Notices by Mallory Knodel (mallory@techpolicy.social)

@evan seems you’re asking only about data that users share. but what about all of the user data that is created by web services about users— where should that go? should it be different?

BBC: What's next for social media? With @mike @evanprodromou @robin https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w1e3xd2glo

New Paradigms in Trust and Safety: Navigating Defederation on Decentralized Social Media Platforms, a new piece from me as a coauthor with @yoyoel @evan and others https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/03/fediverse-social-media-internet-defederation

NPR: Just how secure is the Signal messaging app?

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5340741/just-how-secure-is-the-messaging-app-signal

Building the open social web — #rightscon2025 @andypiper @palakpalooza@threads.net

The #RightsCon hashtag is doing the work! Find out about sessions happening in Taiwan this week, including from @swf

More: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/19/social-web-foundation-at-rightscon-2025/

Anyone going to FOSDEM, there's A LOT of decentralized social media on the agenda: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/16/social-web-devroom-at-fosdem-2025-schedule/

Protocols, not platforms! “And people should be able to choose freely between different platforms and also be able to move between them” —@Gargron https://techcrunch.com/podcast/social-media-should-be-built-on-protocols-not-platforms-says-mastodon-ceo-eugen-rochko/

My latest: What Trump’s Return Means For Encryption https://www.techpolicy.press/what-trumps-return-means-for-encryption/

There are so many ways to support the open social web on #GivingTuesday https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/12/02/support-the-fediverse-on-givingtuesday/

@solene

This is just a snippet of activities happening at the Feminist Tech Gardens during the AWID forum in Bangkok this week. You can read the full list of activities at https://gardens.feminist.tech

The Weaponization of Things: Israel’s Techno-Violence, A Litmus Test for Technologists https://www.techpolicy.press/the-weaponization-of-things-israels-technoviolence-a-litmus-test-for-technologists/

One year later, a newsletter edition featuring Beautiful Solutions, a book, and a tech incubator launch with guest post from Paul Biggar @tech4palestine https://internet.exchangepoint.tech/beautiful-solutions-palestine-solidarity/

My weekly newsletter covers highlights from #tprc2024, the launch of @swf and, of course, all of the links.
https://internet.exchangepoint.tech/social-web-foundation/

Just followed Threads-myself on Mastodon. I think I love the inception more than the federation.

If you're a technologist and you care about the public interest, my weekly newsletter is for you. And in this week's edition especially, as I point to some ongoing collaborative work that you can join https://internet.exchangepoint.tech/internet-complexity/

What is the best gift/giveaway/etc that you have ever been given digitally?

I love gift articles and discount codes. What else?

@evan would love to but we have a cat and that just feels like collusion

Does this AI think you might be a criminal? It’s based on predictive policing models and you answer ~10 questions to find out. https://www.fairtrials.org/predictive-policing/