As others have pointed out, there could be an influx of newcomers to the #Fediverse from #Brazil who are tied of #Meta 's latest shenanigans while meddling with politics.

If you see them, be friendly and welcoming, and under no circumstances start with "You are using the Fediverse wrong!"

I mean it. We have a serious "Reply Guy" problem around here, and we've already lost our big chance with Black Twitter. Let's not screw _this_ opportunity up, okay?

Oh wow das kommt überraschend: afaik das erste Mal, dass in #Brasilien der Gewinner des ersten Wahlgangs in der Stichwahl verliert. Und das trotz Beeinflussung der Wahl durch #Facebook / #Meta. #Trump macht Verlieren in bisher ungeahnter Dimension möglich. Weiter so.
https://orf.at/stories/3446153/

“ #Meta, La maison mère de Facebook, WhatsApp et Instagram a été accusée par l’équipe de #Lula d’« ingérence » et de favoriser #Bolsonaro fils. Dimanche soir, le président élu a promis de « réguler » les réseaux sociaux.

Le géant américain de la tech a nié tout parti pris, mais reconnu des « problèmes techniques » ayant pénalisé la campagne de gauche sur ses plateformes.”

I hope Brazilians celebrate by deleting their Facebook accounts.

#Facebook
#Meta
#BigTech
#Brazil
#Brasil

Lula, in his victory speech, announced he plans to regulate #Meta and other social media platforms after they had actively shilled for his fascist opponent during the election. #Brazil

Cansei! Migrei pro Fediverso!
#meta

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Mais um card de saída da meta.

Cards para avisar quem ainda insiste em rede burguesa.
#meta

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dois cards de saída

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dois cards de saída

Mais um card para quem está na #meta

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Saída pela porta dos fundos

Repasse aos que estão na #meta.

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A imagem mostra um pictograma de uma pessoa correndo - o símbolo da porta dos fundos.

I'm watching WNBA games, and Meta is advertising its Ray-Ban pervert glasses. Ads with beautiful women actors living their vibrant lives with surveillance cameras in their glasses.

It's so jarring since we know people will wear them to take hidden photos of women, then make deepfakes of those women.

Just say no to normalizing them, and no to feeding Zuckerberg's AI.

#WNBA #PervertGlasses #Meta #RayBan #EssilorLuxottica

Fortune, from yesterday: An $8 billion Treasury break helped bring Meta’s tax rate to 2%. Now it has a week to answer senators about data center tax credits https://fortune.com/2026/10/23/meta-8-billion-treasury-break-obbba-tax-rate-bill-data-centers-credit-elizabeth-warren/ @fortune #Meta #corruption

300k devices.. now imagine how many #amazon #google #meta and #apple have.

Phones, tablets, watches, glasses, smart speakers, doorbells, even vehicles..

Most of these devices sniff the airwaves and report every bluetooth and wifi device they see. So as you move about, everyone else's devices are #spying on you!

It's crowd sourced mass #surveillance and a #technofeudalist - #technofascist wet dream.

You are being watched and studied and you should be angry.

https://cyberinsider.com/proton-flock-map/

عام 2026، أطلقت ميتا قيودًا على مشاركة الروابط الخارجية لحسابات الاحتراف والصفحات التجارية على فيسبوك، حيث يُسمح غير المشتركين بنشر رابطين فقط شهريًا. لرفع الحد يلزم الاشتراك في خدمة Meta One من 49 إلى 499 دولارًا شهريًا. وُجهت انتقادات من منشئي المحتوى والشركات الصغيرة، مع توصيفها بـ«التحكم التجاري»، وأدت إلى حلول بديلة مثل وضع الروابط في التعليقات أو الرسائل الخاصة، ما يزيد التعقيد ويثير جدلاً حول تحول المنصات إلى مساحات تجارية مغلقة.

#Meta #Facebook #MetaOne

Had a sudden increase in requests on my site over the last 24 hours

Every one of those new requests is to my homepage - nothing else.

All carry user agents including "meta-externalagent" and originate from IPs in blocks assigned to #Meta

Their docs say this UA is used for #AI training.

