ORG's new report exposes Meta’s intrusive profiling of its users.

With the introduction of Generative AI to Meta’s ad tools, existing problems with opacity will get worse.

🗣️ Anna Dent, author of 'Profiling by Proxy'.

Read more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/profiling-by-proxy-how-metas-data-driven-ads-fuel-discrimination/

#StopStalkerAds

#meta #facebook #instagram #threads #adtech #surveillancecapitalism #advertising #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #AI

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Quote from Anna Dent, author of 'Profiling by Proxy' report: "As Meta introduces more Al to its ad platform, the potential for hidden harms which no-one is accountable for just". Image: A social media profile icon with a shooting range crosshairs on the face in grey on a blue background.

If you know anyone in the European Union who is seriously considering buying Meta's spyglasses, please remind them that using those privacy nightmares would make them a controller according to the GDPR. They'd be responsible for ensuring full compliance with our privacy laws, which - surprise, surprise - will be impossible.

Please tell them to save themselves and everyone around them the trouble and give the money to any NGO instead.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #Meta #BanRayBan

The EU-US Data Privacy Framework stipulates purpose limitation as a principle for the use of personal data that is transferred to US entities (article 5 letter a). Which means that data that is collected for some purpose, let's say having a social media profile, cannot be used for another (incompatible) purpose, such as LLM training.
It also states that an entity that keeps violating those principles should loose its certification.

So why is Meta still certified?!
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#privacy #GDPR #Meta

Rule of thumb: Never respond to DMs from sources you don't know, no matter what they say.

Bitdefender: ‘Vote for Me’ Instagram Scam: How Familiar Faces Are Being Used to Steal Your Account https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/vote-for-me-instagram-scam #cybersecurity #Infosec #Instagram #Meta #scam

@touaregtweet en extra beschamend: vooral 'mijn' industrie, de tech sector. Bedrijven als 'do no evil' #Google, #MicroSoft #Meta, #Cisco. En ze schamen zich er niet eens voor, ze ontslaan zelfs medewerkers die er tegen protesteren. #GenocidalIsrael gebruikt #StreetView om appartementen, universiteiten en ziekenhuizen met #2000pound #geleide #bommen te vernietigen met alle bewoners erin.

FB小帳回來的第一天：

根本不敢用，加上小帳其實沒什麼東西，所以就放著吧。
還是玩Mastodon 比較放心一點。

我這樣算戒毒成功嗎？😅

#meta #facebook #Meta停權停用

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Sean Parker - Facebook Exploits Human Vulnerability (We Are Dopamine Addicts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jar4KgKxs

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#socialmedia #facebook #tiktok #instagram #twitter #meta #dopamine #News #addiction #psychology #internet #apps

#Leseempfehlung

Zweiter Mann bei #Meta neben Mark Zuckerberg ist übrigens Joel Kaplan. Eingefleischter Trumpist und, wenn man Sarah Wynn-Williams glauben darf, sexuell übergriffig.

Aber „man“ muss #WhatsApp und #Facebook und #Insta haben, weil alle haben es und es ist so cool, nicht wahr?

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Buchcover: Sarah Wynn-Williams: Careless People. A story of where I used to work. Die Grafik zeigt die Beine einer Frau beim Eintauchen von einem Kopfsprung in einen Pool, der wie ein Mauspad geformt ist.

我的Facebook 小帳回來啦，可惡的meta居然封我那麼久，不過我永封的大帳還沒回來。

現在也不太敢用fb了，這次真的怕到了。

#meta #facebook #Meta停權停用

@lobbycontrol
Am besten zeigt man, dass man Vegetarier ist, indem man kein Fleisch ist.

Am besten zeigt man, dass man gegen Atom, Kohle und Gas ist, wenn man nur noch erneuerbaren Strom bezieht und produziert.

Am besten zeigt man, dass man gegen Big tech ist, indem man FOSS und OpenSource-Produkte bezieht und kleine Techunternehmen supported.

Am besten zeigt man, dass einen Stnkeverbrennerautos stören, indem man nicht mehr fährt oder auf Elektro umsteigt.

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Aktiv handeln statt Plakate kleben wirkt.

Umsatzrückgang und sinkende Verkaufszahlen bei #Tesla, #Microsoft, #Google, #Meta und #Amazon wirken und sollten den Langsamsten die Botschaft überbringen.

„Diese Fälle sind insofern ein Rorschach-Test, als jede Seite der Debatte in den jeweiligen Urteilen das sehen wird, was sie sehen will“, sagt der Anwalt Amir Ghavi.

#KI #Urheberrecht #Anthropic #Meta

https://t3n.de/news/wie-ein-rorschach-test-warum-die-ki-urheberrechtsurteile-noch-vieles-offen-lassen-1695222/

⚠️ Facebook is starting to feed its Meta AI with private, unpublished photos • The Verge

｢ Facebook users trying to post something on the Story feature have encountered pop-up messages asking if they’d like to opt into “cloud processing”, which would allow Facebook to “select media from your camera roll and upload it to our cloud on a regular basis”, to generate “ideas like collages, recaps, AI restyling or themes like birthdays or graduations.” ｣

https://www.theverge.com/meta/694685/meta-ai-camera-roll

#meta #privacy #ai

開Mastodon 的第四天：

Fb小帳被要求再傳一次證件，明明已經傳過了卻要再傳一次，感覺有問題。說30天後會刪除不知道是不是真的？meta的信用已破產，是很難再相信了。

雖然是這麼說，但我還是照著想解鎖的欲望再傳一次，真的是…，meta成功拿捏了我們這群難民，就如同古代開倉振糧的官員剝削難民一樣，難民為了生存根本不敢生氣。

#meta #facebook #Meta停權停用

Meta's murky ad system uses your personal data to sell adverts 💸

What we know about how ads are targeted isn't consistent. This means advertisers can use proxy data on the DL that can cause discrimination against users.

Read our latest report ⬇️

#StopStalkerAds

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/profiling-by-proxy-how-metas-data-driven-ads-fuel-discrimination/

#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #advertising

Proxies can be created by training an algorithm with historical data about user activity.

So associated characteristics can stand in for one that an advertiser wants to target.

This can reveal data which is protected by anti-discrimination and data processing laws.

#StopStalkerAds

#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #advertising

There are many examples of discrimination and harm caused by profiling and ad targeting.

They include:

🔴 Gender discrimination in who sees job ads.
🔴 Racial discrimination in housing and education ads.
🔴 Predatory data collection and targeting by online gambling sites.
🔴 Inappropriate products promoted to under 18s.
🔴 Discriminatory and predatory advertising of credit.

Plus more.

#StopStalkerAds

#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol

There are some targeting restrictions on special category adverts, such as political ads and ‘Financial Products and Services’ ads.

But mainstream ads, including gambling ads, have fewer restrictions. This lack of transparency on Meta's Ad Library means discriminatory practices can fly under the radar.

There must be more rigorous levels of transparency so Meta and advertisers can be held to account.

#StopStalkerAds #meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol

The Meta Pixel makes the situation worse.

The Pixel is embedded in other websites and sends data about their visitors back to Meta to be used for ad targeting.

So people with problematic gambling habits could be flooded with gambling ads.

Find out more ⬇️

#StopStalkerAds

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission

#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #gambling #advertising

Threads now has DMs https://thever.ge/5rpQ #Threads #Apps #Meta #News #Tech

開Mastodon 的第三天：

已經差不多適應沒有Facebook 的生活了，焦慮有開始在減緩，但還是會很順的按Facebook ，可能是太習慣了。

我救濟的方式很佛系，從頭到尾只有發email 給官方及向數位部民意信箱陳情，其他要花錢的方法我都沒做。花錢不一定要得回來，要得回來又不能保證不會再被ai封，那乾脆不要把錢花在風險不確定的事情上。
這也可能和我的消費觀有關，我花錢之前會反覆思考這東西會給我帶來什麼，得到什麼又失去什麼，所以我不太會有衝動消費。

#facebook #meta #Meta停權停用

Kautta likaisten varpaitteni ja tuhannen tulimaista! Ihanko tosissaan Meta meinas että alkaisin maksaa Facebookin käytöstä?

