cross-posted from: https://poliverso.org/objects/0477a01e-4267-e55d-042f-69d193263777

Can Twitter X control journalists and politicians? The shocking revelation from Musk's Italian trustee gives pause for thought

The story of Andrea #Stroppa who, as a shareholder of X, boasts of being able to read its private messages, is told by @claudiagiulia
The journalist noticed Stroppa's "gaffe" during a "space" live broadcast and reported it to the Italian Data Protection Authority

It’s Saturday, March 22, 2025. I’m getting ready to head out and take one last look at Twitter. At the top of the screen, I spot a Spaces session featuring Andrea Stroppa, a key figure in Elon Musk’s orbit, with a prominent role in Europe, especially Italy. I hesitate, but then I notice some journalists I admire - people I’ve connected with on the platform - among the listeners. Curiosity wins out, and I join. Nicola Porro is interviewing Stroppa: they’re talking about Twitter X, Musk, and Tesla. Then my connection drops, I have to leave, and I close the app. The next day, I return to the audio: it’s still there, recorded on the platform, now heard by thousands. I pick up where I left off. At the 32-minute mark, Stroppa says something that stops me cold. I rewind and listen again. I can’t believe it. In a fleeting moment - maybe a lapse - he drops a bombshell: thanks to his role as a shareholder, he can uncover the identity of any user on X, specifically mentioning anonymous accounts that criticize him. It’s a stark claim, impossible to brush off.

A revelation everyone ignores

claudiagiulia.substack.com/p/c…

@technology

cross-posted from: https://poliverso.org/objects/0477a01e-1067-cb38-c32e-95b537168187

Raccoon for Friendica is finally available on the PlayStore too. And is compatible with Mastodon and Mastodon glitch-soc

Raccoon is a free and open source mobile-first client for Friendica and Mastodon.

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Friendica is an outstanding social plaftorm, featuring powerful characteristics which make it unique in the federated world:
• rich text editing, long posts, support for titles and spoilers;
• native support for ActivityPub groups;
• direct messages;
• media gallery where you can manage photos and albums;
• possibility to organize your contacts in circles;
• ability to quote (cross-post) other people's posts;
• RSS feed import;
• integrated event calendar;
• of course, much more (see the official documentation)…

The web interface is great to access all of these features but on a mobile device there are different constraints for usability and readability, so it comes in handy to have an app to use the most important functions of the platform.

Main features:

• timeline view with ability to switch feed type (public, local, subscriptions, user-made lists);
• post detail, i.e. opening a conversation in its context and see the replies, number of re-shares and people who added it to favourites;
• user detail with ability to see posts, post and replies, pinned posts and media, subscribe for notifications from a user, follow/send a request or unfollow them, see following/followers;
• support for ActivityPub groups, with the ability to open threads in forum mode;
• see trending posts, hashtags, links and following recommendations;
• follow/unfollow an hashtag and view all the posts containing a given hashtag;
• post actions (re-share, favorite, bookmark) and – for own ones – edit, delete or pin to profile;
• global search hashtags, post and users containing some specific terms;
• customize the application appearance with color themes, font face and size, etc;
• login via OAuth2;
• view and edit one's own profile data;
• view incoming notifications and filter the list;
• manage one's own follow requests and accept/reject each one of them;
• view the list of one's own favorites, bookmarks and followed hashtags;
• create a post/reply with formatted text, image attachments (and alt text), spoiler and title;
• schedule a post (and change its schedule date) or save it to drafts;
• report posts/users to administrators for content moderation;
• mute/unmute, block/unblock users and manage the list of muted/blocked users;
• manage one's own circles (user-defined lists);
• see polls (read only);
• multi-account with easy ability to switch between accounts (and, in anonymous mode, switch instance);
• send direct messages to other users and see conversations;
• manage one's own photo gallery;
• view one's own event calendar (read only).

play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Good morning and happy Sunday to everyone. I would like to ask you for advice on how to force publication on a Lemmy community when from any federated social network (Mastodon or Friendica) I mention both a Lemmy community and multiple Activitypub groups (gup.pe groups or Friendica groups).

In fact, at the moment it seems to me that mentioning the Lemmy community before the others is not enough to force publication on Lemmy.

cross-posted from: https://poliverso.org/objects/0477a01e-7967-436d-12c8-1b3699371761

Raccoon for Friendica, the mobile client for Friendica and Mastodon has landed on F-Droid

#RaccoonForFriendica is the new app developed by @dieguitux8623 to manage your Friendica account but also allows Mastodon accounts to view ActivityPub groups in an intuitive way like for Friendica users. Now it is finally available on the alternative store most appreciated by the #OpenSource community

@fediverse

f-droid.org/it/packages/com.li…

#FDroid #Friendica #Mastodon

cross-posted from: https://www.informapirata.it/2024/10/18/raccoon-the-friendica-app-that-also-has-surprises-for-mastodon-users-automatic-translation-from-italian/

RaccoonForFriendica is the most complete app ever seen for Friendica and, in addition to working with Mastodon, it might be the only app in the world capable of managing the potential of Mastodon Glitch-soc

https://www.informapirata.it/2024/10/18/raccoon-the-friendica-app-that-also-has-surprises-for-mastodon-users-automatic-translation-from-italian/