Sounds like that training's not going particularly well if they need to request the same static page 42,950 times in less than 24 hours.

It'll be going even less well now that I've noticed....

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Screenshot of grafana graph showing requests, it suddenly rockets up and the rate has been increasing since

Organizațiile de presă cer #Meta să renunțe la colectarea automată a conținutului jurnalistic de pe site-uri.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5Lzt

#Știri

Cotația țițeiului depășește 114 💵#USD/baril, vineri dimineața. Este un nou maxim pentru acest an, pe fondul unei agitații generalizate pe piețele financiare – acțiunile companiilor tehnologice 🇺🇸#America␁ne scad puternic (mai ales #Meta și 🚀#SpaceX), costurile de împrumut ale 🇺🇸#SUA s-au redus la sub 5% (după o lună în care au stat peste acest nivel), dar cele ale Franței au depășit 5,1% și continuă să crească.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=373370

#Știri #Franța #Economie

@paninid @Legit_Spaghetti @carnage4life

the entire existence of #meta #facebook is founded on being a security nightmare: offer social connectivity, steal all personal details

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard

#markzuckerberg, 2004:

'ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard

ZUCK: just ask

ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns

FRIEND: what!? how’d you manage that one?

ZUCK: people just submitted it

ZUCK: i don’t know why

ZUCK: they “trust me”

ZUCK: dumb fucks'

Sitting at work today and the boss's girlfriend is trying to show me inane Facebook reels that make her laugh. Just fuck off with the brain rot!
I left that place a long time ago for good reason.

#meta #BigTech #SocialMedia

#uspol #AI #Meta #Muse #uspolitics

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This cartoon by Paul Noth for The New Yorker features Jolly, the cutesy mascot for Meta's A.I. agent Muse, depicted as a cyborg (resembling the Terminator) walking away from a burning, apocalyptic city.

Warme Empfehlung: In der @cbase läuft heute Abend um 20 Uhr: The Click Trap

Schön gemacht erklärt die Doku was hinter Online-Werbung steht, wie #targetedAdvertising funktioniert und was das Ganze mit politscher Beeinflussung zu tun hat.

Der #facebook-Konzern #Meta ist vom Bundesstaat New Mexico gerade auf 25 Milliarden Dollar verklagt worden. Wegen eben dieser gezielten online Werbung für Trumps erste Amtszeit. Die meisten werden sich daran noch als Cambridge Analytica Skandal erinnern. Wer schon eine Woche vor Halloweeen ein bisschen Horror erleben will, wird den Film mögen...

Und es gibt Popcorn!

Wir sehen uns nachher :)

THE CLICK TRAP (90 min, engl) opening with THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY (10 min, engl)
Fr. 23. Oktober ab 20h auf der c-base, Rungestr. 20, Berlin

#socialmedia #überwachung #kapitalismus

@AAKL @Futurism

HOW TO KILL META!
=================

The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents against Meta's abusive behavior.

Meta does harmful things, apologizes, pays a pittance, and still comes out ahead financially.

Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, and influenced the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"
Because of the math, he still came out ahead.

I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.

People who are not savvy, are locked into the Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )

Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.

Here's a plan of action:

1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of the #Fediverse
( https://Fediverse.info/ )

1.1) Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.

1.2) A community owned, open social media platform.

1.3) Based on Free Software, auditable by all.

2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.

3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right #Mastodon instance.

4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a semi random Mastodon instance for them.

5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.

6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.

7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. Like a reunion in Heaven with your loved ones. ☺️

Migration Details:
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1. Set up a website to facilitate the exodus out of Facebook/Twitter.
For example:
Facebook2Fedi.org / Twitter2Fedi.org

2. The websites can be publicized through word of mouth, or any number of other means, not just through ads on Facebook / Twitter / X

3. It's a week's worth of work for an experienced programmer. So the requirements break down as:

3.1 A programmer's pay for 1 week ( or volunteer hackers ).

3.2 Two internet domains.

3.3 managed web hosting costs for 1 year.

3.4 customer support hotline number.

