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Elena Rossini ⁂

@elenarossini.com
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Italian filmmaker, media critic and Fediverse + FOSS advocate. Self-hosting aficionada. My main social media accounts are on the Fediverse; all my links: elena.social

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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 24/09/2026
Hey everyone! With the proliferation of news surrounding sexual abuse(rs), we’ve decided to launch a label called: Normalization of Sexual Violence.
Shows label for Normalization of Sexual Violence

Reads:

Content that seeks to promote, validate or in any other way normalize sexually violent acts which include, but aren't limited to grooming, (spousal) sexual assault, sexual exploitation, trafficking, revenge porn and sexual abuse.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 14h
#WSocial 's tagline is "Trust Your Feed" – ironic, considering that the company's co-founder and most of its acolytes routinely publish misrepresentations about the state of the network. Second largest platform on ATproto? Matching Bluesky's KPIs? With these numbers?!? #WSocialFacts #WSocialPics
a screenshot from @mackuba's website https://blue.mackuba.eu/stats/ showing that Eurosky has about 9k weekly posters, whereas W Social has 1ka screenshot showing the website pdsls.dev, comparing the live firehoses of W Social and Eurosky just now, over a 5 minute period. W Social had 34 events, whereas Eurosky had 1683
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Matt Kane @mk.gg · 29/09/2026
Her career may have been a lie, but Elizabeth Holmes did at least bring us the most iconic meme format of 2026
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Berlin FediDay @berlinfediday.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
🎥✨ New Fediday recordings are here! There’s once again plenty of exciting content about the Fediverse to discover! 🚀🌐 🎬 @BjornW – Doeidag fair.tube/w/wvoVJcNgUK3TbCtvGwJFLZ 🎬 @samvie – “+1 to the rescue: implementing political demands for the Fediverse” […]
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Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 28/09/2026
I'm excited to announce that the PLC Organization now has a statute! And a bank account! And a @standard.site publication! All the important stuff. The PLC Org is an independent Swiss Association meant to operate the PLC directory, which collects and distributes signed updates to atproto accounts.
blog.plcred.org
First steps of the PLC organization - Public Ledger of Credentials Organization
One year ago, Bluesky Social PBC announced their intention to facilitate the creation of an independent organization to operate the Public Ledger of Credenti…
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh this is lovely.
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Scan @scanash.com · 28/09/2026
Privacy company called Privacy.com uses Persona for identity verification You can't make this shit up
privacy.com
Privacy.com Virtual Cards – Secure, Temporary Cards
Protect your financial life with Privacy.com Virtual Cards. Create secure, temporary card numbers to prevent fraud and control your online spending.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 28/09/2026
My Roman empire: the thought process that went into the decision by @ec.europa.eu to move from @bsky.app to #WSocial. I especially wonder what kind of due diligence they did on the tech side, considering that #WIdentity, to this day, doesn't work properly for most prospective users. #WSocialFacts
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 28/09/2026
🌶️ take of the day: you can’t “fake it until you make it” on a network* based on an open protocol. We can all see your real numbers, in granular detail. Boastful statements based on fictional numbers make you look dishonest and untrustworthy. *ICYWW this is a subskeet about #WSocial MEGA fans.
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Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 23/09/2026
🎉 Acorn is officially open. You can now create a space for your community on the open social web - no wait required. acorn.blacksky.community
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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 23/09/2026
📰 "The campaign group which forced the EU's highest court to strike down past US-EU data sharing deals has slammed the latest changes to European data protection laws designed to accommodate AI." #DigitalOmnibus #EU #AI 🔍 Continue reading ▸ www.theregister.com/legal/2026/0...
theregister.com
Privacy group slams EU for changing the data rules to cater to AI
Schrems campaign raises specter of another legal challenge as legislators propose changes to GDPR
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 23/09/2026
Wonder how lively activity is on #WSocial compared to #Eurosky? Thanks to @pds.ls you can plug into the live firehose for the two networks. After 32 minutes of observation this morning, @wsocial.eu had 330 events whereas @eurosky.social had 16 THOUSAND. The beauty of open data 💫 #WSocialFacts
a screenshot showing two browser windows connected to the website pdsls.dev/streams. On the left you have an analysis of the W Social firehose, on the right Eurosky's.

