jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
"A new class action lawsuit accuses OpenAI of sharing data including user chat queries and personal identifying information like emails and user IDs with the tech giants — and targeted advertising behemoths — Meta and Google, without obtaining proper user consent.
Filed yesterday in California, the lawsuit claims that OpenAI’s data-sharing with Google and Meta violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act, known as CIPA, as well as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. It points specifically to OpenAI’s integrations with Meta Pixel and Google Analytics, which are data-tracking and collection tools that facilitate targeted advertisements.
The data-tracking model described in the lawsuit — often referred to as “surveillance capitalism” — is the business that the modern internet is built on today. And OpenAI, like countless other tech companies, does include language in its privacy policy noting that it does collect, store, and share a range of consumer inputs and personal information."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-personal-information-meta-google
#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Surveillance #Meta #Google #DataProtection #Privacy
Exclusive: Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices
#privacy #righttoprivacy #meta
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/meta-us-employees-organize-protest-against-mouse-tracking-tech-2026-05-12/
> Yeah, by the way, we're going to fire you guys, not because of AI efficiencies, but because AI is too expensive to run… also you have to use more tokens… or you're fired.
Cum oprești #Meta să folosească postările tale pentru AI.
Wired: Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale https://www.wired.com/story/meta-layoffs-bad-vibes-mark-zuckerberg-ai/ @WIRED #Meta
The more you read this piece of excellent work the more you realize how much energy we, as the Open Source community, the programma's and the users, shall need to put in another to get a proper Balance Again
Read the section here.
Source:
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/
#Power #User #Walled #Garden #programming #InfoSec #privilege #feature #parameters #control #OpenSource against #Meta #FB #Alphabet #Enshittification #Google #Elon #Musk #Twitter #Facebook #WTF
Business Latest | Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale by Paresh Dave, Lauren Goode, Steven Levy, Zoë Schiffer
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Meta is preparing to cut about 10 % of its workforce—roughly 8,000 jobs—adding to the 25,000 layoffs announced over the past four years, and employees describe the atmosphere as “historically low” morale, with unhappiness widespread except among senior executives. The dip in morale stems from a combination of factors: shrinking compensation (share‑based raises cut for two consecutive years), widening pay gaps, costly AI initiatives, mandatory installation of tracking software that records U.S. staff’s keyboard and mouse activity to train internal AI models, and recent legal setbacks that highlighted the company’s product harms. Workers are protesting the AI surveillance, some are trying to form a UK union with United Tech & Allied Workers, and many hope to be laid off to collect severance and health benefits. While Meta’s ad business continues to generate strong profits—nearly $27 billion in Q1—the company is simultaneously spending billions on AI talent and infrastructure, creating tension between high‑level financial performance and the everyday experience of employees who feel pressured, undervalued, and uncertain about their future.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-layoffs-bad-vibes-mark-zuckerberg-ai/
#Meta #AndrewBosworth #UnitedTech #AlliedWorkers #ModelCapability #AppliedAI #aipilled #business #business_artificialintelligence
#gutenMorgen
Ich schreibe hier gelegentlich als #Augenoptiker, weil ich immer wieder fassungslos bin, wie weit diese milliardenschwere Branche unter dem Radar der Bevölkerung läuft. Ich habe auch schon über die Krake #EssilorLuxottica geschrieben, die ausgerechnet eine Kooperation mit #meta eingeht. Muss ich tatsächlich hier, im Tummelbecken der IT-Fachleute, darüber schreiben, warum jegliche Art von #Smartglasses verboten werden MUSS?
#erstmalKaffee
Times of India | Meta's highest-paid employee Alexandr Wang is not happy with 'just money motivated' tag for his team; says: People joined because there was high…
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Meta’s most‑expensive hire, 28‑year‑old Alexandr Wang—who runs the company’s SuperIntelligence Lab—says the narrative that his team joined “just for the money” is wrong. While Meta paid billions in cash and offered sign‑on packages worth up to $300 million, Wang argues that the real draw was the sheer amount of compute (as much as 30,000 chips per researcher), a high‑density talent pool and the freedom to pursue bold ideas without layers of approval. He notes that many recruits left well‑paying positions at OpenAI, Apple, DeepMind and Anthropic because Meta promised faster, less‑constrained research. The recruitment battle also featured personal touches—such as Mark Zuckerberg’s soup deliveries—to signal genuine interest in researchers’ work. Wang’s lab now includes former leaders from GitHub, Apple and OpenAI, underscoring Meta’s strategy of attracting top AI talent through resources and autonomy rather than salary alone.
