thegaffer (@thegaffer@hobbitwhispers.social)
🧇 Breakfast with friends from our former church
🎥 Saw Project Hail Mary with the wife and daughter
🖥️ Set up a dedicated Proxmox VM for those rare times I have to access Facebook
#Proxmox #Facebook #HailMary #Friends
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h4ckernews (@h4ckernews@mastodon.social)
Automatic Textbook Formalization
https://github.com/facebookresearch/repoprover
#HackerNews #Automatic #Textbook #Formalization #Facebook #Research #Textbooks #AI #Education #Technology
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2026 (@2026@rbfirehose.com)
TorrentFreak: Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers ‘Lame Excuses’. “In an effort to gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna’s Archive and other shadow libraries. According to several authors, Meta facilitated the infringement of others by ‘seeding’ these torrents. This week, the court granted the […]
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crecente (@crecente@games.ngo)
My somewhat-loud-voice:
🗣️ it's very frustrating most nonprofit orgs continue to use #Facebook / #Twitter / #Instagram for outreach!
I am aware of only a few nonprofit orgs on Mastodon. And I have had ZERO success trying to convince any to use Mastodon.
❓ Although #Mastodon shows much love for prosocial *causes* there's not nearly as much for *orgs* doing that work. Why?
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fogolf (@fogolf@vive.im)
https://www.fogolf.com/1211527/girl-7-drowned-on-golf-course-after-being-left-with-child-minder-from-facebook-uk-news/ Girl, 7 drowned on golf course after being left with child minder from Facebook | UK | News #Accident #childminder #DrowningIncident #facebook #FacebookRecommendation #Golf #GolfNews #NylaMayBradshaw #Parenting
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zougla (@zougla@mastodon.social)
#Facebook #Βόλος Έφτιαξε εκατοντάδες ψεύτικα προφίλ στο Facebook για να εκδικηθεί τον πρώην της https://www.zougla.gr/greece/eftiaxe-ekatontades-pseftika-profil-sto-facebook-gia-na-ekdikithei-ton-proin-tis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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pauljako (@pauljako@chaos.social)
#OH: „#Reddit ist doch auch sowas wie #Facebook für Junge, oder?“
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Lausebart (@Lausebart@mastodon.social)
Also ich zum ersten Mal vom Meta Pixel gehört habe, wusste ich erst nix damit anzufangen. Als ich dann über ihn gelesen habe, konnte ich es nicht glauben.
"In Deutschland taucht er laut Stiftung Warentest (Juli 2025) auf alltäglichen Websites auf, darunter: spiegel.de, bild.de, tagesschau.de, stern.de, faz.net — sowie auf Gesundheitsseiten wie apotheken.de, docmorris.de, helios-gesundheit.de und jameda.de"
https://thx4data.de/akte-meta-pixel.html#q5
#datenschutz #facebook #meta #dsvgo #tracking #thx4data
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TheBadPlace (@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online)
yahoo news | Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield
Since the mid‑1990s, internet platforms have been shielded from liability for user‑generated content by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Recent jury verdicts, however, are eroding that protection. A New Mexico jury found Meta liable for child‑safety harms, while a Los Angeles jury held Facebook’s parent and Google’s YouTube negligent in a personal‑injury trial. At the same time, victims of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal filed a class‑action suit accusing Google’s AI‑powered “AI Mode” of exposing personal information, arguing that the feature functions as more than a neutral search index.
The lawsuits target the design of platforms rather than the specific content they host, alleging that features such as autoplay, recommendation algorithms, notifications and AI‑generated summaries deliberately foster addiction and facilitate the spread of sensitive data. Plaintiffs claim these design choices operate like “digital casinos,” causing mental‑health harms to minors and exposing individuals to harassment and threats. Attorneys for the plaintiffs contend that the companies knew of these risks yet failed to act, and they are using systematic litigation to carve out “divots” in Section 230’s shield.
Lawmakers and scholars are debating how to respond. Critics say the law has let tech firms avoid meaningful safeguards for users, especially children, while supporters warn that weakening Section 230 could stifle innovation and free speech. Proposals range from tightening the statute’s protections only for companies that meet strict privacy and transparency standards, to outright repeal. The pending appeals and potential Supreme Court review will shape whether the next generation of AI‑driven platforms can continue operating under the current legal framework.
#meta #google #facebook #section230 #communicationsdecencyact
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crinha (@crinha@mastodon.social)
Eigentlich wollt ich nur schöne Sachen posten und jetzt muss ich doch gleich zu Anfang mal stänkern. Aber wo, wenn nicht hier bei diesem Thema 😆
Wie kann ich denn nun mein #Facebook-Konto löschen?
Ich soll erst den #Werbepräferenzen zustimmen, bevor ich wieder Zugriff auf mein Konto habe. Nach einigen Tagen Überlegung dachte ich: Okay, vielleicht ein guter Zeitpunkt, das Konto endlich mal zu löschen. Aber nee... Zustimmen soll ich trotzdem noch. 
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ColemanLaing (@ColemanLaing@mastodon.social)
Fan fuckingtastic, I haven't been on Facebook in years, so much has changed, and not in a good way.
& from what I've gathered, that's the cause of this, deletion is not full deletion, they retain unusable accounts for quote UN quote safety, what is one to do?
#DigitalRights #Facebook #FuckFacebook
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joel (@joel@gts.tumfatig.net)
There is a new great feature on #Facebook and #Instagram apps. Something called "pausing to generate relevant ads" (not sure of the exact english name as I run those in french). It is automatically launched after 2 to 15 minutes of scrolling, roughly. And that becomes the exact moment where I go "Of Fuck This Shit!" and kill the app. No more doom scrolling, no more hours spent looking at idiots commenting mediocracy. Such a great step towards setting our minds free again. Congratz Meta!!!
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