#fedipact
Actually, I'd say one of the problems with Fedi is being aware of the behaviour of instances, which instance is best for which type of posting, which instances should be avoided for which reasons.
You have instances that signed up to #FediPact but it isn't clear what that is just from the name and you have to ask or research to find out what that means.
I suppose it's a bit like not seeing the wood for the trees. There isn't really a digest of Fedi politics that users can look at and make decisions from - at least I don't think there is, and if there is, the fact I am unaware of it kind of supports my case.
I think a kind of digest that everyone refers to would be useful. Something to explain disagreements or explain what's going on, something to explain why many instances are turning against other instance, etc.
My data is not for sale! My data and I are not a product! My data isn't a corporation's profit I signed up for! That's why I am on the Fediverse and decentralized social media! #digitalprivacy #decentralisation #fedipact #fediverse #activitypub #iamnotaproduct
Most Facebook executives didn't allow their own children on Facebook - according to Ms Wynn-Williams. "They had screen bans. They certainly wouldn't allow them to use the product."
And yet she says reports from 2017 - that the company had been using algorithms to target and categorise vulnerable teens - were true.
"The algorithm could infer that they were feeling worthless or unhappy," she alleges.
The company - which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp - could, she claims, identify when a teenage girl had deleted a selfie on its platforms, and then notify a beauty company that it would be a good moment to target the child with an advert.
Ms Wynn-Williams says she "felt sick" at the thought and tried to push back, "although I knew it was futile".
Ms Wynn-Williams claims that in the mid-2010s, as part of its negotiations with the Chinese government, Facebook considered allowing it future access to Chinese citizens' user data.
"He was working hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party, building a censorship tool…"
'Ms Wynn-Williams says governments frequently asked for explanations of how aspects of Facebook's software worked, but were told it was proprietary information.
"But when it came to the Chinese, the curtain was pulled back," she says.
"Engineers were brought out. They were walked through every aspect, and Facebook was making sure these Chinese officials were upskilled enough that they could not only learn about these products, but then test Facebook on the censorship version of these products that they were building."
Our instance kafeneio.social isn't blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net by default.
You can personally, permanently or temporarily, block the domain for your account by going to any federated Threads net profile like @zuck , click on the three dots and block the whole domain.
The fedipact isn't actually permanently disabling anything. It's just people that go like
"I don't need to see threads.net stuff"
"I don't need to see meta stuff right now"
"Do I need to see bluesky stuff through a fake bridge? NOPE"
UNTIL...you changed your mind cause you met some cool people
"Ok, I'll unblock threads, just so I can follow @supercoolfediuser@threads.net"
"That bluesky user won't just switch site, I know technofear...let's friend him, right?"
¿Conoces el #FediPact? Es una alianza de comunidades fediversales que decidieron no conectarse con #Threads, la red de microblogueo de Meta/Instagram https://fedipact.online/
I've re-collected servers' federation status with Threads.
You can view the new updated data on https://fedipact.veganism.social/
By the way, it might seem obvious but this instance is blocking tumblr.com and threads.net.
@andypiper yeah really, I wouldn't have wanted to answer that either!
But as valid as that question is, that seems a general question about #RightsCon and Meta, not specifically their presence in the fediverse. So it sounds like there wasn't any discussion #FediPact.
If you told the story of the fediverse, for aa #RightsCon audience did you also include the mass defederation of Gab, as an example of how fedi's historical values opposed white supremacy and fascism?
And (again thinking in particular of an audience focused on rights) hopefully you included @cwebber's famous quote "the fediverse was built by queer people" and talked about the key role trans and queer people played contributing to Mastodon's success back in the early days (and since then too of course but fedi in 2017 was hella queer). Resistance to Meta aligns very nicely with both of those -- I talked about that in We're here, we're queer, fuck Facebook (or whatever they're calling themselves these days)
@andypiper I saw that there was somebody from #Threads on the #RightsCon panel of "How we build a new social web".
Was there any discussion of #FediPact, the "Free Fediverse", and and the strong opposition in so many areas of the fediverse to building a "new social web" that's baed on surveillance capitalism and anti-LGBTQIA2S+ policies?
I'm potentially involved in a very exciting media initiative that may help develop my documentary on Covid -- and with that it may well also get a Mastodon account! Any suggestions for servers for such a disruptive media group? Ideally one that signed the #FediPact. #AskMastodon #AskFedi
This is just a public service announcement:
FediPact is now in FediDB.
"Tracking the Anti-Meta petition organized by @vantablack on fedipact.online"
"Data updated every 4 hours. Contact @vantablack@cyberpunk.lol to have your instance added or removed, we do not maintain this list."
FediDB does NOT maintain this list!
Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds
#Meta #FediPact
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/meta-x-approved-ads-containing-violent-anti-muslim-antisemitic-hate-speech-ahead-of-german-election-study-finds/
#podcast 
Interview with @Seirdy about blocklists and moderation on #fediverse. Continuation of previous show on #fedipact. Seirdy shares their extensive knowledge and experience.
There's Slovene 
introduction but the interview is in English and starts at 6:41.
I will block Tumblr when they federate.
#FediPact
Trying to mirror my following from Fediverse to Threads; can't do most accounts because of the #fedipact.
Trying to migrate my following from Threads to the Fediverse; can't do most accounts because most users haven't enabled Fediverse sharing.
When you think about it, the Fedipact is doing exactly what Threads is designed to do, just way more overtly.
Hi again Occult.Town friends, we're resurrecting the admin account to let y'all know that we are once again joining the #FediPact and will suspend Tumblr federation when it goes live. Matt sucks and I (Riley) specifically left Tumblr because he sucks. 