"The technical reality hits harder than policy abstractions. These bills mandate OS-level APIs that apps can query for age data—creating a permanent identity layer baked into your phone’s core functions. Meta’s Horizon OS for Quest VR already implements this infrastructure through Family Center controls. Now they want Apple and Google to build similar systems that every app can access, turning age verification into persistent device fingerprinting."

#meta wants to perma track you.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html

This is what an early-stage #AIBubble collapse looks like.

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/meta-eyes-sweeping-layoffs-as-ai-investments-pile-up-7769713/

Looks like #Meta wants to chop 20% or more of the company's staff... to *start*.

#AI #ML

Instagram Begins Testing Clickable Links in Post Captions https://petapixel.com/2026/03/16/instagram-begins-testing-clickable-links-in-post-captions/ #clickablelink #metaverified #Technology #instagram #News #meta

Isn't digital sovereignty great?

The agreement will provide Meta "with $12 billion worth of AI computing capacity across multiple locations by ​2027."

Reuters: Amsterdam-based Nebius signs AI infrastructure deals with Meta worth up to $27 billion over 5 years https://www.reuters.com/technology/nebius-signs-ai-capacity-deal-with-meta-2026-03-16/ @Reuters #Meta #digitalsovereignty

Es ist der perfekte Sturm, der da gerade auf #Meta zurollt & das gibt mir tatsaechlich ein wenig Hoffnung.

Im neuen #MeTacheles Podcast erklaere ich hier 👉 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b6a5a859 wie die Plattformen von #Zuckerberg durch US-Gerichte & EU-Regulatoren unter Druck gesetzt werden & warum die irrsinnigen KI-Investitionen die Company von innen zerreissen koennten.

Moin #Fediverse & euch einen gesunden Start in die neue Woche.

Gerne boosten und damit in eure Netzwerke teilen.

Tausend Dank 🙏

Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.

This is just sooo bad 😡

#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:

"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"

"told us that it's because the stock price is down"

"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"

"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

#News

“Sources familiar with the matter say the company (#META) could lay off as much as 20 percent of its staff, eliminating roughly 15,800 positions. That would be the largest series of #layoffs at the company since it #terminated 22,000 workers over just a few months between November 2022 and early 2023.

Word of the potential #downsizing comes after Meta signaled that it was all but giving up on #VR and the #Metaverse, slashing budgets and closing studios. Instead, the company has been spending big to attract #AITalent, build #DataCenters, and acquire companies like #Moltbook.”

I note the “silver bullet” approach by a company who was founded on PHP widgets and #SocialMedia.

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <http://theverge.com/business/895026/meta-laying-off-20-percent> / <https://archive.md/MlrOR>

Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?

In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.

In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.

Age verification isn't about protecting children; it's about attacking privacy.

https://tboteproject.com/

Instagram removed end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

💼 Big shake-up at Meta: reports say the company could shrink its workforce by 20%. That’s thousands of jobs on the line, and it raises big questions about the future of tech work. 📉👀

Is this a smart move for efficiency, or a warning sign for the industry? 🤔

Read the full story here 👉 https://gadgetonhand.com/meta-workforce-could-shrink-by-20/

#breakingNews #tech #meta #AI #us #usa

OS Age Verification bils are not funded by a "grassroots coalition of conservative nonprofits." They're funded by #meta. This investigative work suggests it's all a massive operation to increase Meta's data harvesting (massively) whie handicapping Google And Apple.

https://masto.deluma.biz/@dogzilla/116227363139966735

Edit: It's been suggested that genAI was involved in making the reddit post. If so, (a) claims require more verification than usual and (b) the AI is pretty conversational in the reddit thread here.

Whoever did this set up a [github repo[(https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings) with the information in it.

#privacy #AgeVerification #astroturf

Loved reading this…

Microslop

https://www.s-config.com/microslop/

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #Microsoft #copilot #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #linux #FOSS #OpenSource

I don't have a community

I get confused when I hear statements on the news like "community leaders have called for calm" or "community leaders will be encouraged to host informative programs" or "assurances were provided by local community leaders" or "community leaders have launched a campaign"...

