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On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observers without replacement (foundation.mozilla.org)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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This is quite concerning

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I work in integrity at Meta. It's mostly about staying legally compliant with the countries we make $ in. You have to keep in mind we have like 4 billion users, and own 5 out of the top 10 most used apps (hello antitrust?), so it's a pretty big deal here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You actually work at Meta no cap?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

no cap fr fr 🥦

[–] blazeknave 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tell us more stories. I have former relationships with your trust and safety folks among others. Never heard from integrity

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Telegram, WhatsApp, and iMessage are all e2e encrypted but backups aren't. That's how your messages get read.

Messenger is actually the most secure platform out of the 4 because there's no unencrypted cloud backups. However, there's discussion on rolling back the encryption on Messenger because it's too good and causing UX pains.