Are you on Instagzam? The social platform has redesigned its wordmark logo — supposedly after exploring hundreds of options — and the internet doesn't like it. Here's more from @Mashable.

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#Technology #SocialMedia #Instagram

The Government is Monitoring Anti- #Flock #TikTok and #Instagram Accounts

https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/

#privacy #surveillance #FreeSpeech #ALPR #police

If you're in the U.S., you want to talk about this stuff, and you don't already have a large platform/following: please, please, just use a #VPN and an anonymous account. Give them as little as possible. It's vitally important to talk about these issues, but it's not worth having rancid demons show up on your doorstep, waiting to rob you of the precious little freedom you still enjoy.

via @404mediaco

https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/

#uspol #USPolitics #cybersecurity #freespeech #TikTok #instagram

Jury selection is on Wednesday, with opening statements slated to begin August 18. #Meta founder and CEO #MarkZuckerberg is expected to testify, as is #Instagram head #AdamMosseri.

In terms of potential damages & implications for Meta, the trial is the biggest test yet of youth #socialmedia litigation & comes amid a broader reckoning across the globe over social media's effects on young users.

#law #privacy #infosec #tech #engagement #addiction #MentalHealth #business

#Meta faces biggest #court fight yet over #socialmedia’s impact on #children

Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California #FederalCourt trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered #Facebook & #Instagram to be #addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages & force it to make sweeping changes ​to its platforms.

#law #tech #MentalHealth #business
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-29-states-head-court-biggest-test-yet-youth-social-media-litigation-2026-08-12/

FUCK ZUCK! ( Here’s how! )

Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, influencing the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"

I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.

Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.

People who are not savvy, are locked into the #Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )

Here's a plan of action:

1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of #Mastodon and the #Fediverse
1. Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.
2. A community owned, open social media platform.
3. Free and Open Source software.
https://fediverse.info/

2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.

3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right Mastodon instance.

4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a random Mastodon instance for them.

5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.

6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.

7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. A reunion with your loved ones in a place without darkness. ☺️

#FuckZuck #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon

‚Meta wertet das Wort »Antifa« in Verbindung mit »Gewalt« künftig als potenziellen Verstoß gegen seine Richtlinien – allerdings mit unklaren Regeln!

Die Aufforderung »Nazis jagen« in Verbindung mit »Antifa« könnte bei Instagram und Facebook zur Kontosperrung führen.….‘

#Facebook und #Instagram weiten Sanktionen zu #Antifa aus

https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1199048.meta-konzern-facebook-und-instagram-weiten-sanktionen-zu-antifa-aus.html

#Repression #SocialMedia #Antifaschismus #Zensur

Don’t say Antifa!

Wie Meta den Rechtsstaat und die europäische Medienregulierung herausfordert.

‚Meta hat angekündigt, „Antifa-Inhalte“ auf #Instagram und #Facebook künftig als Risikoinhalte einzustufen, die schneller Gefahr laufen, sanktioniert zu werden.

Damit reiht sich der Konzern in den Kampf der Trump-Regierung gegen „die“ Antifa ein und zeigt erneut, welche direkten Auswirkungen dieser Kampf auf #Deutschland und #Europa hat…..‘

https://verfassungsblog.de/antifa-meta-dsa/

#Antifa #Antifaschismus #Repression #USA #Meta #Trump #socialMedia #Antireport

I'd like to engage with language learning & practice more regularly, and stick with it. can't really think of anything I'd like to kick, so going to go with that once the torch gets passed to me.

.... except it never did, and here's why:

someone started this off by saying they'd like to eat healthier. ok, cool.

next person piggybacks off of this and says, "yeah, my eating is fine I think, I cook at home a lot, but.... I'd sure like to use #Instagram less [...]