I want to ask you a simple question. Who are your community leaders?

Take a moment to think about that.

Who are my community leaders?

I don't know how I identify myself. And I'm not sure if that's a problem or not.

I don't have a religion.

I don't have a profession, as such. My career is a haphazard mish-mash of jobs. There's no chartered body which speaks on my behalf and asks me to submit to their rulings.

I am a member of a Trade Union. But they don't ask anything of me other than monthly fees. I'm free to listen to them or not.

I know a few of my neighbours. They're nice enough, but I don't share anything much with them other than a postcode. I doubt we'd band together for anything more than an ad-hoc litter pick - and that's unlikely to be organised by a "leader".

I don't follow sports, so have no answer when someone asks me who my team are. If the captain of the England squad runs a campaign about men's health then I'm unlikely to know who he is, let alone trust his advice.

I'm not a member of a political party. Even if I was, I doubt I'd follow all their edicts. I've got a local councillor and MP - I wouldn't describe their relationship to me as a leader.

What are my tribes?

Humans are a social species. I have friends - both online and meatspace. But I don't feel like I have a community.

I am a geek. Would I describe Torvalds and Doctorow as my "community leaders"? Nope!

I enjoy drinking beer and cider - I even go to festivals. I don't care what you drink, or if you don't drink. I don't care what CAMRA defines as "real" - if you enjoy it, drink it.

I love Star Wars, but who leads that community? I ignore the people who get upset that a person who doesn't look like them is now a protagonist. I didn't need to be lead to that conclusion.

I have opinions about LGBT+ rights. But I'd far rather listen to the experiences of my trans* friends than those from a self-appointed leader.

There are things I like, and people within those communities who opinions I find interesting. But I'd struggle to call them leaders.

My hobbies include not collecting stamps

Can I only define myself by the things that I'm not?

Am I missing out on some vital human experience?

I'm not naïve enough to think that I've derived my own personal philosophy - everyone is a composite product of their culture and environment.

But it troubles me. Everyone else seems to have a community, and a leader. Do I need a community? Do I need to be led?

Alt...

Some giant question marks standing in a field. Photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbrekke/181939582/

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Un incident technique mineur révèle la dépendance critique des médias de niche à une infrastructure numérique vulnérable.

#security #meta #metal #heavymetal #fix

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A technical failure at a critical node exposes the fragility of digital content ecosystems.

#security #meta #metal #heavymetal #fix

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Ein scheinbar trivialer `Security`-`Bug` untergräbt die fragile Ökonomie spezialisierter Medien.

#security #meta #metal #heavymetal #fix

LeCun gab der US-Ausgabe von MIT Technology Review im Januar in einem Interview aus seiner Pariser Wohnung exklusive Einblicke. Er spricht über sein neues Unternehmen, sein Leben nach Meta, die Zukunft der künstlichen Intelligenz. (+)

#LeCun #Meta #KI #Ami

https://t3n.de/news/meta%e2%80%91ki-pionier-gruendet-neues-startup-warum-yann-lecun-auf-weltmodelle-statt-auf-chatbots-setzt-1733263/

#Meta #Moltbook #OpenClaw

https://www.watson.ch/digital/wirtschaft/867317282-meta-kauft-online-dienst-moltbook-ki-konkurrenzkampf-geht-weiter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social-auto&utm_campaign=auto-share

Meta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff https://thever.ge/A6H5 #Business #Meta #News #Tech

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L'attaque de l'Arctic Metagaz démontre l'extension du conflit ukrainien en mer Méditerranée et l'ascension des drones maritimes comme arme stratégique de déni d'accès.

#ukraine #war #russia #meta #europa

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Der unbemannte russische Tanker `Arctic Metagaz` markiert eine strategische Eskalation der maritimen Drohnenkriegsführung.

#ukraine #war #russia #meta #europa

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 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