David Herzog via nettime-l on Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:23:06 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: <nettime> The tech we want


On Thu, 17 Oct 2024, tati via nettime-l wrote:
exactly [...]

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.

Well, then. If anyone here runs their own web server or has access to the .htaccess configuration files of the most widely used web server Apache2 in so-called ‘shared hosting’...

If these lines are entered there Facebook and Meta robots will be prevented from searching and indexing your pages hosted there, regardless of the IP blocks used by Facebook and Meta, which change from time to time. They will then receive a Satus code 403 (forbidden) in response.

----------
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (.*)facebookexternalhit(.*)  [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (.*)meta-externalagent(.*)  [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)  - [F]
----------

This should give all requests from FB and Meta with the UserAgents a 403 status. And finally, no nerdy tech discussions on this thread please ;)

best wishes from berlin, david


On Thu, 17 Oct 2024, tati via nettime-l wrote:
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 <
[email protected]> 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 <
[email protected]> 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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