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Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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Let's make the analysts wrong and boycott Meta products. Quit Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
There's a common saying; If 9 people sit down at a table with 1 Nazi without protest, there are 10 Nazis at the table. The people at Meta are like the 9 people, they pretend to act ignorant but they know exactly what they are doing. They care more about profits than they care about the country so we must make it so they loose big from this decision.
Hmmm, is there a way to just quit and leave an access to messenger (preferably by non Facebook app?) I have account since 2006 and want to kill it, the only thing that keeps me is still a few of people that I don't have other ways to contact.
Edit: not sure if Facebook got confused (due to visiting Europe), but on my family member messenger it showed option to separate Facebook account with messenger due to European regulations. I wish it have me that option.
I'm very surprised but this does seem possible: https://www.facebook.com/help/messenger-app/1526848634305688/
However if possible I think it would be good to try convincing your friends to switch to a more secure chat app such as Signal.