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The recent excitement surrounding Thread's arrival on the Fediverse is concerning. To understand why this is not a good idea, consider their economic interest in harvesting data, their poor moderation, and their manipulations. Nothing good can come from their federation. Don't roll out the red carpet for them.

#Threads #Mastodon #Krita #MastoArt #Meta

A small Mastodon mascot is happy to roll out a red carpet to welcome the footsteps of Meta; a representation of the death, a skeleton in a black robe with a scythe. This one has a head band with the Meta logo, and a keychain with large logo of What's App, Facebook, Instagram and Threads. The skeletons walks happily while hidding the scythe on their back. This is a representation of how naive the tiny Mastodon can be. License: CC-By David Revoy.
#mastodon #krita #mastoart #meta #threads

#meta zaczęła wyświetlać polskim użytkownikom popup, który wymusza wybór pomiędzy

Wygląda na to, że nie ma prostej możliwości usunięcia konta bez dokonania jakiejś decyzji w tym popupie.
screenshot - popup meta z wymuszeniem decyzji: albo płatne konto bez reklam albo "darmowe" konto ze spersonalizowaną reklamą

#prywatność #rodo #gdpr

EDPB Urgent Binding Decision on processing of personal data for behavioural advertising by Meta | European Data Protection Board

edpb.europa.eu
#GDPR #meta #prywatność #rodo

Oh, der #ORF meldet sich diesbezüglich zu Wort… bisher haben die ja das #Fediverse getrost ignoriert, da brauchte es erst #Meta dazu. Nicht falsch verstehen, inhaltlich finde ich den Artikel gut, aber das ist jetzt abgesehen von @radioFM4 das erste Mal, dass ich vom ORF etwas zum Thema Fediverse mitbekomme, und dort ist auch seit ½ Jahr Funkstille. Währenddessen betreibt der deutsche ÖR bereits erfolgreich eigene Instanzen.
#fediverse #meta #orf @radio FM4

Was meint ihr dazu? 😎 :blobdevil:
“Chance oder Gefahr?“
“#Threads bringt #Mastodon zum Beben“
“#Meta entdeckt das #Fediverse
#Facebook-Einfluss spaltet #Mastodon-Betreiber“
“Unklar, welche Ziele #Meta verfolgt“
https://orf.at/stories/3323777/

Chance oder Gefahr?: Threads bringt Mastodon zum Beben

Seit vergangener Woche gibt es ein Duell der Kurznachrichtendienste: Twitter bekommt Konkurrenz vom Instagram-Ableger Threads, es geht um Hunderte Millionen Nutzerinnen und Nutzer.
ORF.at
#fediverse #facebook #mastodon #meta #threads

Oh my God. PLEASE do not get on Meta's new competitor for Twitter.

It harvests mucho data including our health data.

You cannot opt out.

#Meta has already taken info from a Facebook Messenger chat about seeking #abortion in a hostile state, and turned it over for prosecution.

If you're #trans or might ever need to end a pregnancy PLEASE do not use #Threads.

Boost this. Protect your damn friends.

Edit to add documentation: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/10/23299502/facebook-chat-messenger-history-nebraska-teen-abortion-case
Threads App Data Linked to You The following data may be collected and linked to your identity: - Health & Fitness - Financial Info - Contact Info - User Content - Browsing History - Usage Data - Diagnostics - Purchases - Location - Contacts - Search History - Identifiers - Sensitive Info - Other Data Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges

Police in Nebraska have charged a teenager and her mother with a series of felonies and misdemeanors after Facebook gave up the pair’s private chat history in response to a search warrant.
James Vincent (The Verge)
#Abortion #trans #meta #threads

Meta Threads margóra: én instanciám is csatlakozik a -szerintem helyes- trendhez, a threads.net megy tiltólistára. Szóval aki ott csatlakozik: sajnos nem látjuk többet egymást a fediverzumon. #meta #threads
#meta #threads

I wish more people would fight for #Podcasting the same way people are fighting for the #Fediverse.

#Meta, #Tumblr, et al, are saying that they're joining the Fediverse (I'll believe it when I see it) and everyone is trying to figure out how best to deal with that.

Meanwhile, #Spotify and #YouTube have already #EEE #Podcasts by adding music podcasts that don't sync to #RSS feeds and not providing #VideoPodcasts with RSS feeds at all. No one is batting an eyelash about that!

#rant
#fediverse #RSS #rant #youtube #spotify #podcasts #tumblr #meta #podcasting #eee #videopodcasts

By the way, it’s possible that #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg’s fediverse play for Threads is related to sidestepping the anti-competitiveness/antitrust issues around the EU’s Digital Services Act.