A lot of these costs can probably be covered by existing Free Software projects, which may offer free hosting. We might find enough Fediverse volunteers to operate the hotlines.

Technical Details:
===============

1) The User clicks on a link to go to FB2Fedi.org ( working title )

2) The website guides them on how to get FB to release their data to them.

3) The user jumps through the FB hoops, and downloads an archive of their FB data. This might take a day or two.

4) The website ( FB2Fedi.org ) guides them through setting up a Fediverse account.

5) The website optionally helps them upload their contacts file to the registry hosted by the site ( infosec details to be hashed out ).

6) The website helps them upload their posts and photos etc to their Fediverse account. This might require some parsing scripts, for ETL ( Extract, Transform & Load ).

7) The user's data pretty much stays in their control. Their social network is mostly the data a user entrusts the migration registry with.
Using some cryptography primitives, it might be possible to limit this exposure, and mitigate the risk.

[Part 1/2]

#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #Twitter #X #Musk #Zuckerberg #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#EatTheRich #NoBillionaires
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
#EqualRights #Justice #Truth
#Freedom #Liberty
#Law #USA

@AAKL @Futurism

HOW TO KILL META!
=================

[Part 2/2]

That's it, in a nutshell. Some details need to be worked out, and that's why I am seeking your help.

A Free Software project might be able to provide the compute resources to host the site.

As for the culture shock of transitioning from FB ( where an evil billionaires algorithm holds your hand, and censors...ahem...curates your feed ) I am not too worried. People will adapt, to yet another new thing.

Maybe we should start new users with a relatively private Fediverse setting, so that only their network can reply to their posts. Rawdogging voices from the whole Internet, without a billionaire's insular algorithm, can be a bit harsh. We will never hear the end of complaints about that bogeyman of the Fediverse — the "reply guy".

"On FB, I didn't get replies from people I didn't know!!!"
( Welcome to the discomforts and joys of the Free World )

Thoughts?

#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #Twitter #X #Musk #Zuckerberg #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#EatTheRich #NoBillionaires
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
#EqualRights #Justice #Truth
#Freedom #Liberty
#Law #USA

#Meta Faces $25 Billion Penalty Linked to #Cambridge #Analytica Scandal
https://securityaffairs.com/201582/laws-and-regulations/meta-faces-25-billion-penalty-linked-to-cambridge-analytica-scandal.html
#securityaffairs #hacking

Especialistas voluntários da ONU apontam interferência da Meta nas eleições no Brasil:

https://news.un.org/pt/story/2026/10/1854708

#techooligarquia #meta #Eleições2026noBrasil

So it's okay for perverts to film others with Meta glasses "because a light comes on..."

Unless it's a flashing illuminated sign on a metre-square placard erected above the voyeur's head, it's not good enough...

#USpol #UKpol #EUpol
#Zuckerberg #Meta
#Instagram #Facebook
#Privacy #AI #DataProtection
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/hey-meta-stop-creeps-filming-women/?utm_source=Good+Law+Project&utm_campaign=248a5d082b-EMAIL_MetaGlasses+launch_22%2F10%2F2026&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-248a5d082b-467487930&mc_cid=248a5d082b&mc_eid=c73bfc7a2f

Hatte dazu 👆 - zum Wutwende - Jahr 2012 - gesprochen & im Blogpost zu „Peak Pisa“ auch „Peak Child“ sowie die politischen Umbrüche in Russland, Iran, USA & Deutschland genommen.

TikTok wurde ab 2016 ausgerollt, aber in China selbst wohlweislich verboten. Es spielte eine große Rolle bei der rumänischen Präsidentschaftswahl, bei der deswegen sogar ein Wahlgang wiederholt werden musste.

Aktuell manipuliert insbesondere Meta die Wahlen (auch) in Brasilien.

Elon Musk unterstützt weltweit & insbesondere in den USA rechtsdualistische Kandidaten mit X-Reichweite & Millionenspenden.

