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.
#genai Wow! #Meta 's new #muse agentic system reviewd by #nytimes gets stellar reviews, now if they could field the product using #genai instead of #aiwashing uding #callcenters https://www.404media.co/meta-tests-muse-ai-agent-calls-that-are-actually-made-by-humans-in-a-call-center/?ref=weekly-roundup-newsletter
RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/117330704684682249
this is precisely where literally all the world's RAM and hard drives went. this, dear people, is how you get your dividends
"Not only do Meta VR Glasses have the same input method as the Vision Pro (a mix of hand and eye tracking) and a similar premium display (5K micro OLED), but Meta VR Glasses are also trying to steal the thunder from one of the Vision Pro’s most iconic features—Personas."
Gizmodo: Meta’s Unnerving Holograms Might Just Break Your Brain https://gizmodo.com/meta-holograms-might-just-break-your-brain-2000816788 @Gizmodo #Meta #VR
How is everyone's experience with #MetaMuse with writing PHP?
I've been told it's really good for JavaScript, TypeScript, and HTML, but shit on Rust, Golang, PHP, and Kotlin.
Feels like the same that any other LLM if you ask me.
#AI #Programming #Coding #Code #VibeCoding #VibeCode #Meta #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #LargeLanguageModels #Facebook #Muse #PHP #SoftwareDevelopment #WebDevelopment #WebDev #JavaScript #HTML #Kotlin #Java #Golang #Go #Rust
An interesting conflict between a Dutch media creator Roel Maalderink (together with Bits of Freedom) and Meta regarding Meta glasses.
The guy made a video wearing the glasses outside the Meta office in Amsterdam.
The video showed several Meta employees reacting negatively to the glasses, and even asking multiple times if he was filming (showing that even they couldn’t see if the glasses are active.)
Instagram took the video offline, which is the first time this creator had a takedown of one of his videos.
I hope this goes viral beyond The Netherlands.
Edit: Added a Fedi post by Roel himself.
A Spanish theatre got banned from Meta ads because the play related to feminism.
To quote this week's newsletter: "When are we getting off Meta? Where are we going? And *how good is it going to feel when we are finally gone*?"
RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/117325137427138728
Aside from the original point of the quoted message, just imagine all the information requested in these (hardcoded) "ideas" put forward by the model to be helpful (3rd image) and handing these answers to Meta, one of the most untrustworthy companies in the world... And then also imagine, how many people are actually happily doing so without hesitation!
These behaviors & patterns are some of the real risks of AI. Blinded by the illusion and promise of intelligent machines, their partial utilitarian benefits (which could be equally achieved otherwise), people stop perceiving the actual dangers of the ongoing increased exploitation & surveillance of their own lives, the destruction of environment and society around them, directly and indirectly...
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Roelmaalderink/117319021973126519
Dont share this video!!!!
RE: https://piaille.fr/@benjamin/117325911207046580
In English:
Yesterday a customer asked me; "You're in IT and you don't have Whatsapp?"
To which I answered:
It's because I'm in IT that I don't have Whatsapp.
Breaking: “US company #Meta has, without explanation, disabled #Lula’s #Instagram and #Facebook profiles’ ability to run ads, 10 days from election.
The President’s campaign has complained and threatened legal action, citing this as another example of US interference and manipulation.”
Meta's new $349 Ray-Ban Audio glasses are camera-free. No camera doesn't mean no recording: they still capture and summarize the audio around you. A summary can hold sensitive details even when the raw audio isn't saved. Courts and cities from New York to London are already restricting smart glasses.
So what: learn the recording indicator (LED or chime), know owners can tape it over, and you can ask someone to stop.
Meta julkisti erittäin kevyet virtuaalitodellisuuslasit
Meta VR Glasses -lasien varsinainen silmille asetettava elementti painaa vain 100 grammaa. Laskentateho ja akku on siirretty vyölle kiinnitettävään erilliseen "lätkään".
