Sometimes bullying works!

Last Tuesday Meta launched a feature that would let users generate AI slop using content from public Instagram accounts without the account owners' permission.

The backlash was so immediate and enormous that four days later Meta ditched the feature.

As much as it sometimes feel we have no say over anything anymore, clearly, we do!

#Meta #AI #MetaMuse #AIslop #Instagram
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/11/meta-ditches-muse-image-ai-feature-instagram-privacy

Remember Aaron♥️

Fuck #Meta

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Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their Al models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

It's going to be hard to prove the connection to the platforms.

"The four teens who died by suicide each experienced harms including social media addiction, severe sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation after years of using the social platforms, the complaint states."

The companies being blamed for this are Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube.

AP, from yesterday: Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure, lawsuits over child safety mount https://apnews.com/article/meta-tiktok-youtube-snap-lawsuit-7e0f338b7c6f7529317cdd58468ce11c @AssociatedPress #socialmedia #Meta #TikTok #YouTube #Google #Snapchat

There's something refreshing about deactivating your #Facebook #meta account :-)

Friday Night … 😄 Be good! #meta

Data centres are coming for the Alberta grid…and a proposed new bridging program will give them an easy way in.

Story updated with full answers from AESO, and more commentary from the Pembina Institute.

“There’s a way to do it that makes sense and the way that Alberta is doing it doesn’t really line up with best practices that we’re seeing across the world.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/icymi-temporary-grid-power-for-data

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Meta #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters

🇪🇸 A woman from Ceuta explains that local healthcare services are cancelling and postponing residents’ medical appointments in order to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants. #info #meta #nationalism #Spain

@karaswisher

#Meta ( #Threads ) is partnering w/ the fascist propaganda factory Newsmax to train its AI on their racist, bigoted, fascist bile.

Do you think this will encourage influential people to stop enabling these maleficent tech bros by giving them their data, their influence, & the data of their followers?

Will any have the courage to leave Threads for the anti-oligarch, antifascist #fediverse here at #Mastodon ?

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1270357.html

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1270365.html

"A $4.6 billion income loss due to Reality Labs alone this quarter?"

PC Gamer: Meta is still flinging the equivalent of a small country's annual GDP down the Reality Labs money pit each and every quarter https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/meta-is-still-flinging-the-equivalent-of-a-small-countrys-annual-gdp-down-the-reality-labs-money-pit-each-and-every-quarter/ #Meta

📉 Інфляція в США сповільнюється, але залишається вищою за ціль ФРС. Улюблений індикатор Федрезерву — PCE — уперше з часів пандемії знизився, хоча й незначно. Водночас ВВП у другому кварталі виріс лише на 1,5% річних, що менше за очікування. Це класичне поєднання для ринку: уповільнення економіки + все ще висока інфляція.

Паралельно Meta впала на 10% після слабкого звіту, а аналітики Piper Sandler попереджають, що торгівля Magnificent 7 «імовірно завершена». Капітал перетікає в інші сектори. Microsoft, навпаки, зростає на рекордному хмарному доході. Ринок стає вибірковим — загальна ейфорія змінюється диференціацією.

Золото вперше перетнуло $4,100 на тлі паузи ФРС. Історично такі рівні сигналізують про пошук інвесторами захисту. Для українського інвестора — час переглянути баланс портфеля в бік якості.

#Інфляція #ФРС #SP500 #Meta #Microsoft #Gold #Економіка #Інвестиції

#virgroup

https://vir.group/post/117009051470633141

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Інфляція в США сповільнюється, ВВП нижче очікувань

#meta #smartglasses #pervertglasses #ai #defcon

“Meta Platforms (META.O), reported a precipitous 91% drop in free cash flow ​on Wednesday, underscoring the financial strain of the social media giant's ‌costly AI buildout despite an uncertain payoff.”

So much for the $13 billion data centre in Alberta??

