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"Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a group of authors alleged in newly disclosed court papers. Ta-Nehisi Coates, comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors suing Meta for copyright infringement made the accusations in filings made public on Wednesday in California federal court."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meta-knew-it-used-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/ar-BB1rbrJh

Sehr interessantes Interview 👇🏻

"Medien oder Technologien sind weder gut noch böse, aber sie sind auch nicht neutral. Das heißt, man kann es immer für gute und negative Zwecke einsetzen, aber die Art, wie wir kommunizieren wird auch durch die Technik mitbestimmt."

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Der-Faktencheck-funktioniert-so-schlecht-wie-der-Videoassistent-im-Fussball-10233293.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Ressa rejected Zuckerberg’s claim that factcheckers had been “too politically biased” and had “destroyed more trust than they’ve created”.

“Journalists have a set of standards and ethics,” Ressa said. “What Facebook is going to do is get rid of that and then allow lies, anger, fear and hate to infect every single person on the platform.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/facebook-end-factchecking-nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-ressa

I deleted my / account forever ago.

I deleted my account shortly after.

A few days ago I messaged all the people I know on to tell them I'd be deleting my account. A few minutes ago I deleted it and uninstalled the app.

A few minutes ago I also requested a download of my and content (both have been locked down and unused for years). A few seconds ago I deleted both accounts.

comes out of the archive when I'm looking for work, and goes back in as soon as I get hired again. I'm strongly considering deleting that account as well, because fuck LinkedIn and .

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So what am I doing in place of all these toxic, bullshit platforms? I'm glad you asked...

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Alexios Mantzarlis, who is the director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative at Cornell Tech and part of the team that shepherded Meta's now-canceled fact-checking program, has fact-checked Mark Zuckerberg's fact-checking announcement. Here's his story for Nieman Labs. "There is so much bad faith reasoning in 96 words that it’s hard to know where to start. But let’s go in order," he writes.

https://flip.it/R2Ak94

'Meta employees are furious with the company’s newly announced content moderation changes that will allow users to say that LGBTQ+ people have “mental illness,” according to internal conversations obtained by 404 Media and interviews with five current employees. The changes were part of a larger shift Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday to do far less content moderation on Meta platforms.'

https://www.404media.co/its-total-chaos-internally-at-meta-right-now-employees-protest-zuckerbergs-anti-lgbtq-changes/

Neue Regeln bei Threads: Mastodon-Chef übt Kritik und warnt verbundene User

Änderungen bei der Moderation von Threads betreffen auch Mastodon, weil die Dienste verbunden werden können. Der Mastodon-Chefentwickler übt nun scharfe Kritik.

https://www.heise.de/news/Neue-Regeln-bei-Threads-Mastodon-Chef-uebt-Kritik-und-warnt-verbundene-User-10234379.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon