Pack Your Corporate Social Media Go Bag

If you use #Meta, #Bluesky or #Substack have an escape plan!

As repeatedly demonstrated, corporate platforms are vulnerable. Will you be ready when they inevitably bend to data exploitation, political manipulation and censorship? Has it already started?

Have a plan to evacuate to Public Social Media. Create backup accounts on #Mastodon and #Ghost and use them as secondaries. Be prepared. Begin building your online presence free from corporate overlords.

The five-or-so people who were still using Horizon Worlds in VR can breathe a huge sigh of relief: Meta has decided not to shut it down after all. Here's more from @Techcrunch.

https://flip.it/1hWJUQ

#Meta #HorizonWorlds #VirtualReality #Technology #Tech

@falcennial Be sure to fuck #instagram too. Lots of people rightfully bash #Meta but keep their instas.

@falcennial Be sure to fuck #instagram too. Lots of people rightfully bash #Meta but keep their instas.

Meta’s AI Glasses and Privacy

Surprising no one, Meta’s new AI glasses are a privacy disaster.
I’m not sure what can be done here. This is ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/metas-ai-glasses-and-privacy.html

#Uncategorized #privacy #Meta #AI

Daily podcast: Your Meta Smart Glasses Recordings Aren't Private

#News #TechNews #Privacy #Meta #SmartGlasses #MetaSmartGlasses #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/sgp

Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.

This is just sooo bad 😡

#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:

"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"

"told us that it's because the stock price is down"

"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"

"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

#News

Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.

This is just sooo bad 😡

#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:

"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"

"told us that it's because the stock price is down"

"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"

"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

#News

Instagram removed end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

Instagram removed end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

@xankarn

#UShistory #USpol #Fascism
#TrumpCoup

(3/n)

... sensitive and accurate data there is on all #Americans👈, illegally raiding one federal agency's data base after another. 1)

1) E. g. today:
https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114116792158733453

His #BigTech peers, #Meta, #Google, #Microsoft, et al. have been trafficking with all that contact and movement (etc.!)., the so called #MetaData1.) on your smartphone.

And now, there is even #AI that can process all that data!

"'a key benefit for the...

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Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted messages after May 8, 2026, arguing that people barely used the feature, which is not enabled by default and only available in some areas. Here's more from @Engadget.

https://flip.it/abqNJ-

#Instagram #InfoSec #Meta #Tech

"investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores." A tale of lobbying, astroterfing, and millions of dollars.

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

#USPol #UKPol #Internet #Meta #ScumFucks

"investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores." A tale of lobbying, astroterfing, and millions of dollars.

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

#USPol #UKPol #Internet #Meta #ScumFucks

A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.

The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.

Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology

@stux

This change is both state-sponsored and to the benefit of Meta (Facebook / Instagram).

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #StateSponsored

@hardillb It's happening here too. Started about a week ago.

#MastoAdmin #meta