Facebook megathread

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps

Apple has shut down Facebook’s ability to distribute internal iOS apps, from early releases of the Facebook app to basic tools like a lunch menu. A person familiar with the situation tells The Verge that early versions of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other pre-release “dogfood” (beta) apps have stopped working, as have other employee apps, like one for transportation. Facebook is treating this as a critical problem internally, we’re told, as the affected apps simply don’t launch on employees’ phones anymore.

The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app.

That app, revealed yesterday by TechCrunch, was distributed outside of the App Store using Apple’s enterprise program, which allows developers to use special certificates to install more powerful apps onto iPhones. Those apps are only supposed to be used by a company’s employees, however, and Facebook had been distributing its tracking app to customers. Facebook later said it would shut down the app.

This poses a huge issue for Facebook. While Apple provides other tools a company can use to install apps internally, Apple’s enterprise program is the main solution for widely distributing internal apps and services. In an email, a Facebook spokesperson said “I can confirm that this affects our internal apps.”

In a statement given to Recode, Apple said that Facebook was in “clear breach of their agreement with Apple.” Any developer that breaches that agreement, Apple said, has their distribution certificates revoked, “which is what we did in this case to protect our users and their data.” Apple declined to comment on shutting down all of Facebook’s internal apps in an email to The Verge.

Revoking a certificate not only stops apps from being distributed on iOS, but it also stops apps from working. And because internal apps by the same organization or developer may be connected to a single certificate, it can lead to immense headaches like the one Facebook now finds itself in where a multitude of internal apps have been shut down.

Apple and Facebook have already been bickering over privacy, but this is the first instance of Apple taking an action that directly shuts down some of Facebook’s activities. Last March, Apple CEO Tim Cook criticized Facebook’s handling of the Cambridge Analytica data sharing scandal, saying, “I wouldn’t be in this situation” if he were running the company. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg later said the comments were “extremely glib” and spoke of Apple as a company that “work hard to charge you more.”

 

[Silence of the Troons]

The lolcow group #Jagärhär is going international, huh? I’m sure it won’t be a trainwreck at all just like it totally wasn’t a trainwreck here

 

[Krimjob]

To be clear, since I expect no international sources will actually explain this properly, but this (#jagärhär) is basically a psyop. The entire thing has been proven to be a massive scam (Bitch who founded it is charging taxpayers for essentially running a facebook group that does nothing), they have gotten government grants, won awards for doing literally nothing and on top of it:

#Jagärhär is literally a cult. Not even kidding, the members in the Swedish group are literal cult members, just with political ideology rather than religion. There are members that straight up idolize and worship Mina Dennert, despite the fact that it's been proven she's a complete cunt. The members themselves are lowkey lolcows, including journalists that jerkoff the group by making "character portraits" of Mina in their local newspapers. There are even members that actively support removing free speech (Which is what the group actively works for, since they want this to extend beyond Facebook) and there are even extremists that support assaulting children (sexually even). It's basically a group for thirsty pro-refugee people, mostly thirsty old women.

The group has a strict doctrine, and if you go against it they will not only kick you out, they will also put you on various lists. Depending on how severe the infraction is, they will call your workplace and explain that Jagärhär has deemed you to be a Nazi. Government supported, once again.

The entire thing has gotten tons of shit by the public, of course, the media kept quiet about all of it. Let me be clear: This is so bad that even the extreme leftists in Sweden have told them to fuck off and kill themselves (in nicer words, of course, they're Swedish leftists after all).

From what I've seen on a more international basis, it seems to be an attempt to basically mimic what she did, so cash in on fearmongering and hatred. I wonder if this group also will support refugees raping kids (Literally what happened in Sweden).

Anyhow, could easily write a ten-page report on this with sources and whatnot, but I'm not being paid so fuck that. I'm getting ticked off just thinking about Swedish politics. This entire thing is a trainwreck, as ATaxingWoman said. Enjoy the ride, we're going straight to hell, assuming that these idiots manage to pull the same crap.

 

[Recoil]

This was the gay rights tagline, too wasn't? "We're here, get used to it." There's an aspect of 'deal with it'.
The totalitarianism is baked in, like how the article champions that woman who takes 3 hours on top of her full time job to moderate what people are saying on an internet forum. It's an obvious political initiative and I think saying it's about 'being nice' is dishonest in that regard.

ETA - @Krimjob that changes a lot. Thanks for the tip-off.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

So I take it the usual suspects are astroturfing this "movement"?

 

[The Flawless Gazelles]

maybe they should just delete their facebook accounts, your quality of life will increase by several orders of magnitude within mere moments. but then you would have to entertain yourself.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

maybe they should just delete their facebook accounts, your quality of life will increase by several orders of magnitude within mere moments. but then you would have to entertain yourself.

This so much. Having no social media will make people think you're like a caveman, but it improves your life considerably

 

[Libtard-Wrecking Krogoth]

So I take it the usual suspects are astroturfing this "movement"?

facebook is an astroturf of human interaction. also the frogs are gay because of vaccine chemtrails.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

They don't attempt to change the minds of people posting hate or argue directly with extremists. Instead they collectively inject discussions with facts and straightforwardly argued reasonable viewpoints. The idea is to provide balance so that other social media users see that there are alternative perspectives beyond the ones offered up by the trolls.

When I provide facts, stats, and evidence it's to combat ignorance and promote intellectual understanding rather than demagoguery and outrage fearmongering.

But when you do it it's evil because you're a misogynerd troll, you trolling misogynazi.

 

[Spatula]

Can't they log off instead?

 

[turboNIG-3k]

To be clear, since I expect no international sources will actually explain this properly, but this (#jagärhär) is basically a psyop. The entire thing has been proven to be a massive scam (Bitch who founded it is charging taxpayers for essentially running a facebook group that does nothing), they have gotten government grants, won awards for doing literally nothing and on top of it:

#Jagärhär is literally a cult. Not even kidding, the members in the Swedish group are literal cult members, just with political ideology rather than religion. There are members that straight up idolize and worship Mina Dennert, despite the fact that it's been proven she's a complete cunt. The members themselves are lowkey lolcows, including journalists that jerkoff the group by making "character portraits" of Mina in their local newspapers. There are even members that actively support removing free speech (Which is what the group actively works for, since they want this to extend beyond Facebook) and there are even extremists that support assaulting children (sexually even). It's basically a group for thirsty pro-refugee people, mostly thirsty old women.

The group has a strict doctrine, and if you go against it they will not only kick you out, they will also put you on various lists. Depending on how severe the infraction is, they will call your workplace and explain that Jagärhär has deemed you to be a Nazi. Government supported, once again.

The entire thing has gotten tons of shit by the public, of course, the media kept quiet about all of it. Let me be clear: This is so bad that even the extreme leftists in Sweden have told them to fuck off and kill themselves (in nicer words, of course, they're Swedish leftists after all).

From what I've seen on a more international basis, it seems to be an attempt to basically mimic what she did, so cash in on fearmongering and hatred. I wonder if this group also will support refugees raping kids (Literally what happened in Sweden).

Anyhow, could easily write a ten-page report on this with sources and whatnot, but I'm not being paid so fuck that. I'm getting ticked off just thinking about Swedish politics. This entire thing is a trainwreck, as ATaxingWoman said. Enjoy the ride, we're going straight to hell, assuming that these idiots manage to pull the same crap.

Got any reading material on this? I just want some links for when I bully swedes in altright fb groups

 

[Coldgrip]

Your "Fight against ""hate""" is the 1º Reason I don't use FB anymore

It's also the reason I like to be hateful.

 

[Haramburger]

This hashtag has zero All-Might references or memes in it, what a complete failure

 

[Krimjob]

Got any reading material on this? I just want some links for when I bully swedes in altright fb groups

Depends. Unfortunately there's little in English. For Swedish sources my recommendation is the now massive thread on the group at Flashback (Massive Swedish community). In English I've so far only seen praise pieces for the group.

Honestly considered setting up a website on the topic, until I realized that it would be impossible to monetize it anonymously (To pay for expensive anonymous hosting). Swedish gov't won't allow wrong think. With my career, it would be suicide to set it all up in my own name after all.

 

[Wraith]

Oh look everybody! It's digital brown shirts!

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Wow...what a monumental waste of time.

Have fun with that, faggots.

 

[thundaga]

She admits that being confronted with hateful comments on a daily basis can take a toll on members' mental health. "It depends on my daily mood," she says. "Some days I can take so much I amaze myself. Others, I feel my skin is very thin."

She should tell me what kind of superpower I have since I'm able to browe 4chan for years.

 

[Duke Nukem]

I thought Facebook was nothing but family members and over 40s exchanging photos and playing shitty browser games.

I wonder what exactly constitutes "hate" on a site like that. Not that there's much opportunity for trolling there anyway.

 

[MediocreMilt]

It's 7:30 in Berlin, and Nina's alarm clock is going off. Before getting up and making breakfast for her 13-month-old daughter, who is sleeping in the next room, she reaches for her phone.

Unlike many of us, Nina's not checking her emails, the news, or looking at gossip sites or posting photos. Instead, every day Nina opens up Facebook and heads straight to the closed group #IchBinHier ("#IAmHere").

Nina is part of an international movement working to find and combat hate speech on the platform. She and her fellow #IAmHere members spend their spare time scanning Facebook for conversations happening on big pages, often run by mainstream media organisations, which are overwhelmed with racist, misogynistic or homophobic comments.

They don't attempt to change the minds of people posting hate or argue directly with extremists. Instead they collectively inject discussions with facts and straightforwardly argued reasonable viewpoints. The idea is to provide balance so that other social media users see that there are alternative perspectives beyond the ones offered up by the trolls.

LMFAO! "Hi! When I get up in the morning, priority one is not my infant child. I just gotta get that dopamine from arguing with trolls on Facebook!"

#IAmHere? More like #MotherOfTheYear

 

[Silence of the Troons]

Got any reading material on this? I just want some links for when I bully swedes in altright fb groups

Krimjob already brought it up, but here's the link to all #Jagärhär related threads on Flashback https://www.flashback.org/find_threads_by_tag.php?tag=%23jag%E4rh%E4r

Group against online hate - #jagärhär (Facebook, Twitter etc)
Mina Dennert & Markus Dennert (#jagärhär)
Activist group wants to encourage you to #votemorehumanly in the [2018] elections
Spokesperson for Afghani refugees found guilty of sexual misconduct against minor
Anti racist was kicked out of #jagärhär because he questioned their actions

The Swedish political blogger Rebecca Weidmo Uvell wrote a few posts about them 2017-2018 which sum up some of their hypocritical bullshit:
https://uvell.se/2017/10/20/trollandet-och-jagarhar/
https://uvell.se/2017/10/24/demokrati-enligt-jagarhar/
https://uvell.se/2018/03/31/jagarhar-och-inkonsekvensen/
Use Google Translate at your heart's content. The closest thing I could find to a critical English source was this subbed video segment

 

[GrungyLawnChlorinate]

https://archive.is/8KQ6J

Facebook bans health and conspiracy site Natural News
Facebook on Sunday removed the prominent health and conspiracy site Natural News from its platform and banned its incendiary founder from posting content.

In an email to Ars, a spokesperson for Facebook confirmed the removal and said only that it was over "violating our policies against spam." Under those policies, Facebook "do[es] not allow people to use misleading or inaccurate information to collect likes, followers, or shares." More specifically, it prohibits sites that "encourage likes, shares, or clicks under false pretenses," and those that "artificially increase distribution for financial gain," among other things.

Facebook’s decision comes just a day after The Daily Beast published a report into the wild, far-right conspiracy theories that have become staples on Natural News.

