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California reaches a $50M settlement with Meta to resolve claims that Facebook users were misled about their ability to limit who could see personal details (The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/19/facebook-users-dec…

Meta, California agree to settle Facebook privacy case
Third parties harvested personal data even though the company claimed to offer privacy, a lawsuit says.

"The Richmond is Home to 1 Trillion Web Pages
A Friday afternoon tour of the Internet Archive, which recently celebrated its 29th anniversary".
Nice article about the free tours at the
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every friday at 1pm.

You wanted to live in the future. Here's a clip of Whoopi Goldberg drawing the line between those filthy robots and real humans.
#AI #TillyNorwood

Tonight (November 21) Carpe Diem Arts has a Fall of Freedom event from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Seekers Church, Takoma Park across the street from the Takoma Metro (Red Line). More details in comments.
#DC #WashingtonDC

Thank you all for 3,000 followers on here! Here’s a photo of Danny to celebrate the occasion ☺️
3 years into being part of Mastodon, I continue to be impressed with how wonderful the people here are and how much this social network actually FEELS social. People replying to one another, having conversations, learning things, sharing moments of joy, making friends.
Mastodon brought my business clients, helped me gain confidence in my own voice, freed me from dependence on big tech and algorithms, rekindled my interests, introduced me to incredible people and projects, and served as a source of hope in humanity in the times when cynicism and nihilism felt all but inevitable.
I love our little corner of the internet, and am so glad that it’s still here despite everyone who professed it was doomed to fade into irrelevance.
Thank you to everyone reading these words for being here on the Fedi. The world is a little better thanks to your choice to support an independent web.

I'm rather excited to hear about the new Australian Audio Awards - a collaborative endeavour from Radioinfo, Radiotoday and Mumbrella.
The Australian Audio Awards will be a showcase both radio and podcasts.
https://mumbrella.com.au/audioawards

The Australian Audio Awards | 28 May 2026
The Australian Audio Awards recognises and awards the best talent and work in radio and podcasting.

Mamdani's wife mourns death of Palestinian influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi, who celebrated Oct. 7 attacks (Ryan King/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/13/world-news/mamdanis-wife-mourns-death-of-palestinian-influencer-saleh-al-jafarawi-who-celebrated-oct-7-attacks/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p101#a251013p101

Disney and CJ ENM's Tving partner to offer bundles that combine access to Disney , Tving, and South Korean streamer Wavve at discounted rates in South Korea (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…

Disney+ and CJ ENM’s TVING Launch Landmark Streaming Partnership in Korea
The new collaboration — Disney’s first with a local OTT service in Korea — follows the company’s recent deal bringing TVING dramas to Disney+ in Japan.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/california-signs-law-opt-out-browsers

California enacts law giving consumers ability to universally opt out of data sharing
The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use.

Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.