In the same time interval today (32 min) W Social recorded 330 events (likes, posts, follows, etc.) whereas Eurosky recorded 16 THOUSAND events
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 23/09/2026
You know your reporting is having an impact when MEGA fans of a project you are exposing: - block your account - and then write denigrating posts about you behind your back, not addressing the super valid points you raised. All I have to say is: ✨ open data doesn't lie and is a beautiful thing 💫
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Eric @esb.lol · 21/09/2026
Hey 👋 we're looking for feedback on the language selector in the post composer. The way it current works is that if you switch languages and create the post, we save your last selection for next time. Would y'all prefer that, or have it reset to your primary language for each new post?
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 22/09/2026
#WSocial state of the network - September 22, 2026 There is a lot of misinformation regarding W Social and how active the network is. So, from time to time, I'd love to share some numbers. This is the beauty of #OpenData 💫 sources: pdsls.dev, clearsky.app, ATproto.at #WSocialPics #WSocialFacts
a graphic with a cloudy background and on top a white box with the following text:

W Social state of the network

Tuesday September 22, 2026 - 9:30am CET

Accounts on their PDS: 37,967
Users with verified ID: 7,812
Users with 1+ post: 3,573
Users who have never posted: 34,394
Users with 0 posts and who follow 0 accounts: 26,424
% of users with 0 posts, who follow 0 accounts: 70%
% of users who have never posted: 90,59%
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 21/09/2026
we're working on the v2 of our standard.site link cards. these cards currently link to both the article (top part) and publication (bottom part). they show a "Subscribe" button when possible, otherwise a "View Publication" button. what changes would you all like to see in the next version?
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Gabriella Nonino @gabriellanonino.com · 20/09/2026
Statement released by Canadian @gandersocial.ca about its partnership with @eurosky.social. Gander is also introducing a 900 characters long posts which hopefully @mu.social will also adopt and a verification that won’t require uploading ID. Looking forward to see how the partnership develops.
Gander + Eurosky

We’re partnering with our pals at Eurosky* to work on better ways to find and share news online: with publishers and audiences smack dab in the centre.

We’ve been chatting with them for a while about how we might work together. With all the hubbub around Canada–EU cooperation, this felt like a good time to put the news out into the world.

And we’ve never been much for isolation.

Sovereignty means keeping our infrastructure, data, and community on firm footing at home. It also means we can show up on our own terms to learn from and build with friends in other trusted democracies.

*Eurosky is an independent European initiative building sovereign digital infrastructure and a thriving open social web. Like us, they’re built on the AT Protocol. Sound familiar?

Sovereignty isn’t solitude. It’s solidarity.
https://eurosky.tech
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Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 18/09/2026
Fewer startups, more co-ops. Fewer founders, more communities.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 16/09/2026
Good morning and happy #SOTEU2026 happening right now - on a dozen platforms - and also on #WSocial. The way the company has been hyping the event, you'd think they had an exclusive... And they keep bragging how the livestream is "Made in Europe." Naaa, #WLive is powered by @stream.place! 🇺🇸
a screenshot of a message by Ingmar Rentzhog in the livestream live chat saying "We are doing our best. This boradcast (sic) is truly Made in Europe"
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 15/09/2026
#WSocial state of the network - September 15, 2026 There is a lot of misinformation regarding W Social and how active the network is. So, from time to time, I'd love to share some numbers. This is the beauty of #OpenData 💫 sources: pdsls.dev, clearsky.app, ATproto.at #WSocialPics #WSocialFacts
a graphic with a cloudy background and on top a white box with the following text:

#WSocial state of the network
📅 Tuesday September 15, 2026 🕰️ 10:30am CET

Accounts on their PDS: 37,531
Users with verified ID: 7,492
Users with 1+ post: 3,388
Users who have never posted: 34,143
Users with 0 posts and who follow 0 accounts: 26,444
% of users with 0 posts, who follow 0 accounts: 70,4%
% of users who have never posted: 90,97%
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Caesar @caesar.dev · 15/09/2026
Oh wow, this is great news! @wsocial.eu are claiming to be building their own streaming feature, which I had assumed would not be interoperable – but if it's @stream.place under the hood, that's fantastic! (I just wish they'd acknowledge it instead of pretending to be doing their own thing.)
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Sascha Pallenberg @palle.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m fairly sure #Bluesky might consider this if #Wsocial keeps becoming increasingly adversarial. Without the rest of the atmosphere, it basically turns into a European version of #TruthSocial, but these brainiacs can’t get their heads around that.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 14/09/2026
It's hard to come back to regular life after spending a DREAM weekend in Berlin at #FediDay, surrounded by so many dear friends and fellow open social web advocates ✨ Pictured here with the amazing @samvie.eurosky.social 💖
A photo taken at C-base’s iconic entrance in a tunnel with colorful neon lights (magenta, green and blue tint). On the left you see Samvie wearing a blue t-shirt with the word HOPE and the Fediverse logo inside the O… and next to her yours truly with the same HOPE t-shirt (I had designed them for Fedi Day!)
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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From today's FTM newsletter: www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
How to make Ursula join your socials

How did W Social, the new European social network, get the Commission president to join – and effectively endorse – it just months after its launch? W Social’s selling points are its built-in ID verification system and a strict “no bots” policy. According to documents we obtained, its founders pushed the Commission hard in lobby meetings.