#Meta #AlexandrWang #ScaleAI #NatFriedman #RuomingPang #TrapitBansal #MarkZuckerberg
#WhatsApp Adds #Meta #AI #Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
The company says its new #IncognitoChat allows you to use its AI #chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.
#privacy #security
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-incognito-chat-meta-ai/
Threads users are pissed they can't block Meta's new AI chatbot
"Earlier today, Meta announced that it was testing a new Meta AI chatbot for Threads that would function a lot like Grok on X. Even though the "early beta" isn't available to most people on the platform yet, a number of Threads users have discovered its not possible to opt out of the feature or block chatbot's the account."
https://www.engadget.com/2171113/threads-users-are-pissed-they-cant-block-metas-new-ai-chatbot/
Chicago Sun-Times - All | ComEd electric customers brace for double-digit spike in bills by Brett Chase
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ComEd electric customers in Chicago will face at least a 12 % increase in their monthly residential bills—rising from an average of $107 to $120—starting in June, as a temporary consumer‑credit tied to nuclear and renewable energy expires and AI‑driven data centers, which now number over 80 in northern Illinois with another 75 projects proposed, drive up power demand. The surge reflects both the credit’s loss and the high‑energy consumption of these facilities, which are outpacing the state’s ability to replace retiring coal plants with new wind and solar capacity. Utility officials say the rates are set by the PJM grid operator, not by ComEd, and advocates are urging that data‑center operators fund clean‑energy upgrades and greater regulatory oversight to curb further price hikes.
#ComEd #PJMInterconnection #Google #Meta #Microsoft #Amazon #LIHEAP #Illinois #
Instagram’s Instants Lets You Share Photos That Disappear After They’re Seen https://petapixel.com/2026/05/13/instagrams-instants-lets-you-share-photos-that-disappear-after-theyre-seen/ #socialmedia #instagram #Software #instants #Mobile #News #meta #app
BBC News | Smart glasses are 'an invasion of privacy' - Meta's are selling better than ever
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Smart glasses, particularly Meta’s Ray‑Ban–styled “intelligent” frames, have become the market leader—accounting for over 80 % of AI‑enabled eyewear sales with more than seven million units sold—but they are also sparking a privacy backlash as users covertly record women in public, post the footage online and charge victims for removal, while Meta’s workers in Kenya are tasked with reviewing graphic content generated by the devices. Lawsuits allege owners were unaware their recordings were being captured and shared for AI training, yet Meta claims users are warned about potential human review in its terms and says it has teams to curb misuse. Despite criticism, other tech giants such as Apple, Snap and Google are developing their own camera‑equipped AR glasses, prompting fears that, if adoption reaches the projected 100 million users, enforcement of recording bans in sensitive venues will become increasingly difficult, especially as future versions may add facial‑recognition capabilities.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Is this why Instagram's DM end-to-end encryption was cancelled? Because if this move is connected to the new launch, then it raises more red flags.
9to5Mac: Meta launches Instants, a new iPhone app and Instagram feature for ephemeral sharing https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/13/meta-launches-instants-a-new-iphone-app-and-instagram-feature-for-ephemeral-sharing/ @9to5Mac #Meta #Instagram #iOS
Meta has no respect for privacy, not that of its own customers nor anyone else. This is a matter of record. Medical and healthcare websites and more use Meta's Pixel data miner, which is very good at digging up your data. Have you ever wondered how Facebook digs up people from your obscure past and surfaces them on your timeline?
More importantly is that Meta is pursuing AGI, which needs data, and not just any data. It needs conversational data. Consider that Instagram DMs have recently lost end-to-end encryption. I wonder why? 🤔
So, no. Nothing Meta does will ever change the fact that data theft is the companies modus operandi. It has has never stopped doing the same thing, beginning with the Cambridge Analytica scandal (2010s) to this day.