Ziisus sentään....tää on taas monta askelta lähemmäs koko puljusta poistumista 😑

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Kuvankaappaus Facebookin ilmoituksesta, että maksamalla 7,99€ kuukaudessa voisin käyttää Facebookia ilman mainoksia.

@AAKL Would some country, on principle, ban all #Meta apps and websites? This is abuse. They don't need your private anything!!!!!

Mark Zuckerberg announces his AI ‘superintelligence’ super-group https://thever.ge/ZztM #Meta #News #Tech #AI

A reminder that Meta - the company that comes up with new and "innovative" privacy violations on a weekly basis - is still certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

The current system doesn't work!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #BigTech #SurveillanceCapitalism #Meta

Better yet, Revisit ALL of Facebook's permissions.

PC World: Turn off this feature! Facebook wants the private photos on your phone https://www.pcworld.com/article/2832195/turn-off-this-feature-facebook-wants-the-private-photos-on-your-phone.html #Meta #Facebook #Privacy

開Mastodon 的第二天：

划手機的時候還是會下意識地點Facebook ，點下去才想起來帳號已被永停了，簡單來說我還沒習慣沒有Facebook 的生活。

話又說回來，在探索Mastodon 的時候，發現很多人是從Facebook 或X來避難的，但那邊恢復後又回去了，也就是說很多人把這裡當臨時避難所，會在這邊經營的人很少。
至於我的話…很難說，一邊對Meta失望 一邊又想回到原有的社交圈，老實說我心情是複雜的、矛盾的，像極了戒毒中的毒蟲，一直出現戒斷症狀。
meta會不會把我的Facebook 還我一直是個問號，但現在我還是會在這裡。

這裡沒有演算法跟廣告，老實說我還真不適應。這裡像是要自己去開拓，用收尋或探索找到喜歡的文或人去進行互動，以前都是演算法把我們聚集，現在是要自己去找，真不適應。

或許我哪一天能挲着ㄋㄧㄠ仔門(sa tio̍h niau-á-mn̂g
)(抓到訣竅)

#meta #facebook #Meta停權停用

Facebook Tests Using Meta AI to Process Photos Prior to Uploading https://petapixel.com/2025/06/30/facebook-tests-using-meta-ai-to-process-photos-prior-to-uploading/ #aiimagegenerator #machinelearning #Technology #aitraining #Facebook #aiimage #privacy #News #data #meta

𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘!!!

(....𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘈𝘱𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 $22 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯?...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WizR11X_csQ

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#facebook #WhatsApp #signal #meta #markzuckerberg #privacy #cybersecurity #infosec #opensource #internet #encryption #data #corporate #android #iOS

#Canada rescinded tax on Trump's tech buddies (a.k.a. sponsors).

As long as #Google, #Meta, #Microsoft, #Amazon, and all those other huge corporations keep bringing in untaxed billions, while they retain control of everyone's data, Trump gets his cut and he is happy.

