chuva fantasma
@chuvafantasma.bsky.social
media studies scholar from brazil /// against a new cold war, against imperialism
i thought the US wanted tiktok to control its feed algorithm, turns out it wants the profiling machine
makes me think what instagram is handling/negotiating
given the current state of machine learning, this kind of data can be inferred from content or even interactions like likes and comments
makes me think what instagram is handling/negotiating
given the current state of machine learning, this kind of data can be inferred from content or even interactions like likes and comments
🚨This is the new TikTok Privacy Policy I found on Reddit. Read it & pass this on. Looks like they can pull from USER CONTENT race, religious beliefs, mental/physical health diagnosis, sex life, status as transgender, citizenship/immigration status & more personal info.
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM
i thought the US wanted tiktok to control its feed algorithm, turns out it wants the profiling machine
makes me think what instagram is handling/negotiating
given the current state of machine learning, this kind of data can be inferred from content or even interactions like likes and comments
makes me think what instagram is handling/negotiating
given the current state of machine learning, this kind of data can be inferred from content or even interactions like likes and comments
"I temporarily disabled the ‘data consent’ option [...] At that moment, all of my chats were permanently deleted and the project folders were emptied — two years of carefully structured academic work disappeared"
imagine treating a chatbot as a cloud storage/office suite
imagine treating a chatbot as a cloud storage/office suite
When two years of academic work [using ChatGPT] vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind". I don't to express Schadenfreude here bc I don't feel it, but this was clear from the 1/
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind". I don't to express Schadenfreude here bc I don't feel it, but this was clear from the 1/
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"I temporarily disabled the ‘data consent’ option [...] At that moment, all of my chats were permanently deleted and the project folders were emptied — two years of carefully structured academic work disappeared"
imagine treating a chatbot as a cloud storage/office suite
imagine treating a chatbot as a cloud storage/office suite
sometimes i wish tiktok and youtube videos were transcribed, illustrated with beautiful images and photos, curated by humans, laid out in approx. 64 pages at 21 × 27.5 cm, printed in color on 80 g/m² matte coated paper, saddle-stitched, and sold in shops specialized in this format on the streets
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
sometimes i wish tiktok and youtube videos were transcribed, illustrated with beautiful images and photos, curated by humans, laid out in approx. 64 pages at 21 × 27.5 cm, printed in color on 80 g/m² matte coated paper, saddle-stitched, and sold in shops specialized in this format on the streets
the invasion of venezuela is connected to the US attack on brazilian Pix. the agenda is to control trade
that’s why using other currencies besides the dollar in international trade is offensive (e.g. venezuela selling oil in chinese yuan)
just like being independent from the US card-payment system
that’s why using other currencies besides the dollar in international trade is offensive (e.g. venezuela selling oil in chinese yuan)
just like being independent from the US card-payment system
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
the invasion of venezuela is connected to the US attack on brazilian Pix. the agenda is to control trade
that’s why using other currencies besides the dollar in international trade is offensive (e.g. venezuela selling oil in chinese yuan)
just like being independent from the US card-payment system
that’s why using other currencies besides the dollar in international trade is offensive (e.g. venezuela selling oil in chinese yuan)
just like being independent from the US card-payment system