Patrick Leavy

@patrickleavy
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Save democracy - limit big tech
Blusky handle@paddy100w.bsky.social
Websitehttps://www.rebeltechalliance.org/
Lemmy handle@[email protected]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo whistleblowers reveal that #Meta ( #Instagram #facebook #WhatsApp ), #TikTok and #X KNOW how toxic their algorithms are, and IGNORE THE HARMS to boost profits.

IMPORTANT: watch the accompanying BBC documentary Inside The Rage Machine https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sw4z

#socialmedia #bigtech

Find alternatives here:
https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/facebookalts.html
Plus other pages linked there

Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement - whistleblowers

Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.

BBC News

I think this is one of the best #deathmetal albums ever made:

https://everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/album/ecstatic-death-reign

#AshenTomb are from #Finland, and they are BRUTAL! 🤘😁🤘

Ecstatic Death Reign, by Ashen Tomb

8 track album

Everlasting Spew Records

Strong recommend to see this new BBC documentary Inside The Rage Machine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sw4z

It shows you, in less than an hour, how big tech deliberately farms rage, to boost "engagement", to boost advertising $.

One of those programs that, if everyone saw it, the world would be a better place.

Find alternatives to #bigtech here:

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html

#privacy #surveillance #insidetheragemachine

BBC Two - Inside the Rage Machine

The inside story of how social media algorithms sow division with real-world consequences.

BBC
#Instagram to remove end-to-end #encryption for private messages in May - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may "Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs" so all those claims about how it was a problem for police were hogwash...
Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May

Meta’s announcement comes after years of criticism from child safety groups over feature

The Guardian
An appropriate T-shirt for today.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116244572819677311

I agree. Bonkers that govs don't all have their own Mastodon instances.

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@sjslocombe/116244573318809666

Pair this with #EdZitron 's work, and it's not looking good for #AI

I think the key point is that, even though this technology can be useful (and sometimes amazing) it is not useful on the SCALE it's being pushed at.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@amandaianthe/116235897676822168

If you're attending #nokings3 then please print these and hand them out. They will help people get away from #bigtech #surveillance