🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Big Publishers Are Putting The Internet Archive On Trial - VICE

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

TikTok Is ‘Shadow-Promoting’ Banned Content in Russia

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Meta (Facebook) injecting code into websites to track its users, research says

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Looks terribad like a bunch of 3D clip art. This is the future they say?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Facebook and Instagram Boot RFK Jr’s Notorious Anti-Vax Group From Their Platforms
The Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-founded org Children’s Health Defense had failed to meet Meta’s standards ‘on misinformation that could cause physical harm.’

Over a year and half since COVID19 vaccines became available and even longer since the concept of a vaccine was created.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko raises concerns over security threats at platform - CNN

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Looks terribad like a bunch of 3D clip art. This is the future they say?

Wall Street Journal - Mark Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan Waking Up in the Morning Is Like Getting ‘Punched in the Stomach’

"You wake up in the morning, look at my phone, you get like a million messages, right, of stuff that come in. It's usually not good," Mr. Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in an episode on his show that aired Thursday. "It's almost like every day you wake up and you're, like, punched in the stomach," Mr. Zuckerberg said. "Now I need to, like, go reset myself and be able to kind of be productive and not be stressed about this." After processing the information he's given, he said he spends an hour or two doing physical activity such as surfing or mixed martial arts.

Politico - Apple faces growing likelihood of DOJ antitrust suit
An antitrust lawsuit against Apple would be a dramatic escalation in the administration’s battle against the tech giants.

 

[Teelie]

Poor Zuckerberg. He only did everything possible to deserve that every morning gut punch.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

YouTube's algorithm points you toward the same videos you watch just watched once. You watch some crochet video or rightwing crackpot once and then Youtube offers you dozens of the same.

 

[Teelie]

I have plenty of anecdotal evidence of it myself.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Shopify: We love all money, including terrorist money.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NBC News - A notorious fringe message board [KiwiFarms] is facing calls for its shutdown after life-threatening harassment
A trans streamer and a Republican congresswoman were targeted at their homes in the last month. Experts warn this is just the beginning.

 

[Sithborg]

NBC News - A notorious fringe message board [KiwiFarms] is facing calls for its shutdown after life-threatening harassment
A trans streamer and a Republican congresswoman were targeted at their homes in the last month. Experts warn this is just the beginning.

It is important to point out, earlier this week, they stated to investors they regret dropping Daily Stormer and 8chan, and wouldn't do that now.

Now, I assume the calculus has changed when you had people threatening to bomb buildings in Belfast.

 

[Sithborg]

Ohh, turns out it was a twofer.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

Ohh, turns out it was a twofer.

I think the Hype uses Cloudflare too.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

It does because it's the Cloudflare page we see when it malfunctions.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Zuck gets rid of societal harm evaluation team whose purpose he never gave a damn about anyway.

WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Cuts Responsible Innovation Team

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Meta [Facebook] Dredges Sensitive Data for Over 100 Rival Companies While Still Claiming It Isn't a Monopoly
The FTC’s lawsuit against Meta accused the company of being anticompetitive, but the social company says it needs rivals’ data to prove it isn’t a monopoly.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

New Report Claims [Google’s] YouTube Is Cashing in on Misogyny, Racism, and Targeted Harassment – Rolling Stone

Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct (2018)

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Republicans have been demanding the ability to spam and harass all email accounts and Google has caved. I’m sure Google also wants to pander in case the Rs win the house or senate.

 

[Teelie]

Any and all political emails are going to my spam folder. Google may not do it directly but I will set my spam filters to dump them.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Zuck gets rid of societal harm evaluation team whose purpose he never gave a damn about anyway.

WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Cuts Responsible Innovation Team

Media Matters - Facebook executive Nick Clegg's latest comments suggest Trump will likely be back on the platform by January