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

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Group Led By Billionaire Frank McCourt Makes Formal Bid To Buy TikTok

"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary is part of the effort.

www.huffpost.com

 

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Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims | TechCrunch

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.

techcrunch.com

 

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Apple Privacy Claims Questioned Over AI That Analyzes Personal Photos Without Opt-In - BGR

A report shows Apple analyzes everyone's photos with AI before you can opt out, raising questions about its privacy claims.

bgr.com

They said they were gonna do this spying years ago under the supposed goal of protecting children, backtracked/lied, and then did it anyway in iOS 18 under a new obfuscated feature name for digital fingerprinting of all your photos.

 

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A Lot of People Are Searching for How to Delete Facebook and Instagram, and We Would Like Their Clicks

There is an exodus of users who are ditching Meta platforms following the decision to end fact checking.

gizmodo.com

 

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Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill

Changes to its hate speech guidelines were among broader policy shifts Meta made to its moderation practices.

www.nbcnews.com

Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines​

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tech/meta-hateful-conduct-policy-update-fact-check

Zuckerberg has also added wife-hitter MAGA trash Dana White to Meta’s board of directors.

 

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Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy

The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state

www.theguardian.com

 

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A Lot of People Are Searching for How to Delete Facebook and Instagram, and We Would Like Their Clicks

There is an exodus of users who are ditching Meta platforms following the decision to end fact checking.

gizmodo.com

I guess Bluesky is about to receive even more new users as a result of people deleting their Facebook and Instagram accounts.

 

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Mark Zuckerberg says Biden officials would 'scream' and 'curse' when seeking removal of Facebook content

The Meta CEO said on a podcast that administration officials had asked the company to remove certain posts, including "things that are true."

www.nbcnews.com

If only there was a way of fact-checking this statement.

 

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Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed

Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."

www.404media.co

 

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Microsoft CEO Nadella forms new AI group to build and run apps for customers

Microsoft hired DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to lead Copilot AI initiatives last year.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg

Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.

arstechnica.com

 

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New Senate Bill Would Give TikTok 270 Extra Days to Sell App

Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced the bill on the Senate floor Monday, which would give TikTok almost another year to divest from its Chinese parent company.

gizmodo.com

Bluesky Is Getting Its Own Instagram Alternative Called Flashes

Instagram users not enthused about Mark Zuckerberg's pivot to MAGA have a new refuge.

gizmodo.com

 

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Meta’s pivot to the right sparks boycotts and a user exodus

Some users are fleeing Meta platforms to alternatives like Bluesky.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Meta’s pivot to the right sparks boycotts and a user exodus

Some users are fleeing Meta platforms to alternatives like Bluesky.

www.nbcnews.com

Good. I'm loving Bluesky right now.

 

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