#Wutwende #Algorithmen #TechBros #Putin #Trump #Musk #Thymotisierung #Russland #USA #China #TikTok #X #Meta #Brasilien

https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/2012-das-jahr-der-wutwende-peak-pisa-algorithmischen-wutwende/

"Meta’s conduct during Brazil’s election has become a global warning sign. On Wednesday, U.N. special rapporteurs criticized the American company and called on the platform not to interfere in Brazil’s democratic process.

In their statement, the U.N. rapporteurs asked Meta to assess whether its moderation, recommendation and artificial intelligence systems had disproportionately restricted one side of Brazil’s election debate.

They also asked the company to provide adequate explanations and remedies, apply its rules consistently and without discrimination, maintain transparent dialogue with civil society, and ensure complaints can be addressed throughout the election period."

Read more: https://substack.com/home/post/p-221617247
#Meta #Brazil #UN #democracy #elections #bigTechs #humanrights #politics

Meta strikes deal with Mark Zuckerberg to help him foot billionaire tax bill | Meta | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/meta-mark-zuckerberg-california-wealth-tax

#Meta #Zuckerberg

#Meta încheie un acord cu #Zuckerberg pentru a-l menține în #California, pe fondul planului de impozitare a averilor miliardarilor.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5LpS

#Știri #SUA

Je ne peux pas être plus d'accord :

If you are using #Meta products, then you deserve what's coming.
Si vous utilisez les produits #Meta, alors vous méritez ce qui vous arrive.

Ceci étant valable pour beaucoup d'autres produits. 😎

#LuIci

If you are using Meta products, then you deserve what's coming. The story is from the 19th, but the changes will take effect on October 30.

Computerworld: Meta’s new commercial terms say if its AI makes a mistake, it will legally be the customer’s fault https://www.computerworld.com/article/4237414/metas-new-commercial-terms-say-if-its-ai-makes-a-mistake-it-will-legally-be-the-customers-fault.html #Meta

I thought that I could not possibly hate #meta any more, but I was wrong:

Meta strikes deal with Zuckerberg to help him foot billionaire tax bill

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/meta-mark-zuckerberg-california-wealth-tax

"Globally, people speak roughly 7,000 languages. But until recently, most automatic speech recognition (ASR) services with high-quality transcription only worked for a small number of them. Meta’s groundbreaking Omnilingual ASR is a major step in creating a universal transcription service. Using a suite of open-source models, it offers speech recognition for 1,600 languages, including 500 that can’t currently be transcribed by other AIs. Paired with Meta's new Omnilingual Machine Translation system, those transcripts can then be translated across more than 1,600 languages, too. “We’re very passionate about making sure technology supports as many languages as possible,” says Jean Maillard, a lead researcher on the project. Already, Nigerian health practitioners are using Omnilingual ASR to improve patient care in community clinics."

Source:
https://time.com/collection/best-inventions/2026/meta-omnilingual-asr/

#Omnilingual #Language #MachineTranslation #meta

Interesting. And this coincides with the news that Zuckerberg has made a deal to make sure he remains the CEO.

And this:

"The demonstration coincided with an order by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court demanding that Meta release proof it was providing equitable treatment to both of Brazil’s presidential candidates."

Futurism: Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta's Corporate Office in Sao Paulo, Depicting Zuckerberg as the Devil https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestors-meta-corporate-office-brazil-zuckerberg-devil @Futurism #Meta #Zuckerberg

The Guardian: Meta strikes deal with Zuckerberg to help him foot billionaire tax bill https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/meta-mark-zuckerberg-california-wealth-tax @theguardian_us_technology #Meta #Zuckerberg #California #corruption

@techwire

hopefully just the start of many payouts for #meta

Ein „systemisches Muster der Irreführung im Kern des Geschäftsmodells Facebooks“ – so lässt sich zusammenfassen, was ein Gericht in New Mexico über Meta Platforms festgestellt hat. ⚖️

Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11496252?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#meta #facebook #datenschutz #cambridgeanalytica #newmexico

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Das Bild zeigt das Facebook-Logo und davor ein Smartphone, auf dem Facebook geöffnet ist. Im Bild steht: "25 Milliarden US-Dollar Strafe Gericht verurteilt Meta wegen jahrelanger Lügen"

Following the $25B judgment in New Mexico, Meta declares that consumer protections are incompatible with their business model:
“This ruling, and the Attorney General’s approach to this enforcement, makes it all but impossible to do business in the state of New Mexico,” said C.J. Mahoney, Meta’s Chief Legal Officer.

