Notices by Mallory Knodel (mallory@techpolicy.social)

US Americans are, slowly but surely, learning what it’s like to be a citizen from anywhere else in the world at a border crossing. Top of the NYTimes is how to get and (gasp) pay for a UK ESTA:

https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/most-emailed-9b8fb5gsz/-/a-ONAnI8fiQdySsoSiPKHwwg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

You're looking to query this https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt

What are the most underappreciated TLDs?

TIL .wap was rejected in 2000 and this Cardi B fan is crushed at what could have been

Remember, encryption doesn't protect you if you add cops-- or bots-- to the chat https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/

Found this deep dive into how Russia (unconvincingly and somewhat hilariously) censors American TV shows quite fascinating https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/19/arts/television/russia-tv-censorship.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

At the UN today to talk about the internet and human rights. The WSIS+20 is a look back at when the UN's first negotiated statement on the "information society" established the Internet Governance Forum and other things.

Core question: What does the information society look like in 20 years?

Apply Now for the @internetsociety 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-now-for-the-2026-pulse-research-fellowship-and-mentorship

#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

Sign up! @swf and @IX are hosting a MozFest Fringe gathering in Barcelona to discuss issues related to the fediverse and the open social web.

If you're working on the social web I'd love for you to join us.

📅 Friday, 7 November
🕓 14:45 – 15:45 CET
📍 Barcelona
🥂 Food and drinks

Please RSVP here: https://luma.com/9tyqx0sz

Don't forget to buy your Mozfest tix here: https://mozillafestival.org

@tchambers @ohmallory @evan https://youtu.be/9zEn1nUI4Zw

@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/