Free Our Feeds Aims to Decentralize Social Media With—or Instead of—Bluesky
The new organization wants to build on the open-source, user-defined model of the increasingly popular platform Bluesky, in case it, too, comes under the control of a billionaire owner.
Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’
Technology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to “save social media from billionaire capture.” The project aims to raise $30 million over three years to support the development of a social media ecosystem powered by the AT Protocol, or the decentralized network powering Bluesky.
This Campaign Wants To Raise $4 Million To Make Social Media Immune To Billionaire Takeover
Free Our Feeds, which includes support from the Mozilla Foundation, is working with Bluesky to make sure the open source social media landscape is robust — even if it means more competition for Bluesky itself.
The push to ‘billionaire-proof’ social media
TikTok is no longer the No. 1 social app in U.S. app stores. The bad news: Xiaohongshu is. Send news tips to: [email protected]. The push to ‘billionaire-proof’ social media. Since Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion and turned it into X,
A $30 million campaign to free social media from billionaire control is now underway
The campaign aims to raise $30 million to build an open-source social platform free from "billionaire control."
‘Free Our Feeds’ campaign aims to billionaire-proof Bluesky’s tech
The initiative, Free Our Feeds, aims to protect Bluesky’s underlying technology, the AT Protocol, and leverage it to create an open social media ecosystem that can’t be controlled by a single company or billionaires,
A new movement wants to protect social media from billionaires
An initiative called Free Our Feeds, backed by the founder of Wikipedia, aims to protect the social media technology that powers Bluesky.
Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of ...
A cadre of tech founders and activists announced a new social-media focused foundation on Monday with the goal of raising $30 ...
Nothing but Bluesky? There’s still a way to go for the latest social media craze
Many businesses that use social media are adopting a wait-and-see approach regarding the new social media kid on the block, ...
In the social media wars, Bluesky is destroying Truth Social
Bluesky surpassed Truth Social’s monthly users. That’s a major win for one app, and a death knell for the other.
Atlanta mayor leaving X for BlueSky, he says
ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced his departure from X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, signaling a shift to the ...
Pro-Russian Disinformation Makes Its Bluesky Debut
The first symptoms of disinformation are emerging on the social media network Bluesky, with echoes of the pro-Russian ...
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Free Our Feeds Initiative to Establish Bluesky's Public-Interest Foundation, Away From Billionaires
A global campaign aims to protect Bluesky's AT Protocol, creating billionaire-proof social platforms for a fair, open, and ...
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Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky
Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media In a challenge to ...
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What if Your Favourite Social Media App Was Gone Tomorrow?
A potential app ban could disrupt creators' income and users' emotional well-being. Explore how community loss, ...