We used to be called "Banana Republics" when the product traded was fruit. Now the product is digital services & data gathering but the principle is pretty much the same: obey or else.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/us-canada-trade-digital-services-tax-trump-carney-talks

#Facebook wants access to your camera roll for AI photo edits
https://securityaffairs.com/179434/social-networks/facebook-wants-access-to-your-camera-roll-for-ai-photo-edits.html
#securityaffairs #hacking #Meta

開Mastodon 的第一天：

被封已經第二天，現在meta能用的只剩ig了，我也很怕ig也被封，所以開始著手創立meta以外的社群，在自救會群組中有人建議我改用Mastodon和X。在X和Mastodon 中我選擇了Mastodon ，因為X也不太穩定。

開始有戒斷症候群了，但幸好YouTube、Dcard和ig 能稍微緩解症狀，Facebook 我會暫時放著(反正也不能用)，在等帳號回來之前我就用Mastodon 吧，或許在那之前我能成功戒掉Facebook 。

#meta #facebook #Meta停權停用

A Meta quer acesso até às fotos no seu celular que vc não enviou pra ela 🤨

A empresa garante que não vai fazer nada demais… sei… Ela vem mesmo mostrando como é ética desde o caso Cambridge Analytica 🧐

Os próximos memes gerados por IA podem ter a nossa cara 🤷🏼‍♂️

https://www.theverge.com/meta/694685/meta-ai-camera-roll

#privacidade #IAGenerativa #Meta

Writing is on the wall. It has been for a long time. The time to move to @signalapp is now!

https://www.theverge.com/news/693310/whatsapp-ai-message-summaries-meta

Of course, there are other alternatives to #WhatsApp. @session @threemaapp

#privacy #privacymatters #meta #signal

This is the most insane thing Meta has done… this year… so far… except when they tracked browser activities for users who weren’t even logged in, violating Google Play’s terms of service.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/facebook-is-asking-to-use-meta-ai-on-photos-in-your-camera-roll-you-havent-yet-shared/

#Privacy #Meta

Important item for Facebook users, from yesterday.

The Verge: Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos https://www.theverge.com/meta/694685/meta-ai-camera-roll @verge #Meta #privacy #cybersecurity #infosec #Facebook #AI

Today:

The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions https://www.theverge.com/analysis/694710/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-age-verification-questions @verge

#Facebook is asking to use #MetaAI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/facebook-is-asking-to-use-meta-ai-on-photos-in-your-camera-roll-you-havent-yet-shared/

#AI #privacy #Meta

In terms of Threads account portability, @davidimel's excellent question, and @pcottle's response: Mosseri was very candid about the goal here in his original quote in July 2023:

“I think we might be a more compelling platform for creators, particularly for the newer creators who are more and more savvy, if we are a place where you don’t have to feel like you have to trust us forever.”

And his Mosseri's December 2023 quote is similar:

"Eventually, it should also be possible to enable creators to leave Threads and take their followers with them to another app/server") is along the same lines."

As I said in Embrace, Extend, and Exploit: Meta's plan for ActivityPub, Mastodon and the Fediverse

Hmm, "eventually" is doing a lot of work there. How long will it take, and real will the story turn out to be? It's hard to know. For one thing, Mosseri has said that Threads' current plan is to "explicitly opt in to your content being available on other servers"; while that's good from a privacy and safety perspective, if they follow through it would also mean that creators to leaving won't be able to take all their followers with them. [If somebody's following you on Threads but hasn't opted in to federation, then when you move to an instance in the real fediverse they won't be following you any more.] And until "eventually" happens, creators can't actually move any of their followers to the fediverse. So we shall see.

But from Meta's perspective, so what? As Mosseri says, the goal here is to make people feel like they don't have to trust Meta forever. It's a good story, and that by itself has a lot of value at this point. It's getting favorable coverage in the tech press, too."

#threads #meta #FediPact

@fediversereport

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-apple-innovation/

#technology #apple #meta

An important distinction is slowly being uncovered about the definition of the term "fediverse." Who is it that gets to decide what this place is? How are we being represented? These are not easy questions to answer and if we don't do a better job describing ourselves, then the job will get done for us by people who don't understand the underlying values we hold. #fediverse #meta #threads

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An info graphic with two icons, one is the symbol for the fediverse that has risen from below and the other is made by Threads The "open fediverse" symbol The peoples representation of the fediverse The "Corporate Fediverse" symbol Threads* representation of the fediverse *Threads is a sub-brand of Meta as is Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp