foxwizard ☾

Image of a screenshot of news headline, saying, "WhatsApp is getting ads using personal data from Instagram and Facebook Forced Consent & Consent Bypass / 16 June 2025 Meta announced today that it also wants to introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This further integrates WhatsApp into other Meta services - an originally independent app, which initially was available for just $1 per year without ads or data usage. This also means that Meta is consolidating its social networking monopoly. EU law was actually supposed to prevent this."

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

16.06.2025 15:30 — 👍 6269    🔁 1580    💬 83    📌 96

Yes! Whilst the scene has currently moved to substack, I left the platform right when they went social media. Also very concerned about the vc-backed-bro platform (as per this www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...). Think I might drop LinkedIn now, too. Make more concerted effort here and farcaster. Thx!

25.03.2025 04:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think I’m close to dropping legacy social media now. I’ve tried to make LinkedIn work for me but it’s also quite vacuous and hollowing. Here and farcaster (and maybe substack) seem to be where it’s at. Good to be following you here!

24.03.2025 07:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hello everyone.

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