#Meta
#Facebook
#CorporateCrimes

PHP Fixes Land as Attacks Surge, Plus 2 Stories https://raymondtec.com/2026/10/php-security-update-attacks-surge-plus-2-stories/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=daily_brief

PHP fixes are available as exploitation attempts surge. Also: Meta faces a $25 billion privacy judgment, and data-center companies promise fewer secrets.

#TechNews #CVE2026109618 #CVE2026109619 #DataCenters #Meta #PHP #privacy

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Programmer at a laptop, illustrating the PHP security update.

Datenschutzskandal: Facebook-Konzern Meta soll Milliardenstrafe zahlen

Acht Jahre nach dem Skandal um den Missbrauch von Nutzerdaten ist der Facebookkonzern Meta in New Mexico zu einer Milliardenstrafe verurteilt worden. Der Fall solle anderen Tech-Unternehmen eine Warnung sein, sagte der Generalstaatsanwalt.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/meta-cambrigde-skandal-milliardenstrafe-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Meta #Datenschutz #USA

#Meta, obligată să plătească statului #NewMexico 25 de miliarde 💵#USD.
A fost găsită vinovată de înșelarea utilizatorilor cu privire la confidențialitatea datelor pe #Facebook.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5Lkn

#Știri #Mexic #SUA

Lies are “the heart of Facebook's core business practices". #Facebook #Meta #privacy #tech #law #EatTheRich

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdr8zxrr3dxo

Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations

"Last month, a jury found Meta responsible for more than 43 million violations of New Mexico’s consumer protection laws. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez highlighted that the decision was one of the largest state verdicts against a company in US history."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/judge-orders-meta-to-pay-25bn-in-fines-for-facebook-privacy-violations

#Meta #Privacy #HumanRights #News #Activism #Facebook #DataMining #AntiFascism

what the fuck
#WhatsApp #Meta #privacy #infosec #GDPR #AI
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/whatsapp-hid-instructions-in-help-pages.html

This is how you do it.

Fairly certain it will be appealed and who knows where it goes from there but it's a strong signal nonetheless.

Europe, are you listening?

https://www.dw.com/en/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-in-cambridge-analytica-case/a-79726486

#Meta #Facebook

#Meta a fost amendată cu 25 de miliarde 💵#USD pentru că, timp de ani de zile, a înșelat utilizatorii de #Facebook în legătură cu gestionarea datelor personale. Procesul a fost intentat de 🇺🇸#StatulAmerican #NewMexico și își are originea în scandalul #CambridgeAnalytica.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=373230

#Știri #Mexic #SUA #America

Not only do users NOT control their #data (who would believe that anyway?) but what about the #shadowprofiles they keep?

I don't use #meta but they certainly have data on me.. and on my devices. I am nothing but a number on their system and there's nothing I can do about it. Am I meant to sign up to "control my data"?

Shadow profiles need to be universally illegal. It's yet another unconscionable action by #bigtech to surveil everyone.

You can't say no.

https://apnews.com/article/facebook-penalty-cambridge-analytica-new-mexico-b329f82c3d3db3758a159405acbd4d0e

META MUSE: TEILEN-FUNKTION NACH AUFFINDBAREN KI-CHATS AUSGESETZT

https://gadgetchecks.de/meta-muse-teilen-funktion-nach-auffindbaren-ki-chats-ausgesetzt/

#technikaktuell #meta #muse #ki #datenschutz #gadgetchecks

"More than 11 percent of the GPUs at Meta’s Prometheus supercluster in New Albany, Ohio, are either dead or sitting idle waiting to step in when the next drops out."

"But as anyone who has worked on a large scale compute cluster understands, whether for LLM training or traditional HPC workloads, more chips inevitably means more problems."

