Your feed isn’t curated by “smart” algorithms—it’s engineered by internal policies. What you see isn’t relevance or connection, it’s paid marketing dressed as content, influencers, and user ads. Digital cattle, politely educated. #PlatformPolitics #DigitalCattle #FeedManipulation

Does the exodus to UpScrolled signify the end of TikTok? | The-14 UpScrolled’s surge after TikTok’s US takeover raises questions about censorship, algorithms and network effects, but history suggests TikTok is not finished yet

Does the exodus to UpScrolled signify the end of TikTok?
#USA #TikTok #UpScrolled #SocialMedia #Algorithms #Censorship #Politics #Misinformation #Bluesky #Tech #MediaPower #OnlineSpeech #PlatformPolitics #TechPolicy #NetworkEffects #ShadowBanned #Facebook
the-14.com/does-the-exo...

Dual standards? Microsoft gives away for free on Copilot what LinkedIn sells as Premium: AI suggestions. Same company, different rules. #AIethics #Copilot #LinkedInPremium #Microsoft #DigitalStrategy #FreeVsPaid #AItools #PlatformPolitics

Morning Vibes

📉 Drop 3 – Algorithm Auction
“They’re not selling TikTok. They’re selling influence. Code is the new currency.” Subtle synth flickers and legal ambiguity over lemon glaze. #VernonDrops #PlatformPolitics #JasperSipsTheNews

Also meant to come out in a July drop 😊

🔵 Blue Fog Dispatch: Vernon Drops – Tariffs BitterSweet Circuits
🔗 Drop 4: Algorithm Auction
“They say it’s about national security. But what’s really being sold is rhythm.” Track: Algorithm Auction #CodeForSale #PlatformPolitics

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New in our Science, Technology and Society list.

Explore how digital platforms are reshaping work, politics and power.

From Amazon to Steam, these books unpack the challenges and offer alternatives. #PlatformPolitics

🌟Now 50% off with code BUP07🌟

X will start charging for ads based on vertical size, get rid of ad hashtags, says Elon Musk The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is trying to disincentivize 'giant ads that impair the user experience'

Another week, another X change — this time, hashtag bans on ads and resized creatives.

It’s less about user experience and more about Elon rewriting the rules of public discourse, one bizarre UX decision at a time.

🔗 www.theshortcut.com/p/x-changes-...
#PlatformPolitics #X #MediaAccountability

“I’m not Anitta, nor Madonna”: Sex Influencers and Their Political Action on Social Media by Gianluca Oliveira-Soares
📷 Photo by Ezequiel Aguilera ft. Fernando brutto
Read piece here labdeep.com/takeaways/
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformPolitics #DeepLabTakeaways

Google's Claim to Godhood: The Limits of Resisting the Digital Leviathan This article explores the rise of Google as a techno-political entity claiming epistemic sovereignty and de facto divinity in the digital age. Drawing on the me

Google's Claim to Godhood: The Limits of Resisting the Digital Leviathan
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Google #DigitalLeviathan #DataPower #AlgorithmicGovernance #EpistemicSovereignty
#TechnologicalControl #DigitalResistance #SurveillanceCapitalism #PlatformPolitics #DigitalEthics

LinkedIn emerges as a serious player in the creator economy As LinkedIn positions itself more firmly as a home for creators, influencer marketers on the platform say that their business is booming.

LinkedIn: no longer just for job hunts and humblebrags. It’s becoming a rare space where content, context, and community still matter. A quieter kind of platform power—maybe that’s what we need.
🔗 digiday.com/media/linked...
#CreatorEconomy #PlatformPolitics #MediaFuture

Ad dollars stay the course on TikTok, ban or no ban TikTok’s fate may be uncertain in the U.S. but advertisers are shrugging and spending anyway, according to a Digiday research.

You can ban the app, but not the attention economy. Marketers know what Congress can’t admit: TikTok is where culture happens.
🔗 digiday.com/marketing/ad...
#TikTok #AdSpend #FreeExpression #GenZMedia #PlatformPolitics

5. The Platform Problem — Disinformation by Design

Why social media doesn’t just allow disinfo—it rewards it

#PostTruth #PlatformPolitics #AlgorithmicAmplification #Disinformation

Disinformation doesn’t just use social media.

It is amplified, monetized, and normalized by it.

The design is the problem.
Not just the content.

#PostTruth #PlatformPolitics #AlgorithmicAmplification #Disinformation

Can't stop thinking about how Meta yanked the trans messenger theme like we wouldn't notice🙃. Let's call it what it is: a fascinating case study in how digital spaces commodify identity while simultaneously maintaining the power to revoke that commodification at will."
#PlatformPolitics

Twitter/X has ceased to be a neutral platform it’s time academics let go Following the recent US election Twitter/X has seen an exodus of users to other platforms. Mark Carrigan, argues that the platform no longer holds value for academics looking to share and communica…

Twitter/X: A Toxic Echo Chamber? Why Academics Should Move On blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #TwitterX #ElonMuskNoEthics #SocialMediaEthics #DigitalDiscourse #Academia #PublicSphere #PlatformPolitics

Interesting interview about #platformpolitics with @jvdijck on the @hiig_berlin site: