who wouldve thunk that a company renamed to "meta" would make catastrophic business decisions that harm their customers and shareholder investments alike...

#meta #bigtech

Reuters: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-planning-sweeping-layoffs-ai-costs-mount-2026-03-14/ @Reuters @Reuters #Meta

@nomenloony Deleted the MB profile. I’ve had enough of Meta. The fyp has been getting worse with ai and general other crap. Plus doomscrolling has a negative effect on my mental health. Good ridance #meta #instagram

Instagram lopettaa yksityisviestien päästä päähän -salauksen

Muutoksen myötä Meta pystyy lukemaan käyttäjien välisiä yksityisviestejä. Muutos on eittämättä huonoon suuntaan, mutta ei kovin isoa käyttäjäjoukkoa koskettava: Instagramin yksityisviestien salaus on pitänyt kytkeä erikseen päälle - ja harva niin on tehnyt.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/03/14/instagramin-yksityisviestit-eivat-ole-enaa-salattuja

#yksityisyys #instagram #salaus #uutiset #sosiaalinenmedia #teknologia #tekniikka #meta

"#Meta spent a record $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025, deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states, and covertly funded a "grassroots" child safety group called the Digital Childhood Alliance (DCA) to advocate for the App Store Accountability Act - which requires app stores to verify user ages before downloads but imposes no requirements on social media platforms."

#Politics #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #SocialMedia #AgeVerification

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

#meta

Meta lied about privacy. Again. The real story is bigger though.

https://medium.com/@sensmedia.srl/meta-lied-about-privacy-again-the-real-story-is-bigger-though-a1eab4c8e6b1
#meta #facebook #instagram #socialmedia #tehnology #AI #artificialintelligence #zuckerberg

#meta #huumori #Iran #USA #Israel

#meta #huumori #Iran #USA #Israel

A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.

The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.

Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology

Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted messages after May 8 2026, arguing that people barely used the feature, which is not enabled by default and only available in some areas. Here's more from @Engadget.

https://flip.it/abqNJ-

#Instagram #InfoSec #Meta #Tech

RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5google/116223247659788080

Meta has confirmed that, soon, it will remove support for end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs.
Confirmed on a support page, Instagram will be removing end-to-end encryption support for direct messages (DMs) as of May 8, 2026. Meta alerted users to the change through an in-app pop-up.

I have a different perspective — is there a tiny chance that Meta wants to make a separate E2EE app? (i guess)

#meta #instagram #E2EE

Lol : comment c'est possible d'en arriver à supprimer le chiffrement de bout en bout ???

La page est marrante parce qu'après avoir écrit qu'ils arrêtent ça, ils expliquent les avantages du chiffrement de bout en bout. Dit autrement, "Voici tout ce que vous allez perdre à partir du 8 mai 2026."

https://help.instagram.com/491565145294150

#instragram #meta #chiffrement #boutenbout

Alt...

Qu’est-ce que le chiffrement de bout en bout sur Instagram ? Les messages chiffrés de bout en bout sur Instagram ne seront plus pris en charge à compter du 8 mai 2026. Si ce changement impacte certaines de vos conversations, des instructions dans la discussion vous indiqueront comment télécharger tous les contenus multimédias ou messages que vous pourriez vouloir garder. Si vous utilisez une ancienne version d’Instagram, vous devrez peut-être également mettre à jour l’application avant de pouvoir télécharger les discussions en question. Les messages et les appels chiffrés de bout en bout garantissent que seulement vous et les personnes avec lesquelles vous communiquez pouvez voir ou écouter ce qui est envoyé, et que personne d’autre, pas même Meta, ne peut le faire. Gardez à l’esprit que, pour les signalements et les fonctionnalités facultatives, vous ou une personne dans la discussion pouvez toujours choisir de partager les messages avec Meta. Comment ça marche ? Dans une conversation chiffrée de bout en bout, chaque appareil dispose d’une clé spéciale utilisée pour protéger la conversation. Vous pouvez comparer vos clés à celles de quelqu’un pour vérifier si vos messages et vos appels sont protégés par le chiffrement de bout en bout. [... suite de l'explication sur ce qu'est le chiffrement de bout en bout ...]

This is big but not unexpected: Meta built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws.

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

The original Reddit posts were removed, but they are archived:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260313090844/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

https://web.archive.org/web/20260313125244/https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

This is your daily reminder that if you're a cryptographer and work for Meta - including taking their grant money - you need some serious 4d chess creativity to look at yourself in the mirror.

#security #privacy #cryptography #meta #surveillance #politics #censorship #lobbying #ageverification

@pheonix I was always surprised that #Meta decided to add it in the first place.

#E2EE has its own complications the vast majority of people don’t want to deal with. And most importantly, most of their users don’t worry about that at all. They want fast and searchable history and a communication.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/116221805295722939

#Meta only exists for two reasons:

- Money
- Info gathering on everyone for reason 1

AodeRelay boosted

Windy city » 🌐 2026-03-13
@pheonix@hachyderm.io

Is this the first time a major service has removed end-to-end encryption instead of adding it? Why Instagram?

#instagram #socialmedia #privacy #infosec #technology #enshittification

Alt...

Screenshot showing, "Instagram's end-to-end encrypted messaging is ending on 8 May"

Instagram actually have E2EE feature? I am more surprised about DMs actually encrypted rather than this announcement.

https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/491565145294150/

#instagram #meta #tech

“There's a boycott right now against Target that took several years before it actually materialized in a way that Target share price has now been like cut in half or something. And I wish the new CEO luck. But all that to say, I'm not sure that this is going to have the effect that Scott hopes and thinks and wants it to.
I just don't have the same faith in my fellow Americans willingness to not spend as he does.”

From This Time Is Different: Resist and Unsubscribe: Can You Actually Boycott Big Tech?, Feb 3, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-time-is-different/id1543050659?i=1000747834444&r=644
This material may be protected by copyright.
#boycott #target #unsubscribe #meta #amazon

Ha, Class Action lawsuit against Meta.

"...Meta sold millions of these glasses with promises of user privacy and control over data. Then, in April 2025, the company quietly updated its privacy policy to make AI features — and the collection of your voice recordings — the default, with no real way to opt out. And it gets worse: a 2026 investigation revealed that your footage — including some of the most private moments captured by those glasses — was being reviewed by thousands of overseas human contractors without your knowledge.
..."

https://clarksonlawfirm.com/lp/meta-ai-glasses-privacy-false-advertising/

#meta #glasses #aiglasses

"Throughout the trial, Meta argued that Kaley faced significant challenges before she ever used social media. The company’s lawyer, Paul Schmidt, said earlier this month that the core question in the case is whether the platforms were a substantial factor in Kayley’s mental health struggles."

AP: Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury https://apnews.com/article/meta-instagram-facebook-trial-social-media-addiction-0e99c9ba6159421720d616f9facd10f0 @AssociatedPress #Meta #socialmedia #YouTube #Google #mentalhealth

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A strategic analysis of a failed content launch reveals deeper engagement vulnerabilities.

#meta #sante #environnement #japon #allergies

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Ein scheinbarer Shitpost entpuppt sich als geschickte Taktik zur Wissensvermittlung in digitalen Nischen.

#meta #sante #environnement #japon #allergies

Meta Removes 10.9 Million Scam-Linked Accounts in 2025 and Introduces New Anti-Fraud Features

📰 Original title: Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-removes-10-9-million-scam-linked-accounts-in-2025-and-introduces-new-anti-fraud-features/?redirpost=b1b053c2-25cb-463a-a22a-2f812f278b11

#technology #scams #meta #cybercrime

WhatsApp Introduces Parent-Managed Accounts for Children Under 13

📰 Original title: Under-13s to be allowed on WhatsApp with parental consent

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/whatsapp-introduces-parent-managed-accounts-for-children-under-13/?redirpost=4a91f59f-3e13-4dd5-9ea3-ffbea2f3b9c0

#technology #whatsapp #meta #parentalcontrols

Meta Acquires Moltbook to Integrate AI Agent Social Platform into Superintelligence Labs

📰 Original title: Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network For AI Agents

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-acquires-moltbook-to-integrate-ai-agent-social-platform-into-superintelligence-labs/?redirpost=0f99c99d-e7f2-4db4-bef1-273eebb87ee3

#artificialintelligence #meta #ai #moltbook

Meta on ostanut kenties tämän vuoden hämmentävimmän verkkopalvelun itselleen

Metan ostoskoriin päätyi Moltbook, joka on Redditin kaltainen palvelu - sillä erolla, että ihmiset eivät saa julkaista siellä mitään, vaan kaikki julkaisut ja kommentit ovat itsenäisten tekoälybottien tuottamia.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/03/10/meta-osti-moltbookin

#meta #moltbook #yrityskauppa #sosiaalinenmedia #uutiset #teknologia #tekoäly #tekniikka

"Plus-versio ei ole pakollinen. Sovelluksen perustoiminnot, kuten viestien lähetys ja vastaanottaminen, puhelu- ja videotoiminnot sekä tietoturvaominaisuudet, säilyvät maksuttomina kaikille."

Vaan tuleeko näin olemaan aina.....en luottaisi siihen.

WhatsApp muuttuu osin maksulliseksi

https://www.is.fi/digitoday/mobiili/art-2000011868512.html

#meta #whatsapp #digijäteistäEroon #eroonmetasta

People are once again shocked that glasses that can film actually do film. Even things that people don't want to be filmed.

Sometimes people are so naive.

#meta #glasses

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La compétition pour la visibilité sur Metal Devastation Radio illustre un marché de niche hyper-concurrentiel où le vote numérique est la nouvelle monnaie.

#meta #metal #heavymetal #who #thebeast

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Ein wöchentlicher Social-Media-Wettbewerb offenbart die strategische Bedeutung von Community-Mobilisierung und algorithmischer Sichtbarkeit für unabhängige Künstler.

#meta #metal #heavymetal #who #thebeast

🇺🇦🤜🇨🇳 The decommunization of #Ukraine continues. The Banderist in #Kiev achieved a great victory by tearing down the statue of the cartoon character “Buratino” which was created in 1935. #info #meta #nationalism #humor

It's late to the IP-theft party, isn't it?

