#Meta illegally collected data from #Flo #period and #pregnancy app, jury finds
WhatsApp rolt Meta AI uit in Nederland, en je kunt het niet uitschakelen
Zit je niet op een chatbot te wachten tussen je persoonlijke gesprekken en hou je van privacy?
Probeer Signal https://signal.org/install
Australia’s internet watchdog says social media firms are still "turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, singling out YouTube as having been unresponsive to its inquiries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/tech/australia-regulator-youtube-child-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #youtube #australia #socialmedia #children #childabuse #apple #google #alphabet #meta #snap #whatsapp
Das ist ja leider alles nix Neues, dass illegal Daten gesammelt werden, um Menschen und deren Schwächen auszunutzen.
"In einem wegweisenden Urteil hat ein kalifornisches Gericht festgestellt, dass Meta gegen die Datenschutzgesetze des Bundesstaates verstoßen hat. Der Fall wurde von Nutzern der Menstruations-App Flo angestrengt, die behaupteten, dass Meta ohne ihre Zustimmung private Gesundheitsdaten gesammelt und für Werbezwecke genutzt habe."
https://www.it-boltwise.de/meta-verstoesst-gegen-kalifornische-datenschutzgesetze-menstruationsdaten-von-flo-nutzern-betroffen.html
“Google Doesn't Want You to Click – And That's a Big Problem for News”
by Kyle Taylor, co-author and editor of 'The Little Black Book of Press Barons', in the Byline Supplement on Substack
“New research shows that 69% of Google searches now end without a single click. [..]. Instead, they get a pre-packaged answer directly from Google — increasingly powered by its Gemini AI model”
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/google-doesnt-want-you-to-click-and
https://www.europesays.com/?p=2304539 Meta sued for NIS 4b. over October 7 livestream atrocities #facebook #family #GazaBorderCommunities #Hamas #Hostage #instagram #Israel #jerusalem #KibbutzNirOz #lawsuit #Meta #murder #NahalOz #TheOctober7Massacre #torture #whatsapp
The issue of using artificial intelligence for moderation at Meta.
Me: what if we had another social photo sharing platform… what if. *Pixelfed knocks on window*
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/teacher-wrongly-accused-child-exploitation-meta-account-apology-1.7599595
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Le problème de l'utilisation de l'intelligence artificielle pour la modération chez Meta.
Moi: et si nous avions une autre plateforme sociale de partage de photos... et si. *Pixelfed frappe à la fenêtre*
// Article en anglais //
Do you work at Meta in Amsterdam? Worried you might get laid off?
Join an online info session hosted by the Tech Workers Coalition, where you will learn about steps you can take right now as a collective to try and prevent the layoffs and protect your jobs.
What: Meta layoffs info session
When: Tuesday 5 August at 18:30
Where: Online
The session is open to all Meta workers in the Netherlands. Bosses and leadership not welcome.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Shares Screenshot of GPT-5 https://www.byteseu.com/1256933/ #%CriticRating #business #BusinessInsider #competitor #EmDash #FlashyNewModel #GoogleDeepmind #Gpt5 #Meta #review #RottenTomatoes #SamAltman #screenshot #TackleTheme #TvShow #XAI
Pwn2Own 2025: Meta offre 1 milione per un exploit zero-click su WhatsApp
https://gomoot.com/pwn2own-2025-meta-offre-1-milione-per-un-exploit-zero-click-su-whatsapp/
An open letter to a billionaire. (Note: might be easier to read from the ALT tag than the image.) #meta #facebook #algorithmicfeeds
Zuckerberg might indeed be banging the war drums for the latest AI device of mass destruction, but it's too much hype without enough rhythm to marshall the troops
The Quest for the Unicorn AI Device
#Apple #AI #META #Tech
https://warnercrocker.com/2025/08/04/the-quest-for-the-unicorn-ai-device/
A major data privacy lawsuit has concluded. The class action against Flo Health and Meta Platforms stemmed from allegations that the Flo period-tracking app shared sensitive user health information with third parties, including Meta, without proper consent. This isn't just about privacy — it's about accountability.
I used to pay £23 for #Google and #Microsoft accounts per month, just to have cloud storage and #Office.
I've since moved to #Proton for storage, VPN and email (about £10). The money saved has gone towards monthly donations to #LibreOffice (365 replacement) and #Signal (#Meta #WhatsApp replacement) - both #FOSS.
What I'm trying to say, I guess, is that if you #LeaveBigTech - and can afford it - donations to the organisations that try to keep the internet free and private would be excellent.
Mark Zuckerberg's vision of 'personal superintelligence' just sounds like supersurveillance. Again.
"Personal devices like glasses that understand our context because they can see what we see, hear what we hear, and interact with us throughout the day will become our primary computing devices."
https://www.meta.com/superintelligence/ #meta #generativeAI #hype