Re: <nettime> Sign the BAN X in EUROPE petition and join the campaign

[André Rebentisch via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Hi,
Fascinating that X is not even perceived worth to be considered a
gatekeeper.
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-concludes-online-social-networking-service-x-should-not-be-designated-under-digital-2024-10-16_en

The concept of Gatekeeper in the DMA (Regulation (EU) 2022/1925) and the
definition of "core platform services" is super powerful.
DMA as a regulatory framework will cause massive change.
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en

Oh, and "Gatekeeper": https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1510449836633604100

Is it really worth it to campaign against X (anymore)?

It used to be your Twitter but now it is your X.

Best
-- A


Best,
André


Am Do., 17. Okt. 2024 um 11:40 Uhr schrieb tati via nettime-l <
nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>:

> exactly
>
> we need actions. Brazil banned X in the country, but it soon came back.
> Moraes made the decision after the company failed to comply with an order
> from the minister to establish a legal representative in the country. By
> suspending X, Moraes said that the network acted to create a "lawless land"
> environment in Brazil, notoriously inhabited by extremist groups and
> digital militias that spread hate speech and racism online.
>
> the lesson is clear
> we need to act
> we need codes, developers based on multiple territories, convergence of
> efforts, ACTIONS
>
> where the radical hacktivists went? look no further.
>
> Em qua., 16 de out. de 2024 às 09:24, Joseph Rabie via nettime-l <
> nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> escreveu:
>
> > “We need to imagine and articulate sustainable political structures and
> > social spaces…”
> >
> > For how many years has Nettime been filled with passionate calls that
> > begin with “We need to…” that are long on calls to action but (well)
> > lacking in action?
> >
> > So, how about applying imagination and creativity and doing something
> > about it?
> >
> > (Personally, I started a bioregional design cooperative -
> > http://www.ambre-bioregion.fr/)  Has nothing to do with social media,
> > however.)
> >
> > Best wishes to all -
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my lawn-mower
> >
> > > Le 16 oct. 2024 à 09:35, Allan Siegel via nettime-l <
> > nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> a écrit :
> > >
> > > Hello Nettime
> > >
> > > Thanks Pit Schultz for your very relevant posting. To further move the
> > discussion forward:
> > >
> > > Focusing singularly on the problematic nature of one particular *social
> > media* platform, whether X or any of the other obscene monopolies, skews
> > the dimensions of a critical ongoing discourse. And, deters us from
> > reconfiguring the dynamics of this critical political horizon.
> > >
> > > The residual and reductive branding of these grotesquely commodified
> > forms of communication as ‘social media’ conflates the inherent
> ideological
> > models of media monopolies with more diverse media practices and evolving
> > multi-dimensional social spaces: many of which are seeking to develop
> > distinctive economic paradigms.
> > >
> > > As Simon tells us, “Social media have corrupted social space in so many
> > ways, leading us to the toxic situation we find ourselves in.” This
> > corruption takes the form of of an insidious type of colonialism in which
> > the extraction of all forms of data becomes an intrinsic building block
> of
> > corporate wealth; as many other commentators have told us: branded
> ‘social
> > media’ enables various processes of data extraction simultaneously
> > engineering various individual and collective forms of exploitation.
> > >
> > > Not surprisingly, human ingenuity and political necessity have
> subverted
> > elements within this ‘social media’ landscape into ephemeral, but
> > nevertheless, empowering social spaces that have enabled, globally,
> > numerous political actions and progressive social activities.
> > > But, while these ongoing subversions and hackings, as tactical
> > interventions, provide visibility to political movements, social
> > injustices, and also disseminate otherwise vast amounts of critical
> > information, their enduring political impact remains negligible.
> > Collectively we are using matches to melt a neoliberal iceberg. We need
> to
> > imagine and articulate sustainable political structures and social
> spaces:
> > a collectively reflective ideological landscape. An ideological landscape
> > that addresses deteriorating societal and environmental  infrastructures
> > and the injustices infecting people’s lives. This ideological landscape
> is
> > by no means monolithic but rather a visionary and practical framework
> that
> > inspires *tactical and strategic* political processes in which media
> > enables and compliments organised political activities.
> > >
> > > allan
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