Es ist doch merkwürdig, dass unser Stromnetz 🔌 angeblich für Balkonkraftwerke, Batteriespeicher, Solarkraftwerke, Windparks und Elektroautos zu schwach ist und das ganze erst aufwendig, langjährig und bürokratisch bearbeitet und genehmigt werden muss, während es für KI-Rechenzentren, die ein vielfaches an Strom ⚡ verbrauchen immer ganz schnell geht mit der Baugenehmigung 🤔

Ich habe das Gefühl, dass die normale Bevölkerung pausenlos von der Regierung verarscht wird und nur Politik für Superreiche und die großen Konzerne gemacht wird.

😥

#politik #Demokratie #umwelt #Energie #lobby #Lobbyismus #niewiedercdu #niemehrcdu #union #Verarschung #Skandal #Frechheit #Gesellschaft #wirtschaft #bigtech #zukunft #krise

#meme #technology #altman #ai #openAI #chatgpt #samaltman #bigtech #future #capitalism #money #job #work #society #people #staff #economy #siliconvalley #software #robots #bots #humanity #humanrights #politics #business #change #power

#news #google #cybersecurity #internet #ai #technology #software #support #googledrive #cloud #customer #economy #online #service #fail #bigtech #company #evil #security

♲ Bonobo - 2026-06-04 23:19:30 GMT

Manga Artist Loses Entire Google Account After AI Flags His Own Artwork on Drive

Japanese manga artist Masahiro Itosugi, creator of the adult series Aki Sora, had his Google account suspended after uploading old manga manuscripts to Google Drive. His appeal was reviewed and rejected, and the artist suspects that at every stage he was dealing with an AI moderator, not real employees.

glitchwire.com/news/manga-arti…
🤖

#Google has been up to no good for a long time, but now they want to get really #evil!

take a look please: keepandroidopen.org/en/

Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over #government ID.

#Android #protest #freedom #app #software #os #smartphone #mobile #phone #opensource #fdroid #future #problem #protest #company #economy #user #customer #resistance #privacy #bigdata #bigtech #surveillance #orwell #control #bigbrother #politics

🌐 Be part of Berlin Fediverse Day 2026!
Das größte Community‑Event rund um #Mastodon, #PeerTube, #Pixelfed, #Loops und andere offene Netzwerke lädt ein zu einem Wochenende voller Talks, Workshops und Austausch über das dezentrale Open Social Web.

Vom  11. bis 13. September 2026 in Berlin diskutieren Entwicklerinnen, Kreative, Journalistinnen, Forscherinnen und Aktivistinnen und mehr über digitale Selbstbestimmung, offene Standards und die Zukunft sozialer Medien jenseits von #BigTech.

Why do #police forces all over the world always seem to think that the #law doesn't apply to them?

source: heise.de/en/news/Pressure-Cook…

#news #eu #europe #europol #bigdata #bigtech #problem #ethics #justice #fail #privacy #supervision #PressureCooker #politics #software

Bevor du bei #Amazon kaufst also bei #BigTech prüfe die #Alternativen ...

siehe: https://lmaa.space

#Protest #einkaufen #Konsum #bestellen #internet #Geschäft #Alternativen #boycott #Boykott #web #internet #www #online #bestellung #Lieferung #service #alternative #information

lmaa.space – Lokale Märkte. Alternative Anbieter.

Lokale Märkte. Alternative Anbieter.

^lmaa.space

Knowing you #browser #fingerprint ...

source: sinceyouarrived.world/taken

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No #login, no form, no #permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

#internet #tracking #software #news #spy #surveillance #web #www #privacy #knowledge #informati#economy on #bigdata #bigtech #anonymity #problem #economy #bigbrother

Do you have an unused domain that you would be happy to donate to a counter-offensive against unchecked & unregulated AI crawlers that scrape human-made content to simulate & deceive for profit?

If so, pls reply to this post. Your domain would become an entrypoint to the AI tarpit & Poison-as-a-Service project below, allowing concerned public to choose to use it on their sites, helping make the project more resilient to blacklisting.

https://julianoliver.com/projects/science-is-poetry/

#ai #bigtech #tacticalmedia

Pleased to share a page and explainer for the AI tarpit project Science is Poetry, with legal statement, rationale(s), and a few deployment notes:

https://julianoliver.com/projects/science-is-poetry/

The page may grow a bit. Just wanted to get it out the door.

