Cathleen Berger

👏👏 good move #SaveSocial #2mr and @bjoernsta@eimsbuettel.social!
German foundations are joining the newly established stiftungen.social — https://www.turi2.de/aktuell/die-organisation-save-social-startet-einen-mastodon-server-fuer-16-deutsche-stiftungen/

“Profit ist nicht unmoralisch, nur die Höhe!” — wirklich cool in 5min Pitches auf der #2mr von gemeinwohlorientierten Unternehmen zu hören. Und wie sie sich auf den Austausch mit der Community im Fediverse einlassen.

Regulation works, if you enforce it:
➡️ Netherlands: Bits of Freedom won their challenge against #Meta - who must now offer a chronological, non-algorithmic feed to Dutch users
➡️ Germany: X ordered by Court to provide data access for researchers
➡️ France: investigations into fake media outlets and accounts opened that threatened to manipulate municipal elections

Thanks @DisinfoEU@mastodon.social for your great newsletter!

Am Montag durfte ich zusammen mit Frederieke Hildebrandt und Marielle Düh über „Hype oder Hitze? Was KI und Klima verbindet“ in der Bibliothek Lichtenberg diskutieren. Ein tolles Format, das zu einem offenen Austausch einlädt und wirklich viele spannende Fragen hervorgebracht hat. @superrr@social.tchncs.de

Also: The intention of this panel is to have a constructive, open discussion.

Speaker 1: so can I have 10min at the beginning for my presentation?

Speaker 2: the same would work for me.

Speaker 3: here’s all the things I can speak to.

Why?

#Serendipity. Absolutely love chance encounters on a random train that lead to hours of conversation. And an energy boost of inspiration.
Happy weekend y’all!

So tired of the “Here’s your solution!”-pitches today.

Notably those that fail to tell me which problem they are solving in the here and now.

Good news from the U.S. are so rare these days, it’s hard to believe: #Meta was held accountable for addictive design. In a landmark ruling, the platform has to pay 3 million USD to one individual for damages to their wellbeing and mental health. - https://amp.dw.com/en/meta-youtube-found-liable-in-us-social-media-addiction-case/a-76532878

Heute um 15:30 startet im Bundestag die öffentliche Anhörung zum Politische-Werbung-Transparenz-Gesetz. Alle Statements der Sachverständigen sowie den Link zum Stream findet ihr hier: https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a23_digitales_staatsmodernisierung/anhoerungen/1150984-1150984 #bundestag #politischeWerbung #PWTG

Am 23.3. in der Anna-Seghers-Bibliothek Lichtenberg geht es um KI, Klima und Umwelt — kommt dazu! Ich freu mich sehr darauf!
Kostenlose Tickets hier: https://pretix.eu/SUPERRR/kixbibliotheken/ #KIMythen @superrr@social.tchncs.de

"We can't solve problems, we can't agree exist."
What Maria Ressa points out in this powerful speech really struck home: We can report on and discuss all the crises in the world but we won't be able to solve any of them if our information ecosystem is corrupted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw7uCMsVWiY
#FIMI #DigitalPublics

Yet another example why the hype around AI gigafactories and pushing for European hyper scalers under the “digital sovereignty” header is a short-sighted investment: https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-data-center-risks/