Went to a cocktail bar last night fully intending to order a cocktail.

Bartender: "We don't have a physical menu. You have to check us out on #Instagram to get the cocktail list."

I find them on Instagram only to discover that it's impossible to see their menu there when not logged in.

I. Don't. Have. An. Instagram. Account.

Me: "Yeah, I'll have a small beer, thanks." (at less than quarter of the price of a cocktail)

🙄 FFS businesses, stop getting captured by #Meta. It hurts your business.

Gotta love @pluralistic

Every new post from Cory Doctorow is both enlightening and amusing.

So glad I escaped #Meta and I have tried in earnest to encourage friends to follow to #Mastodon, but so far, no joy.

pluralistic.net/2026/04/17/for…

If “antifa” is mentioned in the context of “references to historical or recent incidents of violence” — a category so sprawling that it includes “historic wars” and “battles” — that post will also be penalized. The company could, for instance, restrict posts comparing the antifascist nature of World War II to the contemporary antifa movement.

Penalties range from account ban to comments being hidden or suppressed.

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Antifa
theintercept.com/2026/04/14/fa…

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

^{Sam Biddle (The Intercept)}

RE: mastodon.social/@madeindex/116…

"...to help workers feel connected" - yeah, not even a little; absolutely NOBODY will come away from this with any other feeling than the exact opposite.

This is the world's most expensive way of telling your employees to go fuck themselves.

One can only hope the board starts to wonder why they need to pay the real Zuck for a job he isn't doing.

#AI #Meta #tech #business

MadeInDex 📰🌎

2026-04-14 10:02:11

Does the world need more billionaires?

Guess we will soon find out, as they multiplying now, and not even naturally:

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#News #Tech #Technology #AI #Artificialintelligence #Zuckerberg #markZuckerberg #Billionaires #Corporation #Meta #Facebook #Future #IT #Chatbot #MetaAI #DeMeta #MadeInDex

Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss

Digital clone being trained on his thoughts, tone and mannerisms to help workers feel connected

^{Claudia Efemini (The Guardian)}

Does the world need more billionaires?

Guess we will soon find out, as they multiplying now, and not even naturally:

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#News #Tech #Technology #AI #Artificialintelligence #Zuckerberg #markZuckerberg #Billionaires #Corporation #Meta #Facebook #Future #IT #Chatbot #MetaAI #DeMeta #MadeInDex

Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss

Digital clone being trained on his thoughts, tone and mannerisms to help workers feel connected

^{Claudia Efemini (The Guardian)}

Mark #Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

The AI version of Zuckerberg is trained on his mannerisms, tone, and public statements, according to a report from the Financial Times.

theverge.com/tech/910990/meta-…

#news #tech #technology #AI #grok #aislop #nvidia #meta

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

Meta is working to build an AI version of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, which he will use to interact with employees, according to a report from the Financial Times.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

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I left #META 6 months ago when they wanted me to upload a video selfie to prove I was over 16. (I'm over 60).

For alternatives, I'm using Mastodon, Pixelfed and Bluesky (Probably not much longer).

The Fediverse is way more cool. 😀

First Meta said pay or consent, and now they've taken it to a whole new level: If you want a less personalized ad experience they will force you to watch ads with 'Ad Breaks'... Could it get any worse?!

On the other hand, the annoying ad breaks could be the solution to stop the endless scrolling?! At least that's how one Redditor is interpreting the change. 😅

When did you decide to leave #META and which alternatives are you using?

Time for alternatives: tuta.com/blog/instagram-altern…

Haha, the first reply on zuck zuck is just genius

threads.com/@zuck/post/DVrwsE5…

"Cropped and uncropped:"

#Meta #Epstein #AI

#Perplexity 's " #Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says

Perplexity's #AI #searchengine encourages users to go deeper with their #prompts by engaging in #chat sessions that a lawsuit has alleged are often shared in their entirety with #Google and #Meta without users' knowledge or consent.
#privacy #artificialintelligence

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says

Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue.

^{Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)}

Just like many other social media corporations #Reddit is planning to require biometric / ID verification* of some users.

To get ahead of this, I have prepared an alternative for everyone :)

🎉 ...and just launched our rapidly growing #DeMeta Reddit community on a journey into the #Fediverse!

