Meta’s Engineering team explains in pretty understandable detail what caused everything to go south today.
A pretty good read.
https://engineering.fb.com/2010/09/23/uncategorized/more-details-on-today-s-outage/
#Meta #Facebook #instagram #Outage
A leading psychologist who advises #Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on #Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/16/instagram-meta-lotte-rubaek-adviser-quits-failure-to-remove-self-harm-content-?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Given the latest news and their overall work, I've updated a list of all #DNS used by #Meta and its trackers : #Facebook, #Instagram, #WhatsApp and all other crap.
Usable with #personalDNSfilter on #Android, if you no longer have an account with them (which you should) and want to block them completely from browsing, I've put all the information you need to set up the list in my Git repository below 👇
Are you a #ContentCreator on #Twitch, #YouTube, #Instagram or #TikTok?
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I design and build custom landing page websites, optimized for Content Creators, starting at just $500. (Free hosting included!)
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#Freelancer #WebDeveloper #LiveStreamer #Streamer #LinkInBio #Website #FediHire
The future of messaging is: decentralized, secure communication based on the #Matrix protocol.
My screenshot shows the main screen from the app #Beeper (recently acquired by #Automattic) with messages from #Whatsapp, #Instagram and #LinkedIn –in ONE centralized inbox.
I have Meta apps on an empty burner phone and I really don't like LinkedIn, so this has been a fun exercise: I can access messages from these platforms without using their apps. Everything is end-to-end encrypted
🚨🚨🚨 Attention please! 🚨🚨🚨
Yesterday I published a few toots about my experiences with the #Beeper app by Automattic, which uses the #Matrix protocol & allows users to easily create bridges to the inboxes of #Whatsapp #Instagram #LinkedIn and a plethora of other apps.
Well well late last night I was on my burner phone to check Threads and I got a notification from Instagram warning me that my account showed bot-like behavior and was at risk of being permanently banned. #Meta got mad! (cont')
#MASTODON vs #THREADS Engagement Experiment
Followers:
Mastodon 1,031
Threads 26,800
3 posts at the same time on each.
Mastodon: 62 Hearts 24 Reblogs 4 Replies
Threads: 2 Hearts
26x followers! Bupkis.
Follower counts & the active users on a platform **DO. NOT. MATTER.** if the #algorithm doesn't bless your posts.
Let your creative friends know, Threads (and #Twitter / X of course) are not the solution.
Exploiting Meta’s Weaknesses, Deceptive #Political Ads Thrived on #Facebook and #Instagram in Run-Up to #election2024
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Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users’ sensitive personal data or bait them into monthly charges.
#News #Tech #SocialMedia #Business #Badvertising #Scam #Meta #Government #politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-instagram-meta-deceptive-political-ads-election
Die Zeiten ändern sich. Nicht.
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Alle #Toots auf meinem #Profil wünschen sich, das #Fediverse zu verlassen, um sich mit ihren Farben in populistische #Bubbles zu schmuggeln.
Sie hoffen auf eure Starthilfe zu #facebook, #X (#twitter), #Instagram usw.
(More coming soon. #NeuHier)
#noAfD #gegenRechts #WirSindMehr #NieWiederIstJetzt
#afd_verbot_jetzt #afd_verbot #WirHabenEsNichtGewusst
The #AI models making huge money on #Instagram 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2-G4422tYA
And people keep wondering why I dislike AI so much
Posted a joke to Threads about 'being able to post any old shit on here now that there's no fact checkers', and within 20 minutes, all of my Meta accounts - Facebook, Instagram, Threads - had been suspended.
Hurray for free speech!
The 33 state attorneys general who are suing Meta for deceptive and unlawful practices make a lot of interesting points in their 233-page complaint (PDF link in page):
Ed Zitron is really on fire preaching against the general malaise we're all feeling from the Rot Economy and the enshittification of everything, like this recent post:
Geen #Facebook, geen #Instagram, geen #Threads, geen #Twitter/X, geen #Bluesky, geen #Tumblr, geen #TikTok, geen #Snapchat, geen #Pinterest, geen #Redit en alleen #Linkedin en #Mastodon.
En zonder #Google kom je met een Android telefoon niet ver dus helaas die nog even aanhouden.
Helaas nog wel #WhatsApp en daar vanaf gaan is erg lastig. Is mijn ervaring een aantal jaar geleden. Kom maar naar #Signal, zeg ik vaak.
What will happen when I leave Meta?
I wrote down my thoughts about leaving Meta and it's platforms from my perspective as a wedding photography (and it feels great to start writing again!):
https://blog.sturmsucht.de/what-will-happen-when-i-leave-meta-and-its-platforms/
#meta #instagram #leavingmeta #mexit #photography #fotografie #whatsapp #zuckerberg
Carta aberta do #pixelfed para o Zuck da #meta.
O que acharam??
