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121 votes
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Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me
87 votes -
Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes
79 votes -
Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now
77 votes -
Threads is the perfect Twitter alternative, just not for you
59 votes -
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival social network named WT:Social
56 votes -
Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing
51 votes -
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads – then a Norwegian regulator threatened daily fines
51 votes -
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says
50 votes -
No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Ireland's Data Protection Commission says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched there
48 votes -
Elizabeth Warren proposes breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook
48 votes -
US judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter
47 votes -
Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down
47 votes -
US FTC sues Facebook for illegal monopolization
47 votes -
Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps
46 votes -
Facebook’s new AI stickers can generate Elmo with a knife
45 votes -
Meta introduces LLaMA 2, their next open source large language model, now free for commercial usage as well
44 votes -
Starting in October 2020, all new Oculus VR devices will require logging into a Facebook account, and support for existing Oculus accounts will end on January 1, 2023
43 votes -
For years Facebook claimed the adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable that.
@jeremyburge: For years Facebook claimed the adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable that.
43 votes -
Harvard gutted initial team examining Facebook files following $500 million donation from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Whistleblower Aid client reveals
42 votes -
Facebook does not let me delete my account
I did not use facebook for ages, i always thought i need it for my international contacts, but now this new pay or say yes to ads window showed up I realised I did not use it for a long time. So I...
I did not use facebook for ages, i always thought i need it for my international contacts, but now this new pay or say yes to ads window showed up I realised I did not use it for a long time. So I was like, tech is like clothes, if you don't use it for a year it's time to let it go.
So i tried to delete my acc.
After some research (wtf????) I finally found this page
https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
where I can click my through a menu, until I can enter my password to delete my account, and it just does not let me.
""Sorry, this feature isn't available right now""
wtf? how is deleting my acc not available????
fuck this, fuck them. this is one of the "leading" tech enterprises. this is one of the biggest fucking companies in the world.
I don't know how that is even legal.
I'm so fucking angry. Fuck this fucking fuckers!
does somebody know what i can do? can i send them an angry real life letter? do i need a lawyer?
I'm not really in the EU, but the GDPR still applicates to me. so what do I do now to get rid of this fucking fuckers?ps. looking in the internet does not help nothing, it's just 100s of links to facebook help center. fuck the fucking modern web as well.
42 votes -
Accused of violating kids' privacy, Meta sues US Federal Trade Commission, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ data
40 votes -
A pro-Putin Facebook network is pumping French-language propaganda into Africa. The pages promote Russia’s line on the war in Ukraine to more than four million followers...
40 votes -
Facebook announces plan to break up US Government before it becomes too powerful
40 votes -
Ads for AI sex workers are flooding Instagram and TikTok
38 votes -
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy
37 votes -
Facebook account banned within ten minutes of linking Oculus account; decision reviewed and cannot be reversed. All prior purchases are lost. Oculus Quest is unusable.
37 votes -
Facebook bans Trump "indefinitely" with Mark Zuckerberg explaining that "the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service... are simply too great"
36 votes -
I have cancer and now my Facebook feed is full of "alternative care" ads
36 votes -
96% of US users opt out of app tracking in iOS 14.5
35 votes -
Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger
35 votes -
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook
34 votes -
Meta is releasing AudioCraft: Generative AI for audio made simple and available to all
34 votes -
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach
33 votes -
Meta is building an alternative to Twitter
33 votes -
Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private photos of up to 6.8m users
33 votes -
The work of online volunteers - Moderators’ work on Reddit and Facebook is crucial but not paid. We should be creative in how we compensate them.
32 votes -
The Court of the Hague orders Meta to unmask anonymous Dutch user accused of repeated defamatory posts
31 votes -
Facebook includes Breitbart in new 'high quality' news tab
31 votes -
Can Mark Zuckerberg fix Facebook before it breaks democracy?
31 votes -
A lawsuit argues Meta is required by law to let you control your own feed
30 votes -
Facebook changes name to Meta: Mark Zuckerberg announces company rebrand as it moves to the metaverse
30 votes -
Facebook has sent a cease-and-desist letter to two NYU researchers, demanding that they shut down their research into political ads and disinformation on FB’s platform
30 votes -
Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'
30 votes -
A simple plan to dissolve Facebook, Google, and Amazon, from the man who coined the term "net neutrality"
30 votes -
Two popular Danish television presenters have reported Meta to the police after finding their images and words had been manipulated and misused in thousands of Facebook ads
29 votes -
533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online
29 votes -
Facebook announces a ban on praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook and Instagram
29 votes -
Can you spot the deceptive Facebook post?
29 votes -
Big Tech won’t let you leave. Here’s a way out.
28 votes