At least two digital media companies are exploring the fediverse as a way to take more control over their referral traffic and onsite audience engagement. This comes at a time when walled gardens like Facebook and X are becoming less reliable for driving readers to publishers’ sites. 

The possibility of a TikTok ban is inching closer to becoming a reality at this point. On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill that would bar the social media platform from operating in the U.S. unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells its stake.

Open platforms keep gaining support out there — newsletter platform Ghost just published what amounts to a manifesto in support of the ActivityPub protocol with plans to ship ActivityPub integration “in 2024.”

Die soziale Nachrichten-App Flipboard hat angekündigt, das eigene Angebot ins Fediverse zu bringen, wie der CEO in einem Blogeintrag schreibt.

Meta is making moves, diving into plans to make Threads chat it up with other apps using some fancy decentralized protocols.

The ActivityPub plug-in is now available for all WordPress.com plans, allowing users to communicate with each other across other federated platforms like Mastodon.

Facebook-Mutter Meta will eine neue App starten, die auch mit dem dezentralen Social Media-"Fediverse" kompatibel wäre. Nun wollen einige Fediverse- und Mastodon-Administratoren Meta ausschließen. Wie offen ist das offene Netzwerk also wirklich?

The company also hires the developer of the plugin with which Wordpress-users can integrate features of the Fediverse, including syncing with Mastodon.

Is this the Twitter replacement we've been waiting for?
The app will reportedly let users log in with Instagram and is codenamed P92. Details about the project are scant. The product is still in its earliest stages.

"Mastodon has proved more hassle than it’s worth", concludes the FT team behind Alphaville instance. The legal as well as technical sides are a nightmare, as the article lists up all the problems and insecurities.