🧵 2/5?

me, thinking to myself: (🤯 🥴 idk, I just use #Mastodon, my timeline is chronological... I check it for a few mins, respond to a couple posts, do a few retoots of neat things, post a picture of a pelican, then I move on)

rest of group: "HAHAHAHAHA that's so me!!! I totally can't stop using #TikTok OR #Instagram hahahah" "yeah that algorithm has me figured OUT!" "hahahah are your wife and me the same person lmfaohahahaha!?!? I'm not even going to try to stop hahahahaha, it's so funny"

🧵 4/5?

As authoritarian states weaponize social media, Tokyo must act to safeguard its digital town square. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/10/japan/x-imperils-japans-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #socialmedia #defense #sanaetakaichi #china #russia #x #twitter #southkorea #taiwan #canada #us #instagram #facebook #wechat #elonmusk #freespeech

LEAVING META
WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR LIFE 💎

After my posting about Meta over the past two days, one thing became very clear.

A lot of people would LIKE to leave Facebook, Instagram, or both. But parts of their actual lives are all tangled up in them.

So don’t make leaving a purity test. Start somewhere. Remove Facebook from your phone and use it only on your laptop, or better still, only on your desktop when you genuinely need it.

STOP POSTING TO META. STOP FEEDING THE TIMELINE.

Move conversations with real friends to your email, text, Signal, phone calls, Mastodon account, or wherever works for you, away from Meta.

TELL PEOPLE WHERE ELSE THEY CAN EASILY FIND YOU.

If you run a business, start putting your email address and/or website URL everywhere you promote your business so Facebook is not your only front door.

Download anything you actually want to keep. Then, when you’re ready, deactivate or delete what you no longer need.

Maybe you keep Messenger for Aunt Doris. Maybe you keep Instagram because your local café apparently believes websites were abolished in 2014.

Fine.

The point isn’t ideological cleanliness.

THE POINT IS REDUCING YOUR DEPENDENCE.

Every conversation you move elsewhere is one conversation Meta no longer owns the doorway to.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ESCAPE THE META CAGE IN ONE HEROIC LEAP.

Just start opening the door.

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #SocialMedia #Fediverse #people #DEPENDENCE #Messenger

FACEBOOK IS TOXIC. META IS AWFUL.
WHY CONTINUE FEEDING IT? 💎

Nearly everyone complains about Facebook and Meta.

The algorithms are toxic.

The advertising is invasive.

The outrage is manufactured.

CHILDREN ARE BEING HARMED.

Privacy is disappearing.

And then millions of people open Facebook or Instagram.

Again.

And again.

I genuinely do not understand it.

If you believe these companies are damaging children, manipulating attention, and making billions from human vulnerability, why are you still giving them your presence?

Especially the parents.

If Facebook and Instagram are unhealthy for your children, what exactly are you modeling by remaining there yourself?

“We know this place is harmful, darling, but Mummy and Daddy have photographs to look at.”

I left Meta years ago.

I didn’t die.

My friends did not evaporate.

Civilization continued.

There is email.

There are phones.

THERE IS THE OPEN WEB.

There is even the terrifying possibility of seeing another human being, god forbid, in person.

Meta survives because people who complain about it continue supplying exactly what it needs:

Their attention.

Their relationships.

Their outrage.

THEIR CHILDREN.

You do not have to wait for Zuckerberg to become a better person.

You can simply leave today.

The door swings both ways.

@DigitalCoup
@economics_that_works

#Facebook #Meta #Instagram #SocialMedia #Algorithms #BigTech #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #Privacy #AttentionEconomy #TechEthics #SocialMediaAddiction #Zuckerberg #DeleteFacebook

Doomed civilization up in here.

"#Antisemitic content is nearly seven times more likely to appear among an #Instagram clip account’s most-viewed videos than other content, according to a new report published by the #ARC.

Antisemitic videos made up just 4.7% of all content the ARC sampled for the study — 92 of 1,960 videos. But they accounted for 32% of each account's fifteen most-viewed videos (24 of 75), making them 6.8 times more likely to appear among an account's top-performing videos.

