Daaayyummm, why aren’t we that lucky in the US??? š
Tag: facebook
Everything about the world’s most popular social network. Uhhh…not a fan of how creepy and invasive they are, so don’t expect anything nice here. š¬
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Woman lost @metaverse Instagram handle days after Facebook name change
Baumannās experience could have a chilling effect on companiesā and individualsā willingness to participate on social media for fear of having their online identity arbitrarily seized. āFacebook has essentially unfettered discretion to appropriate peopleās Instagram user names,ā Rebecca Giblin, director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia at the University of Melbourne, told The New York Times. āThere can be good reasons for thatāfor example, if theyāre offensive or impersonating someone in a way that causes confusion.ā
āBut the @metaverse example highlights the breadth of this power,ā Giblin said. Users āessentially have no rights.ā
Ars TechnicaI sure hope giantpaper won’t become a huge thing. š¬
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Facebook’s double standards
Apple reportedly threatened to boot Facebook from the App Store over human trafficking concerns
Linking to the reddit post instead of the article itself, which is paywalled. Here’s a summary:
Let’s read the comments instead!
Facebook finds boobies more offensive than child trafficking. š
Facebook apparently launched itself in the afterlife. š
Uhh…..
Dear Apple, you want to ban Facebook from your App Store?
Wake me up when we get a decentralized alternative to Facebook š©