The terrorist organization known as #Facebook or #Meta claims to have dismantled a propaganda network that had ties to the terrorist organization that calls themselves USA Military
It was "an interconnected network of accounts" on social media platforms that "used deceptive tactics to promote pro-Western narratives"
Meta confirms US military-linked propaganda campaign
https://www.rt.com/news/567144-facebook-us-military-propaganda/
https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/metas-adversarial-threat-report-q3-2022/
https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_stanford_internet_observatory_report_unheard_voice.pdf
https://about.fb.com/news/2022/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-from-china-and-russia/
It was "an interconnected network of accounts" on social media platforms that "used deceptive tactics to promote pro-Western narratives"
Meta confirms US military-linked propaganda campaign
https://www.rt.com/news/567144-facebook-us-military-propaganda/
https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/metas-adversarial-threat-report-q3-2022/
https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_stanford_internet_observatory_report_unheard_voice.pdf
https://about.fb.com/news/2022/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-from-china-and-russia/
RT
Meta confirms US military-linked propaganda campaign
Facebook’s parent company Meta has confirmed the discovery of a propaganda network linked to individuals “associated with the US military”
A large number of ex-officers from the #FBI, #CIA, NSC, and State Department have taken positions at #Facebook, #Twitter, and #Google
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11562433/Facebook-riddled-ex-CIA-agents-ex-FBI-agents-work-Twitter.html
#why
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11562433/Facebook-riddled-ex-CIA-agents-ex-FBI-agents-work-Twitter.html
#why
Mail Online
Facebook employs many ex-CIA agents as ex-FBI agents work at Twitter
Former CIA agents made up some of the top ranks in almost every politically sensitive department at Meta, as former FBI agents migrated over to Twitter in droves before the 2020 election.
#Kenya: #Sama, a Kenyan company that handles #Facebook #content #moderation to reach production quotas, exposes its employees to disturbing material with rhythms that lead to the development of trauma: the mandatory weekly "wellness break" must be begged for, you have 50 seconds to moderate individual contents (including videos of minutes) maintaining an accuracy of 84%, you are monitored during the work activity and there is no trace of the act of renouncing for possible trauma (present in EU countries). In addition, when asked to raise salaries - Facebook pays them about $2 an hour - the company responds by saying that it does not want to upset the local market.
When two years ago an internal union tried to claim its rights, the company dismantled it, promising promotions and firing its promoter. He continues to suffer from disorders related to his former job, without at the same time being able to afford a therapist.
"Facebook is enriching itself by exporting trauma along old colonial axes of power, away from the United States and Europe, to the developing world".
https://time.com/6147458/facebook-africa-content-moderation-employee-treatment/
When two years ago an internal union tried to claim its rights, the company dismantled it, promising promotions and firing its promoter. He continues to suffer from disorders related to his former job, without at the same time being able to afford a therapist.
"Facebook is enriching itself by exporting trauma along old colonial axes of power, away from the United States and Europe, to the developing world".
https://time.com/6147458/facebook-africa-content-moderation-employee-treatment/
Time
Inside Facebook's African Sweatshop
Workers in the Nairobi office are among the lowest-paid workers for the platform anywhere in the world
#uk #NHS Data Breach: Trusts Shared Patient Details With #Facebook Without Consent
NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so.
An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS trusts which has for years collected browsing information and shared it with the tech giant in a major breach of privacy.
The data includes granular details of pages viewed, buttons clicked and keywords searched. It is matched to the user’s IP address – an identifier linked to an individual or household – and in many cases details of their Facebook account.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/27/nhs-data-breach-trusts-shared-patient-details-with-facebook-meta-without-consent
NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so.
An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS trusts which has for years collected browsing information and shared it with the tech giant in a major breach of privacy.
The data includes granular details of pages viewed, buttons clicked and keywords searched. It is matched to the user’s IP address – an identifier linked to an individual or household – and in many cases details of their Facebook account.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/27/nhs-data-breach-trusts-shared-patient-details-with-facebook-meta-without-consent
the Guardian
NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent
Observer investigation reveals Meta Pixel tool passed on private details of web browsing on medical sites
Meta plans on joining the fediverse – the responses – The Fediverse Report -
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)
You cannot buy a decentralised network!
But there’s another way : make it irrelevant. That’s exactly what Google did with XMPP
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Meta
#Facebook #Google #XMPP
This week, news got out that Meta is making a plan to build a decentralized text-based social network. It would be a competitor to Twitter that uses ActivityPub, and would thus be part of the fediverse. The news broke on the website MoneyControl, who saw a copy of a product brief. A few hours later, the news got confirmed by Meta to the newsletter Platformer. Both articles have all the details and the best analysis, so if you want to get in-depth information check those out. The short summary is as follows
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)
You cannot buy a decentralised network!
But there’s another way : make it irrelevant. That’s exactly what Google did with XMPP
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Meta
#Facebook #Google #XMPP
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The Former Israeli Spies Working in Top Jobs at Google, Facebook and Microsoft – MintPress - June 2023
#NSO #Pegasus #Israel #Unit8200 #ProjectNimbus #Google #Meta #Facebook #Microsoft #Intel #spyware #surveillance
AMintPress study has found that hundreds of former agents of the notorious Israeli spying organization, Unit 8200, have attained positions of influence in many of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon.
The Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) Unit 8200 is infamous for surveilling the indigenous Palestinian population, amassing kompromat on individuals for the purposes of blackmail and extortion. Spying on the world’s rich and famous, Unit 8200 hit the headlines last year, after the Pegasus scandal broke. Former Unit 8200 officers designed and implemented software that spied on tens of thousands of politicians and likely aided in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
#NSO #Pegasus #Israel #Unit8200 #ProjectNimbus #Google #Meta #Facebook #Microsoft #Intel #spyware #surveillance
Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
Facebook approached NSO to buy Pegasus spyware capabilities to monitor certain iOS users, according to a statement filed in a court case by the NSO CEO
WhatsApp vs. NSO Group, et al.
4:19-cv-07123-PJH
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6824735-Declaration-of-Shalev-Hulio-in-Support-of.html
#Pegasus #NSO #Israel #Facebook #Ios #Apple
#Facebook was apparently aware that most of the “Disinformation Dozen” accounts in question “were just Americans expressing ‘vaccine hesitancy,’ which is often ‘not misinfo,’ even under Facebook’s policies.”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/facebook-files-biden-censor-disinformation-dozen/
@childrenshd
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/facebook-files-biden-censor-disinformation-dozen/
@childrenshd
Children's Health Defense
New ‘Facebook Files’ Add to Evidence Biden Pressured Facebook to Censor ‘Disinformation Dozen’
Documents released Tuesday by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) revealed more evidence that the White House pressured Facebook to censor or remove the accounts of the “Disinformation Dozen,” often directly citing the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s “Disinformation…
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The Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Know
Once a sleepy farming region, #SiliconValley is now the hub of a global industry that is transforming the economy, shaping our political discourse, and changing the very nature of our society. So what happened? How did this remarkable change take place? Why is this area the epicenter of this transformation? Discover the dark secrets behind the real history of Silicon Valley and the BigTech giants in this important edition of The Corbett Report
Transcript and sources:
https://www.corbettreport.com/siliconvalley
#why #Google #Facebook #CIA
Once a sleepy farming region, #SiliconValley is now the hub of a global industry that is transforming the economy, shaping our political discourse, and changing the very nature of our society. So what happened? How did this remarkable change take place? Why is this area the epicenter of this transformation? Discover the dark secrets behind the real history of Silicon Valley and the BigTech giants in this important edition of The Corbett Report
Transcript and sources:
https://www.corbettreport.com/siliconvalley
#why #Google #Facebook #CIA
#USA Coalition Sue #Meta for Harming Youth
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 32 attorneys general today filed a federal lawsuit against Meta for harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis. The lawsuit alleges that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on #Instagram, #Facebook, and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit also charges that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without informing parents or obtaining parental consent, in violation of federal law.
“Kids and teenagers are suffering from record levels of poor mental health and social media companies like Meta are to blame,” said Attorney General James. “Meta has profited from children’s pain by intentionally designing its platforms with manipulative features that make children addicted to their platforms while lowering their self-esteem. Social media companies, including Meta, have contributed to a national youth mental health crisis and they must be held accountable. I am proud to join my fellow attorneys general to stop Meta’s harmful tactics and keep children safe online.”
The lawsuit alleges that Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, exploited young users for profit by designing its business models to maximize young users’ time and attention and deploying harmful and manipulative features that harm young users. Meta designed features on its platforms that it knew would harp on young users’ vulnerabilities. These features include:
Algorithms that are designed to recommend content to keep users on the platform longer and encourage compulsive use;
“Likes” and social comparison features known by Meta to harm young users;
Incessant alerts meant to induce young users to return to Meta’s platforms constantly, even while at school and throughout the night;
Visual filter features known to promote young users’ body dysmorphia; and
Content-presentation formats, such as “infinite scroll,” designed to discourage young users’ attempts to self-regulate and disengage with Meta’s products.
