Meta Platforms: Lobbying, Dark Money, and the App Store Accountability Act

An open-source intelligence investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores.

https://tboteproject.com

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

#FediPact #meta #threads #AgeVerification

Social Web Working Group membership discussion

> Tantek: I also want to propose we reach out to Meta. They contributed to the CG, they implemented Threads, they contributed to tests.

https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-03-06-WG-kickoff.md

#FediPact

Meta’s entry and the #fedipact highlight conflicting perspectives. One possible result is that the fediverse will fragment along the lines Evan Prodromou has identified as “Big Fedi” and “Small Fedi.” Big Fedi, Prodromou argues, welcomes commercial services, sees individuals as the key social unit, and values growth....

https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com

#MoveSlowlyAndBuildBridges #bot

CLEANED UP

CORPORATION PROGRESS

DYING IN THE PROCESS

CHILDREN THAT CAN TALK ABOUT IT

LIVING ON THE WEB-WAYS

PEOPLE MOVING SIDEWAYS

SELL IT 'TIL YOUR LAST DAYS

BUY YOURSELF THE MOTIVATION

GENERATION NOTHING

NOTHING BUT A DEAD SCENE

PRODUCT OF A WHITE DREAM

I AM NOT THE SINGER THAT YOU WANTED

BUT A DANCER

I REFUSE TO ANSWER

TALK ABOUT THE PAST SIR

WROTE IT FOR THE ONES WHO WANT TO GET AWAY

KEEP RUNNING!!!!!

#FediPact #meta #threads

 Hey, I may need a new Fedi-home. Do you know a nice place, with more than a 500 character limit?

#askFedi #FediHelp #Fediverse #Mastodon #FediPact

Quick update: I'm presenting again during the next #FOSSUnited meetup!

If you're in #Bangalore on 1st March 2026 and church street is accessible to you, I highly suggest checking it out for this and @lunarequest's talk to build local awareness on #Fediverse and #fedipact :D

Same #Xonotic India, also doubling as a progress update since last time.

Here's the problem: I haven't made progress yet. But I definitely have some ideas!  

#xonoticindia