The Register: Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/20/tens-of-thousands-of-nvidia-gpus-sit-idle-in-metas-prometheus-supercluster-just-waiting-for-a-failure/5304269 @theregister #Meta #Nvidia

I doubt it.

Engadget: Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping https://www.engadget.com/2291188/meta-tweaks-its-new-terms-of-service-after-backlash-against-scraping/ @Engadget

On October 15, Nieman Lab flagged the original plan:

Nieman Lab: Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say/ @niemanlab #Meta #scraping

#DemocracyNow

#BRAZIL 🇧🇷: Protesters Rally Outside #Meta Offices Over Possible #ElectionInterference

Former Meta employee also speaks out

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/20/headlines/brazilian_protesters_rally_outside_meta_offices_over_alleged_election_interference

#tech #techbillionaires #UStech
#FuckBillionaires #Elections

🚨 #Meta schaltet #NoKings genau dann stumm, als Amerikaner:innen gegen Trump auf die Straße gehen.

Ein „automatisierter Fehler“, heißt es. Schon seltsam, wie oft die #Demokratie im #Algorithmus hängen bleibt. 🤔✊

Frag nicht um Erlaubnis. Schaff dir deinen eigenen Raum. Behalte deine Stimme. Just #Fediverse. 🌍🦣💥

🔗 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000345052/meta-sperrte-no-kings-account-vor-den-massenprotesten-gegen-trump

Wired: WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot
Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-help-pages-leaked-hidden-instructions-for-a-meta-chatbot/

#AI #AIpocalypse #chatbots #meta

This is probably the only time I would ever agree with Meta.

The Record, from yesterday: Judge denies WhatsApp’s bid to hold spyware maker in contempt for allegedly targeting users https://therecord.media/whatsapp-denied-appeal-alleged-nso-group-violation-injunction @therecord_media #Meta #spyware #WhatsApp #infosec

Aina silloin tällöin tulee mieleen, pitäisikö poistua Facebookista kuten esimerkiksi Instagramista olen. Viimeksi tuli mieleen tänään tiistaina.

Tämänpäiväisen mieleentulemisen syy oli saamani Facebook-viesti: ”Meta-tilit tulevat Facebookiin. Sinut päivitetään pian Meta-tilillesi.”

Ja vähän enempi aihetta vilkaisten, tuollaisella Meta-tilillä sitten mm.: ”Käytä samoja sisäänkirjautumistietoja sovelluksissa, kuten Facebookissa ja Instagramissa.”

Ei siis minua suoranaisesti liikuta, mutta noin yleensä olen muistelevinani, että samojen tunnusten käyttöä eri systeemeissä ei pidetä ihan viisaana.

#Facebook #Instagram #Meta #MetaPlatforms #Some #SosiaalinenMedia #Tietoturva

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Ruutukaappauksen osa Facebookista: ”Ilmoitukset: Meta-tilit tulevat Facebookiin. Sinut päivitetään pian Meta-tilillesi.”

I'd completely missed this but apparently Meta are changing their T&Cs for business users of their platforms to force all companies to allow Meta to scrape and index their content. If you disagree, you have to stop using Meta platforms.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say/

Scraping starts October 30th apparently.

Yuk.

Anyone know which bot they'll use? Feels likely to be `meta-externalagent` from docs: https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers/

#Meta #AI #Bots #WebDev

#Meta are 24 de ore la dispoziție să demonstreze că cei doi candidați la prezidențialele din 🇧🇷#Brazilia sunt tratați la fel.
Altfel, compania va plăti o amendă de 200.000 💵#USD pe zi.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5L0m

#Știri

Okay, I'm going to say it because I'm tired of keeping it in.

Like, I get that not many people know of alternatives besides big social media i.e. Bluesky, Meta Platforms, and Xcuseme (I'm not calling it X, nor am I calling it Twitter as it's not the Twitter I remember). Part of the fact that they still have a lot of users is that more people know about them and many don't know what they're really up to when you're on their platforms. That's all well and fine.

But is it really a surprise when they act like an overarching force and remove posts that they don't agree with? Like come on. That's not a surprise at all.

