Bizarrely brilliant! Did you know that some species of jellyfish are IMMORTAL?! The Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the "immortal jellyfish", can transform its body into a younger state through a process called transdifferentiation, essentially making it immune to aging! #ImmortalJellyfish #BiologicalMiracle
#github mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #

MPs to summon Elon #Musk to testify about X’s role in #UK summer riots

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/20/mps-summon-elon-musk-x-role-uk-summer-riots

Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call #Meta and #TikTok executives

And this is why we need Section 230 to stay where it is and not be overturned by politicians who want otherwise.

"Judge Dismisses Huckabee's Lawsuit Against Meta Over Fake CBD Gummy Ads"

https://www.newsweek.com/judge-dismisses-mike-huckabees-lawsuit-against-meta-over-fake-cbd-gummy-ads-1987825

#Huckabee #META #lSection230 #lawsuit #gummy #CBD #press

L' #Onu si esprime sui post che #Meta e #TikTok hanno cancellato e cancellano, quando si tratta di #Palestina : https://www.instagram.com/p/DChVokpuEpe/

era evidente fin dall'inizio ed è stato evidente per tutto un anno, e lo è tutt'ora, qual è il comportamento dei #social.

thus...
will #Facebook one day be held accountable for complicity in hiding news about the #genocide?

#Gaza #Palestine #genocidio

Revolving doors go round and round, round and round, round and round…

#institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EU #BigTech #Meta https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/113493491174499463

Did you know that the CERN Collider is not just a scientific marvel, but also an engineering feat? The collider's 27 km tunnel is so long that it could circle the Earth three times, and the magnets that guide the particles are so strong that they could lift a Boeing 747! #CERN #Collider #EngineeringFeat #github mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #michaelpaulino #michaelpaulinostudios

"FOIA, or the Freedom of Information Act, is a critical tool for transparency and accountability in government. It allows citizens to request access to previously unreleased information. Let's protect and strengthen FOIA to ensure that the public has access to the information they need to hold their elected officials accountable. #FOIA #github mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #michaelpaulino #michaelpaulinostudios

This can’t be true… I mean Meta are our friends, right?

https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/

Meta are our partners, no?

https://socialwebfoundation.org

If Meta were this horrible, this irredeemably terrible, what would it say about Mastodon, gGmbH being friends and partners with them?

🤔

#Meta #Mastodon #fediverse https://infosec.exchange/@queserasera/113479436620842028

https://www.europesays.com/1609359/ How The Meta-Reuters Deal Signals A New Era For AI And Media #AI #AILicensing #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #media #Meta #reuters

So the #European #commission actually has received and will review my complaint against #meta, #instagram and #threads over the opt-in nature of threads’s #mastodon federation, their #scare #tactics to prevent users from enabling it, and the #mandatory Instagram account (that is deactivated upon creation and forces you to give your data to them).

Hope the #DMA hits them hard for the violation of their promise of #unrestricted #federation they have #violated.

💡 Bluesky continua a crescere: 700.000 nuovi utenti in una settimana. Fuga da 𝕏 ?

https://gomoot.com/bluesky-contunua-a-crescere-700-000-nuovi-utenti-in-una-settimana

#blog #bluesky #elonmusk #feed #media #meta #news #piattaforma #social #tech #tecnologia #threads #twitter #x

First came the bots, then came the bosses - we’re entering Musk and Zuck’s new era of disinformation | Joan Donovan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/12/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-disinformation #USelections2024 #MarkZuckerberg #Socialmedia #Technology #USpolitics #Instagram #Facebook #ElonMusk #Threads #USnews #Media #Meta #X

Quantum (pro) designs for new tokens coming soon #mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #activism #election #electionday #huggingface #perchance #chargpt #github "

Using -A.I to study and understand the cyberspace
#github #mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #activism #election #electionday #huggingface #perchance #chatgpt

Have been deep diving into the world of smart glasses/AR glasses today. Ironically my eyes hurt from reading so many websites.

#AR #AI #rayban #xreal #meta #media #VR #mixedreality #glasses #vision

Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif says #meta shut down his Instagram account, calling it part of a broader effort to suppress Palestinian content. Al-Sharif created a new account, and plans to continue sharing images and updates, stressing the importance of free expression.

📲 Video by AJ (EN)
#media #digitalmeltdown #journalism #killingjournos
#warcrimes
#notarget
#ihl #icc #gaza

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/7/al-jazeeras-anas-al-sharif-returns-to-instagram-despite-suppression

If anybody wants to consider funding or sponsoring my #github my Venmo is @mi6donny if your unable to donate Share this . I am greatful for all of you #mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #activism #election #electionday #huggingface #perchance #chatgpt

→ #Amazon, #Tesla and #Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/23/amazon-tesla-meta-climate-change-democracy

“Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining #democracy across the world by financially backing #farright political movements, funding and exacerbating the #climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and #humanrights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).”

Mastodon partners with Meta to form Social Web Foundation: a short story.

https://socialwebfoundation.org

#mastodon #meta #fediverse #SocialWebFoundation

CJEU: #Meta must "minimise" use of personal data for ads - https://noyb.eu/en/cjeu-meta-must-minimise-use-personal-data-ads "First, massively limiting the use of personal data for online advertisements. Secondly, limiting the use of publicly available personal data to the originally intended purposes for publication." #gdpr

I thought #Meta was pulling out of news across the world. Given their appalling algorithms and what news makes it to who, I thought that it was a good thing. If people can’t get their news in FB then they have plenty of other options.

