I've updated my #Junited2024 post to highlight "Tech is cool; business is boring" by Justin Pot, about being excited for the technology itself, but not so excited about it being ruined by the business of big tech.
Ok, so the #Maven team states that they deleted the posts they INGESTED WITHOUT CONSENT after the huge negative response from the #fediverse #community.
But yet, the question remains, don't 'The Rules' of each server include the fact that #UserContent is not to be stolen (taken without consent) ?
I mean one of the #MainReason to switch from #bigTech, is the idea that my #content is #notForSale, especially without my explicit say so.
💡 This article has been updated. A recent investigation by Liaizon Wakest revealed that Maven, a new social network founded by former OpenAI Team Lead Ken Stanley, has been importing a vast amount of
I’m being informed that FB promptly shuts down and blocks any and all mentions to fact checkers that aren’t their own, which is laughable to start with.
Well, it is laughable unless you are serious about democracy of course. FB’s policy of blocking links to other fact checkers means you can’t post a link that proves a post on a topic is incorrect. The incorrect post itself gets to stay (and the falsification can be shared, re-shared etc), only the correction of it being a lie is blocked.
Great.
I’m happy I am not there much any more (just doing the odd “Happy birthday” greeting these days).
Meta tried to discredit researchers in one of Brazil's top universities who identified fraudulent ads in its platforms:
"Defaming scientists has become a global strategy of Big Techs in order to try to silence critics in universities."
"In the United States, the social network has gone as far as banning researchers from accessing data after they did something that displeased the company."
Meta's lawyers called researchers from NetLab, a research group affiliated with one of Brazil's top universities, "biased" and "unable to produce technical evidence" after the company was fined for fraudulent ads using the name of a federal…
Did you know that #GoogleHome devices are - able to call 911 - but only with an $8 monthly subscription?!?
Google (and Amazon, and Apple) put the ability to call emergency services behind an monthly paywall, creating a dystopian tiered system where only rich and technologically savvy families have the means to save themselves in a crisis.
As people around the world, become more aware of the importance of protecting their data & privacy, big tech corporations like Google and Apple adapt to appear privacy focused; welcome to privacy washing!
The European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a complex, many-legged beast, but at root, it is a regulation that aims to make it easier for the public to control the technology they use and rely on.