PC Gamer: Meta's latest legal wheeze is to insist that pirating books is fair use, actually https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/metas-latest-legal-wheeze-is-to-insist-that-pirating-books-is-fair-use-actually/ #Meta #copyright

The Register: Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/09/nscale_board_picks/ @theregister #Meta

Bitdefender: Global Scam Machines: Inside a Meta-Powered Investment Fraud Ecosystem Spanning 25 Countries https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/labs/global-investment-scam-network-using-meta-ads #scam #Meta #infosec #fraud

The most useless thing in the world is the "report abuse" button on #Facebook

#meta #metaistoxic

Punto Informatico: Worm JavaScript vandalizza le pagine di Meta-Wiki

Un worm JavaScript, attivato inavvertitamente dallo staff di Wikipedia, ha modificato e cancellato alcune pagine di Meta-Wiki tra il 5 e 6 marzo.
The post Worm JavaScript vandalizza le pagine di Meta-Wiki appeared first on Punto Informatico.

Worm JavaScript vandalizes Meta-Wiki pages.

A JavaScript worm, inadvertently activated by the Wikipedia staff, modified and deleted some pages of Meta-Wiki between March 5th and 6th.
The post Worm JavaScript vandalizes Meta-Wiki pages appeared first on Punto Informatico.

#WormJavaScript #Meta-Wiki #JavaScript #Wikipedia #first #PuntoInformatico

https://www.punto-informatico.it/worm-javascript-vandalizza-pagine-meta-wiki/

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Meta ouvre son modèle LLaMA en open source, transformant potentiellement l'écosystème des développeurs et le marché des services de transport.

#llm #meta #facebook #model #new

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Meta's commercial LLaMA release fundamentally lowers the barrier to entry for generative AI development, creating a new competitive landscape.

#llm #meta #facebook #model #new

Show Us Your (Money) Content…

#SocialMedia
#YouTube #TikTok #Meta #LinkedIn #X

https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns/demand-the-data-whats-really-going-viral/

Choosing alternatives to #bigTech made me realise how uncomfortable people are with change. They get confused when the UI is different, and think it looks old and difficult.

I talk to people who try to move away from #Google, #Meta or #Microslop but fail because the friction is too great.

The ability to learn and adapt to new Software is a skill. The better we get at it, the more we future-proof ourselves against #enshittification.

It was reported in Brazil last week that the Federal Police was able to access previously displayed WhatsApp "view once" messages during an "extraction carried out by specific software that jointly displays the messages and files sent, reversing, in practice, the single view of the message" .

Here follows the original report, in Portuguese, and a quick translation to English.
Emphases and text within square brackets on the translation are my own.

Original Report

Mensagens trocadas entre Vorcaro e Moraes foram extraídas e periciadas pela PF, diz jornal

Reportagem publicada pelo blog da jornalista Malu Gaspar, do jornal “O Globo”, trouxe prints de mensagens atribuídas ao banqueiro Daniel Vorcaro enviadas ao ministro Alexandre de Moraes horas antes de Vorcaro ser preso pela primeira vez.

O jornal o Globo publicou, na noite desta sexta-feira (6), uma reportagem informando que os dados das mensagens trocadas no dia 17 de novembro entre Daniel Vorcaro e o ministro Alexandre de Moraes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), foram retirados do celular do dono do Master por meio de análise técnica da Polícia Federal (PF), e que essa análise permite visualizar, ao mesmo tempo, a tela de whatsapp com as mensagens e as imagens de visualização única nela contida.

O jornal informa também que, diferentemente do material enviado à CPMI do INSS, o conteúdo a que o Globo teve acesso não é fruto de comparação entre os horários dos textos que constam em blocos de nota de Vorcaro e as mensagens enviadas por ele, embora coincidam, e sim resultado da extração realizada por um software específico que exibe conjuntamente as mensagens e os arquivos enviados, revertendo, na prática, a visualização única da mensagem.

English Translation

Messages exchanged between Vorcaro and Moraes were extracted and examined by the Federal Police, says newspaper

A report published by journalist Malu Gaspar’s blog, from the newspaper “O Globo”, brought prints of messages attributed to banker Daniel Vorcaro sent to minister Alexandre de Moraes hours before Vorcaro was arrested for the first time.

The newspaper “O Globo” published, on the night of this Friday (6), a report informing that the data of the messages exchanged on November 17th between Daniel Vorcaro and Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), were removed from the [banker’s] cell phone through technical analysis by the Federal Police (PF), and that this analysis allows viewing, at the same time, the WhatsApp screen with the messages and the single-view images contained therein.

The newspaper also informs that, unlike the material sent to [a National Congress investigation], the content that “O Globo” had access to is not the result of a comparison between the times of the texts contained in Vorcaro’s notebooks and the messages sent by him, although they coincide, but rather the result of extraction carried out by specific software that jointly displays the messages and files sent, reversing, in practice, the single view of the message .

#Meta sued over #AI #SmartGlasses’ #privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/meta-sued-over-ai-smartglasses-privacy-concerns-after-workers-reviewed-nudity-sex-and-other-footage/