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/09/24/meta-julkisti-erittain-kevyet-virtuaalitodellisuuslasit
🇮🇱 🤜 🇺🇦 Vladimir Klitschko's ex-wife, actress Hayden Panettiere, died of a drug overdose - autopsy results. The cause of death was determined to be toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, alprazolam, methocarbamol and quetiapine. The death was ruled an accident. Law enforcement said in a statement. #meta #nationalism
@prism @grayrattus @Roelmaalderink @bitsoffreedom
That the intended use of the pervert glasses that META sells constitutes, in general, a gross violation of people's privacy, even if the company pretends it's just a harmless, fun product, and that even META's own employees are painfully aware of that, when confronted with someone using it in their presence.
"If you’re still OK with posting pictures of your kids on social media, take a minute to hear from mother of two Kalie Robins..."
Mashable: Mark Zuckerberg sidesteps smart glasses backlash at Meta Connect https://mashable.com/tech/mark-zuckerberg-addresses-smart-glasses-privacy-backlash-meta-connect-2026 @Mashable #Meta #Zuckerberg #privacy
Gibt es irgendwo schon Aufkleber, mit denen ich den Nutzer:innen von #Meta-#KI-Gadgets/Brillen etc. das Betreten eines Gebäude verbieten kann? Frage für einen Freund privat/beruflich und ehrenamtlich
🎙️ ■ ¿Adiós a la cámara? Meta estrena gafas con IA centradas en el audio y prepara más de 100 modelos inteligentes ■
https://los40.com/2026/09/24/adios-a-la-camara-meta-estrena-gafas-con-ia-centradas-en-el-audio-y-prepara-mas-de-100-modelos-inteligentes/?int=MASTODON_WORLD
[Author] asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent [him] 6.8 GB, https://mouse.dev/blog/muse-runtime-export/.
Just lol.
In case you missed it: @Engadget recaps everything that was announced at Meta's Connect 2026 event yesterday. Which devices and features are you most intrigued by?
https://flip.it/G1kXT0
#Meta #VRGlasses #Muse
| Ray-Ban Audio: | 0 |
| The hearing enhancement feature: | 0 |
| VR movies: | 0 |
| Muse charm: | 0 |
| Nothing, because it's Meta: | 0 |
#meta #rayban #kibrillen #musecharm #kigadget #spionage #metaaudio
Nase voll! Erst die Brille und jetzt lese ich gerade von dem neuen Meta Gadget am Schlüsselbund. Wer mit mir direkt persönlich künftig reden oder anders interagieren will, lässt diese Spionagetools entweder zu Hause oder im Auto. Ansonsten Kontaktabbruch und Anzeige. Basta
THE FUCKING "CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTIONS" IDEA THAT WON OVER THE NYTIMES JOURNALIST IS FUCKING HARDCODED. ALL THE IDEAS ARE FUCKING HARDCODED. AGI IS HERE BABY!!!!!!
Meta is bringing Private Processing encryption to its smart glasses after months of privacy criticism
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pinky-promises-its-smart-glasses-are-going-to-be-private-soon/
Meta Muse human concierge secretly routed AI phone calls to contractors, exposing users' private data. Meta paused the feature after a racist remark.
#Meta #Muse #Privacy #AIagents #HumanConcierge #DataPrivacy #TechNews
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲
Een kritische video over de AI-bril van Meta is van de platformen Facebook en Instagram gehaald. In de video ging de Nederlandse programmamaker Roel Maalderink met een filmende Meta-bril langs bij het kantoor van het bedrijf in Amsterdam om collega's te filmen.
Remember finding out Pokémon GO was a CIA project?
” Over 7 million Ray-Ban Meta glasses were sold in 2025. That’s 7 million cameras recording your life. And conveniently, that footage is exactly what AI needs to learn how to walk, cook, and steal your job.
The data collected by Ray-Ban Meta glasses is unprecedented. To understand Meta’s endgame, we analyzed the company’s organizational shifts, interviewed leading robotics experts, and conducted a 72-hour field test wearing the glasses to map exactly what data is being harvested for AI training.
From “episodic memory” to “intuitive physics,” we explain how Meta can use your daily life to train an empire of bots.
We speak with Lerrel Pinto, head of the General Robotics & AI Lab at NYU.”