”Querido Mark, espero que isso te encontre bem. Eu notei algo interessante hoje - parece que o Instagram está bloqueando links para o meu pequeno projeto de código aberto. Você sabe, aquele que permite que as pessoas compartilhem fotos sem coletar seus dados pessoais ou forçar feeds algorítmicos nelas. Tenho que admitir, estou lisonjeado. Quem diria que uma pequena equipe de voluntários poderia construir algo que chamasse sua atenção? Estamos apenas tentando dar às pessoas uma escolha sobre como elas compartilham suas memórias online. Sem VCs, sem capitalismo de vigilância, apenas código e comunidade. Lembra quando o #Facebook começou? Era sobre conectar pessoas, não maximizar métricas de engajamento. Nosso projeto pode ser pequeno em comparação com o Instagram, mas estamos nos mantendo fiéis a esse espírito original das mídias sociais - dando às pessoas controle sobre sua presença on-line sem transformá-las em produtos. Você poderia ter nos ignorado. Em vez disso, ao bloquear nossos links, você nos deu o melhor endosso que poderíamos pedir. Você confirmou o que temos dito o tempo todo - que a grande tecnologia está mais interessada em proteger seus jardins murados do que em promover a inovação genuína. Toda vez que você bloqueia um link para nossa plataforma, você lembra às pessoas por que o construímos em primeiro lugar. Sua ação diz a eles que existem alternativas que valem a pena explorar, aquelas que respeitam sua privacidade e agência. Muito obrigado, Mark. Você transformou nosso pequeno projeto em um símbolo de resistência contra monopólios digitais."
#fediverso #fediverse #privacidade #privacy #instagram
@fediverse @fediverso @privacidade (pode seguir os 3 para acompanhar conversas do tema)
@pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113849098386232034
Werbung für #Pixelfed und ein erster Einstieg: Meine Pixelfed Tipps und Tricks:
https://thomas-ebinger.de/2025/01/meine-pixelfed-tipps-und-tricks/
Gebt mir gerne Feedback, was ich ergänzen soll und wo man weitere gute Tipps im Internet findet.
cc
@mho @dansup @cg
#meta #MetaAde #instagram
Yesterday I disabled my IG account.
My #Twitter account is left untouched and unlogged since it became an X account. Knowing myself, I'll do the same with #Instagram.
The reasons are ethical, political and linked to my personal safety. They let any company, even fraudulent ones, advertise. There's no vetting whatsoever.
Why didn't I delete my accounts? I'm scared of logging in X again.
As for IG I want to burden them with the storing of my data. It may not be much, but it's still money.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #JustSaying #SocialMedia #Pixelfed #Instagram
@pixelfed
"Stopping a company you distrust from profiting off your personal data shouldn’t require tinkering with hidden settings and installing browser extensions. Instead, your data should be private by default. That’s why we need strong federal privacy legislation that puts you—not Meta—in control of your information.
Without strong privacy legislation, Meta will keep finding ways to bypass your privacy protections and monetize your personal data. Privacy is about more than safeguarding your sensitive information—it’s about having the power to prevent companies like Meta from exploiting your personal data for profit."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data
#SocialMedia #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Privacy #Surveillance #DataProtection
By popular demand, a single post to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.
For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts.
Let’s lead by example 🙂
Thanks to @mike, I just had an epiphany about why centralization of the Internet happened:
Web browsers like #Chrome and #Firefox are stuck in an old paradigm of webpages – which is an ancient way of viewing the web.
But that’s not how the actual web works anymore. The real web is no longer about pages but about feeds, and the folks building web browsers – #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla – still don’t realize this.
Even worse, feed functionality that used to exist natively in web browsers no longer exists. For example, it used to be that when you visited a webpage, web browsers would detect an #RSS feed – giving you the option to subscribe. But starting with #Chrome, this feature was removed from modern web browsers.
However, that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared from the web. No, many have coalesced into walled gardens like #Twitter and #Instagram. And they’re downright hostile towards access if you do not have an account on their services.
But that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared. Quite the opposite: they’re more prevalent than ever with forums, podcasts, video, and more. They’re still here, just harder to see simply because web browsers are stuck on that webpage paradigm.
So @surf is essentially a web browser, not with a webpage paradigm, but a webfeed paradigm where – instead of inputting URLs into an address bar – it grabs feeds across from RSS, #podcast, and #socialweb feeds.
And frankly, this approach is brilliant. I use #Surf every day, and it’s literally the first thing I check when I wake up in the morning.
With Surf, we’ve moved away from mere #Fediverse clients. Now we have a genuine web browser for feeds!
RE: https://flipboard.social/users/mike/statuses/113896620317035236
Meta is now flagging Linux-related topics as "cybersecurity threats" and blocking the accounts of users and groups who discuss FOSS.
If the Social Web Foundation and SWICG leadership can't be bothered to care about genocide instigation, privacy invasion, fascism promotion, disinformation, collusion with dictators, the censoring of marginalized communities, labor and child abuse, or nonconsensual behavior modification experiments, maybe NOW they will understand they're serving as the tools of an enemy?
#DefederateMeta #FediPact #Meta #Zuckerberg #Threads #Facebook #Instagram #SWICG #SocialWebFoundation
Anyone who goes through my post history, knows I work for Meta (Facebook).
I am "Consumer Content Administrative Manager". My primary duties include content appeals, account appeals, account reviews, and some peer review.
It is no surprise that my job depends on people using Facebook. Today, I am going to suggest, you not do so. I can make that suggestion because we have a user base of billions, and I know most people would keep using Facebook even if the Devil ran the company. People are strange.
But if you feel you can truly live without Facebook, do so. Internally, things are changing, and not for the better. You should especially consider leaving Meta if you are a minority, woman, LGBTQ+, trans, or identify as progressive, politically. If facts matter to you, and misinformation is something you do not want to be subject toward, you should especially consider leaving, Facebook.
You have no privacy from Meta, while using Meta. None. I do not care if you believe you disabled a "feature" or "opt out" of something. You only seem to have done so. And even if you're going to continue to use Meta, uninstall the app (all of them). We collect data on you, even when you're not using the app.
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Threads
📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!
For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.
Help spread the word.
#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops
