏼 </p><p>We need the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> to take this seriously so creeps like this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databroker</span></a> don't get more data:<br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-</span><span class="invisible">about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762</span></a></p><p>And <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is undermined by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> /Brexit/Romania etc</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>This is what we're up against. Fact-free CERTAINTY from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> muppets: </p><p><a href="https://x.com/MAGACult2/status/1896539648089903507" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/MAGACult2/status/1896539</span><span class="invisible">648089903507</span></a></p><p>Their echo chamber is fueled by right wing news outlets, but the real division was sown a while ago by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorighmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorighmic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> didn't use 'divide and conquer', they used 'atomise and conquer' 😒</p><p>And meanwhile the masses are cooperating in their own surveillance by feeding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a></p><p>Any suggestions for how to bring people back to the 'shared centre'?</p>
Christian Pietsch<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@OmasgR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OmasgR</span></a></span> Weil ihr einen Mastodon-Account bei <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Digitalcourage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digitalcourage</span></a> habt, interessiert es euch vielleicht, dass Digitalcourage die Leute, bei denen ihr eure "Petition" untergebracht habt, vor 9 Jahren einen mit einem <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/BigBrotherAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherAward</span></a> geächtet hat: <a href="https://bigbrotherawards.de/2016/changeorg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbrotherawards.de/2016/chang</span><span class="invisible">eorg</span></a> </p><p>Damals waren die <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/innnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innnit</span></a>-Leute noch der deutsche Arm von <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/changeOrg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changeOrg</span></a>. Inzwischen wird change.org in Deutschland von einem anderen Team gemacht.</p><p>Ich fand die Laudatio für diesen Negativpreis nicht besonders gelungen. Die Preisvergabe war umstritten. Ich halte sie aber immer noch für gerechtfertigt, weil ich damals bei meinen Recherchen darauf stieß, dass change.org damit warb, Daten der Mitzeichnenden schön als Profil aufbereitet an Interessierte zu verkaufen, z.B. für <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a> im britischen Wahlkampf. Nach der Preisvergabe gelobte change.org, damit aufzuhören. Warum sich Innnit später selbständig gemacht hat, ist mir nicht bekannt.</p><p>Belege: <a href="https://archive.fo/diZhm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.fo/diZhm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>In 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/personalisedads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalisedads</span></a> have been so successful it's less 'divide and conquer' and now more like 'ATOMISE AND CONQUER' 😒</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threattodemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threattodemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rtb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rtb</span></a> </p><p>We are isolated and weak in our information bubbles. No shared reality = no coordinated fight back. Are you going to let that happen?</p><p>Let's hope the orgs can rally us: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noybeu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>privacyint</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@corporateeurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>corporateeurope</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edri</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThePeopleVsBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePeopleVsBigTech</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>"people under permanent supervision will, in time, adopt behaviours that are pleasing to others rather than true to themselves"</p><p>Great observation by Jamie Susskind in his excellent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> The Digital Republic</p><p>So even if you're not bothered about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threattodemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threattodemocracy</span></a> posed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a>, <br>maybe it'll annoy you to know that we're all being moulded into sycophantic fakes.</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> </p><p>This idea is also explored in Doppelganger by Naomi Klein.</p>
Synapsenkitzler 🌻 🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://edi.social/@zdfmagazin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zdfmagazin</span></a></span> <br>Die Linke will Microtargeting verbieten:</p><p>"Um Machtmissbrauch durch digitale Monopole zu verhindern, werden wir rechtliche Spielräume zur Zerschlagung der Monopole ausschöpfen, das Kartellrecht und seine Umsetzung stärken und personalisierte Onlinewerbung verbieten. Die Vorstellung von Daten als verkäuflichem Eigentum lehnen wir ab. Öffentliche und genossenschaftliche Plattformen für gemeinnützige Dienstleistungen und wirklich soziale Netzwerke fördern wir als Alternative zu den profitorientierten Plattformen der Konzerngiganten."</p><p><a href="https://www.die-linke.de/bundestagswahl-2025/wahlprogramm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">die-linke.de/bundestagswahl-20</span><span class="invisible">25/wahlprogramm/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/werbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>werbung</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/dielinke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dielinke</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>We know about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> campaign using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CambridgeAnalytica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeAnalytica</span></a> to swing the 2016 election, and Russia getting involved, but gun associations? That's new to me. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/guns-lo</span><span class="invisible">bbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections</span></a></p><p>3rd party vested interests providing citizen private data to dodgy firms to swing elections is a pretty dark use of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a>. On a par (nearly) with what the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversityOfPhoenix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfPhoenix</span></a> was caught doing 🤮</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/personalisedads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalisedads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/personalizedads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalizedads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>Great exerpt about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system (advertising bidstream data) from p120 of Privacy Is Power, by Carissa Veliz: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacyviolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyviolation</span></a></p>
BerlinFokus<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@taschenorakel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>taschenorakel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dielinke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dielinke</span></a></span> </p><p>Wie soll ich n das praktisch machen?</p><p>Ich kann nicht rumgehen &amp; +80 Millionen Leute (oder weiß ich 40 Mio. Wähler*innen) fragen.</p><p>Alles was ich tun kann ist mein Umfeld zu beobachten.</p><p>Und da sehe ich, dass v.a. konservative <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Medien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medien</span></a> &amp; politisches <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/MicroTargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroTargeting</span></a> in Messengern 1 Hauptrolle dabei spielen, wie sich die "nicht-bürgerliche" Bevölkerung ihre politische Meinung bildet.</p><p>Und faktisch wissen die noch nicht mal, dass sie "nicht-bürgerlich" sind.</p><p>Is nich leicht.</p>
Patrick Leavy<p>" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialmedia</span></a>, despite the initial promise of the internet, is helping to create a deluded, or at least misinformed, public."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threattodemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threattodemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/johathanwolff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>johathanwolff</span></a></p><p>4/4</p>
Patrick Leavy<p>If <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> backtracks on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> ban, it will be because "In December Trump said he had a "warm spot" for the app as it helped him with young voters in the 2024 election."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyeer3qp12o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/clyeer3q</span><span class="invisible">p12o</span></a></p><p>It is sad that morons keep using these kind of apps - the ones with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> that allow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> of ads. And guess what: aggressive misinformation campaigns to win elections also count as ads!</p><p>The root cause is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bidsteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bidsteam</span></a> behavioural data in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system</p>
Patrick Leavy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> this is great. But is the 'options to opt out of seeing recommendations based on profiling' really enforced?</p><p>If so that would really sort the problem out! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> is how reality gets distorted, and differently for each person.</p><p>Really you should ban surveillance (behavioural) advertising - that is a root cause one level deeper. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system 'bidsteam' data is the fuel for the cancer of the last 25 years: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>"Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm"</p><p>Good news - maybe we'll get some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithmtransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmtransparency</span></a> 😁<br>Very much needed in this age of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archive.is/2025.01.17-174325/https://www.ft.com/content/a6dc562c-4fa0-4ec6-9f3a-ad3be594bc7c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/2025.01.17-174325/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.ft.com/content/a6dc562c-4fa0-4ec6-9f3a-ad3be594bc7c</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>This! OMG this. All of it! You tell em <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@johnnyryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johnnyryan</span></a></span> 😁</p><p>@bigtech gotta be cut down to size. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/14/big-tech-picking-apart-europe-democracy-switch-off-algorithms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/14/big-tech-picking-apart-europe-democracy-switch-off-algorithms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threattodemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threattodemocracy</span></a></p>
BerlinFokus<p>Komm immer noch nicht really damit klar, dass der <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Kanzler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kanzler</span></a> der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bundesregierung</span></a></span> , <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OlafScholz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlafScholz</span></a>, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Total%C3%BCberwachung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Totalüberwachung</span></a>, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microtargeting</span></a>, die Förderung von <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Hass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hass</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Hetze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hetze</span></a> durch <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Algorithmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithmen</span></a>, das Ausblenden von <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Kritik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kritik</span></a>, das Aussperren bzw. Unsichtbarmachen von <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Kritiker_innen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kritiker_innen</span></a>, die Nutzung von <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Medienmacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medienmacht</span></a> für eigene Zwecke sowie die <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Finanzierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finanzierung</span></a> von <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Extremisten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremisten</span></a> mal so mir nichts, dir nichts als .. legitime "<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Meinung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meinung</span></a>" bezeichnet hat.</p><p>Der verarscht uns volle Lotte. Macht ihm anscheinend auch noch Spaß.</p>