John Carlos Baez @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz
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@maggiejkMaggie Maybe @smallcirclesjust small circles 🕊 @ppdelftPiratenpartij Delft - indeed, I never use meta products... but even that's not enough.

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Piratenpartij Delft @ppdelft@mastodon.pirateparty.be
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@johncarlosbaez @maggiejkMaggie Maybe @smallcirclesjust small circles 🕊 Yes, this is a nightmare. What you can do against this is the following in no particular order:
- Complain at your local GDPR authorities
- Inform friends and family about the BigTech data abuses
- Support organizations like @noybeu , @edri @bitsoffreedom @effElectronic Frontier Foundation @amnestynlAmnesty International NL - Join a political party and speakup there (or multiple)
- Use free and opensource software
- Use an adblocker, (and a dozen other tools)
- Be a Pirate :blobcatpirate:

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