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  1. CW: Meta/Instagram and obeying the EU DSA - the Meta way

    Meta has recently announced (about.fb.com/news/2023/08/new-) that they are going to follow the EU Digital Service Act that say they should not force users to use their "algorithm" for what is shown in the feed.
    Meta talks about it like they are actually happy about the DSA, but you have to be dumb to believe that.
    So what have they actually done?

    If you are one of the ignorant people still selling your soul to Meta via Instagram, you can not "opt out" of the algorithm - or sorf of can.
    On the top left corner, hidden in the Instagram Logo, you're now able to switch to a 'Following' feed.
    It's really well hidden, as this hidden "menu" has been there since 2022 to host the 'Favorites' section, which showed the users you've told the app you wanted to see more of.
    Now it also includes the 'Following' tab as well.
    So what does it do? Well it actually shows only posts from the people/companies you follow and show them sorted by "most recent". It all seems good, but guess what? It is not a persistent option, so you will have to select it every time you open the app.
    It does work for reels/stories as well and seem to show a few less ads for some reason.

    So maybe Meta thinks that they now follow the DSA, but in reality they don't.

    Everyone should really just get their ass off Instagram/Facebook and move to other platforms (Fediverse enabled ones like @pixelfed are highly recommended).

    #meta #digitalservicesact #EU #instagram #rant #privacy #dataFreedom