People can now also DeMeta on #Lemmy:

@DeMeta

lemmy.world/c/DeMeta

#Privacy #News #Happy #SocialMedia #celebration #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #MetaAI #Threads #Announcement #verification #Internet

RE: mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262…

Ready for another joke? 🥁

The Irish Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for most major technology companies ( #Meta, #Google, #Apple, #OpenAI, #Microsoft,...) actually imposes fines in just 0.26% of the cases it handles. And even when a fine is imposed, the money is almost never collected. 🤡

#HappyAprilFools

noyb.eu (@noybeu@mastodon.social)

Attached: 2 images Happy april fool's day! 🥳🥴 Unfortunately, the reality of GDPR enforcement is so dire that we don't even need to make up a joke. 🧑‍💻 A recent noyb analysis showed that only 1.

^{noyb.eu (Mastodon)}

Château Big Tech. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#BigTech #data #DataHarvesting #SocialMedia #Meta

For the first time, maybe ever - #Meta is spreading joy ;)

Their full commitment to #AI actually means (A(ll (I)n for Meta now. After the failed #Metaverse, they really need this to work!

Is #MetaAI even any good though? Wouldn't know - don't even know anybody who's ever used it 😜

In other #News we reached 1000 members in our reddit.com/r/DeMeta group today 🥳

🦾 The resistance is growing ❤

#Stock #Humor #Facebook #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #SocialMedia #IT #USA #US #Zuckerberg #Funny

Why The #Metaverse Was Doomed From The Start

youtube.com/watch?v=hLItp5SiRG…

#Meta #Horizons

So essentially #Meta imagines a world, in which people don't even have to write their own messages to family and friends anymore?

Like we are not talking useless emails read by a bot here:
techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/what…

Guess it's a good time to reddit.com/r/DeMeta/, to avoid massive amounts of inauthentic messages?

#AI #WhatsApp #Text #Facebook #Messenger #Artificialintelligence #MetaAI #Zuckerberg #News #Techcrunch #Tech #Technology #IT #Software

WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations | TechCrunch

The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.

^{Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)}

Det er velkendt her på gode #Mastodon at #meta er vanedannende. Noget #danmarkskifter.dk også lagde vægt på.

Det jeg synes der kunne være interessant at få belyst på nationalplan er, hvad den enkelte mener der skal til for at give slip på #Facebook eller det der gør, at de har brug for at blive der.

Stiller spørgsmålet fordi jeg antager, at nogen (læs: ikke alle) virker til at være pænt ligeglade med hvordan Meta opfører sig. De trækker bare på skulderen og siger mediet er nemt at bruge.

Men er der mon slet ingen moralsk grænse?

Det er det, jeg finder interessant og skræmmende.

dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/google-o…

A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark social media addiction trial, awarding the plaintiff $3 million. Here's more from NBC.

flip.it/1sLZy6

#Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #Meta #YouTube

Verdict reached in landmark social media addiction trial

A verdict has been reached in the landmark civil trial that accused social media giants of profiting from products designed to be dangerously addictive to children.

^{Shanshan Dong (NBC News)}

A #NewMexico jury ruled Tuesday that #Meta knowingly harmed children’s #MentalHealth & concealed what it knew about #child sexual #exploitation on its #socialmedia platforms.

The landmark decision comes after a nearly 7-week trial, & as jurors in a federal court in California have been sequestered in deliberations for more than a week about whether Meta & #YouTube should be liable in a similar case.

#law #accountability #tech #business #moderation #pedophilia
apnews.com/article/meta-facebo…

#Meta was just found guilty and only fined $375 million?

Another slap on the wrist...

If you need proof:
"Meta shares were up 0.8% in after-hours trade following the verdict. The state had asked the jury to award ​more than $2 billion in damages."
reuters.com/sustainability/boa…

Pretty weird when a legal win against a Mega-Corporation feels like that 🥲

Well there are always all the other current cases and potential next cases against them :))

#news #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Stock #Tech #USA

They can't seem to help themselves with those internal memos 🤯:
"...reported that the company was considering adding facial recognition to its glasses. In an internal memo on the topic, a #Meta employee wrote that the timing to launch might be perfect: "We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.""

businessinsider.com/meta-ray-b…

#Facebook #News #USA #US #privacy #tech

Meta Ray-Bans are fueling all kinds of bad behavior

Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are sparking a popular genre of video on social media: harassing store employees and random people.

^{Katie Notopoulos (Business Insider)}

I wear #glasses. I prefer wire frame/ Ben Franklin style glasses

Some people prefer bold bulky glasses. Some styles are stunning, I love them

But…

If you do, you have something new to worry about:

People thinking you might be a #Meta Creep

'“It was all very cute until the end of the conversation, when one of them was like, ‘So, these glasses have been recording this whole time.’” …Lin was taken aback at the young man not asking permission to film her'

archive.ph/XJHI1#selection-833…

#Surveillance