“Hey, look, we’re not a monopoly. We’re not being anticompetitive… we’re federating using an open protocol. Here, let our friend Eugen, CEO of Mastodon, explain to you how it works in very dispassionate words…”

#eu #ec #fediverse #mastodon #antitrust #DigitalServicesAct #PR #usefulIdiots
#fediverse #facebook #mastodon #Instagram #EU #digitalservicesact #meta #antitrust #ec #pr #UsefulIdiots

Folks, the reason #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg hasn’t launched #Threads in the #EU isn’t because the EU is determined to protect your privacy, it’s because the EU is determined to protect The Single Market (peace be upon it) from anticompetitive behaviour. It’s because they’re using Instagram to launch Threads and sharing data between them (and not with EU startups that might want to use that data too). It’s #antitrust, not #privacy. It’s markets, not people.

#DigitalServicesAct
#facebook #Instagram #privacy #EU #digitalservicesact #meta #antitrust #threads

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/13437368/facebook-messenger-down-waiting-for-network/

Can't send photos on #Facebook #Messenger

#meta


Is Facebook Messenger down?...

PEOPLE are apparently having problems sending photos via Facebook Messenger. Reports of an issue started to appear around 11am UK time. Why is Facebook Messenger not working? Some Facebook Messenge…
Chiara Fiorillo (The Sun)
#facebook #Messenger #meta

Looking forward for when #Meta will add #ActivityPub support to #Instagram #Threads

https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/threads-instagram-text-feature


Instagram Announces New Text App | Instagram Blog

Today, we’re announcing Threads by Instagram, a text-based app space for real-time updates and public conversation.
Instagram
#activitypub #Instagram #meta #threads

1. Meta embraces ActivityPub, federates with mastodon.social, uses Fediverse servers as a "look at all the people you can talk to on day one!"

2. People on Fediverse start following/mingling with Threads accounts, thereby tightly integrating the network effect between the two

3. People decide that if they can get access to the Fediverse through Threads instead of Mastodon, which is for "dumb nerds", they'll go with Threads

4. "Threads will be ending support for ActivityPub on September 1st, 2026 - click here to import your Mastodon account"

5. Fediverse users leave en masse so they can keep talking to their friends on Threads

6. Blog post Eugen: "I didn't want to believe they would go this far"

#Threads #Meta #Mastodon

https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/110664109379249958

#mastodon #meta #threads

Look I don't want to be that always cynical yelling at clouds person, but I wasn't that convinced by the @Mastodon statement. It was heavy on describing what the platform looks like right now, and extremely careful to not make any promises about the future, talk about moderation standards, or acknowledge any economic power imbalance between #Meta and the #fediverse. Also cherry-picked XMPP example over, e.g. email which has been raised by users. #threads
#fediverse #meta #threads @Mastodon

#Meta's #Threads wanting to federate with the #fediverse (if that will ever happen 🤞🏻) is a form of #gentrification. A large corporate shopping mall settles in a nice neighborhood with small local run shops and community centers. The new shopping mall says 'if we settle here, more people will come, and you all will benefit'. A few years later all small shops are bankrupt and the community is destroyed. What remains is a barren corporate landscape.
#fediverse #meta #threads #gentrification

#Threads won’t support Activitypub or the Fediverse at launch, but it’s apparently still coming.

“We’re committed to building support for ActivityPub, the protocol behind Mastodon, into this app. We weren’t able to finish it for launch given a number of complications that come along with a decentralized network, but it’s coming”

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/adam-mosseri-says-metas-threads-app-wont-have-activitypub-support-at-launch/
#Meta

TechCrunch is part of the Yahoo family of brands

techcrunch.com
#meta #threads

Y'all, Meta isn't launching their Twitter alike in the EU because it would be _literally illegal there_ due to all the privacy and data collection issues they plan on having: https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html

...and some of you want to federate with them?!?!

#p92 #meta #threads

No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here

Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future.
Adrian Weckler (Independent.ie)
#meta #P92 #threads

Prasówka

Vor möglicher Sperre: Kambodschas Premier wechselt von Facebook zu Telegram

In einem auf Facebook geteilten Video hat Hun Sen Konkurrenten gedroht. Das Oversight Board plädiert für eine befristete Sperre, Sen geht aber gleich ganz.
Martin Holland (heise online)
#microsoft #AI #bigtech #si #meta #inwigilacja #fb #rodo #UE #sztucznainteligencja #Prasówka #Cyberbezpieczeństwo #DSA #ETS #sluzby #kontrolaczatu #dobre

So what happened in the #Facebook #meta #fediverse conference call yesterday? Has someone from our (the fediverse) side put out a blog post? Or did the NDA work?
#fediverse #facebook #meta

If you're on the fence about Meta or even calling others on here "idiots" for disagreeing with you, may I point out this article and let you ruminate on what it could mean for the fedi.