"For years, we've understood #online #antisemitism through coordinated campaigns and bad actors," said ARC Research Associate #OliverMarks. "However, our new research suggests that model is no longer sufficient on its own. A growing share of antisemitic content isn't the product of genuine belief, but rather a byproduct of an attention economy that rewards whatever performs."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-904399

Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labeled from Sunday in the European Union as sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/28/tech/made-by-ai-label-eu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #deepfakes #misinformation #europe #eu #meta #google #nvidia #apple #socialmedia #bigtech #instagram #facebook #x #openai

#Loops objectively has a problem with loud videos.
It's very user-hostile to be flipping through quiet scenic videos to have it followed up immediately with an eardrum-splitting attention-seeking noise video, or even a valid artistic video like loud concert.

Audio normalization should be built into the app. Also, a way to skip all videos from a particular account without blocking them. I don't want to block accounts that post annoying videos from interacting with me in the comments or whatnot, I just don't ever want to see them in the feed. It's two separate things.

Less objectively, and more of a personal opinion, I find it deeply unfortunate that Loops thinks it wise to model their UI/UX on the absolute flaming dogpoop of platforms like #TikTok and #Instagram.

Give me a [playhead], for the love of God. Don't make me re-watch the entire bloomin' three-minute video just to re-play a single word I missed. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

The education minister stepped ‌down, meeting ‌the protesters' main demand, in a rare such setback for Modi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/26/asia-pacific/india-instagram-gen-z-modi-polls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #narendramodi #india #instagram #socialmedia

#SocialMedia addiction lawsuit against #Meta is dropped

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/social-media-addiction-lawsuit-against-meta-is-dropped/

#Facebook #Instagram #privacy

#Meta removes controversial #AI feature on #Instagram after backlash

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/

#Muse #privacy

Just a quick rant: I prefer to support small businesses, but it bugs me when a companyʻs “web site” is just an #Instagram or #Facebook page. I understand that many folks may not have the time nor talent to put together a simple site, but by not doing so these small businesses are demanding that every potential customer turn over data to Zuckerberg - and to every broker and marketer that he sells our data to. So please folks, donʻt force us potential customers to avoid your biz. #tech #privacy

Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dy6e8klw0o

'The feature quickly sparked blowback due to privacy concerns, leading Meta to admit it had “missed the mark" so it was "no longer available”.

Muse Image was the tech firm's first foray into AI image generation but faced backlash as Instagram users were opted in by default. '

#AI #GenAI #Meta #Instagram #MuseImage

"...To do so, users must go to Instagram's settings menu, select "Sharing and Reuse" and switch off "Allow people to reuse your content on Instagram and with AI features at Meta" for posts and reels...." #instagram #AI #privacy #meta

BBC: Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9lee19y1yo

#ai #privacy #meta #instagram #AIpocalypse

#meta #instagram #ai #deepfake

https://mastodon.social/@verge/116898398585838581

https://youtu.be/Yv2Eb_kJous

#meta #privacy #facebook #instagram #whatsapp

Your public Instagram photo is now raw material for anyone's AI. Meta's Muse Image remixes public profiles into new images with no consent and no notice. Public Citizen calls it an egregious invasion of privacy and wants Congress to require opt-in first.

#Meta #Instagram #AI #indigoprivacy

Your public Instagram photo is now raw material for anyone's AI. Meta's Muse Image remixes public profiles into new images with no consent and no notice. Public Citizen calls it an egregious invasion of privacy and wants Congress to require opt-in first.

#Meta #Instagram #AI #indigoprivacy

Meta's new Muse Image lets anyone tag a public Instagram account and turn its photos into AI images, no notice to you, opted in by default. Opting out only stops future ones. Block it: Instagram > Sharing and reuse > turn off AI content, or go private.

#Meta #Instagram #AI #indigoprivacy

Instagram is expanding its AI features.

Users can now generate AI images using public Instagram profiles by tagging accounts in their prompts.

The feature only works with public photos, raising new conversations about AI, creativity, and online privacy.

What do you think about this change?

#Instagram #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews

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