Meta: We’re gonna get out of the politics business!
Also #Meta:
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-militia-organizing-election/
#fascism #trump #Election2024
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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
"To access our latest innovations in AI driven #enshittification, please disable your regional regulations."
I read that Zuckerberg is calling people who leave his platforms, "virtue signalers." Yup. Indeed. I'd also add, "ethics and morality signalers and patriots." We should all signal that we don't support this kind of behavior. With action.
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!
#FediPact i've decided i'm gonna get even sillier with the fedipact account now
i mean it was already pretty silly before. like posting nudes with "fedipact" written across my tits and boosting them on here levels of silly
but i mean EVEN SILLIER
as in... lyric and music posting mainly i guess
funny how that's a step up for me lol
Lots of new folks taken interest in to Mastodon, because of Meta. Let's welcome new people 
We've got your back on this one. You can follow all your favorite people on Pixelfed on Surf (and add them to custom feeds with other people, hashtags, RSS, etc).
Because of X and Meta fucking things up once again, people are talking about abandoning social media, because there are no corporate free alternatives. Right.
Hey adventurers!
Get ready for a thread(s).
With all the recent heat about Meta and seeing that the company decided to fully take advantage of a pretty much fascist political party to leverage their own needs, after a peaceful discussion the staff at The Gamer's Tavern decided to de-federate from Threads.net effective immediately.
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#Threads #Meta #TheGamersTavern #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin
Windkraftwerke einfach pflanzen
Die 1. Folge @rebootpolitics im neuen Jahr ist endlich draußen \o/
Dieses Mal sprechen @zwecki und ich über folgende Themen:
die Urteile im Fall #Pelicot, unseren Demotag bei #Riesa1101, den #Bombenfund in #Dresden und den IT-Ausfall bei der Stadt, die #ePa, das #VW-Datenleck, die neue Betrugsmasche mit dem #Paypal-Gastzutritt, #Zuckerbergs Pläne für #Meta und sein großes Vorbild #Musk, einen rechten Ex-Richter und jetzt Abteilungsleiter im Justizministerium in #Thüringen, das geplante TV-Duell mit Rechtsextremen bei den #ÖRR, unsere Beobachtungen zur #Bundestagswahl, wie die #AfD & #CDU gemeinsam gegen #Bürgergeld-Empfänger*innen arbeiten und die Stärkung des #BVerfG.
https://podcasts.homes/@rebootpolitics/episodes/windkraftwerke-einfach-pflanzen/activity
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
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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
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"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
La liberté numérique, c'est de pouvoir selon sa volonté, cliquer, supprimer toutes ses créations, et fermer un compte.
C'est de considérer que la plateforme n'est qu'un outil, dont l'usage ne dépend que de notre bon vouloir.
Aucun investissement sentimental, ce qui n'empêche pas d'être prolixe et sincère.
Je suis internaute depuis 1995, ouvert des comptes sur les réseaux sociaux au fur et à mesure de leurs apparitions, et je l'ai ai fermé, sans aucun regret, dès lors qu'ils franchissaient la ligne rouge : me prendre pour un demeuré.
Les copains d'avant, MySpace, Facebook, puis Twitter, Instagram. Tous clos, en ne laissant rien derrière moi.
Ce que je suis n'est pas dans leurs serveurs, ne nourrit pas l'iA.
Ce que je suis ne doit pas faire l'objet d'une transaction, ou d'un élément constitutif d'une ambition idéologique.
Je ne suis pas milliardaire, je n'ai rien à vendre, je ne suis personne, mais c'est moi qui tiens la prise de courant et qui débranche.
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#PSA: I deleted all the #Meta/ #Facebook apps. Have you tried #Signal? It is co-founded and initially funded by Brian Acton, a co-founder of #WhatsApp. [1] Signal is better than WhatsApp in every possible way. @signalapp also has impermanent usernames for when you don't want to give out your number. Does audio/video/group chats as well.
https://signal.org
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Starting to feel like this 2025 Influx of users is much larger than 2022 Influx of users. New users come in huge waves. Many of them also seem to genuinely like Mastodon according to the feedback. In 2022 many tried, soon gave up and left to Bluesky or back to X. Today, many have even deleted their commercial accounts and settled here.
I like this new development of things. Seeing new faces and more cat photos bring me so much joy. Thanks for being here. Remember that you matter. 
#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Meta
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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
Hey, if you, like me, are a US citizen who's had your books/stories/articles stolen by Meta to train AI, you can submit your name to the class action suit using this easy contact form for one of the law firms involved:
https://www.saverilawfirm.com/meta-language-model-litigation
Capitulation to the tyrant:
#Meta agreed to pay $25M to settle #Trump lawsuit alleging #censorship
Meta settled a lingering 2021 lawsuit brought by Trump who alleged the #tech giant improperly suspended his #SocialMedia accounts after the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
#MarkZuckerberg told investors during an earnings call Wed that Trump’s recent election gave the company a new opportunity to rewrite its fraught relationship w/the American govt.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/29/meta-trump-lawsuit-settlement-censorship/
Anyone who goes through my post history, knows I work for Meta (Facebook).
I am "Consumer Content Administrative Manager". My primary duties include content appeals, account appeals, account reviews, and some peer review.
It is no surprise that my job depends on people using Facebook. Today, I am going to suggest, you not do so. I can make that suggestion because we have a user base of billions, and I know most people would keep using Facebook even if the Devil ran the company. People are strange.
But if you feel you can truly live without Facebook, do so. Internally, things are changing, and not for the better. You should especially consider leaving Meta if you are a minority, woman, LGBTQ+, trans, or identify as progressive, politically. If facts matter to you, and misinformation is something you do not want to be subject toward, you should especially consider leaving, Facebook.
You have no privacy from Meta, while using Meta. None. I do not care if you believe you disabled a "feature" or "opt out" of something. You only seem to have done so. And even if you're going to continue to use Meta, uninstall the app (all of them). We collect data on you, even when you're not using the app.
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Threads
In his last episode about content moderation at #Meta John Oliver from #Lastweektonight promoted @pixelfed @Mastodon and @signalapp ($yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo ).
