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121 votes
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Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU?
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Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads
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Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now
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Mark Zuckerberg announces that there has been over five million signups to Meta's Threads in the first four hours
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What are your thoughts on Meta's plans to federate through ActivityPub?
Meta's new app, Instagram Threads, is planning to be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol. This means it will be possible to federate with services such as Mastodon. I became aware of this as...
Meta's new app, Instagram Threads, is planning to be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol. This means it will be possible to federate with services such as Mastodon.
I became aware of this as my Mastodon admin talked about being approached by Meta to discuss federation. Many other large instances have been approached too. There is a general apprehension about federating with Threads, with many instances (including mine) saying outright that they will not federate with any Meta product.
Personally, I think this is an advantage of federation. I can continue to use Mastodon and choose whether I want an instance that interacts with Meta or not.
I definitely understand the apprehension with providing all of your data/information to a company not exactly known for their good handling of data/information, but I'm also not as against it as some people seem to be. If they are going to create a service like this, I'd rather it was federated than a walled garden.
How do you feel?
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No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Ireland's Data Protection Commission says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched there
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Meta is launching Threads, an app to rival Twitter
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Meta loses appeal on how it harvests data in Germany
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Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says
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Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants
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Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers
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Meta launching paid subscription service for Facebook, Instagram
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Toolformer: Language models can teach themselves to use tools
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Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertisement in Europe
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Facebook parent company Meta will lay off 11,000 employees
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XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works
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Norway wants Facebook fined for illegal data transfers – European regulators are finalizing a decision blocking Meta from transferring data to the US
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Testing end-to-end encrypted backups and more on Messenger
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Meta's chatbot says the company 'exploits people'
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OnlyFans bribed Meta employees to put thousands of porn stars on terror watchlist, suits claim
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Facebook helped arrest a 17-year-old for having an abortion
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Facebook, Instagram taking down posts about US abortion pills
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Mark Zuckerberg envisions a billion people in the metaverse spending hundreds of dollars each
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John Carmack Facebook Connect 2021 Keynote
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Facebook changes name to Meta: Mark Zuckerberg announces company rebrand as it moves to the metaverse
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Sharing photos has the potential to reveal a lot of personal information, even if you're careful with removing metadata
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The problem with Facebook and virtual reality
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Introducing Oculus Quest, our first 6DOF all-in-one VR system, launching Spring 2019
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The ~tech wiki
As mentioned here @Kat has made a wiki for our communities to be able to have some resources, and something to point at. There's the ~tech bit to it, that I've started working on a tiiiiny bit. I...
As mentioned here @Kat has made a wiki for our communities to be able to have some resources, and something to point at.
There's the ~tech bit to it, that I've started working on a tiiiiny bit. I was curious what sorts of topics you'd like to have there. Not just things that you know a lot about (by all means, if you have knowledge throw it in there!), but also if you need more info or something, or would like more resources! Maybe we can help each other out a bit in this thread, and codify things into the wiki if there's some resolution?
10 votes