News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void.
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/technology/canada-election-facebook-instagram-meta.html
Während der Bundesrat die Lage bei den grossen Tech-Firmen weiterhin beobachtet und keinen Grund sieht, Regeln zu überlegen oder durchzusetzen, zementieren die ihre Macht im Internet weiter. So will jetzt auch #OpenAI, die Firma hinter #ChatGPT, ein «Soziales Netz» aufbauen. Vielleicht nur wegen dem Sch…, äh, der Fehde zwischen Altman und Musk.
Gleichzeitig werden die Vorwürfe gegen #Meta und #Google immer lauter, sie agierten wettbewerbsfeindlich bzw. monopolistisch.
https://dnip.ch/2025/04/22/dnip-briefing-21-enshittification-cyberkriminelle-und-ein-zitat/
FAFO! time.
Big Tech's 'Magnificent Seven' heads into earnings season reeling from Trump turbulence
"It's the polar opposite of what Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos hoped for when they assembled behind Trump as he was sworn in."
Malwarebytes: "Meta slurps up EU user data for AI training" https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/uncategorized/2025/04/meta-slurps-up-eu-user-data-for-ai-training
Researchers paid people to deactivate their Facebook account and measured the impact on their mental health.
Dear friend, I bet you can guess the result
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w33697/w33697.pdf
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Replay crew! We ran long this week, but had a great discussion in the chat about phone reviewing, and using phones as computers! Check it out! https://somegadgetguy.com/2025/04/21/sggqa-393-meta-on-trial-googles-ad-monopoly-phones-with-big-batteries-are-coming/
#SGGQA 393: Meta on Trial, Google's Ad Monopoly, Phones With BIG Batteries are Coming!
Meta says it's testing artificial intelligence tech in the U.S. to detect whether a person is a teen — even if they've lied about their birthday to make it seem like they're an adult — and then move them to a teen account. Via @Engadget. #AI #Meta #Instagram #OnlineSafety #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/_y0jmz
Von der Leyen warns Big Tech to play by the rules in Europe.
"The rules voted by our co-legislators must be enforced," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said.
"That's why we've opened cases against TikTok, X, Apple, Meta just to name a few. We apply the rules fairly, proportionally, and without bias. We don't care where a company's from and who's running it. We care about protecting people," she added.
Insiders including #Meta #markzuckerberg #Oracle Safra Catz & #JPMorgan #JamieDimon #cashed out shares worth #billions of dollars bef #Trump #tariff announcements roiled markets. Zuckerberg sold 1.1M shares worth $733M in 1st qtr. All sales were in Jan & Feb when Meta’s stock was still trading above $600, hitting peak of more than $736 on Feb 14. The #socialmedia company’s share price has since slid by 32% amid the broader #market selloff #FinancialMarkets https://archive.is/azkai#selection-1707.0-1711.476 #insidertrading
Objections to Meta’s request for permission to use my public posts for their AI products. #111Words #Meta #AI #Objections #CreativeWork #EnvironmentalIssues #Search #Linguistics https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/objections-to-metas-request-for.html
#GenteDiUnaCertaEtà
Essendo @Fabio ancora su #instagram, perché segue due associazioni che si occupano di #gatti randagi, abbiamo fatto opposizione all'addestramento della cosiddetta intelligenza artificiale di #meta.
Bene, ci siamo accorti che la stessa è scomparsa anche da #whatsapp di @Alberto (titolare della mail utilizzata su ig).
Secondo voi c'è un nesso tra le due cose?
condivisione gradita
Gus Posey 
