The #Guardian reports about the role of #X and other platforms in #UKriots and concludes
„We need a real and grown-up conversation about digital technology“ 🖥️
theguardian.com/media/article/…

In our petition we write:
“Our elected politicians .. continue to be intimidated and threatened on these platforms, .. and democratic institutions are attacked.“ Therefore
„We call on universities 👨‍🎓 and other higher education institutions in Germany to shut down their accounts on X (formerly Twitter) as soon as possible. … At the same time, a presence should be established on #Mastodon 🐘 and other #Fediverse 🌳 servers“

Sign the petition 👉 openpetition.de/unis4mastodon ✍️

‘A polarisation engine’: how social media has created a ‘perfect storm’ for UK’s far-right riots

Algorithms that send the most outrageous comments viral and a chain reaction of anger and disinformation made the riots that followed the Southport killings inevitable

^{Carole Cadwalladr (The Guardian)}