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/meta-multistate-complaint.pdf
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-and-multistate-coalition-sue-meta-harming-youth
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 32 attorneys general today filed a federal lawsuit against Meta for harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis. The lawsuit alleges that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on #Instagram, #Facebook, and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit also charges that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without informing parents or obtaining parental consent, in violation of federal law.
“Kids and teenagers are suffering from record levels of poor mental health and social media companies like Meta are to blame,” said Attorney General James. “Meta has profited from children’s pain by intentionally designing its platforms with manipulative features that make children addicted to their platforms while lowering their self-esteem. Social media companies, including Meta, have contributed to a national youth mental health crisis and they must be held accountable. I am proud to join my fellow attorneys general to stop Meta’s harmful tactics and keep children safe online.”
The lawsuit alleges that Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, exploited young users for profit by designing its business models to maximize young users’ time and attention and deploying harmful and manipulative features that harm young users. Meta designed features on its platforms that it knew would harp on young users’ vulnerabilities. These features include:
Algorithms that are designed to recommend content to keep users on the platform longer and encourage compulsive use;
“Likes” and social comparison features known by Meta to harm young users;
Incessant alerts meant to induce young users to return to Meta’s platforms constantly, even while at school and throughout the night;
Visual filter features known to promote young users’ body dysmorphia; and
Content-presentation formats, such as “infinite scroll,” designed to discourage young users’ attempts to self-regulate and disengage with Meta’s products.
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/meta-multistate-complaint.pdf
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-and-multistate-coalition-sue-meta-harming-youth
Reflecting on The Atlantic Council's Partnering With Facebook in 2018, In Light of New Documents / CTIFiles
@Dbrozenews would expand on the development of the era of Fact-checking, contextualizing how in 2018 #Facebook partnered with the #Atlantic council for fact checking. The Atlantic council which has close ties with the US government, intelligence community, and #NATO:
"In January 2018, #PropOrNot would be exposed for their connections to The Atlantic Council, a think tank with connections to the western Military-Industrial Complex. Coincidentally, in May 2018, Facebook announced a partnership with the Atlantic Council, which officially claims to provide a forum for international political, business, and intellectual leaders.
The social media giant said the partnership was aimed at preventing Facebook from “being abused during elections.”
The press release promoted Facebook’s efforts to fight fake news by using artificial intelligence, as well as working with outside experts and governments…
The Atlantic Council receives funding from the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment, Cato Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Rand Corporation, to name a few. In addition, various members of the Military-Industrial Complex are benefactors of the Atlantic Council, including Huntington Ingalls, the United States’ sole maker of aircraft carriers; Airbus, the plane manufacturer; Lockheed Martin, the shipbuilder and aviation company; and Raytheon, which makes missile systems.
All of the companies have contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and offer financial support to the Atlantic Council. The Council also receives support from Chevron and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Finally, the Atlantic Council receives direct financial support from the U.S. Departments of the Air Force, Army, Navy and Energy and from the U.S. Mission to NATO.
By October 2018 – only five months after the Atlantic Council partnership with Facebook – the social media giant announced they were unpublishing, or purging, over 500 pages and 200 accounts who are accused of spreading political spam. Several of these pages and writers were also removed from Twitter on the same day."
https://thelastamericanvagabond.com/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-the-fact-checkers/
🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Suspiciously Convenient Timing of Covid for the Davos Elite and the WEF's 'Great Reset'[jump to excerpt]
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#why
@Dbrozenews would expand on the development of the era of Fact-checking, contextualizing how in 2018 #Facebook partnered with the #Atlantic council for fact checking. The Atlantic council which has close ties with the US government, intelligence community, and #NATO:
"In January 2018, #PropOrNot would be exposed for their connections to The Atlantic Council, a think tank with connections to the western Military-Industrial Complex. Coincidentally, in May 2018, Facebook announced a partnership with the Atlantic Council, which officially claims to provide a forum for international political, business, and intellectual leaders.
The social media giant said the partnership was aimed at preventing Facebook from “being abused during elections.”
The press release promoted Facebook’s efforts to fight fake news by using artificial intelligence, as well as working with outside experts and governments…
The Atlantic Council receives funding from the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment, Cato Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Rand Corporation, to name a few. In addition, various members of the Military-Industrial Complex are benefactors of the Atlantic Council, including Huntington Ingalls, the United States’ sole maker of aircraft carriers; Airbus, the plane manufacturer; Lockheed Martin, the shipbuilder and aviation company; and Raytheon, which makes missile systems.
All of the companies have contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and offer financial support to the Atlantic Council. The Council also receives support from Chevron and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Finally, the Atlantic Council receives direct financial support from the U.S. Departments of the Air Force, Army, Navy and Energy and from the U.S. Mission to NATO.
By October 2018 – only five months after the Atlantic Council partnership with Facebook – the social media giant announced they were unpublishing, or purging, over 500 pages and 200 accounts who are accused of spreading political spam. Several of these pages and writers were also removed from Twitter on the same day."
https://thelastamericanvagabond.com/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-the-fact-checkers/
🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Suspiciously Convenient Timing of Covid for the Davos Elite and the WEF's 'Great Reset'[jump to excerpt]
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Follow ➡️ @PsyopDaily
#why
The Last American Vagabond
This Is Why You Can't Trust The Fact Checkers
Strategy for the social media companies & fact checkers is simple: label someone fake news, force compliance, control the narrative & shape the conversation
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🇵🇸 Meta: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content | Human Rights Watch –
Meta’s content moderation policies and systems have increasingly silenced voices in support of Palestine on Instagram and Facebook in the wake of the hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 51-page report, “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including peaceful expression in support of Palestine and public debate about Palestinian human rights.
Human Rights Watch found that the problem stems from flawed Meta policies and their inconsistent and erroneous implementation, overreliance on automated tools to moderate content, and undue government influence over content removals.
#Palestine #SocialPlatforms #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Censorship
21/21/2023 #Report
Meta’s content moderation policies and systems have increasingly silenced voices in support of Palestine on Instagram and Facebook in the wake of the hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 51-page report, “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including peaceful expression in support of Palestine and public debate about Palestinian human rights.
Human Rights Watch found that the problem stems from flawed Meta policies and their inconsistent and erroneous implementation, overreliance on automated tools to moderate content, and undue government influence over content removals.
#Palestine #SocialPlatforms #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Censorship
21/21/2023 #Report
Forwarded from 🇵🇸 Automated Apartheid in Palestine
ip_meta1223 web.pdf
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Meta: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content | Human Rights Watch –
#Report #Censorship #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #SocialPlatforms
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2023/12/ip_meta1223%20web.pdf
#Report #Censorship #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #SocialPlatforms
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2023/12/ip_meta1223%20web.pdf
Engineers warned #Meta that nations can monitor chats; staff fear usrael is using this trick to pick assassination targets in Gaza.
https://archive.ph/o1ld8
#fb #Facebook #WhatsApp #why
https://archive.ph/o1ld8
#fb #Facebook #WhatsApp #why
archive.ph
WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message
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🇬🇧 British Police:
" You've made some << Offensive >> comments on #Facebook and we are here to arrest you "..
@VigilantFox 🦊
#Uk #BigBrother #Riots #Ksteimer
" You've made some << Offensive >> comments on #Facebook and we are here to arrest you "..
@VigilantFox 🦊
#Uk #BigBrother #Riots #Ksteimer
In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s #Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention
In a pitch deck to prospective customers, one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.
As 404 Media reports based on documents leaked to its reporters, the TV and radio news giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims that its so-called 'Active Listening' software uses artificial intelligence (AI) to "capture real-time intent data by listening to our conversations."
"Advertisers can pair this voice-data with behavioral data to target in-market consumers," the deck continues.
In the same slideshow, #CMG counted #Facebook, #Google, and #Amazon as clients of its 'Active Listening' service.
Source: https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone
@g3news
In a pitch deck to prospective customers, one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.
As 404 Media reports based on documents leaked to its reporters, the TV and radio news giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims that its so-called 'Active Listening' software uses artificial intelligence (AI) to "capture real-time intent data by listening to our conversations."
"Advertisers can pair this voice-data with behavioral data to target in-market consumers," the deck continues.
In the same slideshow, #CMG counted #Facebook, #Google, and #Amazon as clients of its 'Active Listening' service.
Source: https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone
@g3news
THE_BYTE.
In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention
One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.