If Facebook and Instagram were to join the Fediverse and you could follow users from that world from your instance, would you do it?
Boosts appreciated. I'd like to know the current consensus of the Fediverse.
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #SocialMedia
I feel strongly that people using my server are competent enough to decide for themselves if they want to block Meta or not. Everyone can block servers. I won't force my personal agenda on other people.
Blocking is serious. I block servers created for the purpose of hurting people and doing harm. I block to protect, not to punish.
Depending on what the messages end up looking like, I may just limit (silence) Facebook and Instagram, but I see no reason at this time to expect to block them.
IMHO
@admin
Meta colluded w/Peter Thiel & Cambridge Analytica to misinform voters & tamper w/US elections to get #Trump into power. Blocking that harmful force *is* a protection, not a punishment.
Note as well that the #GDPR is not well enforced. We cannot rely on the GDPR for data protection. Preventing data abusers from getting more data to use for harm is a necessary protection.
@rolle
@koherecoWatchdog @admin @rolle
GDPR replies on people reporting then the various information offices actually enforcing, if they get enough complaints they can act
The problem seems to be the fines issued are small compared to the income of the company esp facebook.
What is needed is a scale so first offence, the fine is 4% of global turnover, perhaps it should be more like 40%
The percentage could be proportionate to the size of the company.
@zleap @rolle @admin There is an art.77 right to report GDPR violations to the DPA of the relevant member state. But THAT is what’s unenforced. DPAs are rejecting & mothballing cases despite strong evidence. There is nothing in the #GDPR giving recourse to art.77 non-compliance by a DPA… no escallation procedure. You can sue but an Austrian court decided you don’t get legal costs even if you win.
@koherecoWatchdog @rolle @admin
So odds are stacked against the very people this law is designed to protect.
@zleap @admin @rolle Pretty much. I’m not sure what the odds are that a case gets accepted & worked on. I’ve filed several reports yrs ago & got zero results. Some cases get enforced & it’s published here: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ perhaps to maintain the façade that the GDPR is successful. The #GDPR seems to just be a tool to make ppl less resistant to the #digitalTransformation.