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→ Parents outraged as #Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in #ads targeting man
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/20/parents-outraged-meta-uses-photos-schoolgirls-ads-man
“[A 37-year-old man] noticed that posts encouraging him to "get #Threads" […] were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts of uniformed girls as young as 13 with their faces visible and, in most cases, their names.”
“The mother of a 15-year-old [said:] "I had no idea #Instagram had picked it up and are using it as a promotion. It’s absolutely disgusting. She is a minor."”
The Guardian · Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
I had a crash that took down Firefox, so when I restarted it it was the newest version (an update I'd installed, but hadn't restarted after).
I just went looking through the settings pages, which is a habit I've unfortunately had to get into because #Firefox and #Mozilla keep adding new anti-user fuckery in their continuing quest to drive users away from the only product they make that anyone gives two shits about.
And lo and behold, *this* is the new fuckery I found. Enabled by default. And it reinforces the need to go *check* for this bullshit every version update.
Firefox, if you had asked me how to cut my already diminishing trust in you to do the right thing by your users to near zero, I wouldn't have even dreamed this batshittery up. It's so much worse than I would have suggested. I have *all* the crap turned off - silently adding new crap and silently defaulting it to on is 1995-era Microsoft-screwing-the-users.
You feel you need to add this shit? Fine. But show me a dialog asking me whether I want it on or not when that version first starts. Don't turn it on behind my back and HOPE I DON'T NOTICE.
OMG i just reckoned why i cringe every time i hear MORONGO CASINO: all i hear is MORÓN GO! (moron, go).
capitalists actually named a casino by the command they’re too chickenshit to tell their marks to their faces.
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I should add in your "my filters" you want to add this so YouTube's anti-ad blocker will not get in your way.
You will, however, not be able to scroll down and read comments (only downside).
www.youtube.com##tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.opened
uBlock users --- I have something for you:
1) AdGuard's Tracking Protection Filter
Adding an extra 114,000 trackers to your block list
https://filters.adtidy.org/extension/ublock/filters/3.txt
2) Pi-holes ad blocking list, for those of you who cannot configure pi-pole
Adding a little over 1/2 million new goodies to block.
https://hole.cert.pl/domains/v2/domains_adblock.txt
3) OISD blocklist
Another 200,000 more goodies to block
How to block Ads on YouTube?
In uBlock add this to your custom filters:
```
www.youtube.com##tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.opened
```
You will not be able to scroll down and see comments, but that overlay telling you that you must disable your ad blocker, or preventing you from play videos will be gone.
I am using uBlock Origin with Privacy Badger within Vivaldi browser.
missed Pete Alonso’s historic homerun, so am parked on my sofa watching this #Mets game. because it’s on the Mets’ own cable #tv channel, they’ve been churning thru the same 2-3 insurance company #ads on every break.
one of them is for a company called SILEC(?). sweartagawd, these predators been peddling the same annuities “products” for #babyBoomers for like 20 years now.
most Boomers are too old for their crap. you know who aren't? GenXers.
may they go bankrupt without our money.
I absolutely love RSS! It’s like having a personal internet librarian — quietly bringing you the latest from your favorite sites. No algorithms, no ads, no FOMO. Just pure content, on your terms.
after Tesla, RAM needs to be bankrupt and then burnt to the ground for that fucking jingoistic “don’t stop being american” ad.
fuckem.
uBlockOrigin is finally available for Safari! If you're on any of Apple's OSes, now's the time to get yourself a real and trustworthy ad-blocker.
ZDNET · uBlock Origin Lite has finally arrived for Safari - with one important caveat
it’ obscene how the Bezos corruptocrats are painting the USA health care dystopia they created, to sell their latest fake MDs and pharmaceuticals scam
The fediverse is big enough for me to find like-minded people who can teach me new things, but not big enough to be interesting for ad companies and “fast content” creators.
I don’t think I want the fediverse to become mainstream. I like our little bubble of misfits.
HP is putting #ads on their (Microsoft Windows) laptops. Isn't that special?
(why, yes, we are having a Linux installfest next month, see my pinned toot for details)
Adweek · EXCLUSIVE: HP Is Launching an Ad Business With Laptop-Targeted Ads and a Streaming Service
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