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ophiocephalic 🐍Most Facebook executives didn't allow their own children on Facebook - according to Ms Wynn-Williams. "They had screen bans. They certainly wouldn't allow them to use the product."And yet she says reports from 2017 - that the company had been using algorithms to target and categorise vulnerable teens - were true."The algorithm could infer that they were feeling worthless or unhappy," she alleges.The company - which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp - could, she claims, identify when a teenage girl had deleted a selfie on its platforms, and then notify a beauty company that it would be a good moment to target the child with an advert.Ms Wynn-Williams says she "felt sick" at the thought and tried to push back, "although I knew it was futile".<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly820v99ppo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly820v99ppo</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍Ms Wynn-Williams claims that in the mid-2010s, as part of its negotiations with the Chinese government, Facebook considered allowing it future access to Chinese citizens' user data."He was working hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party, building a censorship tool…" 'Ms Wynn-Williams says governments frequently asked for explanations of how aspects of Facebook's software worked, but were told it was proprietary information."But when it came to the Chinese, the curtain was pulled back," she says."Engineers were brought out. They were walked through every aspect, and Facebook was making sure these Chinese officials were upskilled enough that they could not only learn about these products, but then test Facebook on the censorship version of these products that they were building."<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly820v99ppo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly820v99ppo</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a>

SigueFedi ⁂¿Conoces el <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a>? Es una alianza de comunidades fediversales que decidieron no conectarse con <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a>, la red de microblogueo de Meta/Instagram <a href="https://fedipact.online/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedipact.online/</a>

Nume MacAroon ⓋI've re-collected servers' federation status with Threads.You can view the new updated data on <a href="https://fedipact.veganism.social/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedipact.veganism.social/</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#threads</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fedipact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipact</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a>

The Nexus of PrivacyYikes. Imagine a similar "error" "accidentlly" spewing similar murder, death, animal abuse, and violence from Threads to the instances that are federating with them. Of course that shouldn't be able to happen ... but then again Instagram shouldn't be able to bombard their own users with that and yet they did. It's almost like they' were doing a psychology experiment -- remember the classic study where they where Facebook was manipulating people's emotions witout consent?More positively ... thanks <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jasonkoebler</a>, for a very good use of a CW, both here and in the choice of image for the article!<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#threads</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a>

MathildeBy the way, it might seem obvious but this instance is blocking tumblr.com and threads.net.<a href="https://jura.social/tags/fedipact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipact</a> <a href="https://jura.social/tags/fedipact2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipact2</a>

The Nexus of Privacy<a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@andypiper</a> yeah really, I wouldn't have wanted to answer that either! But as valid as that question is, that seems a general question about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightsCon</a> and Meta, not specifically their presence in the fediverse. So it sounds like there wasn't any discussion <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a>.If you told the story of the fediverse, for aa <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightsCon</a> audience did you also include the mass defederation of Gab, as an example of how fedi's historical values opposed white supremacy and fascism?And (again thinking in particular of an audience focused on rights) hopefully you included <a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cwebber</a>'s famous quote "the fediverse was built by queer people" and talked about the key role trans and queer people played contributing to Mastodon's success back in the early days (and since then too of course but fedi in 2017 was hella queer). Resistance to Meta aligns very nicely with both of those -- I talked about that in <a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/#were-here-were-queer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We're here, we're queer, fuck Facebook (or whatever they're calling themselves these days)</a>

The Nexus of Privacy<a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@andypiper</a> I saw that there was somebody from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightsCon</a> panel of "How we build a new social web". Was there any discussion of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a>, the "Free Fediverse", and and the strong opposition in so many areas of the fediverse to building a "new social web" that's baed on surveillance capitalism and anti-LGBTQIA2S+ policies?

Jay BakerI'm potentially involved in a very exciting media initiative that may help develop my documentary on Covid -- and with that it may well also get a Mastodon account! Any suggestions for servers for such a disruptive media group? Ideally one that signed the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a>. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AskMastodon</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AskFedi</a>

rachael laura arbor :tranarchy_punk_nonbinary:Last Week Tonight: "Content Moderation"<a href="https://youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo</a><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/fedipact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipact</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FediPact</a>

rachael laura arbor :tranarchy_punk_nonbinary:i havent watched that john oliver video im busy, did he mention or allude to <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/fedipact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipact</a> ?

patatas (regular size)Missed this one from yesterday: Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.patatas.ca/tag/meta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.patatas.ca/tag/fedipact" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/meta-x-approved-ads-containing-violent-anti-muslim-antisemitic-hate-speech-ahead-of-german-election-study-finds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/meta-x-approved-ads-containing-violent-anti-muslim-antisemitic-hate-speech-ahead-of-german-election-study-finds/</a>