Reuters: Meta to launch 'Incognito Chat' for private AI conversations on WhatsApp https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/meta-launch-incognito-chat-private-ai-conversations-whatsapp-2026-05-13/ @Reuters #Meta #privacy #WhatsApp
The Guardian | Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges by Reuters
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California’s Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from illegal scam ads on Facebook and Instagram in violation of the state’s false‑advertising and unfair‑business‑practice laws. The complaint, based on leaked internal documents, claims Meta earned up to $7 billion annually from “high‑risk” scam ads and that it largely tolerated such fraudulent advertising rather than broadly cracking down on it, even setting “guardrails” that limited anti‑scam measures when they threatened revenue. The county seeks restitution, civil damages, and an injunction to stop Meta’s alleged misconduct, accusing the firm of enabling middlemen to sell protected ad accounts, targeting users who previously clicked scam offers, and using generative AI to facilitate deceptive ads. Meta says it will defend itself, arguing the lawsuit misrepresents its anti‑scam efforts.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit
#Meta #SantaClara #Facebook #Instagram #AndyStone #TonyLoPresti #BernsteinLitowitz #RennePublic #BishopPartnoy #scams #technology #westcoast
Business Latest | WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private by Lily Hay Newman
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WhatsApp announced a new “Incognito Chat” feature that lets users converse with Meta’s AI chatbot while keeping the content hidden even from Meta itself, thanks to the platform’s Private Processing scheme and Trusted Execution Environments that enforce end‑to‑end encryption and prevent the provider from accessing messages. The AI interactions are text‑only for now, ephemeral by default, and can be turned off to allow anonymized web searches; future updates may add image and voice support and an option to retain conversation history. Meta also introduced “Side Chat with Meta AI,” enabling users to ask the AI for context‑specific help (e.g., restaurant suggestions) without exposing their private chats, and the feature will appear in the Meta AI app. While the system offers a privacy‑preserving way for billions of WhatsApp users to try AI, experts note that any cloud‑based secure solution still carries security trade‑offs and becomes a high‑value target for attackers.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-incognito-chat-meta-ai/
#WhatsApp #Meta #IncognitoChat #SideChat #MetaAI #JohnsHopkins #MattGreen #PrivateProcessing #TrustedExecution #End_to_end #business_bigtech #business_socialmedia #privateprompt #security #security_privacy #security_securitynews
BBC: Smart glasses are 'an invasion of privacy' - Meta's are selling better than ever https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o @BBCNews #Meta #privacy
"Mulheres que saem da praia, entram em uma loja ou simplesmente ficam paradas do lado de fora estão sendo abordadas por homens, geralmente usando os óculos Ray-Ban da Meta, os chamados óculos “inteligentes” ou “com IA”, frequentemente para filmar, sem seu conhecimento ou consentimento, as reações delas a perguntas casuais ou cantadas.
Talvez seja hora de simplesmente proibi-los em espaços públicos.
Se estou falando dos óculos espiões ou dos homens, você decide..."
#tecnologia #facebook #meta #privacidade #privacy #meta
@tecnologia@lemmy.pt @tecnologia@lemmy.eco.br
@neil https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/116566316902728274
BBC News | Smart glasses are 'an invasion of privacy' - Meta's are selling better than ever
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Smart glasses, especially Meta’s Ray‑Ban‑styled “AI” glasses, have become the market’s dominant product—accounting for over 80 % of sales and reaching millions of units—yet they are sparking a privacy backlash as users covertly film women and others in public without consent, leading to online abuse and limited legal recourse; victims report recordings being posted online, companies charging “paid services” to remove them, and lawsuits alleging undisclosed human review of footage by workers in Kenya. Despite Meta’s claims that its devices are “designed for privacy” and that users must act responsibly, the unobtrusive camera, dim recording light, and upcoming facial‑recognition upgrades enable surreptitious recording in sensitive places, prompting concerns from privacy lawyers, former Meta AI researchers, and the public. While the glasses are praised by early adopters for hands‑free music, calls, and quick photo capture, competitors such as Apple, Snap, and Google are preparing their own AI‑augmented eyewear, potentially expanding the market to 100 million users and intensifying worries that ubiquitous camera‑bearing glasses will make it harder to enforce existing bans on recording in courthouses, museums, hospitals, and other private venues.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“It's interesting seeing an explanation of the #Fediverse from the perspective of a #BigTech company. From #Meta :
" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://about.fb.com/news/2024/06/what-is-the-fedive...”
https://social.golemwire.com/golemwire/p/1778541190.393858
🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.
