Meta deletes links to Pixelfed, a decentralized open-source competitor to Instagram, marking them as “spam” on Facebook and removing them immediately.
404 Media he says:
Pixelfed is an open source, community-funded image sharing platform. It is decentralized, running on Activity Pub, which is the same technology that powers Mastodon and other federated services.
Pixelfed.social is the largest Pixelfed server, which was launched in 2018 but has gained renewed attention in the last week.
Bluesky user AJ Sadauskas initially posted that links to Pixelfed were being removed from Meta. 404 Media then also attempted to post a link to Pixelfed on Facebook, but it was promptly removed.
Pixelfed has seen a surge in user registrations in recent days, when Meta announced it was ending data control and removes restrictions on speech on its platforms.
Daniel Supernault, the creator of Pixelfed, he published a “declaration of fundamental rights and principles for ethical digital platforms, ensuring privacy, dignity and justice in online spaces”.
It contains sections titled “right to privacy”, “freedom from surveillance”, “safeguards against hate speech”, “strong protection for vulnerable communities” and “data portability and user service”.
“I won’t let anyone ruin the atmosphere. I have turned down VC funding and will not be introducing any form of advertising into the project,” Supernault wrote on Mastodon. “Pixelfed is for the people, period.”
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