#Meta detiene sus planes de entrenar su #IA con publicaciones de usuarios de #Facebook e Instagram en #Europa
https://facua.org/noticias/meta-detiene-sus-planes-de-entrenar-su-ia-con-publicaciones-de-usuarios-de-facebook-e-instagram-en-europa/

#Meta tiene una herramienta de monitoreo llamada #CrowdTangle. La utilizan investigadores para rastrear fake news y contenidos tóxicos en sus redes sociales... Y ahora quieren cerrarla. Hay una campaña de @mozilla para pedir que la mantengan: https://foundation.mozilla.org/es/campaigns/crowdtangle-petition/

ISP says music companies could sue file sharers directly, Copyright Office reviews music licensing systems and Meta creates Llama drama.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2024/02/01/3-count-llama-drama/

#Copyright #AI #DMCA #Meta #Llama

Tiny Mastodon Tip About Blocking Threads/Meta ​​

With this week's news
about Meta starting to test Threads integration with ActivityPub (the protocol that makes the Fediverse interconnected): https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/meta-starts-testing-threads-integration-with-activitypub/

Many people, like myself,
might feel uneasy about this. There are many reasons to be:

Whether it is due to Meta's (mal)practices when it comes to moderation, disinformation, politics, or problematic privacy, to say the least, your discomfort with this is very valid ​

On Mastodon,
know that you can pre-block a whole domain at the account level ⛔️

Now, this is not a complete solution and might not prevent all of your data from passing through, but it should prevent Threads accounts on these instances from following you and seeing most of your posts, and you theirs.

HOW TO ❓

1. On desktop, go to "Preferences" > "Import and export"

2. On your computer, create a text file and copy the 2 following lines in it:

threads.instagram.com
threads.net

3. Change the ".txt" extension of this file to ".csv"

4. Go back to Mastodon's Preferences and go to the "Import" section in the left side menu.

5. There, for "Import type" select "Domain blocking list"

5.1. On the right, make sure to select "Merge" and not Overwrite in order to keep your previously blocked Domains, if you had any.

5.2. In "Data" on the left, click on "Browse" and select the ".csv" file you just wrote.

5.3. Click "UPLOAD" at the bottom.

6. You will then see a message to confirm. Click "CONFIRM" ​

7. Done! And good riddance! ​​✨

#TinyMastodonTip #Mastodon #Meta #Threads #Facebook #Privacy

#Meta’s new #AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion #Instagram and #Facebook photos - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/metas-new-ai-image-generator-was-trained-on-1-1-billion-instagram-and-facebook-photos/

#Meta prometió que su nueva red social, Threads, va a ser compatible con #ActivityPub, el protocolo del #fediverso. Es la misma tecnología que permite que haya redes sociales interoperables como #Mastodon. No está muy claro si es buena noticia o si hay que tener miedo... Aquí lo explican: https://es.wired.com/articulos/que-es-la-revolucion-del-fediverso-y-como-threads-la-amenaza

The social media giant #Meta … will end access to #news … for all Canadian users before Bill #C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force.

C-18 is modelled after a law in Australia… that first forced digital companies to pay for the use of news content.

Google threatened to shut down access to the search engine in that country…. The company ultimately relented and cut deals…

"Facebook made the same threat. They left Australia for a week, then they came back…"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634

Is there a calm, technically-grounded risk-assessment of #meta (or any other apex-capitalist) 'joining' the fediverse?

Preferably a blog post, but happy for replies :)

Jetzt könnte man sagen, ist doch fein, wenn die Erzieherin aus der Kita (die mit Nagellack) und meine Oma zum mir ins #fediverse kommen. Und die Freunde meiner Tante, die die Golf spielen und dieses Monster von Audi fahren, auch.

Aber eigentlich wollte ich so #Biedermeier -mäßig einfach meine Ruhe vor denen haben.

Und mich irgendwo aufhalten, wo Leute NICHT diskutieren wollen, ob Ausländer-raus oder Klimawandelskepsis oder son shit nicht doch "in unsere Lebenwelt passt".

#fedipact #meta

Hmm, eines der Kriterien bei der Auswahl der Software, die ich nutze, ist fast immer: #opensource

Fälle, dass irgendwo ewig Fehler dringelassen wurden, der Code niemand zuzumuten ist, kein maintaining mehr passiert oder scheiss-code eingeschleust wird, sind bekannt. Meist folgt die Suche nach ner Alternative, ein #fork, ein fix...

Aber wenn #meta die Arme ausbreitet für die totale Umarmung, bin ich auch, sind alle selbst betroffen. Hilft da freier Code überhaupt?

#fedipact #Project92

#Meta klaut sich die Ideen bei der Konkurrenz zusammen, ist das eigentlich erlaubt?

Vor Jahren hab ich damit begonnen #Telegram zu nutzen, wegen der "Kanäle" die es dort gibt und den viel umfangreicheren Features, die Gruppen betreffend.

Jetzt lese ich, dass #Whatsapp bald "Kanäle" einführt, Videonachrichten usw.

Waren das noch Zeiten, als #Facebook seine Konkurrenten gekauft hat, jetzt klauen sie sich die Features nur noch zusammen?

Ist das rechtlich wirklich so einfach?

#followerpower