Len :tootsie: 🍉<a href="https://toot.si/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> 📻 Interview with <a href="https://pleroma.envs.net/users/Seirdy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Seirdy</a> about blocklists and moderation on <a href="https://toot.si/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a>. Continuation of previous show on <a href="https://toot.si/tags/fedipact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipact</a>. Seirdy shares their extensive knowledge and experience.There's Slovene 🇸🇮 introduction but the interview is in English and starts at 6:41.<a href="https://toot.si/tags/tehnoklistir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tehnoklistir</a> <a href="https://toot.si/tags/fediblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediblock</a> <a href="https://radiostudent.si/druzba/tehno-klistir/fedinuke" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://radiostudent.si/druzba/tehno-klistir/fedinuke</a>

AdminHi again Occult.Town friends, we're resurrecting the admin account to let y'all know that we are once again joining the <a href="https://occult.town/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> and will suspend Tumblr federation when it goes live. Matt sucks and I (Riley) specifically left Tumblr because he sucks. :bc_grin:

🦊 Adelie, et al. 🌳The Lesbian Forest Club will not be federating with Tumblr if/when they try to<a href="https://fedi.lesbianforest.club/tags/fedipact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a>

fedipact :FediPact:Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes<blockquote>"Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today."</blockquote><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/</a>don't let transphobe matt mullenweg and his corpo buddies in! sign The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pact and pledge to defederate them from your instance today!!!!!<a href="https://fedipact2.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedipact2.online</a><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tumblr</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍In this recent communication, SWICG leadership discuss forming a task force to "approach and facilitate [AI] Avatars and Agents" in ActivityPub, and discuss topics such as "using AI for content filtering" and "for algorithmic feed reading": <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2025Feb/0025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2025Feb/0025.html</a>These are the people in charge of the ActivityPub specification, and this discourse is occurring in the context of the chartering of a new working group to oversee the development of AP2. This is where the protocol is going next. Meta is right in the middle of it.This is why it's critical to lend support and solidarity to protocol projects pointing beyond ActivityPub like <a href="https://social.coop/@spritely" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@spritely</a> and <a href="https://hackers.town/@VeilidNetwork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@VeilidNetwork</a> , as well as the developers of emerging progressive fediverse services which refuse to align with the Social Web Foundation. And it's why we <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FediPact</a> advocates and agitators should continue to ring this bell - and zero in on those among us who are selling out the fediverse to a fascist intruder.🧵 4/4 end<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍It is completely unacceptable, in this moment, for Meta to have the slightest presence in or influence on this network. <a href="https://aoir.social/@jat23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jat23</a> , in their paper on the FediPact movement ( <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323</a> ), refers to the praxis of "Strategic Closure". Fair and good, but this is a necessarily defensive response. We would argue that it is time for a complimentary offensive opposition. It may not be sufficient to merely batten down the hatches while a corporation with near-totalitarian reach and explicitly fascist intent insinuates itself into the development processes of the protocol underlying the fediverse.The leadership of the W3C SWICG ActivityPub working group - and by extension, of the Social Web Foundation, their gambit to privatize and de-democratize the evolution of the protocol - have discredited themselves by colluding with the Zuckerberg entity and accepting its bribes. They do not deserve the trust of the communities and developers of the fedi. They have proven themselves incapable of responsibly wielding the power to shape the future of the fediverse they claim for themselves.🧵 3/4<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍There is now a notable influx into the fedi of folks trying to escape the Meta networks, both occurring organically and due to the Pixelfed boom and efforts like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalSwitchDay</a> (and not at all, btw, because of the Threads bridge). But does this network really offer them that refuge?Meta's own terms indicate that they are ingesting the profile data of every account behind every toot that crosses the bridge. That means that new users may be showing up here from FB or IG, setting up profiles with details that match those of their old Meta accounts, then replying to Threads posts unaware that they are still being surveilled by Meta, and that their presence and activities here could be compiled into their identity dossiers back there. The fedi is already serving as a surveillance vector.Meta was always an abhorrent monstrosity; but with the recent turn, it has now directly telegraphed itself as a Trumpist organ. It is an explicitly fascist entity colluding with a fascist regime. And anyone who is collaborating with Meta in the fedi and enabling their ability to exercise power here needs also to be understood accordingly.🧵 2/4<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

ophiocephalic 🐍FediPact is now, unambiguously, an antifascist struggle.To be sure, it's not the most most important front; not when we see, for example, the bureaucratic precursors to literal trans genocide. But it's not unimportant either.There's been a lot of talk around here about the fediverse being a holdout and refuge in an age of fascist capture of capitalist social media. That can and should be true - but is actually not, so long as the Zuckerberg entity continues to be provided the power to manipulate the future of ActivityPub.Don't assume that the current status quo will hold or that the threat is waning. Don't assume that Meta will not advance its fediverse integration beyond the current, bizarrely stunted joke of a bridge. Don't forget that they always unilaterally force the next step on us as a sudden surprise with no advance warning.🧵 1/4<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefederateMeta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SWICG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a>

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