Part of it is because the fact that not many people know about the Fediverse/Mastodon (no, not Bluesky's fake Fediverse called AT).

But for the people who thought that they were fine on Bluesky as well because they were "also" supposedly "decentralised"? Yeah, we all know how that went. The point of decentralisation is that one group can't decide what you see. And that is what is effectively happening with Bluesky, despite their claims to the contrary. And they really lost my trust after the whole "Waffles" Singal controversy.

What's the takeaway here? We should really get more people onto decentralised systems.

#meta #MetaPlatforms #Bluesky

@Flowermob

Question: how do we convince people who claim to #Resist to ditch #Meta & its apps? (talking to you over there on #Threads )

Do people realize that when they give their $, data, & attention to these apps owned by these #ACO techbros, that they are helping fund this fascist regime & its agenda?

some tech is difficult to transition from, but not meta apps or ex-twitter. why is anyone who's #AntiFascist still on them?

let the fascists & their appeasers hang

out on them 😉

Meta's opt-out for AI scraping of your business website? Stop using Meta. That's not consent, that's the school bully taking your lunch and asking why you're in the canteen. Stay secure, my friends.

#Meta #AI #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/201300/ai/meta-wants-to-scrape-your-website-to-train-its-ai-and-you-cant-say-no.html

Brasil: #Meta restringió contenidos de @LulaOficial en Instagram mientras sus algoritmos recomendaban los de @flaviobolsonaro

La Justicia electoral le ordenó garantizar igualdad de condiciones antes del balotaje.

https://www.dhytecno.ar/brasil-meta-restringio-contenidos-de-lula-en-instagram-y-la-justicia-electoral-le-exigio-garantizar-igualdad-de-condiciones/

Reuters: Meta apologizes after suspending "No Kings" Instagram account https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-apologizes-after-suspending-no-kings-instagram-account-2026-10-19/ @Reuters #Meta

schöne Grüße von der META-Ki: Die Älteren unter EUch werden sich an sporatische Töts von mir erinnern in denen ich berichtete, wie viele Lachgaskartuschen sich in meinem Wohnumfeld so finden und das ich sie regelmäßig zum Schrotti bringe. Zuckerbergs LLM hat in einem solchen Post erkannt das ich wohl mit Drogen handeln will. Sinnbegreifendes Lesen von Text uznd Bildbeschreibung kann ich hier natürlich nicht voraussetzen. #Meta #AI #LLM #Lachgas #Metall #Instagram

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screenshot einer Mitteilung, die ich auf Instagram erhalten habe: ' Wir haben dein Foto entfernt. Warum das passiert ist: Das Foto kauft oder verkauft möglicherweise illegale oder reglementierte Drogen oder betreibt damit Tauschhandel: Lachgas-Konsum in Dortmund nach wie vor stabil. Das ist die Beute eines Monats - bzw. das was ich so in Straßen und Parks finde wenn ich in der Stadt herum laufe. Der Kurs für Stahl liegt zur Zeit bei 18 Euro für 75 Kilo . Abzüglich der Trennscheiben zum Aufschneiden der Flaschen, habe ich damit den Mindestlohn von 15 Euro erreicht.. #Lachgas #Drogen #ModeDroge #N20 #Dortmund Du hast das in deinem Profil geteilt Dies verstößt gegen unsere Gemeinschaftsstandards gegen Drogen Was du wissen musst Wenn du oder jemand, den du kennst, eine schwere Zeit durchmacht, suche dir Hilfe. Das Originalfoto zeigt eine geöffneten Fahrradanhänger voller zersägter Lachgaskartuschen

#Meta wants to scrape your website to train its #AI, and you can't say no
https://securityaffairs.com/201300/ai/meta-wants-to-scrape-your-website-to-train-its-ai-and-you-cant-say-no.html
#securityaffairs #hacking

Meta shuts down "#NoKings" account during major anti-Trump #protest

https://popular.info/p/meta-shuts-down-no-kings-account/

#news #uspol #politics #activism #facebook #meta #progressive #vsn #radio #activism #elections #indivisible #SupportIndependentMedia #SupportPublicMedia #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #resist #toobigtorig

🇪🇺 In times of international tension, digital sovereignty demands European leadership. Europe can’t remain dependent on US Big Tech and payment systems like Visa and Mastercard. Whatever the winds in Washington, it’s time to build our own alternatives, ambitiously, together, and without delay.