And just like that, von der Leyen was on board, according to an internal memo. Yet, why W Social made the cut – while more established and comparable European decentralised networks such as Mastodon didn’t – is unclear from the files.

Alexander Fanta
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 11/09/2026
Oh Denys I'm sorry but your definition of "active users" is a bit misleading: Yes #WSocial hosts 35,656 accounts (as of today at 9am). BUT! Only 7,087 are verified with ID. Of those, only 3,228 have ever published a single post or reply. ‼️ 90,9% of W Social users have never posted. #WSocialFacts
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aly @aly.codes · 03/09/2026
was tired of having to find account information (pds, previous handles, aliases) and moderation history (account labels, blocks, post labels, lists, etc) through sketchy websites or via manual perusing, so I built skytrace.aly.town it is extremely fast and (imo) pleasing to use.
skytrace.aly.town
SkyTrace
Find a Bluesky account and view its blocks, labels, lists, and posts.
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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 04/09/2026
Civil rights have been stripped away from Black people and y’all are talking about giving rights to robots? Allright bro.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 04/09/2026
#WSocial state of the network
A photo showing fluffy clouds in the background, with a post superimposed on it that reads:

W Social in numbers: the reality behind the hype

Friday September 4th, 2026



Accounts on their PDS: 31.7k
Total number of verified accounts: 6.4k
Users with 1+ post or reply: 2.9k
No. of users not posting: 28.7k
Percentage of users not posting: 90.7%

sources: Clearsky.app, ATProto.at, pdsls.dev
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 02/09/2026
@blackskyweb.xyz is building an interconnected suite of products reshaping how people connect, participate, organize, and transact online. We’re looking for a Head of Design to lead and shape how our products and brands look, feel, and work. please circulate widely. blackskyweb.xyz/about/jobs/h...
blackskyweb.xyz
Head of Design
Product, brand, and visual identity About Blacksky Algorithms Blacksky Algorithms is building an interconnected suite of products reshaping how people connect, participate, organize, and transact onli...
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silly kitty @remyraccoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"I'll just pirate it" no. Harry Potter needs to be blasted from the cultural zeitgeist entirely. If you care even an iota about trans people you will watch Literally Anything Else
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 02/09/2026
If you're curious about how #WSocial is currently doing - as their MEGA fans (pun intended) boast about the network hosting more accounts than #Eurosky - well well well... a picture is worth a thousand words. 📊 context in the alt text 🙏 thanks to @pds.ls for the info! #WSocialPics #SmokeAndMirrors
a screenshot showing two browser windows connected to the website pdsls.dev/firehose. On the left you have an analysis of the W Social firehose, on the right Eurosky's.

