"When Meta used superstar Kylie Jenner to promote its sleek new line of “spy glasses”, the social media company hoped the devices would reach the same broad acceptance that tablets and smartwatches have found before them.

But those plans have hit a snag in the UK, where venues from elite restaurants to popular pub chains have banned the £359 glasses in order to preserve the privacy of customers and staff.

Celebrated restaurateur Jeremy King, owner of London venues including Simpsons in the Strand, Arlington and The Park, said guests should not wear the recording glasses.

He told the Guardian: “I would never knowingly allow any invasion of guest privacy other than with the eyes we were born with.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears

#Meta #Surveillance #Privavy #SmartGlasses #SpyGlasses

@amnesty

In one state, there are fifty states, and this is a small state.

European Countries could do the same, each. Each.

One small American State fined META 500 million dollars. What will your prosecutors get for kids?

And make it gets to kids.

And THIS is a solution AND ID CHECKS AND AGE checks are NOT.

Half a billion for kids!!

#meta #techBro #guilty #evilCrap #childEndangerment

Being a lawyer for #Meta must be so exhausting...😫 #TechLaw #technology

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7lz3wr2rlo

Whoa y’all! Speaking of all things spawned from #Zuckerberg, a #NM judge just said #Facebook was a “public nuisance”, which while funny, I’m given to understand is a very big deal in legal precedent.

Judge Bryan Biedscheid concluded that #Meta had caused and substantially contributed to a “public nuisance” in New Mexico. He ordered the social media giant to pay $567 million into a fund meant to remedy harms caused by Facebook and #Instagram. That comes on top of $375 million in civil penalties a jury previously imposed in the same case, bringing Meta’s total legal bill to $942 million.

The company is facing thousands of lawsuits across the country from state governments, school districts, families, and individuals.

#CA, #CO, #KY, and #NJ are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties for allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict users.

For anyone keeping score, that figure is just under Meta’s market capitalization of roughly $1.5 trillion.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/court-orders-instagram-facebooks-meta-pay-567m-address-135441473

#OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your #WhatsApp Contacts

https://www.wired.com/story/openais-browser-could-be-hijacked-to-spam-your-whatsapp-contacts/

#cybersecurity #privacy #AI #Atlas #Meta

#pervertglasses #meta #privacy

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears

The Company Behind Ugly Gol…

Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are getting the Caviar treatment.

https://gizmodo.com/the-company-behind-ugly-gold-phones-is-now-making-ugly-gold-smart-glasses-2000795594

#Tech #Gadgets #AI #Startup #Gizmodo #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Technology #Technology #TechNews #Microsoft #Google #Apple Motion #Ray-Ban #Meta #Smartglasses #AugmentedReality #WearableTechnology #ConsumerElectronics #Camera #Fashion #Luxury #Accessories #Design #Beauty #Style #FaceTech #WWW #Web #WebStandards #Mobile #MobileTech #BritishIsles #DataProtection #MobileWeb [Gizmodo]

#Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Over Child Safety Failures in New Mexico Case
https://securityaffairs.com/196793/laws-and-regulations/meta-ordered-to-pay-567-million-over-child-safety-failures-in-new-mexico-case.html
#securityaffairs #hacking

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/duckduckgo-sunglasses-22377693.php

#duckduckgo #pervertglasses #meta

Vor einigen Wochen habe ich hier 👉 https://www.metacheles.de/metas-dirty-money-10-umsatz-mit-betrug-und-anzeigen-fuer-kindesmissbrauch/ darueber berichtet, wie #Meta 10% seines Umsatzes mit Anzeigen fuer Betrug und Kindesmissbrauch(!) macht.

Der Konzern gehoert zerschlagen und zwar zuegigst!

Gerne teilen, Danke!

Kinderschutz: Meta soll 567 Millionen Dollar Strafe zahlen

Wegen mangelnden Kinderschutzes hat ein Gericht im US-Bundesstaat New Mexico den Konzern Meta zu einer Strafe von mehr als einer halben Milliarde Dollar verurteilt. Meta kündigte an, gegen das Urteil vorgehen zu wollen.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/meta-strafe-kinderschutz-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Facebook #WhatsApp #Instagram #Meta #Kinderschutz

Boom! Eine halbe Milliarde muss #Meta in einen Fond einzahlen, weil die hauseigenen Produkte Schaeden an der psychischen Gesundheit von Kindern verursachen!

