Exclusive: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount
If Meta settles on the 20% figure, the layoffs will be the company's most significant since a restructuring in late 2022 and early 2023 that it dubbed the "year of efficiency." It employed nearly 79,000 people as of December 31.
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A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.
The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.
Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file
Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file
Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/
#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology
"AI toys" do not, cannot, teach children. They surveil them for data brokers. What are we doing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg4wx6nxgo
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A new report says Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses send ‘sensitive’ videos to human data annotators in Kenya, and that the footage includes sensitive content that is supposed to be excluded
Whistleblowers says that the video seen by third-party contractors used by Meta includes everything from people having sex to bank cards.
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Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn
Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.
https://www.politico.eu/article/age-check-social-media-scientist-warning/
#AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #enshittification #socialmedia #technology
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A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup
"I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?"
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Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/germanys-merz-calls-real-names-211340863.html
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- "What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"
- "Worse, possession of zines"
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/16/daniel-sanchez-estrada-prairieland-trial-zines
"Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
Another activist was indicted for telling people how to delete messages and remove people from Signal group chats, which government lawyers argue is a first-degree felony
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Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily gave DHS info of anti-ICE users, report says
DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.
#Google #Reddit #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Discord #Amazon #socialmedia #technology #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #ice
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Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
You "may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona."
#Discord #privacy #surveillance #AgeVerification #enshittification #Persona #Palantir #dystopia #socialmedia #gaming #technology
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"Discord alternatives" searches jump 10,000% overnight as the gaming platform introduces global age verification — Is a total collapse imminent?
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/discord-alternative-search-10000-percent-stoat
#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia
'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives
The decision has sparked a wave of online anger not seen since Disney+ suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia
Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
“This is how Discord dies”
#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
This is coming after they had a huge data breach just a few months ago, which included user's Government ID information used for age authentication.
#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia
Spain to "ban social media access" for under-16s, PM Sanchez says
Platforms will be required to implement "age-verification" systems
#Spain #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology
Ubisoft employee was placed on unpaid suspension for criticising return-to-office policy
Posting on LinkedIn, David Michaud-Cromp, who has worked at Ubisoft for more than 13 years, says the company notified him that he would receive a three-day unpaid disciplinary suspension.
https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-employee-suspension/
#Ubisoft #gaming #RTO #dystopia #employeerights #socialmedia
Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-blocking-links-to-ice-list-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #WhatsApp #censorship #surveillance #dystopia #technology #socialmedia #ICE #US
