Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

"Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account. The claims coincide with a series of high-profile Instagram account takeovers, including the Barack Obama White House account, the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force’s account, and Sephora’s account."

https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/

#FediPact #meta #threads

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

404 Media

Mark Zuckerberg’s mega yacht docks in Seattle in the wake of Meta layoffs

"Mark Zuckerberg’s enormous yacht is moored near Meta’s Seattle office, where hundreds of people just lost their jobs."

https://www.kuow.org/stories/mark-zuckerberg-s-mega-yacht-docks-in-seattle-in-the-wake-of-layoffs

#FediPact #meta #threads #seattle

Mark Zuckerberg’s mega yacht docks in Seattle in the wake of layoffs

Mark Zuckerberg’s enormous yacht is moored near Meta’s Seattle office, where hundreds of people just lost their jobs.

@developerjustin I'm sorry, but here we are supporters of #FediPact
(🤍 Nova, 💜 Marielle) Dear fellow fedi admins and users - if threads still federates, and you are still federating with threads, please be aware that meta is letting a new "AI"-powered chatbot loose on the platform. Given that Grok has a history of spewing Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery, including Child Sexual Abuse Material, we have reason to believe Meta's chatbot could do the same unless it has been programmed not to do so due to the scrutiny X and Grok recieved.

Admins, now would be the best time to really assess whether you want your users to be scraped by and be exposed to potential CSAM from a generative "AI" - users should do the same regarding their ties to users on the platform. Both admins and users should do what they can to distance from and cut federation with threads.

(Disclaimer: this PSA is not in coordination with the rest of enby.life staff; the topic is nonetheless important and needs to be addressed.)

#PSA #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #FediPact #NoAI

RE:
https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact/116570321470471361

RE: https://cyberpunk.lol/users/FediPact/statuses/116570321470471361

Threads users are pissed they can't block Meta's new AI chatbot

"Earlier today, Meta announced that it was testing a new Meta AI chatbot for Threads that would function a lot like Grok on X. Even though the "early beta" isn't available to most people on the platform yet, a number of Threads users have discovered its not possible to opt out of the feature or block chatbot's the account."

https://www.engadget.com/2171113/threads-users-are-pissed-they-cant-block-metas-new-ai-chatbot/

#FediPact #meta #threads

Threads Users Are Pissed They Can't Block Meta's New AI Chatbot

It's the top trending topic on the platform.

Engadget

In addition to content moderation concerns, those who sign the #fedipact or otherwise pledge to block Meta cite many other reasons for doing so. vanta’s fedipact site sums up several: “that time they helped facilitate a genocide. that time they helped try to rig an election....

https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com

#MoveSlowlyAndBuildBridges #bot

Move Slowly and Build Bridges, by Robert W. Gehl

"An island of loser misfit zealots." --John Gruber on fedi

We really should just use that as the slogan for fedi. The worst people you know call us names!
#fediverse #feditips #fedipact

In addition to content moderation concerns, those who sign the #fedipact or otherwise pledge to block Meta cite many other reasons for doing so. vanta’s fedipact site sums up several: “that time they helped facilitate a genocide. that time they helped try to rig an election....

https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com

#MoveSlowlyAndBuildBridges #bot

Move Slowly and Build Bridges, by Robert W. Gehl

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Under the new rules, Meta might trigger a threat signal when a user posts a “visual depiction of a weapon,” a “reference to arson, theft, or vandalism,” or “military language,” if accompanied by the word “antifa.”

If “antifa” is mentioned in the context of “references to historical or recent incidents of violence” — a category so sprawling that it includes “historic wars” and “battles” — that post will also be penalized. Should Meta apply this rule as written, the company could, for instance, restrict posts comparing the antifascist nature of World War II to the contemporary antifa movement.

Potential penalties for violating Community Standards range from a full account ban to comments being hidden or suppressed.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/facebook-instagram-antifa-censor/

#FediPact #meta #threads

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

The Intercept
@kajord @MLE_online Google has already scraped Mastodon public accounts. And Threads was Meta’s way of merging with the Fedi which is why many instances block Threads. There was this whole #FediPact campaign to get Threads out of the Fediverse.