Jetzt bitte in Europa nachlegen! #Facebook, #Instagram und Co. sind so evil wie ihr CEO!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/new-mexico-court-meta

#Meta primește cea mai mare amendă din istorie, într-un caz privind siguranța copiilor.
Compania trebuie să plătească 567 de milioane 💵#USD.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5saA

#Știri

🇺🇸#SUA. Un judecător din #NewMexico a decis că #Meta trebuie să plătească încă 567 de milioane 💵#USD, în procesul în care compania a fost găsită vinovată pentru inducerea în eroare a utilizatorilor cu privire la siguranța copiilor pe 📸#Instagram și #Facebook. Banii vor fi destinați unui fond pentru reducerea efectelor negative produse asupra copiilor.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=365398

#Știri #Mexic

The correct thing for Big Tech is to follow the rules instead of getting the Trump administration involved. Big Tech is now very much part of the problem.

Is it time to vote with your feet and choose alternatives to Big Tech? I would think so.

#BigTech #Regulation #Politics #Technology #Google #Microsoft #Apple #Meta

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/trump-tariffs-eu-trade-google-apple-tech.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

AI "oopsies" are cringe, ok
#Meta #AI

#Meta-KI greift bei Test fremde Systeme an

Ein Meta-Test nahm eine überraschende Wendung: Ein KI-System erlangte Zugriff auf die Infrastruktur eines anderen Unternehmens.

https://t.ress.at/W7u9k/

I actually would love to read a piece on how much of the “Rogue AI” stuff is factual vs. marketing hype from the companies themselves.

Or even just to hear informed shortform opinions about it.

#ai #anthropic #openAi #meta #googleGemini #gemini #rogueAI

"It's morally bankrupt to do that, to know that these people are producing content that's in breach of your own regulations, yet you're actually not just allowing them, but you're encouraging them by paying them," she said.

Meta is also one of the few social media giants that discloses any information about who it is paying. Other platforms, like YouTube, TikTok and Twitter, have very little transparency in this space.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696

#Meta #Fascism #Hate #TechBro

🤖 KI-Briefing — 06.08.2026

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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kgdnyk2po

I strongly suspect that these incidents are all hype, as there never seem to be criminal investigations.

#AI #AgenticAI #Meta #Marketing #Hype

"DuckDuckGo's latest product is a pair of ordinary sunglasses, with no added features such as video recording or generative AI integration... the aptly named "Normal F***ing Sunglasses" cater to customers who'd rather not think about privacy while walking down the street on a sunny day.

According to a DuckDuckGo spokesperson, the Normal F***ing Sunglasses were conceived as a satirical jab at privacy-invasive products creeping into yet another piece of "dumb" analog technology.

DuckDuckGo's attempt to needle Big Tech over its appetite for user data may be a stunt, but the sunglasses are already selling well. They sold out within days"

https://www.techspot.com/news/113357-duckduckgo-made-sunglasses-do-absolutely-nothing-they-sold.html

#Meta #AI #Privacy #BigTech

I guess they weren't aware that the person you block gets notified of the block?

It's funny because I have to send someone a message like that because the Morel Orels who wrote Snac don't believe in allowing you to block people, since muting them is much more polite and totally not sneaky at all. But everyone else pretty much can do a straight out Block.

Honestly I think you should be able to supply a helpful message explaining your Block, in whatever creative curse words people want to use.

#fediverse #meta #fediblock

Vergangenes Jahr habe ich meine Zelte bei #meta abgebrochen und alle privaten Accounts gelöscht. Auch WhatsApp. Die meisten Kontakte erreichte ich über @signalapp, wenige altmodisch über SMS.

Der Gruppenchat mit den Kolleg:innen war bis gestern auf WhatsApp. Seit letztem Jahr ohne mich und es war okay. Gestern wurde im Team entschieden zu Signal zu wechseln.

Was lange währt wird endlich #DUT

#DUTgemacht #DIDit #DiDay

If anyone wants an no frills way to redirect instagram to imginn (privacy alternative anonymous instagram viewer), this is much easier than setting up reverse proxies and in browser redirects, especially if you keep your bookmarks synced.

Save this code as the url of a new bookmark (bookmarklet) and name it something like "Insta Redirect":

```
javascript:(function(){var%20url=window.location.href;if(url.indexOf('instagram.com')!==-1){var%20newUrl=url.replace('instagram.com','imginn.com');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/[?&]hl=[^&]+/g,'');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/\?&/,'?').replace(/\?$/,'');window.location.href=newUrl;}})();
```

Whenever you land on an instagram page just select this new bookmark(let) and it will redirect you. So now you can view that restaurants menu without being asked to make an account -- until all these businesses get off Meta apps. -_-
______

Additionally, here's one for x/twitter links to redirect to xcancel.com (x/twitter privacy alternative):

```
javascript:(function(){ const url = window.location.href; const newUrl = url.replace(/(x\.com|twitter\.com)/, "xcancel.com"); window.location.href = newUrl; })();
```
_______

Read more about bookmarklets here:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-are-bookmarklets

#prvacy #instagram #meta #x #twitter #socialmedia

Wow, an interesting pattern is emerging. So it seems #gmail is "the main boss to kill", so to speak. Also, #Facebook would seem to be the least impactful/risky to close down permanently. See? Some interesting "Science" has emerged.
#Google #Meta #DataSovereignty

Four US families sue Meta, TikTok, Snap, and Google for wrongful death, alleging addictive algorithms targeted vulnerable minors and fuelled self-harm.

