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mastodon is now in state where, if you want to use it accessibly, use outdated software, or suffer.
it's sad, that we actually lost that many apps that were accessible, I know, metatext and pinafore stil work, but will not get new updates, which is shame.
now even #facebook and #twitter have better #accessibility
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company's Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google's ad platforms, is a key focus.
https://www.ft.com/content/84ea2a9c-c28d-42a6-b3a9-0d6cc0fb37bb
#privacy #advertising #ads #marketing #Google #Facebook
Shopify in advertising push to fill void left by Apple privacy crackdown
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publicationTim Bradshaw (Financial Times)
Why Would Anyone Use Another Centralized Social Media Service After This?
So, it’s been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it (yet — the EU’s are coming into force shortly, but pos…Techdirt
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-personalized-ads-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-declared-illegal
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noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal
The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected.noyb.eu
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/
There's some helper add-ons to further silo #Facebook, #Twitter, and #Google. (That said, I use my own containers for Google to split my accounts)
Facebook: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/
Twitter: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-container/
Google: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/
Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Firefox Multi-Account Containers for Firefox. Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs.addons.mozilla.org
Jetzt hat sich @Netzpolitik-Feed with benefits mal dieses Thema zur Brust genommen und folgendes dazu geschrieben:
Auf Twitter weist der Tracking-Forscher Wolfie Christl darauf hin, dass das neue Werkzeug vor allem dem Zweck diene, Metas umfangreiche Datensammlungen zu legitimieren. „Um es klar zu sagen: Das existiert nicht, damit Nicht-Nutzer:innen ihre Daten löschen können.“ Es gehe vielmehr darum, eine juristische Rechtfertigung für das Datensammeln zu schaffen. Es sei „ein weiterer manipulativer Trick“, der lediglich Wahlfreiheit simuliere. ...
Hier könnt ihr den kompletten Artikel lesen:
Versteckte Option bei Facebook: Nicht-Nutzer:innen können jetzt ihre Kontaktdaten löschen lassen
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We aren't the "Mastodon Network", we are the Fediverse
Gesendet via #Friendica
Der Konzern um #Facebook #Insta & Co. sammelt Kontaktdaten (#Handynummer #Mail Adresse) von Nicht(!)-Nutzern - ohne erkennbare #Rechtsgrundlage 👎
#Löschen lassen geht, aber Meta sagt: „In bestimmten Fällen müssen wir deine #Kontaktinformationen länger aufbewahren, einschließlich nach deiner Aufforderung an uns, sie zu löschen.“
No way! 🫣
https://www.stern.de/digital/online/daten-von-facebook-loeschen--so-entfernen-sie-telefonnummer-und-e-mail-32868422.html
Daten von Facebook löschen: So entfernen Sie Telefonnummer und E-Mail
Über Jahre sammelte der Meta-Konzern die Adressbücher seiner Nutzer:innen – um Freunde leichter finden zu können. Auch Ihre Daten könnten bei Meta gelande...Christian Hensen (STERN.de)
It also lets you remove and block your phone number or email from their database. It’s hidden away in one of their help articles:
https://www.facebook.com/contacts/removal
Source: Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-likely-has-your-contact-info-phone-number-email-2022-10)
#meta #facebook #privacy
Facebook likely has your contact info — even if you never shared it
If any of your friends shared their address books with Facebook, the company likely has your contact info — even if you've never used its services.Jordan Parker Erb (Insider)
https://jezebel.com/onlyfans-bribed-meta-to-put-thousands-of-adult-entertai-1849396107
Via @volt4ire
#facebook #meta #bigTech
OnlyFans Bribed Meta to Put Thousands of Adult Entertainers on Terrorist Watch List, Lawsuits Allege
Three lawsuits claim that OnlyFans paid Meta to shadow-ban users who promoted its competitors.Rodlyn-mae Banting (Jezebel)

#privacy #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #DeleteFacebook
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/06/15/facebook-and-anti-abortion-clinics-are-collecting-highly-sensitive-info-on-would-be-patients
Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients – The Markup
The social media giant gathers data from crisis pregnancy centers through a tracking tool that works whether or not a person is logged in to their Facebook accountthemarkup.org
Facebook zasahuje
- It has no idea how much data it ultimately collects on its users
- Cannot control where all that data goes internally
- Ultimately does not know what happens with it
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvmke/facebook-doesnt-know-what-it-does-with-your-data-or-where-it-goes
Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document
“We do not have an adequate level of control and explainability over how our systems use data,” Facebook engineers say in leaked document.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (VICE)
Bringing up a #synapse (http://Matrix.org) stack with @traefik@twitter.com, @PostgreSQL@twitter.com, #elementio, #facebook and #telegram bridges from #mautrix and a bot manager from #maubot, with #dockercompose. My first ever guide! https://github.com/twicechild/matrix-synapse-stack
#matrixorg #traefik #PostgreSQL #homelab
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/twicechild41/status/1494310993966641155
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If you are still on Facebook, please keep spreading the word about Mastodon and the Fediverse.
If https://joinmastodon.org doesn't work, try posting a link to a reliable instance people can join. There are so many instances, Facebook cannot block all of them from being mentioned.
That Facebook are even doing this implies the Fediverse is on their radar, which is quite an achievement in itself!
#FediTips #Fediverse #MastoTips #Mastodon #Facebook #DeleteFacebook #Alternatives
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