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

Hackers Simply Asked #MetaAI to Give Them Access to High-Profile #Instagram Accounts. It Worked

US-Techkonzerne wie #Microsoft und #Meta haben laut Medienberichten Namen niederländischer Beamtinnen, #Wissenschaftler und Regulierer an einen US-Senatsausschuss weitergegeben.
Die niederl…

US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials’ names with senate - DutchNews.nl
Companies such as Microsoft and Meta have shared the names of civil servants and academics working on European tech regulation with a senate committee investigating “tech censorship” or “jawboning”, news magazine Vrij Nederland reported on Friday. The cabinet has described the news as “extremely worrying”, given that the named officials could now face travel bans or even sanctions, Vrij Nederland said. “If you want to discuss policy, then you do it with us, not over the backs of c…

#Meta will analyze all your posts (and images, videos) in detail to find clues about your age.
"This includes using AI technology to analyze entire profiles for contextual clues — such as birthday celebrations or mentions of school grades — to determine if an account likely belongs to someone underage."
Instead of removing known scam which is harmful to all ages.

Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg Is Running Meta Into the Ground - The New York Times
#meta

La oficina del fiscal general de Texas ha abierto una investigación contra #meta #whatsapp por la posible capacidad de Meta de saltarse el cifrado y acceder al contenido de los mensajes supuestamente cifrados

> Rund 27 Millionen US-Dollar zahlen [#Meta #TikTok #Youtube #Snap und Co.], um den ersten US-Prozess einer #Schule gegen #SocialMedia-Plattformen abzuwenden.
> Ein kleiner Schulbezirk … wirft den Konzernen vor … eine psychische #Gesundheitskrise unter #Schülern mitverursacht zu haben.
30.05.2026 @…: #Bildung #Instagram #Lehrer #Schule #Hochschule #education #school

Your reminder of what Mark Zuckerberg really is.
☑️ Zuckerberg Boasts He Exploited Staff For AI Training Before Firings
https://kotaku.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-training-firings-data-2000699185

deeply conflicted to see this new "who to follow" widget pop up on mastodon.
Seems potentially useful, but feels dangerously non-fedi in that it's sort of an algorithmic recommendation. And that way leads to *gestures at various hell-sites*
#meta #mastodon

Gerade eben habe ich einen Anruf der "Digitalen Assistentin von #Instagram" erhalten, also von #Meta - ein eigentlich verbotener cold call. Aber Meta hat es ja ohnehin nicht so mit Regeln und Gesetzen.
Die Assistentin war nicht zu bremsen. Ich legte auf.
Es scheint Meta doch schlechter zu …

RE: #meta

AI will eat your soul and wash it down with a glass of your blood.
#AI #google #Meta

"The discovery of #NameTag in the live #MetaAI app shows that Meta had begun shipping face-recognition code to users' phones while publicly describing it as something the company was still “thinking through.” In April, Meta said if it were to utilize face recognition, it wouldn't be ro…

#Meta permanently suspended my #Facebook account for no specific reason, other very general messaging, just because I shared devices with my partner whose account also got suspended out of the blue.
I only keep my FB account since it's my only line of communication for my IRL people and vast m…

Wie viel Macht haben Techkonzerne heute über unseren Alltag? Plattformen wie #Google, #Meta oder #Amazon steuern nicht nur Informationsflüsse, sondern prägen auch Wahrnehmung, Verhalten und Entscheidungen.
Das Ge…

"When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did they pull it off?"
Dragon Slaying. David and Goliath
#Meta

RE: #meta

Research Paper: »Off-Platform #Tracking and Data Externalities: Evidence from #Facebook«
> Digital platforms increasingly observe individuals' browsing behavior beyond the boundaries of their own services.
Luis Aguiar, University of Zurich
Christian Peukert, University of Lausanne
Max Schäfer, University of Bologna
Hannes Ullrich, #DIW Berlin
June 05, 2026:
👉 #SocialMedia #Meta #DataProtection #GDPR #Datenschutz #TeamDatenschutz #privacy

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Metallica:
🎵 Seek & Destroy
#Metallica
https://zyrian.bandcamp.com/track/metallica-seek-destroy-zyrian-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/28WmNsclKsrVmdv3tDmoYU

> #Meta has threatened to block access to #Instagram, #Facebook and #WhatsApp in New Mexico, which would be an unprecedented move in its home country. The ultimatum, made in a court filing this week, comes after the company was found liable and fined $375m for #ChildSafety failures in a landmark lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general.
Thu 30 Apr 2026, Katie McQue, #TheGuardian: #SocialMedia #DiDay

Oh now this is the best tech news I have heard for awhile…. Is a Mega-Enron situation about to happen to a bunch of the Magnificient Seven?
“Like Enron, they’re using special purpose vehicles, or off-balance sheet arrangements such as legally distinct subsidiaries, as a way to make their financial reporting look healthier than it actually is — often a glaring sign that something is deeply amiss behind the scenes.”
Also… is this why Apple effectively outsourced its AI, rather than build its own. If so, it could be the smartest tech hedge of the century.
#apple #microsoft #meta #google #alphabet #amazon #oracle #AI #hedge #enron #debt

Aktualisierter #SocialMedia -Handlungsrahmen für öffentliche Stellen 👍 vom @…:
✅ #Kommunikation mit BürgerInnen gehört zu Aufgabenerfüllung
✅ gesellschaftl. Vorbildfunktion
✅ Verantwortlichkeit für #Datenschutz
✅ Behörden benötigen #Nutzungskonzept
✅ Cross-Media-Gebot: alternative Informations- & Kommunikationswege
👉 Stand 3. Juni 2026: #2MR #Verwaltung #DigitaleSouveranitat #Demokratie #Meta #Instagram

Jetzt online ansehen:
@… spricht auf der #2MR über Politik und Verantwortung in offenen sozialen Netzwerken:
👉 #Algorithmus bestimmt mehr über meine Timeline, als ich selbst.
Awet ist Abgeordnete im @…, Obfrau des Ausschusses für #Kultur & #Medien und Mitglied im #Rechtsausschuss – auf der #2MR im Gespräch mit @…. 🙌 🙏
#SocialMedia #Loops #Grüne #SaveSocial #WirVerlassenX #X #Meta #Grundrechte #Demokratie #OMR #Meta

RE: #2MR!
@… stimmt zu: "Die dezentralen, souveränen und fairen Netzwerke sind keine Alternativen zu den zentral gesteuerten Trackingplattformen #X #Instagram #Facebook und Co. - sie sind die einzige Option für demokratische, inhaltszentrierte und unabhängige öffentliche Kommunikation."
#SocialMedia #SaveSocial #Demokratie #Marketing #OMR #Unternehmenskommunikation #Meta

@… reports:
> #Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
> Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like #Gemini and #ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, #WIRED found.
Jun 29, 2026 #Instagram #SocialMedia #ChildProtection #Kinderschutz