#SocialMedia #WrongfulDeath #Meta #TikTok #ChildSafety

https://securityexpress.info/social-media-wrongful-death-lawsuit/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Hundreds #protest #Meta ’s plan for massive data centre in northern #Alberta county

https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/national-news/2026/08/02/hundreds-protest-metas-plan-for-massive-data-centre-in-northern-alberta-county/

Canada can’t regulate Big Tech by trusting Big Tech
#Canada #BillC34 #BigTech #SocialMedia #Technology #AI #DigitalPolicy #OnlineSafety #Privacy #Meta #X #Google #USA #Sovereignty #Transparency #Misinformation #FreedomOfExpression #ArtificialIntelligence
https://the-14.com/canada-cant-regulate-big-tech-by-trusting-big-tech/

@warmemelk
You don't need glasses to see that data collection is the core business of companies like Meta and Google. Don’t be a product!

#meta #google #privacy #gdpr #evrm #privacymatters #metaglasses

If anyone wants an no frills way to redirect instagram to imginn (privacy alternative anonymous instagram viewer), this is much easier than setting up reverse proxies and in browser redirects, especially if you keep your bookmarks synced.

Save this code as the url of a new bookmark (bookmarklet) and name it something like "Insta Redirect":

javascript:(function(){var%20url=window.location.href;if(url.indexOf('instagram.com')!==-1){var%20newUrl=url.replace('instagram.com','imginn.com');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/[?&]hl=[^&]+/g,'');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/\?&/,'?').replace(/\?$/,'');window.location.href=newUrl;}})();

Whenever you land on an instagram page just select this new bookmark(let) and it will redirect you. So now you can view that restaurants menu without being asked to make an account -- until all these businesses get off Meta apps. -_-
______

Additionally, here's one for x/twitter links to redirect to xcancel.com (x/twitter privacy alternative):

javascript:(function(){ const url = window.location.href; const newUrl = url.replace(/(x\.com|twitter\.com)/, "xcancel.com"); window.location.href = newUrl; })();

_______

Read more about bookmarklets here:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-are-bookmarklets

@techlore @eff
@evacide

#prvacy #instagram #meta #x #twitter #socialmedia

If anyone wants an no frills way to redirect instagram to imginn (privacy alt anonymous instagram viewer)

Save this as the url of a new bookmark (bookmarklet):

javascript:(function(){var%20url=window.location.href;if(url.indexOf('instagram.com')!==-1){var%20newUrl=url.replace('instagram.com','imginn.com');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/[?&]hl=[^&]+/g,'');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/\?&/,'?').replace(/\?$/,'');window.location.href=newUrl;}})();

Whenever you land on an instagram page just select this new bookmark(let) and it will redirect you. So now you can view that restaurants menu without being asked to make an account -- until all these businesses get off Meta apps.

#prvacy #instagram #meta

If anyone wants an no frills way to redirect instagram to imginn (privacy alt anonymous instagram viewer)

Save this as the url of a new bookmark (bookmarklet):

javascript:(function(){var%20url=window.location.href;if(url.indexOf('instagram.com')!==-1){var%20newUrl=url.replace('instagram.com','imginn.com');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/[?&]hl=[^&]+/g,'');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/\?&/,'?').replace(/\?$/,'');window.location.href=newUrl;}})();

Whenever you land on an instagram page just select this new bookmark and it will redirect you.

#prvacy #instagram #meta

Which software ecosystems have you been brave and courageous enough **to abandon completely**? Check all that apply

Please boost for #Science

#SocialMedia #Meta #Google #Microsoft #internet #web #apps #Bigtech

Hoe ziek is dit… put #meta out of business. It is time.

Grote zorgen over 'gluurbrillen' van Meta https://nos.nl/l/2625225

RE: https://bitflipp.social/@brett/117004483200734139

I mean, considering how chummy #Meta is with fascist regimes, and how many scrappy freedom fighters choose to organize their activities on #Facebook 🙄 . . . this might actually be tested someday.

#SocialMedia #fascism #Antifa

#hesnotyourdad
Der Zuck Meme-Klassiker als neues agenturfrei-Shirt passend zum nächsten #opensource #Sonntag

Habt einen sonnigen Tag ihr lieben🌳

#linux #meta #zuckerberg

Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok

Facebook announced they will begin testing a “reimagined experience” later this year that will put a subset of users into a “full-screen video the moment they open the app.”

#facebook #meta #tiktok #socialmedia #technology #tech

https://www.theverge.com/tech/970504/facebook-video-experience-testing-tiktok-updates

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

Alt...

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 :-)