"As first noted by The New Scientist and Animal New York, Facebook's data scientists manipulated the News Feeds of 689,003 users, removing either all of the positive posts or all of the negative posts to see how it affected their moods."

#Meta #Ethics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/

Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science

Facebook's data scientists manipulated the News Feeds of 689,003 users, filling them with either positive posts or negative posts or posts devoid of sentiment in order to see how it affected their moods.
Kashmir Hill (Forbes)
#meta #ethics

Content warning: synopsis Of Meta invasion and bad faith in the fedi. a novel.

#facebook #meta #drama #nda #project92 #metablock #faceblock

Hi @Friendica Support gerade die aktuelle Diskussion bzgl. dem Fedi-Beitritt von #Meta zeigt meiner Meinung nach recht deutlich, wie wichtig es wäre, dass es ein Instanzen-Block auf Userebene geben würde. Also das nicht der Admin eine Instanz blockt (was ja jetzt schon machbar ist), sondern der User selber für sich.
Ist hierzu bei #Friendica was angedacht? Wäre das technisch möglich?
#friendica #meta @Friendica Support

The key is to prevent #Meta from getting control over the #ActivityPub standard. That needs to stay independent and non-corporate.
#activitypub #meta


John Gruber Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About

Note: This entry is part of our new Opinion section, which exists to offer different perspectives from various voices on the network. Members of the community are absolutely encouraged to submit their
Sean Tilley (We Distribute)
#fediverse #meta #fedipact

oh, here's some JUICY rumored details about meta's plans for the fediverse

tl;dr "Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners."

can't entirely verify their validity but it's still worth posting just in case

#FediPact #barcelona #project92 #p92 #meta #facebook #fediverse #fediblockmeta #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #threads
Louis @louis@emacs.ch You make some strong arguments here. It's great to see you laying out your reasoning in detail and with passion. theart: That's the spirit. What | have learned, however, is that Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners. Meta positions itself as a “savior’, because especially the big instances have a very strong financial pressure. Users take it for granted that someone else is paying for everything. In these contracts, Meta also specifies the rules regarding the moderation. Instances will have the option of allowing ads from Meta or not (with the benefit of additional compensation). Smaller instances will have the possibility to register for a federation with Meta in a second step, but there will be no financial compensation and Meta decides if they will grant access based on their reputation.
Regarding Meta, I'm in the industry for 25 years and have a few friends who worked at Meta from the early years until recently. One s stil there. Regarding UFol, | was part of the disussion at the time, we held a vote at Emacs.ch P R S But don' take this at face value, obvisouly these admins have to sign harsh NDAS. But it sounded very credible and | could not imagine it going any ther way. Examples of big instances (from Japan | believe?) show that the long-term burdens are simply unbearable and operators just wait for the right moment to e 1donot critizise Meta for their attempt to use the favor of the hour to their ‘advantage. As a public corporation its theijob to make proft. As I said, its not them who will decide the fate of the Fediverse. ‘Overworked/stressed out admins, high costs for infrastructure, ongoing disputes ‘and moderation challenges are what threaten the Fediverse. It was not meant to ‘9row o fast before we find common solutions for these issues. What do you think?
#fediverse #facebook #mastoadmin #meta #fediadmin #P92 #barcelona #fediblockmeta #threads #project92 #fedipact

When #META invites you to secretive talks about the #fediverse and you are told to not share anything about those talks, be it by spoken agreement or an NDA — remember admiral Ackbar. It's a trap.
Star Wars screenshot of Admiral Ackbar, exclaiming that it's a trap.
#fediverse #meta

Content warning: meta, meta Facebook

#meta

Admin announcement:
As of today, this instance blocks known domains associated with Meta's #project92, in accordance with the anti-Meta Fedi Pact (https://fedipact.online/)
In effect, this instance does not federate with the domains threads.net or threads.instagram.com. Further associated domains will be blocked, if discovered.

We are not personally against the users of Project 92, we are against Meta. We will not be giving them a chance. Their work is a threat to the Fediverse, as it has been a threat to other social spaces and open communities for years prior. They are not welcome in our homes.

#fediblock #meta #fedipact

🖤 ANTI-META FEDI PACT 🖤

fedipact.online
#fediblock #meta #project92 #fedipact

W sprawie #project92 — jeśli mainstreamowi użytkownicy wejdą w ten projekt mający „wtyczkę” do silnej i niezależnej społeczności, cóż stoi na przeszkodzie by społeczność zachęciła ich do przejścia na platformy bez reklam i śledzenia #meta przy jednoczesnej obietnicy że konsumpcja treści z tego projektu wciąż będzie dla nich możliwa?
#meta #project92

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