#Meta #AIDataCenter #Alberta

https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-narrows-annual-capex-forecast-ai-buildout-grows-2026-07-29/

#Meta’s Reality Labs lost over $4.6 billion in second quarter

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/metas-reality-labs-lost-over-4point6-billion-in-second-quarter.html?__source=androidappshare

#AI wearable devices

Anyone still on Meta owned platforms will be there until Facebook literally murders their family.

#meta #facebook #newsmax

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mercies/116999039542189806

The question I have is: What’s the final straw for people/businesses/orgs using meta platforms still? Businesses across the board still rely on it for reach, or at least instagram in particular, and I still imagine they’ll cling onto it despite the dwindling numbers and lack of defined alternatives. WhatsApp also still dominates for messaging in many countries.

#meta #newsmax #propoganda #socialmedia #fascism #uspol #instagram #facebook

Google Dumps AI Tool That Turned You Into a Meme https://petapixel.com/2026/07/29/google-dumps-ai-tool-that-turned-you-into-a-meme/ #artificialintelligence #googlephotos #Technology #aitool #google #mememe #genai #News #meta #app

The problem with the unavailable_after approach for Google Search and your site https://www.seroundtable.com/google-unavailable_after-date-41771.html via @methode

#google #seo #googleseo #meta

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linkedin convo

Gifted link.

Zuckerberg wants more openness. I find this amusing given context of other things.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.owD-.3brjHN6kat02&smid=url-share

#ai #meta

Meme creator sues AI company, Meta confirms identity of BitTorrenting engineer and Microsoft cracks down on enterprise piracy.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/07/28/3-count-running-away-balloon/

#Copyright #Memes #Meta #AI #Microsoft

Apple Frets Over Smart Glasses’ Bad Reputation as 2027 Launch Looms https://petapixel.com/2026/07/27/apple-frets-over-smart-glasses-bad-reputation-as-2027-launch-looms/ #applesmartglasses #smartglasses #markgurman #privacy #apple #News #meta

Instagram Is Banning Creepy Hidden Camera Videos Filmed With Meta Smart Glasses https://petapixel.com/2026/07/27/instagram-is-banning-creepy-hidden-camera-videos-filmed-with-meta-smart-glasses/ #hiddencamera #secretcamera #smartglasses #adammosseri #Technology #metarayban #instagram #News #meta #Law

New posters are going up in London - love them.

edit - a variant shows a different image as you move

#Meta #GlassHoles #Consent #Epstein

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Someone takes a photograph of a poster with a picture of E[pstein wearing Met’s ‘smart glasses’ and the logo ‘Glasses for people who don’t consent’ AI Glasses, Meta

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Another one shows someone called Jenner wearing the same which changes to

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A skull and the logo Meta we’re always watching

Moody's: #AI spending threatens credit quality of #Amazon, #Meta, #Alphabet and others

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/moodys-ai-spending-credit-quality-amazon-meta-alphabet.html

“When you see how politicians are thinking about Silicon Valley, the tech industry, it's almost like they're thinking about how to manage a resource curse, right? That this is this huge, huge factor in the American economy, in American daily life, in American politics. And we know it's driving a huge amount of the country's wealth - and it doesn't feel like we really know how to get off the car.”

From The Opinions: Is This the Fastest Opinion Shift in American Politics?, Jul 15, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-opinions/id1762898126?i=1000776882289&r=1187
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#ai #nimby #renewables #local #occupy #congress #microsoft #meta #aws #bigtech #retirement

Pfrohe Pfingsten!
Übrigens:
#Woelki klebt immer noch an seinem Amt wie Scheiße am Schuh, oder auch Beichtstuhl?
Hier mein Comedymix mit tollen Kolleg:Innen:
@Dagmar_Schoenleber
Der Rest noch lost auf #Meta.
Wobei @mariavollmer ist auch nicht wirklich hier angekommen..
Vllt gebt ihr ihr einen Boost?
Enjoy! 😁

#kabarett #comedy #lachen #lustig #scheinheilig #musik #koeln #kirche #unplugtrump
#Kirchenkritik #indie