We can lead by example too: choose European alternatives to Microsoft, Meta and Google. That’s how we take control of our data and our digital future.
#privacy #eu #bigtech #meta #google #Microsoft

Brasilien: META greift zugunsten der extremen Rechten in den Wahlkampf ein
Präsident Lula zieht dagegen vor Gericht

USA: META behindert Accounts der No-Kings-Bewegung
Die US-Demokraten ziehen dagegen vor Gericht

Deutschland: METAs Algorithmen bevorzugen eine rechtsextreme Partei
Die Bundesregierung geht vor Gericht, um META weiter nutzen zu dürfen

#META #Zuckerberg #NoKings #Lula #Datenschutz #Fediverse #SaveSocial

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

„In Brasilien bewegt eine mögliche Einflussnahme des Facebook-Konzerns Meta im Wahlkampf weiter die Öffentlichkeit. Die brasilianische Zeitung "Folha de S. Paulo" meldet unter Berufung auf ihr vorliegende interne Kommunikation, Mitarbeiter von Meta hätten eingeräumt, die Instagram-Konten des Präsdenten Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva vorübergehend eingeschränkt zu haben. Stattdessen seien das Profil von Lulas Herausforderer Flávio Bolsonaro sowie dessen Kanal bei Metas Messengerdienst Whatsapp von der Plattform empfohlen worden.

Der Konzern selbst teilte hingegen mit, die in dem Bericht genannten technischen Probleme seien längst öffentlich bekannt.“

#Meta #Instagram #WhatsApp #Konzernmedien #USA #Brasilien #Wahlkampf #LuizInacioLuladaSilva #FlavioBolsonaro #Präsidentschaft #Manipulation #Algorithmen #Medien #Medienethik #Stichwahl

https://www.dw.com/de/meta-brasilien-luiz-ignacio-lula-da-silva-praesidentenwahl-flavio-bolsonaro-manipulation-instagram/a-79687056

Vielleicht sollte man das auch mal der Schulstreik Bewegung in Gelsenkirchen klarmachen die sich nur via Instagram organisiert. Aber ja es ist ja auch zu einfach. Man braucht nur ein Handy, keine technischen Kenntnisse und wenn man es halbwegs clever macht dann ist man auch noch einigermaßen anonym da unterwegs. Und man kriegt natürlich einen niedlichen QR Code.
Fediverse kennen zu wenige, eine Homepage kann heute kaum noch ein Oberschüler selber erstellen (obwohl da kann sicher die KI helfen) und Webspace kostet idR Geld und jemand muss dafür den Kopf hinhalten. Und es ist halt nicht so einfach.

#schulstreik #gelsenkirchen #instagram #meta #unplugbigtech
https://social.tchncs.de/@cark/117464388743769964

Sollte sich die #Wahlmanipulation durch #Meta in #Brasilien bestätigen, sollte die #EU sämtliche Meta-Services in Europa umgehend verbieten, da das Unternehmen als kriminelle Organisation einzustufen ist.

Aber wird irgendwas passieren?

Nein! Am Ende knickt die Politik auf allen Ebenen vor dieser ekelhaften Datenkrake wieder ein.

https://www.turi2.de/aktuell/meta-drosselt-laut-bericht-die-instagram-reichweite-von-brasiliens-praesident-lula-im-wahlkampf/

Hello Americans,

Today Meta has deactivated the Instagram accounts of the "No Kings" protests on the very day they are happening in the US. You can avoid Meta's fascist-defending shenanigans by following one of the main No Kings organisers on here instead:

➡️ @indivisibleteam

This is a textbook example of why it's a bad idea to rely on billionaire-owned centralised social media.

(Thank you to @tchambers 🙏)

#NoKings #Meta #USA