The Beast’s article noted that Natural News began as an alternative health site that railed against evidence-based medicine and touted organic foods, unproven “natural” remedies, and pseudoscience such as homeopathy—all while hawking supplements. Over the years, it has morphed into a conspiracy-laden smorgasbord of far-right theories. Now, between pop-up advertisements for probioitics, guides on diets that supposedly prevent parasitic infections, and an article claiming that sprouts are a “superfood,” Natural News readers find articles with headlines, such as “This is what the Left has become: Targeting retarded children for transgender indoctrination,” “LGBT progressivism horrors: Parents to start physically maiming their own babies to slice off all ‘gender’ organs in the name of progressivism and ‘equality,’” and “All white people are being removed from history as revisionists rewrite science, medicine and technology to eliminate pioneers based on the color of their skin.”

Natural News had nearly 3 million Facebook followers prior to the ban. The site’s content had previously received permanent bans from Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google News, and Apple, according to Natural News founder, Mike Adams, who calls himself the Health Ranger. Wikipedia lists Natural News as fake news.

Adams responded to Facebook’s ban with a vitriolic post Sunday on Natural News. He called Facebook’s decision a “response to a coordinated, heavily-funded smear campaign,” while also describing Facebook and other technology companies as “techno-fascists that now represent the greatest threat to human freedom the world has ever seen.” He posted an image lining up pictures of tech leaders, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple’s Tim Cook, under pictures of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao Zedong.

Adams wrote:

The techno-fascists, including Wikipedia, have decided that no speech that questions any official narrative will be allowed on any platform. Anyone who questions the safety of toxic vaccines, 5G cell towers, geoengineering, chemotherapy or glyphosate weed killer chemicals is now maliciously attacked, smeared and de-platformed. You’re not even allowed now to talk about nutrition, anti-cancer foods or nutritional supplements without being labeled a “vitamin” website accused of pushing fake cures. (That’s right: The left-wing authoritarian tyrants are now anti-nutrition on top of everything else.)

Adams also posted a nearly hour-long video rant over Facebook’s decision on Brighteon.com. In the post, which follows advertisements for things such as mushroom powder, turmeric root powder, and organic honey, Adams urged President Trump to “unleash the military police” to dismantle the tech giants. “We need a new D-Day against the tech giants,” he said.
Facebook’s removal of Adam’s content follows efforts from prominent platforms to flush out sources of disinformation. In the latest wave of such tech detoxes, Facebook announced a crackdown on anti-vaccine misinformation from its platform amid pressure from politicians and several measles outbreaks.

Response from Natural News dude:

Facebook Bans Natural News — Health Ranger Responds With Message for Humanity

Silicon Valley claims no censorship blacklists as they purge thousands of conservatives

www.infowars.com

In response to a coordinated, heavily-funded smear campaign against Natural News and myself, the Health Ranger, Facebook has now permanently banned Natural News from posting content. The channel name that has been banned is Facebook.com/healthranger, which was our primary channel reaching over 2.5 million people.

This is on top of the permanent bans of Natural News content from Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google News, Apple and other techno-fascists that now represent the greatest threat to human freedom the world has ever seen.

The techno-fascists, including Wikipedia, have decided that no speech that questions any official narrative will be allowed on any platform. Anyone who questions the safety of toxic vaccines, 5G cell towers, geoengineering, chemotherapy or glyphosate weed killer chemicals is now maliciously attacked, smeared and de-platformed. You’re not even allowed now to talk about nutrition, anti-cancer foods or nutritional supplements without being labeled a “vitamin” website accused of pushing fake cures. (That’s right: The left-wing authoritarian tyrants are now anti-nutrition on top of everything else.)

Every website or individual who expresses any view of dissent against the corrupt scientific establishment is immediately labeled “fake news,” even as the left-wing media routinely pushed total fabrications about President Trump and anyone who supports Trump.

As I have repeatedly pointed out, the tech giants and their CEOs are truly enemies of humanity.