If you're still using a Meta product, stop. They are surprisingly unnecessary. They've been around for less time than DHS, and the world was better before either existed. #DumpMeta

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jxtnw3qiuq4wtx7sggjbbvi3/post/3meqod3jgss22
Just deactivated my personal Instagram account and deleted the app. I was tired of the noise. Facebook and Threads were already long gone. #dumpMeta

#WhatsApp to start showing more adverts in messaging app

#DumpMeta

Good alternatives are #matrix and #signal, both Free and #OpenSource Software (#FOSS).

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5y07yqg5do

#ads #privacy #invasive

WhatsApp to start showing more adverts in messaging app

People who link their WhatsApp account to Facebook or Instagram will see personalised ads.

If everything else #Meta wasn’t bad enough already… now this. I’m so glad I no longer use any Meta (cr)apps. I dropped it in 2018, went back in 2023 for some friends, & dropped it again in later 2024. If you’re still there, just get out. NOW. #tech #internet #DumpMeta https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/24/24351141/meta-threads-ads-test
Threads is offically getting ads

Meta announced that it’s rolling out a “limited, early test of ads in Threads” with a small number of businesses and users in “select” regions.

The Verge
If everything else #Meta wasn’t bad enough already… now this. I’m so glad I no longer use any Meta (cr)apps. I dropped it in 2018, went back in 2023 for some friends, & dropped it again in later 2024. If you’re still there, just get out. NOW. #tech #internet #DumpMeta www.theverge.com/2025/1/24…
Threads is offically getting ads

Meta announced that it’s rolling out a “limited, early test of ads in Threads” with a small number of businesses and users in “select” regions.

The Verge
Instagram and Facebook axe posts from abortion pill providers amid rightward swing: report www.rawstory.com/meta/ “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou #YuckyZucky #DumpMeta #TooManyBillionaires #EatTheRich #BroligarchySucks

Instagram and Facebook axe pos...
Instagram and Facebook axe posts from abortion pill providers amid rightward swing: report

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are drawing criticism for blurring, blocking or removing two abortion pill providers’ posts, which has become more evident in recent days and is another escalation of the company’s rightward swing as President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Several abortion p...

Raw Story
increasing... for 15 years... i mean really.
This is not new.
#dumpFacebook #dumpMeta #dumpZuck
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Larry Neufeld (@[email protected])

Meta is becoming an increasing source of #disinformation and #misinformation with its new rules in #Canada: When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow #socialmedia #Facebook #Instagram https://www.reuters.com/technology/when-facebook-blocks-news-studies-show-political-risks-that-follow-2024-04-14/

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