🧑⚖️ German court rules Meta liable for scam ads on Facebook and Instagram
「 A Frankfurt court said Meta’s ranking algorithms and ad auctions make it more than a passive host, so it cannot rely on the EU’s liability shield 」
https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-scam-ads-ruling-germany-frankfurt-court
Every.
Time.
Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
https://www.404media.co/meta-tests-muse-ai-agent-calls-that-are-actually-made-by-humans-in-a-call-center/
What an amazing campaign video about #Meta #SpyGlasses from @bitsoffreedom ❣️
Filmed in front of the Meta offices in #Amsterdam featuring real Meta employees. :)
For the last couple of years, the copyright world has been grappling with the latest generation of AI, as numerous posts on Walled Culture attest. That’s hardly surprising, since AI is currently delivering the greatest challenge to the foundations of copyright since the arrival of the computer, which was discussed at length in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available). […]
#ai #albania #annaSArchive #automation #cdns #censorship #dns #donaldTrump #europeanParliament #flamingoRevolution #france #google #instagram #italy #jaredKushner #meta #natureReserve #netBlocks #piracyShield #report #spain #spotify #tourism #vpn #wetlands https://walledculture.org/how-copyright-is-being-abused-to-censor-albanias-flamingo-revolution/@Roelmaalderink @bitsoffreedom its cool but why are you harrasing employees? xD their work is already shit as they work for META.
Its kind of like going to Booking and asking: "How do you like sponsoring genocide?!!".
I think it would be better if you hunt for manager of whole META branch or something. Regular employees work for money just as we all do.
#Meta Tests #Muse #AIAgent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped #AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned.
Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism
#deleteFacebook #deleteInstagram #deleteThreads #deleteMeta #deletePatriarchy #deleteFascism #deletePlutocracy #feudalism #patriarchy #techNews #censorship #tyranny #meta #decentralize #federate
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Roelmaalderink/117319021973126519
Roel Maalderink (@Roelmaalderink) is a well known Dutch satirical comedian. Together with @bitsoffreedom he tries to connect with people at Meta while wearing their pervert glasses...giving them a taste of their own medicine. 🤣
Seems most of them are not that happy when somebody is using their company's product to invade their privacy.
Maybe they could do something about this? 🤔
We need more of this to fight back against #bigtech!
#Meta #Zuckerberg #PervertGlasses #Humour #Video #Privacy
Meta erlaubt auf Facebook-Seiten nur noch 2 kostenlose Links pro Monat!
Für viele Unternehmen eine Katastrophe.
Ich helfe Euch natürlich gerne, trotz "Link-Verbot" im Internet sichtbar zu bleiben!
https://visibilitas.at/verlinken-verboten-so-retten-sie-sich-ins-zeitalter-nach-facebook/
#socialmedia #onlinewerbung #generativeengineoptimization #geo #seo #facebook #meta
Meta glasses are sold as a fun gadget, but they use you to give AI access to the world around us. Don't let yourself be used.
https://proton.me/blog/meta-smart-glasses-ai-robots
#ai #privacy #proton #meta #metaglasses #privacymatters #robotics #rayban
RT @HedgieMarkets: 🦔404 Media berichtet, dass Metas KI-Agent Muse, den Führungskräfte letzte Woche als fähig beworben haben, Telefonate für Sie an Unternehmen zu führen, einige dieser Anrufe an menschliche Mitarbeiter in Callcentern weiterleitet. Interne Kommunikationen zeigen, dass Meta den Mitarbeitern mitteilte, es habe einen menschlichen Agenten hinzugefügt.
mehr auf Arint.info
#KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Meta #Muse #Technologie #arint_info
Meta delivers a gut punch to small businesses worldwide
Sharing more than 2 links per month to any business or organization Facebook page requires a Meta One subscription
To post more than 2 links, page owner needs to get the $49.99 a month subscription.
And to be able to post unlimited number of links to their own Facebook pages, one would need the Meta One Max subscription, costing $499/month.
https://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2026/09/22/sharing-links-to-facebook-costs-money
Companies betting artificial intelligence devices will usher in a post-smartphone era are fueling privacy fears around the globe that could slow adoption of the emerging technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/23/tech/smart-glasses-ai-privacy-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #privacy #personalinformation #tech #openai #anthropic #samsung #meta #rayban #samaltman
#Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to #feminism
The theatre was told that “any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and are filtered out.
To resolve the situation, Meta recommended removing “key words” so that the text doesn’t appear to encourage activism.
Meta Glasses Are Training a Robot Army
#news #meta #proton #privacy #surveillance #technology
Speaking of boycotts, #Omarchy is an open-source Linux distribution created by David Heinemeier Hansson (#DHH), the coder behind Ruby on Rails.
DHH has also been infected by the billionaire virus that turns rich white guys into white supremacists. His comments have been pretty vile, some verging on exterminationism. DHH is a Nazi, and Omarchy is a vibe-coded Nazi bar.
But he’s not alone in that Nazi bar. You want a list of people who’ve given millions to the cause of this Nazi? I got you.
Boycott Nazi supporters:
#1Password
#37Signals
#alibabaCloud
#Block
#Cloudflare
#Coinbase
#Dell
#DigitalOcean
#Dropbox
#Meta
#OpenClaw
#OpenAI
#Sesame
#Shopify
#Stripe
#TapTap
And many, many more.
Eavesdropping is in Meta's DNA, fresh out of the Kenya contractor fiasco.
This "entails having human contractors quietly handle some of the phone calls placed via the digital agent, according to internal company posts seen by Reuters."
Reuters: Meta testing a 'human concierge' for its new personal AI agent, Muse https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-testing-human-concierge-its-new-personal-ai-agent-muse-2026-09-22/ @Reuters #Meta #bots
RT @glenngabe: Pass auf dich auf da draußen. Whoa - Ein Forscher sagt, dass ein Fehler in der Meta-App Muse Mac es jeder App oder jedem Terminalbefehl ermöglicht, auf die Muse-Authentifizierungstoken der Nutzer zuzugreifen; Meta sagt, es habe einen Hotfix herausgegeben. "Angreifer können diesen Fehler ausnutzen, indem sie den Standort auf ihren eigenen Endpunkt ändern. Sobald das
mehr auf Arint.info
#Cybersicherheit #Hotfix #Meta #MuseMac #Sicherheitslücke #arint_info
If you missed the Inc story about this a few days ago, here's more. Seriously, stop using creepy, invasive Meta products.
Futurism: Meta’s New Muse AI Agent May Be the Creepiest Ever Released https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-muse-ai-agent-creepy @Futurism
From September 19:
Inc: Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/metas-new-muse-ai-agent-read-my-private-messages-i-never-asked-it-to/91408202 @IncMagazine #Meta #privacy
when governments answer to corporate power instead of to the people, corporations are the real government and corporate censorship is state censorship
#censorship #CorporateCensorship #Meta #Facebook #instagram #neoliberalfascism
As Meta's Muse surges to the top of Apple's App Store, so too does Meta's stock, adding billions to Zuckerberg's fortune.
There's a possible solution: get out of Meta.
I don't know how far censorship must go to make accounts vanish from Big Tech platforms.
The status quo is a hard-to-beat beast. People don't have the courage anymore to go against it.
#Feminism #VirginiaWoolf #Barcelona #Facebook #Meta #Censorship
The Muse confidential VM will be an attractive target for attackers. I assume something similar to Apple Private Cloud Compute (PCC). #cybersecurity #muse #meta #apple
Ein Theater in Barcelona will auf #instagram und #facebook für ein Stück von Virginia Woolf werben - und wird geblockt. #feminismus wird auf #meta nicht mehr geduldet. Höchste Zeit Suckerberg endlich den Rücken zu kehren.
„After reaching out to Meta about why the promo campaign had been stomped out, the company replied that “any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system,” and therefore rejected.“
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-banning-ads-virginia-woolf-facebook-instagram-feminism
Amazon blocked Meta's new AI shopping agent, Muse, saying it accessed customer accounts without identifying itself. Meta says Muse can't see your passwords or card.