#AI #bigtech

So, Cloudflare keeps silently breaking the internet. Now for Gumroad downloads

Any website using cloudflare will be ignored by me. I am willing to spend extra time to find an alternative. This cloudflare service is just a disgrace to the internet!

Stop using this stupid services and handing your frontdoor keys. If the service breaks, whatever you have behind it breaks. People forget AWS outages very easily. Well.. you've been warned.

#bigtech #cloudflare #gumroad #nobigtech

RE: https://thomas-hitz.ch/arte-im-fediverse-ein-offener-brief-und-der-aufruf-zum-umdenken/

Arte fragt in der Doku "Wo bleibt das europäische Google oder Facebook?" ob wir bereit sind, Google und Meta den Rücken zu kehren.

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/121620-127-A/wo-bleibt-das-europaeische-google-oder-facebook/

Das habe ich zum Anlass genommen, um Arte aufzufordern, doch auch ins Fediverse zu kommen.

Die Antwort von Arte auf meine Frage und weiterführende Gedanken dazu finden sich in meinem neuen Blogbeitrag:

👉 https://thomas-hitz.ch/arte-predigt-digitale-souveraenitaet-nutzt-aber-big-tech-warum-der-sender-im-fediverse-sein-sollte/

#Arte #Fediverse #DigitaleSouveränität #BigTech #Medienpolitik

Wo bleibt das europäische Google oder Facebook? - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Wir Europäer nutzen alle die gleichen Apps, von immer den gleichen Firmen: den Big Tech-Unternehmen wie Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft oder X. Alle sind US-Unternehmen.

^ARTE

Firefox's AI Kill Switch is a Trap: How Mozilla Made AI Your Problem

"Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.

If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink…"

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-your-problem.html

#mozilla #firefox #tech #technology #info #BigTech #browser #internet #safety #security #InfoSec #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Fuck_AI

Firefox’s AI Kill Switch is a Trap: How Mozilla Made AI Your Problem

TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on.

^{Youssuff Quips}

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. 🐧

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-bezos-envisions-that-youll-give-up-your-pc-for-an-ai-cloud-version

Apple doesn’t want you to know this 👇

🔸 Fake privacy heroes: Apple markets privacy, then tracks you in the background.
🔸 Tracking, rebranded: Apple collects your data for ads, but says it’s not “tracking”.
🔸 Hard to avoid: Opting out means digging through obscure settings.

Full story: https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/privacyhub/apple-privacy-violations/

#BigTech @gael @rikviergever @e_mydata

As fascism descends, you are going to need easy to access and use alternatives to Big Tech (aka Fascist Tech).

So maybe bookmark the Chatons collective site initiated by our friends at Framasoft with hosted versions of free-software services for collaborative writing, video conferencing, scheduling appointments, collaborative spreadsheets, file sharing, picture sharing, etc.

https://entraide.chatons.org/en/

#chatons #framasoft #alternatives #SmallTech #BigTech #technoFascism #selfDefense #tools #tech #collaborativeWriting #videoConferencing #scheduling #collaborativeSpreadsheet #fileSharing #pictureSharing #postItBoard #linkShortener #secureTextShraing #hosted #online #web

GitHub CEO: Embrace AI or get out.

https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8

PS. Here’s where to go: @Codeberg

https://codeberg.org

(As an additional bonus, you’ll have the peace of mind of knowing you’re part of an anti-fascist not-for-profit cooperative instead of a trillion-dollar US corporation that’s helping Israel commit genocide.)

#git #sourceControl #revisionControl #GitHub #Codeberg #dev #AI #BigTech #Microsoft #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out

Thomas Dohmke wrote that humans are often resistant to change. He said that's okay, but these people should probably find another profession.

^{Alistair Barr (Business Insider)}

"they could raise a billion new humans to maturity and train them to be Google customers (e.g., the business plan for Google Classroom)" 🤮
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/30/accounting-gaffs/#artificial-income
Excellent blog by @pluralistic
And lets kick Google out of our classrooms!

#Google #BigTech

FreeTube ─ Watch YouTube without ads, without login, and with private playlists.

https://freetubeapp.io

#google #YouTube #privacy #ad #safety #security #InfoSec #data #advertisement #tech #technology #BigTech #app #apps #tip #tips

Let's play a game.

Don't say PowerPoint presentation, say slidedeck
Don't say Word, say text document
Don't say Photoshop, say image editing
Don't say Excel, say spreadsheet
Don't say...

Language is important. When corporate companies own the names of the tasks or the digital items you create, you have become a cog in their branding machine.

#bigtech #DataSociety #academicchatter

Nextcloud's federation: for a better digitally sovereign future!

At the core of Nextcloud's mission: We don't want to live in a world where 5 #BigTech companies control all communication and collaboration.

We all deserve something better!

https://youtu.be/exuVtfM8-5Q

Nextcloud's Federation: The key to a better digitally sovereign future

Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek shares our latest federation features and the values central to the decentralized collaboration of tomorrow.At the core o...

^YouTube

#FOSS community. How much did WE vote democratically for current #fascism trends, with the wallet of our ergonomic coding keyboards?

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/113908811338200792

#FOSS has failed as a concept. It's software ate the world.. and runs #BigTech #fascism now.

How much of our #WorkingInPublic and #SoftwareFreedom was gratis fundamental #innovation and applied #OpenScience, that is oh so bad for revenue. Gladly delegated to volunteer losers who can work on just #morals and values that're alien to #corpo?

On the two year anniversary of joining #Mastodon I'm super proud to share:

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.13 👩‍🚀

"The #Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same."

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-fediverse-has-empowered-me-to-take-back-control-from-big-tech-now-i-want-to-help-others-do-the-same/

with mentions of @forgeandcraft (who made this awesome Fediverse t-shirt) @phanpy @ivory @Tusky @nimi @Roneyb @davidoclubb

#FOSS #FLOSS #Matrix #TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #activism #BigTech #socialmedia #education

The Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same.

The Fediverse has helped me regain control from the behavior modification empires of Big Tech. Now I want to help other people do the same.

^{Elena Rossini}

Meta and friends – like Mastodon and Vivaldi – form Social Web Foundation.

May I be the first to say:

Fuck the Social Web Foundation.

https://socialwebfoundation.org

I am so fucking sick of this bullshit happening over and over again. I’d say they’re useful idiots but, let’s face it, Mastodon aren’t idiots. Vivaldi aren’t idiots. They’re smart folks. They know full well what Meta is. They clearly just don’t give a shit.

#SocialWebFoundation #Meta #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #fediverse

Social Web Foundation

Towards a bigger, better fediverse

^{Social Web Foundation}

Need a brief and accessible explainer about the actual harms of AI?

Show folks this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVJ4JDM7eM

@thejuicemedia hitting it out of the park, yet again.

#ai #corporations #corporatocracy #billionaires #climateCrisis #BigTech #SiliconValley

Honest Government Ad | AI

The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative👉 Help us keep Government...

^YouTube

CC @fedora (https://fedoraproject.limequery.com/142117?lang=en)

#GenerativeAI #AI #LLM #ethics #fedora #openSource #FOSS #BigTech #RedHat #IBM https://det.social/@jlink/112811798901196501

Ed Zitron comments in the last episode of tech won't save us something that I find interesting to point out about #generativeAI , even if it is obvious:

Let's imagine we all accept #AI generators and create a new internet based on them (or a large majority, at least). In that case (which is somewhat the business model pursued by #bigtech), we would reach a point where systems would be able to be trained only on content created by themselves.

Thanks @parismarx 🥰

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/211_silicon_valley_deserves_your_anger_w_ed_zitron

Silicon Valley Deserves Your Anger w/ Ed Zitron - Tech Won’t Save Us

A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.

