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Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp


Moving from WhatsApp to Signal is an important action, right now. WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta, has been involved in several cases of election interference: America in 2016, Trinidad and Tobago …

Bluesky is structured as a benefit corporation (like Patagonia) and based on an open network, two features that create strong incentives for the company to not upset its users. The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica scandal involved the collection of user data without consent to create psychographic profiles that were used in Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign and suppressing Black voters in Trinidad and Tobago. Post-election, Zuck flew down to Florida for dinner with Trump (I’m imagining scenes from the hunting episode of Succession) and then got rid of DEI and moderation and all that weak stuff.

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