Either way, an agent that shops for you needs access to your accounts, a new place your logins and purchase data can flow.
So what: don't install Muse. Until it's clear what these agents store, don't hand one the keys to your accounts. If you use one, give it a single-use card, never a master password.
Je vais animer un atelier "désintox des réseaux sociaux publicitaires" pour RAP d'ici jeudi. Quelqu'un·e en a déjà fait ? Je vais y proposer:
1- L'installation de Mastodon en moins (sur piaille) + usage en moins de 5mn. Je pense faire un autocollant en cadeau. 😉
2- Installation de "one sec". Mais ça me dérange de faire installer du logiciel propriétaire. Connaissez-vous une alternative ?
3- Avez vous des conseils ?
Merci !
(Malwarebytes on a roll with their latest newsletter -- notable because this is a consumer focused newsletter, not one aimed at cybersecurity professionals)
Malwarebytes: Meta AI builds detailed profiles of children from years of family posts
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they cover ‘social topics’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval "Facebook and Instagram ads mentioning ‘civil rights or feminism’ are filtered out" #meta's #infantilising #censorship
Knowing that Meta is behind the brazen shopping spree, there's probably more to this battle of the bots than this.
Yahoo: Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse Agent From Shopping — And Signals a New Tollgate for Agent Commerce https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/amazon-blocks-meta-muse-agent-123836124.html #Amazon #Meta
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
#zuckoff #pervertglasses #meta
https://www.wired.com/story/zuckoff-app-sees-meta-glasses-before-they-see-you/
Meta outage: Facebook crashes as thousands report white screens and frozen logos https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/facebook-instagram-meta-outage-updates-ueaw6xeu?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #FacebookDown #InstagramDown #Meta #FacebookOutage #InstagramOutage
What a surprise! After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, various subsequent scandals, and the quick disintegration of the Metaverse, Meta's nosy devices give it a dream world (of surveillance and data collection.)
Wired: Meta’s Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me https://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/ @WIRED
And just so you know, The Cambridge Analytica fiasco is still haunting Meta, which used to be known as Facebook before it rebranded to shake off all the scandal scum. This story was posted 10 days ago:
‘Facebook Kept Telling Us It Was OK’: New Mexico AG Opens New Trial Against Meta https://www.law.com/2026/09/10/facebook-kept-telling-us-it-was-ok-new-mexico-ag-opens-new-trial-against-meta/ #Meta #Facebook #privacy #surveillance
Warning. Meta will take your data too.
Tech Crunch: Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/metas-muse-hits-mac-letting-the-ai-take-actions-on-your-computer/ @TechCrunch @sarahperez #Apple #Mac #Meta #privacy
Meta is in the news for all the wrong reasons today. It's probably too much to ask Meta platform users to abandon ship.
The LA Times story is paywalled. Here's an alternative version.
"The smart glasses users, some in California, allege the gadget captured footage of themselves and family members undressing, going to the bathroom, having sex and entering passwords. In some cases, the people said they weren’t aware the camera-equipped glasses were recording."
Lawsuit claims Meta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/software/meta-glasses-captured-and-shared-intimate-images-without-users-consent-lawsuit-claims/ar-AA2cuws1 #Meta #surveillance #privacy
"The sudden mass suspension of Instagram accounts has led to fears of brigading against demonstrators."
Wired: Meta’s Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters https://www.wired.com/story/metas-copyright-system-is-being-weaponized-against-albanian-protesters/ @WIRED #Meta #democracy #technofascism #censorship
Quite apart from the ethical problems of using #AI and the personal risk of letting it loose in your private affairs like this, don't you get a sense of unease about who's doing this? #Meta already wants to insert itself unnecessarily into all human communication and shoulder-surf without consent on all activity on the Web. Isn't that more than enough already? Should people be letting Meta take an active role in their finances and daily lives as well?
My own disclaimer is that I've configured #Blokada on my phone to block all Meta properties at DNS level, and I moved to a Fedi instance that blocks Threads. That shows you how little I trust Meta. We're not going to reach agreement here, but I hope we can still have a civilised and fruitful conversation.