^{Tech Won't Save Us}

𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬𝘀…
I worked hard on some 3D artwork. Now I'm going to publish it on social media and enjoy the likes and responses. 😊

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬𝘀…
I worked hard on some 3D artwork. Before it will be ready to publish, I need to make a compilation of work-in-progress screenshots and wireframes, to prove that it's not AI-generated, and to avoid people asking what AI prompt I used to generate the image. 😖😖

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #tech #BigTech #GenerativeAI #design #art #3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt

W tekście #okopress prawnicy: dr hab. Mateusz Grochowski i dr Katarzyna Łakomiec analizują
polskie podejście do cyfrowych regulacji:
https://oko.press/polskie-podejscie-do-cyfrowych-regulacji-analiza
Autorzy piszą m.in.:
"Siła rynkowa firm z sektora big-tech łatwo przekształca się w siłę polityczną i społeczną."

Wydaje się to jednym z kluczowych argumentów dla których instytucje publiczne NIE powinny używać platform należących do #bigtech jako wyłącznego lub głównego kanału komunikacji ze społeczeństwem.
#cyfryzacja

Polskie podejście do cyfrowych regulacji trzeba pilnie zrewidować [Analiza]

Przez ostatnie lata w Polsce zmarnowano czas, który powinien być poświęcony na przygotowania do systemowej regulacji rynku cyfrowego. Co powinien zrobić nowy rząd? Piszą prawnicy dr hab. Mateusz Grochowski i dr Katarzyna Łakomiec

^{Mateusz Grochowski (OKO.press)}

Polskie podejście do cyfrowych regulacji trzeba pilnie zrewidować

[Analiza]Przez ostatnie lata w Polsce zmarnowano czas, który powinien być poświęcony na przygotowania do systemowej regulacji rynku cyfrowego. Co powinien zrobić nowy rząd? Piszą prawnicy dr hab. Mateusz Grochowski i dr Katarzyna Łakomiec

https://oko.press/polskie-podejscie-do-cyfrowych-regulacji-analiza

#cyfryzacja #bigtech

Polskie podejście do cyfrowych regulacji trzeba pilnie zrewidować [Analiza]

^{Mateusz Grochowski (OKO.press)}

"Gawkowski: W Ministerstwie Cyfryzacji zdanie Big Techu będzie na ostatnim miejscu"
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177150,30506469,gawkowski-w-ministerstwie-cyfryzacji-zdanie-big-techow-bedzie.html#S.TD-K.C-B.3-L.2.duzy

(wersja "zapasowa" : https://cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/file/OfAfxWVpLb-G4fErBFIFspOF/ )
#cyfryzacja #bigtech

Encrypted File

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

^cryptpad.fr

I love how this “Created by AI, edited by humans” summary of the chat I had with Doc this month starts off mildly enough with “A great chat on FLOSS Weekly regarding alternate funding models to support ethical tech projects…“ and ends a few paragraphs later with “…Balkan provided an urgent call to action to avoid extinction at the hands of unchecked capitalism.”

Well that escalated quickly!

😬 👍

https://twit.tv/posts/inside-twit/aral-balkan-calls-new-funding-models-support-ethical-tech

#tech #ethics #BigTech #SmallTech #BigWeb #SmallWeb #VC #capitalism

Aral Balkan Calls For New Funding Models to Support Ethical Tech | TWiT.TV

On a recent episode of FLOSS Weekly, hosts Doc Searls and Dan Lynch spoke to open-source advocate Aral Balkan about the need for alternate funding models to support ethical technol…

^TWiT.tv

netzpolitik.org's great series on digital colonialism. In English and German. I recommend

https://netzpolitik.org/2022/series-on-digital-colonialism-how-meta-aims-to-dominate-indias-agriculture-sector/

#cyfryzajca #kolonializm #bigtech #digitalisierung #digitalisation #colonialism #Kolonialismus

Series on Digital Colonialism: How Meta aims to dominate India’s agriculture sector – netzpolitik.org

Facebook has entered a deal with India's largest corporation, Reliance Industries, in a bid to monopolize the entire food supply chain in India. This deal could put the food security of more than 820 million people at risk.

^{netzpolitik.org}

You wouldn’t have McDonald’s teaching your kids about nutrition or Philip Morris teaching them about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Why are you happy having a surveillance capitalist like Google or Facebook teaching them about technology?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy

#surveillanceCapitalism #technology #web #education #SiliconValley #BigTech

'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia' - BBC Ideas

Watch the "'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia'" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Futurefest: Occupy the future" playlist.

^{www.bbc.co.uk}