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For the sake of organizing please keep using . Don't let and control the narrative. Even if they aren't processed and turned into links in the app hopefully scientists use them at some point in the future.

a man is sitting on a couch with his hands in the air and the word hashtag written on the screen .

New Privacy Guides article 🔓👁️‍🗨️
by @jw and me:

Outside the Fediverse, you may have
encountered platforms where you were obligated to provide your "real" name.

These so-called "real-name" policies, often in fact requiring legal names, are horrible for everyone's privacy. But it's also important to consider how discriminatory and dangerous they are.

Pseudonymity isn't a trivial matter,
it saves lives.

Fighting against policies attacking
online pseudonymity, such as real-name policies, age-verification policies, and Chat Control proposals, isn't just a banal fight to keep using silly nicknames online. It's a battle for democracy, for civil liberties, and for human rights.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/10/15/real-name-policies/

suspends popular sightings group at administration’s request

The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last 5 weeks of Trump’s intense campaign to warn neighbors that are nearby.


https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/facebook-suspends-popular-ice-sightings-group-at-trump-administrations-request

"Amazing.🚨When the Biden adm reached out to Facebook to take down pages filled with Covid disinformation it caused Zuckerberg to decry a full assault on in America. Now, the Trump adm reaches out to remove information &🚨 complies."
-S Stein

"Today following outreach from
the , Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox & target ICE agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps & soc..."

A tweet from Attorney General Pam Bondi discusses Facebook's removal of a group page used to dox and target ICE agents in Chicago, following outreach from the Justice Department. The tweet emphasizes concerns over violence against ICE officers driven by online campaigns and mentions ongoing…

turned into a cesspool of recycled inaccurate content this 2025. It's worse than . Even their recommendation engine is littered with it. The worst part is they won't ban those accounts, instead they ban legitimate accounts providing accurate information. (⁠ノ⁠｀⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