Jonah Aragon 
Do big tech companies understand consent?
| Yes | |
| Remind me in 5 days |
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Tom Casavant@jonah Facebook has that policy where if you type "I declare that I do not give my permission for Meta to use my personal data for any purposes" then they can't use it
Franceska Mann
Nazo@tom @jonah Hahahahahahahahaha.
Sure.
(Jokes and the fact they wouldn't really honor such a thing aside though, be careful. This smacks of one of those things people say that go around like a chain letter where everyone just does it and believes it works but it was never even an official statement in the first place. You couldn't trust them if they said they'd do this, but did they even actually say it?)
deer witch@nazokiyoubinbou @tom @jonah lol exactly
snopes says it's bullshit
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-60-minutes-personal-data/
@moss @tom @jonah Looks like that confirms that whether or not any official statement was ever made regarding this it would have absolutely no legal standing (meaning they could disregard it at any time anyway.)
I think there are some opt out options in some privacy settings in the actual settings (not just making a post) but in the end, just assume Meta collects every byte of info they can about you and sell it and use it to manipulate you no matter what you do. Regardless of whether it is legal to do so or not and regardless of what you say. This is not exactly a secret thing... It's just what they are.
Remember too, they use cross-site tracking, IP addresses, phone apps, etc etc to cross track. If you're in, they have you. If a family member or friend is in, they have you.
yetzt@yetzt don’t worry, we’ll be sure to poll again in another 5 days too
MarjorieR@jonah yes, of course the Tech companies understand consent. That's why they never give you the option to say NO I DON'T CONSENT.
Noa@marjolica @jonah yeah they wouldn't be able to remove consent from everything if they didn't understand it.
Tim@marjolica @jonah Exactly this.
Alexander Knochel@jonah double plus yes
Liminal witch 🧙♀️ Sarah@jonah They do understand for a short moment after hackers release their data.
When there's no longer a media coverage they'll revert back to remind me in 5 days
🄯 CarlOS@carloshr @jonah I wonder these days. I'm starting to think they legitimately don't get it. Like they actually think this is normal and ok. I mean I could be wrong, it's just a gut feeling, but still... I legit think that at least some believe "remind me in five days" is a normal legitimate response. Like they're giving us a chance to change our minds because they're so sure we'll definitely do it or something (as if really, all along, we want to do it, but just not right this moment so need a reminder to come back to it.)
I mean some, not all.
Ben Smith
Larry
Alsy
Nicky🦨✌️
Liz
Jason Parker (he/they)@jonah Please do this poll again in 5 days.
Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺@jonah Legitimate interest.
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Otis
Critical Silence@jonah tbh, 5 days is pretty much. Normally, it is like 2 days or even 6 hours. It's like a check, if you're still alive and attending
@CriticalSilence true, I have an app now that lets me disable notifications for 6 hours, and if you disable notifications in the OS then the app refuses to function 🫨
Kevin Karhan
Ollie 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦
Remind Me@distinctdipole Ok, I will remind you on Friday Apr 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM UTC.
Fredrik Bülow@jonah very clever ;-)
Jim Sullivan@jonah I hear it depends on how many drinks they've had and what they're wearing.