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So, it seems Threads is blocking links to mainstream left-wing political parties in France while allowing links to right-wing parties, even allowing links to far right parties:

nileane.fr/@nileane/1126616678

Worth reading the whole thread:

- This is happening just before French elections
- Links to left wing parties used to work, but now don't
- OP's posts which previously linked to left wing parties now removed
- OP's account suspended without explanation

And to be clear, these are mainstream left wing parties being blocked. It's the equivalent of blocking the Democrats in the US or Labour in the UK.

Meta is apparently intimidating Brazilian researchers to deter them from looking too deeply at ads and disinformation:

"This is an attack on scientific research work, and attempts at intimidation of researchers ... especially with regard to paid content that causes harm to consumers ... and that threaten the future of our democracy."

Also:

"In 2021 ... Meta disabled the accounts of researchers at NYU’s Ad Observatory Project... Those involved denounced the social network's account cutoff as an attempt to stifle legitimate research into disinformation."

theregister.com/2024/06/16/met

The Register · Meta accused of trying to discredit ad researchersBy Thomas Claburn

The people behind Threads yet again using deceptive (and potentially illegal) practices to collect people's personal data without their permission:

"...Meta's new privacy policy basically says that the company wants to take all public and non-public user data that it has collected since 2007 and use it for any undefined type of current and future 'artificial intelligence technology,."

"...once their data [is] in the system, users seem to have no option of ever having it removed."

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

It is extremely dangerous to trust Meta. Please defederate Threads.

Ars Technica · Meta uses “dark patterns” to thwart AI opt-outs in EU, complaint saysEU Facebook users have until June 26 to opt out of AI training.

Old enough to remember when the official Mastodon site used to promote a diverse range of small instances, and made fun of Meta instead of collaborating with it.

This used to be on their front page, long gone now 😢

fedi.video/w/cbQE3NRw76FayQCSd

Instead, we now have a front page telling people to sign up on mastodon.social, an instance list that prioritises large instances, and a blog gushing over how wonderful it is to see Meta federating with them.

Greatly appreciate the work Eugen has done, but his current direction of travel is deeply worrying.

Here's how to check whether your server federates with Threads:

Search for the address @zuck@threads.net on your server. If the account shows up in the search results, your server federates with Threads.

If you want to switch to a nice well-run server which blocks Threads, here's a curated list:

➡️ fedi.garden

If you need help moving your account to another server, here are step-by-step instructions:

➡️ fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma

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The Fedi.Garden website is now updated, with an additional rule:

"No federation with any organisation cited in multiple reports of massacres or genocides"

This means blocking Meta/Facebook/Threads, and all other similarly dubious organisations if they set up Fediverse instances. All servers which federate with Threads have been removed from the fedi.garden list.

You can see the complete set of rules at:

➡️ fedi.garden/about-this-site

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Tutorial rápido para bloquear #threads y todas las instancias que han estado usando como prueba (de momento)
(En modo navegador de pc)
vas a codeberg.org//alexis/block-met le das a descargar, renombras el .txt como csv vas a preferencias > importar y exportar >  importar > Pinchas en lista de seguidos y selecciona Lista de dominios bloqueados, carga el csv y listo!

Codeberg.orgblock-meta-from-fedi/.data/domains.txt at mainblock-meta-from-fedi - Some tools to help protect the fediverse from Meta

wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/cred

Since #Facebook/‍#Meta is apparently going to start testing #Fediverse/‍#Mastodon integration for their #P92/‍#Barcelona‍/‍#Threads “platform” soon, let's do another round of reminders of what this entails and why their instance and IPs should be blocked *now* with extreme prejudice.

wokA credible threat to (and from) commercial social network silos/1The Fediverse, especially through Mastodon, has been acknowledged by the major players as a threat —to be eliminated.