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That old bloke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> The TikTok ban was never about national security or privacy. It's about the oligarchs not being able to control the algorithm of a very popular social media platform and hence, what users see.<br>I'm not saying there aren't national security or privacy issues with TikTok mind you, just saying what the real concern is. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The partnership between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> also throws into limbo a $2.4B contract awarded to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Verizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verizon</span></a> in 2023. The deal tasked Verizon w/providing “telecommunications, information management services, &amp; other capabilities to support its continuing mission of providing the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world," for a 15-yr period. A rep from Verizon did not immediately reply to a request for comment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>According to Bloomberg, which first reported the deal, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> approved the shipping of 4,000 Starlink terminals to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> last week. In a statement released Monday, the FAA wrote that one such terminal is already being tested "at its facility in Atlantic City &amp; 2 terminals at non-safety critical sites in Alaska."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/musk-seeks-to-install-starlink-terminals-in-us-airspace-network" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-02-25/musk-seeks-to-install-starlink-terminals-in-us-airspace-network</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> Lands <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> Contract - <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> Be Damned</p><p>The billionaire fired hundreds of FAA employees. Now the agency is testing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> to help manage <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> airspace.</p><p>Days after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; his so-called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> cut hundreds of jobs at the FAA–including critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> roles–his company, SpaceX, has secured a contract w/the agency to use Musk's Starlink satellite internet to help manage US airspace.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-spacex-faa-contract-conflict-of-interest-1235279656/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/musk-spacex-faa-contract-conflict-of-interest-1235279656/</span></a></p>
Jiko Rojino<p>As expected, TikTok has made a deal with Trump. It's a win for the oligarchy.</p><p>US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok. Gen Z must be rejoicing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/618618/trump-gives-tiktok-75-day-grace-period-from-us-ban" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cebudailynews.inquirer.net/618</span><span class="invisible">618/trump-gives-tiktok-75-day-grace-period-from-us-ban</span></a></p>
FinchHaven<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> has become nothing but a lapdog, a dutiful mouthpiece for the advance of global <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a></p><p>For shame, for shame</p><p>Except that no one within the EFF has any shame</p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>ICYMI</p><p>~ Vivek Ramaswamy suggests Department of Education will be ‘deleted outright’ by DOGE~</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p><p>/3</p><p><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/news/vivek-ramaswamy-suggests-department-education-194452226.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.yahoo.com/news/vivek-rama</span><span class="invisible">swamy-suggests-department-education-194452226.html</span></a></p>
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@rjmccall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rjmccall</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a>, a state owned entirely by its ultra-rich.</p><p>It slowly ceased to be a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a>, whilst retaining the outer appearance of a democracy.</p><p>Nobody noticed.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@colingajewski/how-democracies-quietly-transform-into-oligarchies-without-anyone-noticing-d47b2133b752" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@colingajewski/how-</span><span class="invisible">democracies-quietly-transform-into-oligarchies-without-anyone-noticing-d47b2133b752</span></a></p>
Bob<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> is turning into a dictatorial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> of judges. As long as government is divided &amp; gridlocked, which it is &amp; has been for a long time, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> wields unchecked power to dictate rights away &amp; allow lawless politicians to evade <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a>.</p><p>If <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> do away with our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, then the Supreme Court will make it legal.</p><p>The court's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> scandals, numerous &amp; flagrant, show an institution that is controlled by a cabal of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a>. :mastodon:</p>
Melissa Techman<p>For me, it's not "oh, I saw some stuff I didn't like". The minute Twitter became solely owned by an oligarch, I was out - it just took me a few days to download archive, say goodbye to friends, and close account. If Musk were very different and Twitter was super congenial and had good user moderation, I'd still be out. See <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> and especially his new book, Chokepoint <br>Capitalism. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a></p>