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Peter "Poly" Paterson

Tonight I read this excellent #Lemmy post
https://lemmings.world/post/21510510
regarding John Oliver's show night on the topic of "Facebook & Content Moderation".
https://youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo
#Meta #Facebook #ContentModeration #JohnOliver

The whole show is extremely informative about Meta, but being "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" there were quite a few f-bombs. Only watch the video if you really want the whole story and are not sensitive to the language. #fbomb #fbombs

John Oliver promoted this website:
"How to change your settings
to make yourself less valuable to Meta"
https://johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/
I have already followed the steps.

The show also briefly mentioned #Signal, #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, and #BlueSky as Meta alternatives. #MetaAlternatives
Personally I am on the #Fediverse with #GoToSocial (same protocol as Mastodon - #ActivityPub) and #PixelFed.
As well as Lemmy, #Telegram, and #Matrix.
If you want information on these networks just ask me.

Like some I am still on Meta: Facebook and #Instagram because it's where many of our friends, family, and colleagues are, and don't plan leaving... yet. In the meantime we can lessen our value to Meta and their advertisers.
None of the alternatives I use have #advertisers or #algorithms. It's all #community driven, #funded, and guided by #hashtags and other means.

lemmings.worldJohn Oliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to Meta" website, suggests Signal, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and BlueSky as Meta alternatives - Lemmings.worldJohn Oliver cited a 5000% rise in search queries related to leaving Meta and deleting accounts. Among the topics mentioned in the analysis, attention was drawn to early Facebook’s naivete with regard to moderation requirements, the constitutional framework, and a history of governmental interference. Oliver debunks common right-wing “cry censorship” talking points, as well as the objective difficulty of moderation endeavors, and how direct threats by Trump may have influenced Zuckerberg’s turnaround. Oliver went on to suggest Signal, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Pixelfed as alternatives that “do not seem as desperate to fall in line with Trump”. For those reluctant to completely ditch Meta, Oliver revealed a new site [https://johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/] with step-by-step instructions to “make yourself less valuable to them”. The guide was a collaboration with the EFF, and includes settings’ tweaks for Facebook and Meta, whose 98% of revenue comes from micro-targeting ads, the host previously cited, to increase privacy, and recommends Firefox, Privacy Badger, as “other measures” to take in order “to block advertisers and other third parties from tracking you”. The segment [https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo] culminated in a mock advert, in which the new Meta’s approach to moderation is coined as “Fuck it”, and hints to racism, internet scams, and calls to genocide running rampant on Meta’s platforms. The clip reminds the origins of Facebook as a site to “rank college girls by hotness”, and its implication in genocide in Myanmar, which was more thoroughly discussed in an Oliver’s previous [https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=OjPYmEZxACM] special on Facebook in 2018.
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#Prideflag is ‘#welcome’ at #Ontario’s #publicly #funded #schools, #education #minister says.

In light of the growing controversy at the #York #Catholic #SchoolBoard in his own riding, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said flying the Pride flag is “a signal of #Respect that is “welcome” in all publicly funded schools.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Canada #Ontario #Education #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
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thestar.com/politics/provincia

thestar.comPride flag is ‘welcome’ at Ontario’s publicly funded schools, education minister saysIn light of the growing controversy at the York Catholic board in his own riding, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said flying the Pride flag is “a signal of respect” that is “welcome” in all publicly funded schools.
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PhoenixSerenity

#Women living in #subsidized #housing in #Canada

This #study was #funded by #WomenAndGenderEqualityCanada

www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75

www150.statcan.gc.caWomen living in subsidized housing in CanadaIn Canada, the need for suitable and affordable housing has been recognized as critically important by all levels of government. Using data from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey, this study examines the characteristics of Canadians who lived in subsidized housing in 2018 by gender. It also examines the differences in subsidized housing residents’ experiences, their dwelling satisfaction and the neighbourhood satisfaction, as compared to their counterparts living in non-subsidized rental housing.
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