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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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A perfectly normal warning on Instagram. KOSA is going to be perfectly fine... 🔥🔥🐶☕🔥🔥 (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I reported loads of content on Instagram, genuinely creepy accounts of "athletic teens" and they all got rejected.

I got caught in a horrible recommendations loop because I'd like family photos of running and gymnastics for my nieces and cousins.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

got caught in a horrible recommendations loop because I’d like family photos of running and gymnastics for my nieces and cousins.

I never reach that point on Facebook. I scroll for about 5 posts to see what my family and friends might be up to and get too frustrated with unmoderated spam and report it as spam and close the tab and move on