The FCC may finally be able to do anything, maybe. Also, trans rights are human rights, Tears of the Kingdom is selling absurdly fast, Montana banned TikTok and is already being sued for it, and more.
TikTok content creators from Montana are suing the state over its first-of-a-kind legislation banning the video-sharing app, citing violations to the First Amendment.
I reckon #TikTok bans as well as videos of Shou Zi Chew looking like the only person with a brain in the room during the Congressional testimony will make TikTok cool. :)
Thurs 5/18 - NYC Law Protecting Fast Food Workers Challenged, EPA Driving Green Bank Boom, Simpson Thacher Back to Office, HSA Limits Increased and TikTok is Banned in Montana
We have a 2nd circuit test of #NYC law protecting workers, #EPA driving burgeoning “green bank” movement, Simpson Thacher wants associates in the office, a bit of #tax talk and #TikTok is banned in MT.
Montana is the first U.S. state to legally ban TikTok. Here's how it plans to enforce its new law and what it means for the state's 200,000 users and 6,000 businesses on the video-sharing platform.
Pink News just shared a pre release hype video about my next music video regarding trans and nonbinary rights in the UK. This project was primarily funded by awsome people here on Mastodon. This is huge!! https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ91cujn/
shouldn't the conversation be about the use of our personal and private data from any company - foreign or domestic - not just the ones with apps we opt into using? #privacy#tech#tiktok#video#montana#government
#Meta is about to pay a record European Union fine for transferring user data from EU servers over to servers in the US.
How big will the fine be? Significantly bigger than the fine that Amazon paid for privacy violations, which was for 746 million euros ($821.20 million).
But I don't think a fine is good enough. Surely if #TikTok will be banned for "theoretically" transferring data to Chinese servers, Meta should be banned for doing the same thing.
And frankly, when #Barcelona comes to the Fediverse, we should all be leery about how Meta handles data. Frankly, I don't trust them.
More than 150 workers whose labor underpins the AI systems of Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT gathered in Nairobi on Monday and pledged to establish the first African Content Moderators Union, in a move that could have significant consequences for the businesses of some of the world’s biggest tech companies.
Months ago, I looked through Lemon8's site, fooled around, and came to the same conclusion as the reviewer. But I'm also nowhere near Bytedance's targeted demographic for this, so reading from someone who is bring clarity.
That said, I am a big fan of the Instagram and Pinterest experience, but those apps have been enshittified long ago, and I've been hoping for good Fediverse contenders for awhile. This is why I can continue to run my #Pixelfed server since this is such a critical app.
I hope can all collectively build something more compelling than Lemon8.
I'm a #neurodivergent#WomanInTech working as an #SRE for Warner Bros Discovery, the creator #FediHost (the platform hosting this and other servers), admin of outdoors.lgbt :mastodon:, and the newly launched calckey.lgbt :calckey:
@tomw@RobynCaplan
My retired Dad didnt leave the house for 3 days, missing deadlines for bills&chores, because #tiktok and #facebook had him convinced:
there were ongoing riots across the city (there werent),
Markets were shut (they werent),
Video of a blast ten mins from our house (no such thing),
the country was about to have a civil war (it wasnt).
FYI, international medias still running the last #misinformation as fact.
150 African Workers for ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook Vote to Unionize at Landmark Nairobi Meeting (time.com)
More than 150 workers whose labor underpins the AI systems of Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT gathered in Nairobi on Monday and pledged to establish the first African Content Moderators Union, in a move that could have significant consequences for the businesses of some of the world’s biggest tech companies.