Dutch good causes quit X on Donald Trump's inauguration day
2 months ago

Dutch good causes quit X on Donald Trump's inauguration day

Dutch News  

In total, 17 Dutch campaign groups and foundations are leaving social media platform X on Monday, to coincide with Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States. “X is no longer a safe place for a good debate,” said Devika Partiman, founder of Stem op een Vrouw, which is also part of the boycott campaign. The Dutch government said earlier this month it has no intention of stopping using social media channels X, Instagram and Facebook to spread information, despite calls from internet development organisations to do so. Dutch News has recently added social media platform Bluesky to its social media package, offering a new way for readers to follow its complete news feed online.

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Social media has bigger role in Dutch people's media consumption, especially for Gen Z
1 week, 5 days ago

Social media has bigger role in Dutch people's media consumption, especially for Gen Z

NL Times  

Dutch people are increasingly leaning on social media in their media and news consumption, according to the annual social media survey by Newcom. More than half of Dutch people indicate that they use social media to help them be better informed about current affairs. On average, Netherlands residents spend around 2 hours a day on social media, with the younger …

Nearly 500,000 people quit X in the Netherlands last year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 500,000 people quit X in the Netherlands last year

Dutch News  

Some 500,000 people in the Netherlands left Elon Musk’s social media platform X last year, according to annual research by Newcom into Dutch social media habits. Youngsters spend an average of 165 minutes a day on social media, Newcom said. The Dutch government said earlier this month it has no intention of stopping using social media channels X, Instagram and …

Dutch organizations, individuals quit X on day of Trump's inauguration
2 months ago

Dutch organizations, individuals quit X on day of Trump's inauguration

NL Times  

Seventeen organizations and some 4,000 individuals are leaving the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. With this action, the social organizations want to make a statement “against online hate, disinformation, and political interference.” According to the organizations, the appointment of X owner Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government Efficiency under President Donald Trump, …

Dutch government to stick with X, Meta, despite calls for change
2 months, 1 week ago

Dutch government to stick with X, Meta, despite calls for change

Dutch News  

The Dutch government says it has no intention of stopping using social media channels X, Instagram and Facebook to spread information, despite calls from internet development organisations to do so. “These companies are only interested in filling their pockets and in political power.” The call follows the decision by Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to stop fact-checking in the US, …

What is social media platform Bluesky which people are leaving X for?
4 months ago

What is social media platform Bluesky which people are leaving X for?

Firstpost  

Bluesky, an alternative social media platform founded by Jack Dorsey in 2019 as a project inside Twitter, has gained millions of new users since the US presidential election. This illustration photograph taken on November 12, 2024, shows the logo of social media platform Bluesky displayed on a mobile telephone and tablet, in Paris. Lemon said he felt X was no …

Dutch companies join Facebook boycott to protest lack of effort in fight against racism
4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch companies join Facebook boycott to protest lack of effort in fight against racism

NL Times  

A number of Dutch companies, including Unilever and Woonwinkel, have joined the #StopHatefoProfit campaign and will buy no The campaign is the initiative of several American activist organizations, against Facebook's apparent inability to stop the spread of fake news and racism on its platforms. According to the initiators, Facebook allowed incitement to violence against Black Lives Matter protesters, allowed Holocaust …

Dutch government to launch anti-fake news campaign
6 years, 3 months ago

Dutch government to launch anti-fake news campaign

NL Times  

The Dutch government is launching an online campaign against fake news in February, in the run up to the Provincial State and European Parliament elections next year. The campaign must make Dutch voters more aware of the possible presence of disinformation and help people recognize it, Minister Kasja Ollongren of Home Affairs said in a letter to parliament, NOS reports. …

Dutch TV programme claims Facebook accepted fake news election ads
6 years, 5 months ago

Dutch TV programme claims Facebook accepted fake news election ads

Dutch News  

A Dutch investigative television programme claims that Facebook accepted its fake news Researchers from Brandpunt+ say they created a fake Facebook account and various adverts claiming that ballot boxes were closed or that party leaders were involved in nefarious activities, to be shown to certain target groups on the day of provincial elections next March. They claim that Facebook accepted …

Facebook temporarily shuts down Dutch nationalist page, with 252,000 likes
8 years, 8 months ago

Facebook temporarily shuts down Dutch nationalist page, with 252,000 likes

Dutch News  

Facebook closed down the Netherlands’ biggest far-right supporters’ page for a time, the NRC said on Tuesday. The page, Nederland mijn Vaderland had 252,000 likes and was taken offline on Saturday, the paper said. Thomas van Elst, one of the page’s four moderators, told the NRC that Facebook had not given a reason for closing down the page. Another of …

Facebook removes right-wing Dutch group's account
8 years, 8 months ago

Facebook removes right-wing Dutch group's account

NL Times  

The administrators of right-wing group Nederland mijn Vaderland - Netherlands my Fatherland in English - were surprised to find that their account was removed on Facebook on Saturday. With 252 thousand likes, Nederland mijn Vaderland was the biggest Dutch "nationalist" community on Facebook. Administrator Thomas van Elst thinks that anti-racist groups calling for supporters to report pages like NmV for …

Facebook accused of bowing to political pressure over Dutch nationalist pages
8 years, 10 months ago

Facebook accused of bowing to political pressure over Dutch nationalist pages

Dutch News  

Facebook has taken down three popular nationalist Dutch websites in the last two months, prompting claims of political interference by the social network. The three pages, titled ‘Liefde voor Holland’, ‘Steun de PVV’ and ‘Ik doe GEEN aangifte tegen Wilders’, had attracted around 200,000 likes between them. Facebook’s guidelines say pages will be taken down if they contain offensive material, …

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