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Social media sites look to billionaire-proof their organisations
Social media service Mastodon and prominent users of BlueSky have put forward measures to prevent them from being taken over ...
A new movement wants to protect social media from billionaires
An initiative called Free Our Feeds, backed by the founder of Wikipedia, is raising money to protect the technology that ...
Mastodon’s Founder Steps Down, Ceding Control to a Nonprofit
Mastodon announced a shift in its structure this week, transitioning ownership and governance to a European nonprofit organization.
Mastodon is ditching the CEO format altogether in favor of a nonprofit structure
Mastodon is now shifting to a nonprofit model, stepping away from its founder Eugen Rochko’s sole control, and embracing its ...
The push to ‘billionaire-proof’ social media
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion and turned it into X, the biggest beneficiary of the ensuing exodus of mostly ...
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Meta’s Content Moderation Rollback Sparks User Exodus and Ethical Concerns
According to a TechCrunch report, the company has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking system, a ...
Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky
In a challenge to billionaire-controlled social media platforms, a group of nine less affluent technology leaders have formed ...