Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

Hey Meta, don't leave us on read 👻

Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed!

This week ORG joined Good Law Project outside Meta's offices in a joint action with People vs Big Tech and Eko to ask why they've done nothing 🤷‍♂️

You have a legal right to say no to Stalker Ads on Meta 🫵

Use our tool to opt out (UK residents) ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out

#StopStalkerAds

#dataprotection #adtech #surveillancecapitalism #privacy #meta #zuckerberg #facebook

Video titled 'Hey Meta, why are you ghosting us?' with footage of ORG's Campaigns Manager outside Meta's office in front of a digital display van saying, "We’re today in front of Meta’s offices because it’s been two months since 10,000 people have opted out of personal data being used for direct advertising. But Meta has done nothing. So we’re here on behalf of these people to ask why." The text says "Meta uses your personal data to sell targeted ads. When you exercise your right to object, they must act." An animated consent toggle swipes left and "Stop Stalker Ads" appears with the link to the opt out tool appearing underneath: action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out
Video titled 'Hey Meta, why are you ghosting us?' with footage of ORG's Campaigns Manager outside Meta's office in front of a digital display van saying, "We’re today in front of Meta’s offices because it’s been two months since 10,000 people have opted out of personal data being used for direct advertising. But Meta has done nothing. So we’re here on behalf of these people to ask why." The text says "Meta uses your personal data to sell targeted ads. When you exercise your right to object, they must act." An animated consent toggle swipes left and "Stop Stalker Ads" appears with the link to the opt out tool appearing underneath: action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out
Fediverse Report
@fediversereport@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The weekly Fediverse Report doesnt disappear though, its just on a different domain name. In fact, Fediverse Report #122 is right here!

This week's news:
- @Mastodon announces and retracts a new ToS for their instances
- Threads moves their fediverse integration to a separate feed
- Wanderer is a new fediverse platform for sharing your hiking and biking trails

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-122/
The Nexus of Privacy
@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

In terms of Threads account portability, @davidimel's excellent question, and @pcottle's response: Mosseri was very candid about the goal here in his original quote in July 2023:

“I think we might be a more compelling platform for creators, particularly for the newer creators who are more and more savvy, if we are a place where you don’t have to feel like you have to trust us forever.”

And his Mosseri's December 2023 quote is similar:

"Eventually, it should also be possible to enable creators to leave Threads and take their followers with them to another app/server") is along the same lines."

As I said in Embrace, Extend, and Exploit: Meta's plan for ActivityPub, Mastodon and the Fediverse

Hmm, "eventually" is doing a lot of work there. How long will it take, and real will the story turn out to be? It's hard to know. For one thing, Mosseri has said that Threads' current plan is to "explicitly opt in to your content being available on other servers"; while that's good from a privacy and safety perspective, if they follow through it would also mean that creators to leaving won't be able to take all their followers with them. [If somebody's following you on Threads but hasn't opted in to federation, then when you move to an instance in the real fediverse they won't be following you any more.] And until "eventually" happens, creators can't actually move any of their followers to the fediverse. So we shall see.

But from Meta's perspective, so what? As Mosseri says, the goal here is to make people feel like they don't have to trust Meta forever. It's a good story, and that by itself has a lot of value at this point. It's getting favorable coverage in the tech press, too."

#threads #meta#FediPact

@fediversereport