In the same time interval today (9:30am to 11:00am CET) W Social recorded 1073 events (likes, posts, follows, etc.) whereas Eurosky recorded 31.3 THOUSAND events
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 31/08/2026
feels like it’s inevitable these days that every tool you rely on is one garbage founder or funder away from their app’s version of this post
alilleybrinker.com
1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 01/09/2026
Turns out that moving from #1password to #Bitwarden is not only the ethical, moral thing to do (for context see my recent reposts)... but it also saves you TONS of money. Win/win 💁‍♀️
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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 31/08/2026
Reminder that "we don't care what your politics are" is only ever uttered by people who very much care what your politics are
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 29/08/2026
Dear @wojciech.wsocial.eu (and CEO @anna.wsocial.eu who praised this post), I find it funny that your baseless accusation undermines the ENTIRE premise of #WSocial. Are you saying that I can create a fake profile as long as I use my government ID? Interesting!
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Malte Engeler @malteengeler.de · 29/08/2026
New blog post about #WSocial. I analysed how the EUs new poster child for digital sovereignty is using misleading language about how much of a platform it is, how it is build on dehumanisation and fosters ideas of European and white supremacy. www.structural-integrity.eu/wsocial-is-a...
structural-integrity.eu
W Social is a textbook case for everything wrong with digital sovereignty
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. This saying is attributed to the famous socialist (and  theoretical physicist) Albert Einstein but actually trace...
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 28/08/2026
📣 Attention #BookSky 📖 The latest @dairinstitute.bsky.social newsletter revealed that @timnitgebru.blacksky.app 's book "Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist" is now available for pre-order: 🔗: bookshop.org/p/books/deep... Congrats Timnit 🎉
a screenshot from the latest DAIR newsletter, showing the book cover for Deep Unlearning and stating: Timnit’s Book Deep Unlearning is Available For Preorder! Part memoir and part manifesto, Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist chronicles Timnit’s journey and outlines how we can still make choices to privilege human-centered, equitable technology.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 25/08/2026
PSA: @noupside.bsky.social 's book "Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality" is also on sale on the Kobo store today. I just bought it for my e-reader (I try to avoid Amazon as much as I can) 🤗
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 24/08/2026
This is a rough draft of a thought, but my sense of #WSocial is that it is an attempt to enclose the commons. By cultivating the idea that WSocial is only humans and bots are the primary drivers of mis/disinformation, they're establishing a framework which accomplishes two things:
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rish @rishkebab.blacksky.team · 23/08/2026
the best team one could ask for.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 24/08/2026
Some thoughts on #WSocial, how they have been responding to criticism and why I believe they are showing the limits of free speech absolutism. I agree with @echna.bsky.social that "W Social seems to be on an X speedrun - without ever having been like Twitter." 🔗: aseachange.com/@elena/statu...
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Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ (@elena@aseachange.com)
[3 media attachments] Dear friends, Please gather around for a long post about #WSocial and how they are responding to critiques. I have noticed a trend: W Social leaders and staunch supporters are ...
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Sascha Pallenberg @palle.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026
🧵 Ich uebersetze das mal fuer euch: Nur weil ich als @wsocial.eu CEO Postings mit Pepe like, dem wohl bekanntesten Meme der weltweiten Alt-Right und Neo-Nazi Bewegungen, heisst das noch lange nicht, dass ich mit den Inhalten fein bin... ja ne, is klar! #Wsocial #Whitesocial #WsocialPics
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 21/08/2026
Thanks to all our friends and family and community that popped out to the Blacksky Community mixer (even in a storm, that’s love, we appreciate you 🖤)
Rudy and Kukuwa smiling at the Blacksky mixer
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 21/08/2026
Lately I have noticed anti-immigrant rhetoric from #WSocial users - as well as posts containing hate speech that are NOT moderated. Thankfully I subscribe to @blackskyweb.xyz moderation and I want to thank @jdot.blacksky.team and his team for labeling one of the worst W accounts. #WSocialPics
screenshot showing the profile page of a W Social account user with the label "White supremacy or Antiblack Rhetoric" and hidden posts with that label, with a message "labeled by @moderation.blacksky.app"
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 21/08/2026
The truth about #WSocial - in pics 📊 Yesterday I noticed some W Social MEGA fans cheering because the PDS officially surpassed Eurosky for the number of accounts they are hosting. Open data shows a DIFFERENT reality: while Eurosky has lively activity, W Social has scant interactions. #WSocialPics
a screenshot showing two browser windows side by side, connected to pdsls.dev and the firehose of W Social (left) and Eurosky (right). The two networks were analyzed over 90 minutes yesterday, ending at 2:30pm. W Social had 1130 total events while Eurosky had 37293 events
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 19/08/2026
I wish the Atmosphere had content warnings (like on the fediverse)... because I'd like to show you the limits of free speech absolutism and the kind of content that is allowed on #WSocial: blatant racism, xenophobia and transphobia. X vibes... but hey, it's "hosted in Europe" 😒
Posts by Anna Zeiter (W Social's CEO) about the company's approach to free speech and moderation. They read: "I strongly believe that everyone should be welcome on W, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, skin colour, origin, religious or political beliefs, as long as they can verify they are human and behave toward others in a civil and lawful way. We don’t need W to become another echo chamber.

We need a platform where people with very different views can meet, listen to each other, challenge each other and disagree without immediately trying to cancel or silence one another. More dialogue. Less polarisation. ❤️ This is the kind of social network I want W to be. Happy to hear your views!"screenshot of a post by a W Social user that reads: "Don't vote for people who tell you men are women and jews are nazis"screenshot of a post by a W Social user that reads: "I've been anti BLM since the beginning and I'll always be anti BLM period"screenshot of a post by a W Social user where he shared a video by the "Institute of Remigration" (headed by a far-right leader) showcasing illegal immigrants entering Europe over time... with W Social CEO Anna Zeiter commenting "Wow! It's always so powerful if you visualize data... might be interesting for you @mikko" (a screenshot borrowed from Sascha Pallenberg's account)
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Public Disclosure @publicdisclosure.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So apparently @anna.wsocial.eu seems to think that Apple‘s Director for Privacy @mikko.wsocial.eu is interested in far-right content by Martin Sellner. Interesting 🤨
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Sascha Pallenberg @palle.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
So why did you delete your reply to the fake animation from the "Institute of Remigration"? You raved about the visualization which was created by a fake institute of the extreme right! You loved it so much that you even shared it with Apple's EMEIA director for privacy! mu.social/profile/pall...
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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