Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats'

the good thing is that they just created a mastodon account

https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch

embrace the fediverse !😎😎

Can I follow them from my programming.dev account?
- No, I don't think Lemmy supports following users.
It was pretty upsetting that they didn't link to it in their announcement that they joined mastodon. Thanks for linking it here
I wish the Fediverse didn't ban users for legal political opinions.
- "The fediverse" doesn't ban anyone for anything, it's not a monolith. Anyone can start their own server if they differ from existing ones. And if an instance is defederated by everyone too...
- One might get banned for opinions that are incompatible with certain instances. You can always open your own, and build a community of similar minded individuals. But never expect everyone to federate with you.
- You can have any political opinion you want, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to give it any validity or even listen to it.
  Especially if that political opinion is just hate for racial, sexual, and gender minorities or women at large. You can make your own instance of hate, and many have, but the rest of us don't have to join and get exposed to disrespect and death threats.
- Curious, what legal political opinions are you referring to?

Are there any server admins who aren't blocking Threads? Everyone should be.

I can't wait to read the next version of the "First they came for..." sermon and see where Linux users fall on it...

What an absurd timeline.

Edit:

DistroWatch says that the Facebook ban took effect on January 19.

Right. Just a coincidence though, I'm sure...

What, you think a founder who is riding the dick of a fascist coincidentally made a bunch of bad moves? /s

@neme what the heck did I just read. Doesn't Facebook depend on linux servers? This zuck guy is just banning shit for the sake of it at this point

And Meta / Facebook is one of the top supporters for Linux Foundation at Platinum level (Microsoft too): https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members
- Linux community should keep its distance from the Linux Foundation
- @thingsiplay so they are investing/donating to malware? Is that what they think they're doing? It would be funny if that was the case, ngl
- @zante yeah they've been on some kind of "LOOK AT ME I'M SO EDGY" rampage lately

But why?

Facebook makes money off of surveillance and many Linux communities like to make that harder. So I'm thinking its about money and big brother.
- We are all super cool hackers obviously
Their whole purpose is monopolization of advertising engagement to make money for shareholders. Collecting user data, building profiles, targeted ads, prioritizing rage bait and conspiracies and misinformation, hiding alternatives like open source software and distributed community supported software, are all in support of that goal.
- Somehow I imagine that Microsoft might be involved in this, most likely through some quid pro quo to pimp its users for facebook. Its either that or its just that facebook sees linux as a threat as its not data harvesting like microsoft and facebook are, but I find it hard to believe that facebook would do this purely to protect the closed source market without also getting microsoft to pitch in someway. Why would facebook want a free operating system that doesnt harvest data to exist? Id be worried too.
If you understand linux it's only a small leap to understand selfhosting. If you understand selfhosting it's only a small jump to hosting your own Fediverse instances, thereby completely eliminating your dependency on the big social media giants.
Anecdote for support:
In only two days I went from "I can use BASH and the GNU Coreutils for most of my daily tasks on my PC" to "I understand networking well enough, own a domain with several webapps, and have successfully gained independence from the tech giants regarding cloud storage."
In two days, with only the purchase of a domain for about $10US, I've saved myself $15/mo from spotify, and over $40 from all the video streaming apps by rolling out Jellyfin, as well as Regained ownership of my photos from Google by downloading everything as a zip and rehosting it on my selfhosted immich instance.
This stuff is genuinely not difficult, it's tedious for sure, and for an OSS noob it will take some time, certainly more than it took me.
- Oh shit. I hope we on Lemmy can still have our little thing. It would be kinda lonely without Americans...
- But how many mainstream or “normie” users are going to do any of that? But I guess if Facebook feels threatened, that’s a step in the right direction. That’s competition, which capitalism says is supposed to be good, right….

I assume this must be some new Ai tech they use in the back. And it doesn't work well. I can't think of any reason why Facebook would do this intentionally.

Copenhagen-hosted DistroWatch says it has tried to appeal against the Community Standards-triggered ban. However, they say that a Facebook representative said that Linux topics would remain on the cybersecurity filter.
Nope, this one isn't ignorance, it's actual malice. They fully intended to start blocking Linux topics.
When you take this and pair it with what Larry Ellison just recently said:
AI will ensure "citizens will be on their best behavior"
There tends to be a pattern forming that I really don't want to draw because I like tinfoil on my head.
- I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him
  Fucking lawnmower piece of shit. Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison.

Server admins who agree to this are going to get some kinda white hat exemption but otherwise it’s black hats for all. Gotta have a simple reason to call you a threat to an idiot population.

"Linux is probably insecure. Also GPL sounds like communism." ...did I just get mysteriously whisked back to 1998? Because that was the last time I heard this shit.

Their servers must run on air

What Linux user uses Facebook? Although I can see boomers doing it

I am an admin for my job's page on FB. I don't have it installed on my phone, I have to sit down at a PC to use it. I don't post anything personal. Also, since I'm already on there, I represent my team on a team game's recruiting page. But man do I hate FB. Yesterday my wife asked me to put something up on Marketplace. I answered I don't want to be there at all. I am moving 90% of my job's Win10 PCs over to Linux tho. I'm not a boomer.

Listen, if you want free software, you're an enemy of capitalism, traitor.

/s goddamnit, I hate that I have to be explicit about it. Learn to read internet posts.

you are an enemy of capitalists though, at least thats how those pigs see it. Your /s was because people thought you were criticising free software and the GPL? Huh, guess there's more than one way to slice the dough...
- Yes, I am an enemy of capitalism. I have to throw in the /s to not get downvoted or banned. People don't know when sarcasm appears in print.

Sounds like heaven

Ok

The world still goes around

Nice to see that you never have to go far to find the dismissive toxicity of the Linux community no matter the platform.
It costs nothing to say nothing, when all you have is... Whatever you call this.