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   Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 07:31:27 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   We applaud Meta’s efforts to try to fix its over-censorship problem but will watch closely to make sure it is a good-faith effort and rolled out fairly and not merely a political maneuver to accommodate the upcoming U.S. administration change. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/eff-statement-metas-announcement-revisions-its-content-moderation-processes

   • Tek say resist repeated this.
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     EloPup (elopup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:00:19 JST EloPup

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     @eff
     Are you under pressure now, too?
     What a statement is this?
     You „applaud“?

     I’m genuinely irritated, ngl.

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     Milkman76 (milkman76@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:00:28 JST Milkman76

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     @eff you "applaud" any aspect of this? lmao you mean I have to keep an eye on EFF writers, as well? There is nothing to applaud here.

     Did EFF applaud fascists attacking affirmative action because they said "it wasnt needed anymore"?

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     Brian Hough (brianhough@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:05:27 JST Brian Hough

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     @eff Disappointing statement.

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     Bolt (boltx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:06:44 JST Bolt

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     @eff I have mixed feelings about this.

     I understand that the EFF strives to support free speech online, which this technically supports, but the EFF should also understand better than anyone that platforms beholden to advertisers choosing to allow harmful content only results in the decline of that platform's revenue from losing advertisers, which almost always directly causes enshittification of the platform. (See: Twitter, or "X" I guess.)

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     EloPup (elopup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:08:56 JST EloPup

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     @eff
     Are you under pressure now too???
     What a statement is this??

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     EloPup (elopup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:09:47 JST EloPup

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     @eff
     Have you been hacked 🤔?

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     Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (lazarou@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:10:48 JST Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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     @eff eff off!

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     Kees de Kooter 🍉 (kdekooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:13:17 JST Kees de Kooter 🍉

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     @eff WTAF? I regret donating to you in the past.

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     Ned ‘Jonathan’ Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:26:14 JST Ned ‘Jonathan’ Schofield

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     @eff the “yes and…” approach is readily ignored by sociopaths

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 08:28:10 JST j@mastodon

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     @eff

     There you go less censorship
     https://www.404media.co/facebook-deletes-internal-employee-criticism-of-new-board-member-dana-white/

     Meta is a rotten corporation, not a freedom fighting NGO. Everything they do is compromised and what you're signaling by your statement is trust in them? Are you for real?

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     v̾i̾t̾r̾i̾o̾l̾i̾x̾ (vitriolix@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 09:00:07 JST v̾i̾t̾r̾i̾o̾l̾i̾x̾

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     @eff this tone is a bit... naive

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 10:11:42 JST Tek say resist

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     @eff I love y'all. I’ve donated for ages both formally and throwing cash to your booths at various cons. I'm a fan and proud member.

     But WTF. No. I can't think of a plausible way to describe Meta as "over-moderated”, nor can I think of a realistic scenario where they’ll actually do this in good faith.

     If they want to earn a good reputation, they can begin by starting to act civilly for the first time ever. If that happens, and they keep it up for a few years, *maybe* then I’ll believe it.

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     Bas Schouten (schouten_b@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 11:00:44 JST Bas Schouten

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     @eff I'm looking forward to see ISIS and Hamas content being shared freely on their platform. Because if you're going to claim to be 'politically neutral', you better be politically neutral.

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     ShadSterling (shadsterling@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 11:52:34 JST ShadSterling

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     @eff moving their moderation team into a jurisdiction that intentionally endangers the lives of cis women and all trans people warrants condemnation, not applause

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     Phil Betts (philbetts@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 12:40:39 JST Phil Betts

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     @eff this ain't it.

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     Milos (doctor_zoidberg@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 15:33:38 JST Milos

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     @eff Did someone hack you accounts? I've been following you for years and I find it hard to believe that this comes from you.

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     Nemo_bis 🌈 (nemobis@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 15:49:13 JST Nemo_bis 🌈

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     • Princess Serena Star ✨ Misskey Edition ✨

     @Starcross You can see the number of replies etc. by visiting the original profile on its own instance. Not that I would attach much meaning to it.

     #FediMeta

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     Danielle Foré (danirabbit@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 15:49:19 JST Danielle Foré

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     @eff never seen a post get ratio’d on Fedi before

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     Princess Serena Star ✨ Misskey Edition ✨ (starcross@comfy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 15:49:19 JST Princess Serena Star ✨ Misskey Edition ✨

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     • Danielle Foré

     @danirabbit@mastodon.online @eff@mastodon.social how does one actually determine if a fediverse post is a ratio?

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     Nemo_bis 🌈 (nemobis@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 15:52:49 JST Nemo_bis 🌈

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     • Joe

     @why0hy The entire article is an extreme case of communication sandwich... "We really liked this one sentence in your book. Everything else sounded like garbage, here's a list: [...]. But then again, that sentence was very good."

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     Joe (why0hy@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 15:52:50 JST Joe

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     @eff
     The post has a disclaimer which makes this toot misleading and out of date. Leaving it online is not appropriate

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     Patrick H. Lauke (patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 17:25:31 JST Patrick H. Lauke

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     @eff "We applaud Meta's effort" what, and i mean this sincerely, the fuck? you're either embarassingly naive in your take, or you're preemptively kissing the ring of fascism already

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 17:40:36 JST Aral Balkan

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     @eff You applaud what? Clowns.

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     Allan (allancavanagh@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 19:29:41 JST Allan

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     @eff Meta literally responsible for a genocide and you’re giving benefit of the doubt. Your motives are highly suspect.

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     thomkennon (thomkennon@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 20:46:58 JST thomkennon

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     @eff you guys have finally gone full fash.

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     Matt Papakipos (papakipos@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 20:57:49 JST Matt Papakipos

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     @eff unfollowed and wont be back. Shame on you

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     Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡ (pallenberg@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 22:12:40 JST Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡

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     @eff this has to be one of the boldest troll attempts in the history of the Fediverse

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     Dave Howcroft (_dmh@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 22:41:30 JST Dave Howcroft

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     @eff Are you paying attention???

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     Corb_The_Lesser (corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 00:30:01 JST Corb_The_Lesser

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     @eff You're saluting Meta for encouraging and monetizing hate speech and oppressing critics of American fascists posing as conservatives and libertarians. Are you that naive about the intention of the Zuckerberg, Musk, Thiel, Trump, the GOP, etc ?

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     Victor Zambrano (argonaut@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 00:52:07 JST Victor Zambrano

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     @eff “applaud”?

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     Phantom Planet #1 Lawyer (sealawyer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 01:35:07 JST Phantom Planet #1 Lawyer

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     Don't give money to people who support Nazis and Transphobic content like @eff. Find someone on the Fedi who needs a hand. Don't reward this

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:11:33 JST j@mastodon

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     • Interpipes 💙
     • 🆎

     @interpipes @bloor @eff

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     Interpipes 💙 (interpipes@thx.gg)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:11:34 JST Interpipes 💙

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     • 🆎

     @bloor @eff imagine that despite all this time and experience of how facebook functions someone like the EFF publishing a blog still giving them the "benefit of the doubt"

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     🆎 (bloor@bloor.tw)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:11:36 JST 🆎

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     @eff eff off

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     HowToPhil (Phillip R) (howtophil@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:45:41 JST HowToPhil (Phillip R)

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     @eff FFS!
     It is clearly a political maneuver

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     Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:59:58 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     Update: After this blog post was written, we learned Meta revised its public "Hateful Conduct" policy in ways EFF finds concerning. We are analyzing these changes, which this blog post does not address.

     Anthk repeated this.
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     Confrontation Jacen (thejacenallen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:27:39 JST Confrontation Jacen

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     @eff oh wow fuck you eff

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     Reed Mideke (reedmideke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:37:55 JST Reed Mideke

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     @eff You applaud Zuck's transparent efforts to kiss Trump's ass? Really? How embarrassing for you.
     "We sincerely hope that the lightened restrictions announced by Meta will apply uniformly, and not just to hot-button U.S. political topics"
     LMAO, you can't be *that* gullible

     "Censorship, broadly, is not the answer to misinformation"
     Ah right, so Facebook could have avoided its role in the Rohingya genocide by… I dunno, community notes saying "some people think massacres are bad, actually"? 🤔

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     brianpierini (brianpierini@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 11:14:23 JST brianpierini

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     @eff

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 19:44:49 JST Rich Felker

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     @eff HOLY SHIT EFF READ THE ROOM. YOU ARE FUCKING CANCELLED.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 19:45:23 JST Rich Felker

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     @eff Then take down the blog post and issue a retraction and condemnation.

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     Six Grandfathers Mountain (6g@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 20:37:54 JST Six Grandfathers Mountain

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     • j@mastodon

     @jcast

     Here is the AUDIO to the recent #404media podcast of #Facebook #factchecking their own staff

     https://mastodon.social/@6G/113798088115483951

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     Six Grandfathers Mountain (6g@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 20:44:46 JST Six Grandfathers Mountain

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     • j@mastodon

     @jcast

     #danawhite was the kid who smashed #zuckerberg into the locker and it hit him, "Why I can have a face and a #likebutton and everyone will like me!

     So, that's why the LIKE button was invented for?

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     JWcph, Radicalized By Decency (jwcph@helvede.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 20:53:09 JST JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @eff Also, your post was wildly questionable even before the recent changes. You *do* know that absolutely nothing Meta (or any corporate SoMe platform) does can be remotely presumed to be in good faith, right? The evidence for this goes literally all the way back to their founding.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:00:49 JST Rich Felker

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     • JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

     @jwcph @eff I want to know who the particular employee or officer or board member or whatever at EFF who wrote that was, because they are clearly pro-fascist and need to be ousted.

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:01:26 JST j@mastodon

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     • Six Grandfathers Mountain

     @6G

     I doubt this is about high school validation or personality. Zuckerberg is being forced to this because if he doesn't his company will be in a bad place.

     The connection between government and big tech is being smudged in this clip.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:01:39 JST Rich Felker

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     • JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

     @jwcph @eff We can't have the orgs who are supposed to be protecting us thru this compromised by folks who want to usher in fascism.

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:04:52 JST j@mastodon

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     • Six Grandfathers Mountain

     @6G
     I mean it's not new to MAGA, recent events just make it clearer.

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     Six Grandfathers Mountain (6g@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:44:19 JST Six Grandfathers Mountain

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     • j@mastodon

     @jcast

     Speaking of #MAGA and #META, they seem to be circling closer and reminds me of what #Trump likes to say, "it takes two to tango"

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:06:34 JST j@mastodon

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     • Six Grandfathers Mountain

     @6G

     What I mean to say is that, because social media's algorithms are not transparent, they structurally allow for manipulations, making them a target for governments and other powers to influence people's opinions.

     This is not a MAGA phenomena. But they surely make it very obvious what is happening.

     Similar issues arouse with the TikTok ban, making it visible how certain politicians knew very the dangers of social media, but had decided to ignore them as long as it was on their side.

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     aburka 🫣 (aburka@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 00:29:10 JST aburka 🫣

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     • Rich Felker
     • JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

     @dalias @jwcph @eff the post has a byline

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 00:33:36 JST Rich Felker

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     • aburka 🫣
     • JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

     @aburka @jwcph @eff Oh, I missed that. I wonder if it's really by them or some staff. Unless their bios are embellished, this seems like a rookie mistake for ppl who should know better...

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     clango (clango@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:44:55 JST clango

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     @eff haha this sucks man

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     Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 10:21:03 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     By the time we shared this statement, the conversation had understandably shifted toward Meta's dangerous new content policy. It was a mistake to project good faith onto the company, which quickly showed it was not deserving of it. For a full analysis, see https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/metas-new-content-policy-will-harm-vulnerable-users-if-it-really-valued-free

     Rich Felker, Paul Cantrell and AnthonyJK-Admin repeated this.
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     Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵] (platypus@glammr.us)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 12:20:56 JST Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]

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     @eff it was a mistake to project good faith onto the company in this the year 2025?

     8 years after the Rohingya genocide? You still gave them the benefit of the doubt?

     Is there any kind of internal self-evaluation happening at the organization or even in your own heads asking yourselves why you made such a poor choice? In, and I cannot stress this enough…. 2025?

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 12:23:14 JST Rich Felker

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     @eff If it was a mistake, take down the post, issue a retraction, and issue an equally enthusiastic condemnation of Facebook's role in welcoming fascism and undermining the core values EFF (purportedly) stands for.

     Also, tell us what you're going to do to ensure this doesn't happen again. In terms of limiting the influence of (e.g. firing) whoever thought that post was a good idea. I doubt the senior names on the byline actually had time to write it. Whoever did is a plant compromising the EFF.

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     H.Kyllikki (kyllikki104@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 14:09:57 JST H.Kyllikki

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     @eff I have tried to encourage people to leave Meta - so far with poor results. The way they make money with people's vulnerability and increase polarization of the society is just not right.

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     Dorothea Salo (dsalo@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 00:35:36 JST Dorothea Salo

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     @eff Y'all will do or say anything to avoid OWNING YOUR SHIT, won't you?

     Own. Your. Shit.

     You've been simping for hate for a long time. Figure out how you're going to NOT DO THAT ANY MORE, apologize for doing it at all, and then don't do it again.

     You get not one penny and not one word of praise from me until you fix your hearts and your practices.

     Rich Felker repeated this.
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     Dorothea Salo (dsalo@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 00:36:00 JST Dorothea Salo

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     @eff N.b. I'm a librarian. Libraries have totally pulled the same "we're neutral" and "the fix for bad speech is MOAR SPEECH" bullshit you've been pulling all this time.

     I teach soon-to-be librarians now why this is not okay and how to move beyond it. The profession hasn't caught up with what I'm teaching yet, but I teach the way I do so that it will, someday.

     You can change. You should change. Free speech absolutism is no longer acceptable. Grow up.

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     Shrig 🐌 (shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 05:55:26 JST Shrig 🐌

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     @eff you're flogging a dead horse by pointing out "oh yeah Meta is still bad actually oops" and suggesting what they must/should/could do as if they will ever in our lifetimes do it beyond protecting their bottom line and reputation in the press with performative and empty gestures.
     Stop wasting your energy with this, apologise fully and meaningfully for your repeated naivety and trust for Meta and finally encourage its abandonment and suffocation while elevating its community owned alternatives