Bluesky has decided to block access to its service in Mississippi instead of following a new age verification law which requires platforms to introduce age verification for all users before they can access https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/24/bluesky-blocks-service-in-mississippi-over-age-assurance-law/

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Can we fix social media? Study testing prosocial interventions using generative social simulation finds that, contrary to prevalent belief, algorithms are not the main cause of the dysfunction of social media https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385 What's your thought on this? #asknostr

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Petr Fiala, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, has announced total opposition to Chat Control https://x.com/P_Fiala/status/1960286878256508950

A decentralized Proof-of-Location system lets people verify that someone was at a specific place + time using cryptography. This helps prevent GPS spoofing + deepfakes while maintaining privacy + without depending on central authorities https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-presence-gps-spoofing-deepfakes-countered.html?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=v2

Any new Spotify playlist is set to public by default https://archive.md/2FbEy

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Is there a way to avoid link preview in the post? Links should still be clickable. Every hint appreciated! #asknostr

Immigration + customs enforcement is using data about wire transfers between the U.S. + Mexico to track down immigrants for deportation https://theintercept.com/2025/08/21/ice-immigrants-wire-transfers-remittances-surveillance/

Study shows that 25% of TikTok's top search results contain AI slop https://aiforensics.org/work/gen-ai-slop

The new EU Chat Control proposal, aims to enhance the ability of authorities to monitor online communications. One of the most contentious aspects of this proposal is that it would allow authorities to use AI to scan not only illegal content but also "unknown" content. Here you can find more information about the proposal + how to take action: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

OpenAI exposes private user chats on Google https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/chatgpt-users-shocked-to-learn-their-chats-were-in-google-search-results/

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