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Activist leaves Instagram and X for privacy-focused platforms

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

An activist has decided to leave platforms like Instagram and X, citing concerns about surveillance capitalism and data harvesting. The activist believes that using these platforms for activism is contradictory due to their data collection practices, including AI agents scanning private messages and mapping social networks without consent. As a result, they have moved to more privacy-focused, libre platforms. AI

IMPACT Individuals are increasingly opting out of mainstream platforms due to privacy concerns related to AI data collection, potentially impacting platform growth and user engagement.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from an individual about their personal platform choices and concerns regarding data privacy and surveillance capitalism.

Read on Mastodon — mastodon.social →

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Activist leaves Instagram and X for privacy-focused platforms

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I stayed on Instagram and X to reach people for activism, but using a surveillance-capitalist machine to fight for freedom is a contradiction I’m done making. B

    I stayed on Instagram and X to reach people for activism, but using a surveillance-capitalist machine to fight for freedom is a contradiction I’m done making. Between cross-web tracking, data harvesting, and AI agents like Muse and Grok scanning private DMs and mapping social net…

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