@rl_dane @dendrobatus_azureus I keep thinking what would happen if I just refused to ever verify my age. I wouldn't be able to use #meta #facebook #whatsapp but I don't anyway. If they stopped me using #Google it would be difficult. But at the end of it all I can't help thinking I would be better off. #zen and the art of not #ageverification
Top Stories | Donald Trump is set to land in China for historic talks — and he's bringing an old friend
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Donald Trump is set to land in Beijing for a two‑day summit with Xi Jinping, marking the first visit by a U.S. president to China in nearly a decade. The agenda includes talks on Iran and the Middle‑East conflict, the fate of Taiwan, normalising trade after last year’s tariff war that saw import duties soar to 145 percent, and the regulation of artificial intelligence. A U.S. delegation of tech and finance leaders—among them Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and executives from BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, Boeing, Meta, Mastercard and Visa—has been invited to encourage trade normalisation and possible deals with Chinese firms. Analysts doubt any major breakthroughs, but a pause in tariff escalations and Chinese pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be outcomes. The meeting also reflects a tentative thaw in the strained relationship between Trump and Musk, who have recently resumed public interactions and political financing. Overall, the summit aims to ease economic tensions, address regional security concerns, and signal a diplomatic shift amid ongoing global economic and geopolitical challenges.
#DonaldTrump #XiJinping #ElonMusk #TimCook #BlackRock #GoldmanSachs #Qualcomm #Boeing #Meta #Mastercard #politics #world
EU negotiations to extend the “Chat Control 1.0” ePrivacy derogation collapsed after Parliament, Council, and Commission failed to agree on privacy safeguards. 🇪🇺
The expired measure had allowed platforms like Meta and Microsoft to scan private messages for CSAM, raising concerns over mass surveillance and legal basis. 🔒
🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/
#TechNews #EU #Europe #Privacy #ChatControl #Parliament #Commission #Encryption #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #Meta #Microsoft #Policy #Freedom #CSAM
Well, I finally deleted my #Instagram account and my #Facebook page for "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles".
They were a big waste of time anyway, and once #Meta makes #AgeVerification mandatory, it's two less things I have to delete before saying goodbye to them for good.
No particular date, but (a) both the #EuropeanUnion and the German government are preparing laws for #AgeVerification and (b) #Meta has lobbied hard for this.
Open up / create another Google account and continue storing and your data over there
When a Google account has about 75% of it quota occupied The System already starts to mutter that you need to buy More Space
That is the reason why they do this
🦋💙❤️💋#SwitiLobi 💙💕🌹💐💙🦋
#Enshittification #Google #Meta #deception #Quota #programming #mathematics
US Top News and Analysis | Hassett says AI isn't costing anybody their job right now — but tech layoffs keep coming
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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that, despite a wave of tech layoffs at companies such as Amazon, Meta, Oracle and Block, there is “no sign in the data” that artificial‑intelligence technology is currently costing anyone their job; he emphasized that the administration is studying AI’s future impact on the workforce and has set up a task force to assess it, while firms cite AI‑driven automation and the move to smaller, highly skilled teams as reasons for recent staffing reductions.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/trump-white-house-hassett-ai-jobs.html
#KevinHassett #EconomicCouncil #CNBC #SquawkBox #WhiteHouse #Amazon #Meta #Oracle #Block #Square #
The Guardian | Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance by Nazrul Islam
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The article argues that the real threat of artificial intelligence at work isn’t mass unemployment but a growing divide between workers who use AI to augment their skills and those who are controlled and surveilled by opaque AI systems. While higher‑paid, autonomous roles (analysts, lawyers, managers) can benefit from AI as a “copilot” that speeds routine tasks and frees creativity, many lower‑paid workers face “bossware” that schedules, monitors, and judges performance, turning AI into a manager that dictates shifts, task timing and productivity metrics. This algorithmic management spreads from warehouses and gig platforms to corporate offices and schools, intensifying stress and eroding dignity, trust and control. The author calls for equitable AI skill training, transparent and contestable systems, and genuine worker participation in how AI is introduced, warning that without these safeguards the AI divide will cement a new, hidden inequality in the labour market.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/11/ai-worker-control-surveillance
#Amazon #Meta #WhiteHouse #aiartificialintelligence #workcareers
Das Tool namens Axplorer ist eine Neugestaltung eines bereits bestehenden Tools namens Pattern Boost. Der markante Unterschied: Pattern Boost lief auf einem Supercomputer; Axplorer läuft auf einem Mac Pro. (+)
Times of India | Meta is laying off 8,000 employees this month, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a clear message for staff: We are streamlining teams so they aren't bigger than…
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Meta announced it will cut about 8,000 jobs on May 20, 2026, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg restructures the company around smaller, AI‑powered teams that can deliver the output previously achieved by larger groups. CFO Susan Li said the record $125‑$145 billion capital‑expenditure on data‑centers, custom chips and model training forces a tighter headcount, and she admitted the firm no longer has a clear picture of its “ideal” size in an era where AI tools enable one or two engineers to ship in a week what once required dozens of people for months. Zuckerberg emphasized that the cuts are about fitting the workforce into the next version of Meta rather than pure cost‑saving, insisting AI will amplify rather than replace workers. The move has sparked low internal morale, with reports of “ultraflat” structures, performance tracking via an internal Model Capability Initiative, and a 6 % drop in Meta’s stock after the earnings call.
