Kim Crawley (she/her) 😷🍉Jul 7, 2023

This is a warning about Meta and Threads.

Please boost this here and outside of Mastodon so that pregnant people in the United States are informed that using Meta/Threads is dangerous.

I'm unlikely to get pregnant but I have ZERO presence on Meta/Facebook/Instagram/Threads as a matter of principle.

#abortionrights #pregnant #threads

Show threadIron Raptor

@crowgirl
Again, this is why it is not launching in Europe

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/amp/?guccounter=1

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Jul 7, 2023 at 12:56pmWeb
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Jul 8, 2023

@Ironraptor @crowgirl unfortunately when the government comes knocking with the appropriate warrants there's not much US companies can do. The only defense is if they literally don't store that data.

Similarly the EU has no problem with platforms releasing such data to European law enforcement, in fact they may even require backdoors for that purpose. They just don't want European citizens' data being mined by US entities or released to American law enforcement. #GDPR.

Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Jul 8, 2023
@Ironraptor @crowgirl meanwhile don't forget anything you post here is effectively public. The only thing you can hide is your identity which will be a lot easier to do if you aren't running your own instance unless you're doing something relatively complex to mask a personal instance's IP address. You'd also have to be very careful about what you post to ensure you don't leak any clues.
Show threadhollyJul 8, 2023
@Ironraptor @crowgirl
yes but also it's because of the single market and antitrust