It reminds me of the early days of the fediverse where people mostly came here to complain about twitter being down.

[jerry@infosec.exchange]

It reminds me of the early days of the fediverse where people mostly came here to complain about twitter being down.

[tinker@infosec.exchange]

@jerry - Twitter being down due to a server outage is one thing. Congress and SCOTUS banning a social media app is an entirely different thing. Things have just changed irreparably.

[northernlights@mstdn.ca]

@tinker @jerry

If they ban TikTok, then someday, someone somewhere will ban X and Meta.

Precedent.

[mathaetaes@infosec.exchange]

@northernlights @tinker @jerry TBH, I’m not sure I see a problem with this precedent.

Banning all billionaire-controlled, algorithm-defined social media would probably be a net positive for society.

[gortbrown@infosec.exchange]

@mathaetaes @northernlights @tinker @jerry The thing is, it's not just a precedent for billionare-controlled, algorithm-defined social media, it's a precedent for any part of the internet they don't like. They could just as easily come after Mastodon instances, blogs or really any other websites that they feel are a "threat" in some way.

[northernlights@mstdn.ca]

@gortbrown @mathaetaes @tinker @jerry

Mmm, the things about Mastodon instances is that they're all around the world and it's relatively easy to start a new one.

Swatting at blackflies is a LOT more difficult than aiming at a mountain.