#instagram SILENTLY removes end-to-end encryption from messages.
English – The Conversation | Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting? by Joel Scanlan, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Law; Academic Co-Lead, CSAM Deterrence Centre, University of Tasmania
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Meta has eliminated end‑to‑end encryption for Instagram direct messages, meaning every private message can now be read by the platform and potentially used to personalise features, train AI models or target ads, despite earlier promises of a “privacy‑first” future. The change was justified by Meta on the grounds that few users opted into the encrypted option, a claim critics say reflects a circular rationale since the feature was hidden and rarely advertised. While regulators and child‑protection groups argue that encryption hinders detection of sexual exploitation and grooming, research shows most predators quickly move victims off‑platform, and technology already exists to flag harmful content on‑device without breaking encryption. The article stresses that the debate is a false choice—privacy and safety can coexist through on‑device, privacy‑preserving detection methods—and calls for Meta to apply a consistent, safety‑by‑design approach across all its messaging services.
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@AwetTesfaiesus spricht auf der #2MR über Politik und Verantwortung in offenen sozialen Netzwerken:
👉 https://watch.2mr.social/w/4E8TuBh4J1mX6sFyTLXAA6
> Der #Algorithmus bestimmt mehr über meine Timeline, als ich selbst.
Awet ist Abgeordnete im @bundestag, Obfrau des Ausschusses für #Kultur & #Medien und Mitglied im #Rechtsausschuss – auf der #2MR im Gespräch mit @wahl_beobachter. 🙌 🙏
#SocialMedia #Loops #Grüne #SaveSocial #WirVerlassenX #X #Meta #Grundrechte #Demokratie #OMR #Meta
NOLA: Tiny Louisiana parish becomes AI boomtown as Meta builds $10B data center: 'It's changing fast'
This has been circulating but maybe not as much as it should. Extortion through glasses.
https://gizmodo.com/extortion-using-smart-glasses-is-a-thing-now-2000755562
Instagram messages are NO longer end-to-end encrypted, https://help.instagram.com/491565145294150.
Who’s next? WhatsApp?
Please, stop using any Meta’s services. They are evil.
Instagram will no longer encrypt chats starting this Friday
Meta announced that IG will officially discontinue end-to-end encryption feature on May 8th.
All DMs will be decrypted once it reaches Meta's servers.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/instagram-end-encryption-direct-messages/
#Meta #Instagram #privacy #surveillance #security #enshittification #messaging #socialmedia #technology
“The Big Tech group #META is building #AgenticTools for its more than 3bn users, according to people familiar with the matter, including an advanced digital assistant that will be powered by its new #MuseSpark #AIModel.
One person familiar with the project said the #assistant was being trialled internally by a group of staff. Another insider said the goal was to develop a #product similar to #OpenClaw, which allows users to create #AIBots known as #agents to autonomously complete #tasks on their behalf.
Meta wanted to allow users to share highly #sensitive #information, such as health and financial #data, with its assistants if they so choose”
🍿 #ArtificialIntelligence <https://archive.md/nKnao> / (paywall) <https://www.ft.com/content/5b48360c-53f2-444a-80a8-f7034750fd62>