Meta opens Threads API for developers

After an initial test phase at the beginning of the year, Meta is now opening the API of the Threads short message service to developers.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Meta-opens-Threads-API-for-developers-9769981.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Open source #X rival #Mastodon begins raising funds with new in-app donation feature

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/open-source-x-rival-mastodon-begins-raising-funds-with-new-in-app-donation-feature/

cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/... "...Most current uses have a static R_StringBuffer structure, which allows the (default-sized) buffer to be shared between calls to e.g. grep and even between functions: this will need to be changed if R ever allows concurrent evaluation threads.." #Rstats #Threads

R Internals

Meta halts political advertising in the EU due to ‘unworkable’ rules.

US social media company Meta has said it will stop all advertisement about politics, elections and social issues on its platforms in the EU as of October, due to the incoming legislation on political advertising, the EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation (TTPA).

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250725-meta-halts-political-advertising-in-the-eu-due-to-unworkable-rules?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Together, today, #bluesky and #threads could kill #xitter if they both fully supported #ActivityPub by default. They'd become effectively one network. #SocialWeb

FEDIPACT MEDIA MASTERLIST

https://fedipact.online has been featured on wikipedia and in various news articles and books and podcasts and academic papers and more!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)#Fedipact

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/fear-loathing-and-excitement-as-threads-adopts-open-standard-used-by-mastodon/

https://www.pcgamer.com/threads-threatens-to-muscle-in-on-mastodons-fediverse-and-admins-are-up-in-arms-about-it/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66155433

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/19/not-that-kind-of-open

https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/

https://web.archive.org/web/20250114233420/https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/fedipact-blocking-meta/

https://academic.oup.com/book/60528/chapter-abstract/523077954

https://radiostudent.si/druzba/tehno-klistir/fedi-pakt#

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051241308323

https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/safer-spaces-design

https://youtu.be/BzkfW_L0RAY&t=1442

and more! i'll update this when i remember more stuff lol

Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads

What could possibly go wrong?

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/17/meta-appoints-generative-ai-vp-to-run-threads/

Haven't posted these in a while, but there's not much change:
Since @heiseonline has left #X/#Twitter, we've seen a bit more #traffic from #Mastodon; #Bluesky is also growing a bit. #Threads lags.

There was an error in our numbers of #Flipboard, after correction, it's way bigger. @fediverse

Jeder kann Meta auf 10.000 Euro verklagen – theoretisch | BR.de

"Meta fällt immer wieder durch Datenschutzverstöße auf. Stiftung Warentest hat untersucht, wie User dagegen vorgehen können. Wer klagt, kann mehrere tausend Euro an Schadenersatz erzielen. Der Weg steht jedem offen, ist aber nicht immer sinnvoll."

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/jeder-kann-meta-auf-10-000-euro-verklagen-theoretisch,Urajg9b

#Meta hosting ads on #Facebook, #Instagram and #Threads from pro-Israel entities that are raising money for military equipment including drones and tactical gear for #IDF battalions, seemingly a violation of the company’s stated advertising policies, new research shows
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/21/meta-idf-drone-ads-israel

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS #palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml

How to Delete All of Your Social Media Accounts

Breaking up is hard to do — harder yet when there’s a deactivation period. Here’s how to log off every big social site, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-delete-your-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/

i managed to view on amazon a preview of that book about the history of fedi that i got interviewed for! Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media

i'm mentioned by name FOURTEEN TIMES!!! and fedipact is mentioned TWENTY-TWO TIMES!!!!!

anyways here's the first page of the final chapter that talks about me and fedipact a lot :3

港男街邊拾信用卡 好心插 ATM「食卡」保存 網民擔心會被誤當盜竊
最近有人在社交媒體分享，在路上拾獲他人遺失的信用卡後，將卡片插入銀行櫃員機讓其「食卡」沒收，並在社交媒體上發文通知失主聯絡銀行。該男子的處理方式在網上引發討論，部分網民質疑做法可能涉嫌犯法，擔心會被誤認為盜卡犯，但亦有網民支持其善意行為。
#生活科技 #ATM #Threads #匯豐
https://unwire.hk/2025/07/18/credit-card-atm-dispute/life-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=credit-card-atm-dispute

Tiny Mastodon Tip to Block a Domain

If you would like to block an entire domain or instance on Mastodon, there are 2 easy ways to do this.

Be careful however, this will
block everyone from this instance, and you will lose your followers and follows from this instance as well.

HOW TO

1. The easiest way is to find a user from the instance you want to block, then click on the 3-dot "Menu" button on their profile. From the drop-menu, select "Block domain DOMAIN_NAME"

2. You can also "pre-block" an instance or domain, even without a user account. From the web interface, go to "Preferences" > "Import and export" > "Export", then download the "CSV" file for your "Domain blocks"

3. Open the blocked_domains.csv file as a text file

4. Type each domain you wish to block on a separate line. Save this file using the same filename

5. Back to your account, move to the "Import" section from the left-side menu. From the "Import type", select "Domain blocking list"

6. Select "Merge" to add blocked domains to your existing list, or "Overwrite" to only use the file you just saved

7. Verify the information on the confirmation page, then click "Confirm"

8. You are now (relatively) safer from this domain

Someone on #Lemmy is compiling a (1,000+) list of verified media organizations on the #Fediverse including #Mastodon, #Flipboard, #PeerTube, #Threads, #BlueSky, and #Ghost

Their most recent post: https://lemmy.world/post/32696641

The list: https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html