The fediverse promises an egalitarian, noncommercial alternative to Big Tech for social media, but there’s a lot of work needed to make it work.
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The Conversation Weekly podcast speaks to Robert Gehl, an expert on alternative social media platforms, about decentralised social media.
Mastodon is open-source software that enables a decentralized social media network. It operates differently from the corporate-owned social media platforms we have become accustomed to.
With Twitter users considering a relocation to the decentralized social media network Mastodon, there’s an opportunity for the CBC to lead the way in re-imagining online futures for Canadians.
Citizens’ social media is a form of alternative media that challenges both mainstream media and right-wing propaganda.
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University, Canada
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Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University
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Director, Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication