Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.| Amnesty International
Most Web applications today follow the adage “your data for my services”. They motivate this deal from both a technical perspective (how could we provide services without your data?) and a business perspective (how could we earn money without your data?). Decentralizing the Web means that people gain the ability to store their data wherever they want, while still getting the services they need. This requires major changes in the way we develop applications, as we migrate from a closed bac...| ruben.verborgh.org
Update: I quit using Facebook altogether about a year after this post was written. I really enjoyed using Facebook as described below, the product was actually quite pleasant, but it didn't provide me with enough value to overcome the moral issues associated with the company. I also wrote about how I stay in touch with friends, and how it's served me better than Facebook. My primary motivations for unfriending 360 Facebook friends was pretty simple; I just didn’t like to be on Facebook anym...| fabisevi.ch