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🌍 The #Sustainability Index (upcoming) 🌲 Environmental #News & guides on sustainable products, companies & their impact. 💻 #Privacy, #AI, #Politics, #OSINT […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@madeindex, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
🇺🇸 Today I learned of the "War on Violence". Paradoxical as it sounds, I felt it perfectly captured much of #US domestic & foreign policy. From the "War on Drugs" to current conflicts, the US continues to invoke the prevention of #violence as a pretext for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of the TV show Marshals preview on 
https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0L6EHGWD6NDPAO6VEZAM68BVYX/. "War on violence" is underlined in red, with an American flag resembling arrow pointing toward it. In the background, a U.S. marshal is riding a horse, and two U.S. Marshal badges are circled in red.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Meta's Muse AI strongly reminds me of the Mechanical Turk. A magical device, pretending to function autonomously, when in all actuality a person inside is pulling the levers. www.404media.co/meta-tests-muse-ai-… […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
🌌 The #US Space Force is like a self-fulfilling prophecy: First they announce this: "...Pentagon has definitively deployed active space-based weapons platforms." Then they declare peaceful, untouched and shared #Space: "Space is both a battlefield..." Their counterparts around the world do […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Looks like everyone who raised awareness about "Mark Zuckerberg Pervert Glasses" ultimately made a real difference <3 futurism.com/future-society/zuckerb… #Meta #News #Zuckerberg #Facebook #Technology #Tech #MetaGlasses #Privacy
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Zuckerberg’s Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta’s Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera
Does this really solve anything? The post Zuckerberg’s Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta’s Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera appeared first on Futurism.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
🇪🇺 The new digital ID & biometric verification law, called EU KIDS ACT must be stopped! It is a serious #HumanRights nightmare, especially for #Privacy & would negatively change the internet forever. We need to stand together & fight this dystopian […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
A square graphic design. The flag of the EU, on top is written in mostly white: #STOP EU KIDS ACT. EU is red and the bottom and top sides are also red.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
🇪🇺 Seeing Ursula Leyen¹ praised all day for her State of the European Union speech is upsetting to me. 🇨🇦 While closer ties to #Canada sound great, it also included her brandnew digital ID verification² law, the so called "EU Kids Act"! ➕ It goes one step further than #SocialMedia covering […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
[Pretty Dark Story] I saw a squirrel being hit by a car the other day and quickly dying after, which was really really horrible. That was an accident, but some kids in the #UK are hurting / killing #pets and #wildlife as part of some horrific #TikTok trend... Guess this is what happens when […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
🧑‍⚖️ Love how they are going after #Meta in "Alvarez v. Meta" for their use of #Instagram user biometrics to train #AI (EMU) plus their Smart Glasses and MetaAI facial recognition software (NAMETAG) 🥸 This could turn into a major win for everyone's #Privacy❣️ […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
📌 #Pinterest used ~500 Million ROWS¹ of user pins² to train it's #AI! Data from 2009-Now, however the #SocialMedia corp claims "users have granted Pinterest a license". What license? Pretty sure AI training fine print wasn't a thing in 2009! It even […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of the "Generative AI and model transparency" section on this page: https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/ai-at-pinterest
Some sentences are underlined in red.
Pinterest Canvas Version 6 (“Pinterest Canvas”) is a
multimodal foundation model that powers Pinterest
experiences by enabling the enhancement of images.
Pinterest Canvas has been trained on approximately
500,000,000 rows of publicly available Pins, Pin
descriptions, and Pin metadata that Pinterest users
have saved or uploaded to Pinterest, to which the
users have granted Pinterest a license, as well as the
continuous use of synthetic data. Training data rows
may include one or more images together with text
instructions and a target image. The data in the
datasets were collected by Pinterest as early as 2009
and were first used in the development of Pinterest
Canvas in or around January 2023. The data collection
is ongoing. The data in the datasets may include
limited personal information, and material that may be
protected by copyright, trademark, and/or patent.
The datasets do not include aggregate user
information. The datasets were cleansed, processed,
and modified for quality purposes and to meet our
trust, safety, and other internal standards.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
🤞 Would be the best #news of the year ;) www.theguardian.com/technology/comm… #Tech #Zuckerberg #CEO #Technology #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook #Meta #Resign #Evil #Overlord
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Resistance to #Meta #smartglasses is increasing around the world: cybernews.com/tech/hamburg-smart-gl… cybernews.com/tech/offenders-smart-… (Love how they put a pic of “#Epstein File Mark” in the article) cybernews.com/ai-news/meta-lawsuit-… It's […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
🪪 The recent idscan.net (&more?) breach exposed over 153M Driver's Licenses + 10m IDs + 579k Medical Cards mostly from the #US & #Canada. Age verification aka ID verification proponents should really think about how unsafe data is once it's collected en masse. Citizens' #Security & #Privacy […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Think the roughly $18 Billion #Meta has settled for over child safety is a slap on the wrist? Wait until you see the actual details: 😀 Paid in annual installments over a 10-year period 😜 States receive the money, not the victims 🤑 30% will only be paid if […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of META page with An Open Letter to TikTok and YouTube to
Join Us in Supporting Teens From August 26,2026
Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/08/open-letter-to-tiktok-and-youtube-to-join-us-in-supporting-teens/
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
My take from this @cybernews article about an Android toolkit to trick KYC verification significantly differs from theirs! Them: "...the existence of such tools puts users and organizations at imminent risk." "Not a tool for the masses" Me: "Where can I find this amazing #Privacy tool?" "A […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
Always "🎉 Good News!" waiting for you in the #Bluesky chat inbox 🤪 It makes you wish, more profiles would get hacked and send out spam. But only until you realize the "🎉 Bad News!" after clicking on the link 😵 #Hack #Virus #Warning #Spam #Scam #Link
Screenshot of the Bluesky Chat inbox with many messages waiting for the user, starting with "🎉 Good News!", they are encircled in red.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
🗺️ While visiting Pride #Berlin, I learned how utterly pointless #GoogleMaps Reviews in #Germany are. ⭐ Any place can simply report negative #reviews for defamation or claim the person was never there and have it removed. Users can then appeal & risk a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of a business on Google Maps with "Over 250 reviews removed due to defamation complaints." in the past past 365 days.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
No simply means No, but some people really don't seem to care. Here are some examples from my life: 1) 3 guys were pushing a girl into a car, against her will, I told them to stop, they threatened me, the police came. The victim was asked next to the perpetrators, her "boyfriend" told her to […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
Just when you think Zucky @zuck is finally out of ideas - to steal. It starts to feel like even a weak #LLM like #MetaAI is more creative him. maybe we already have created truly artificial intelligence because he is more of an #SLM: a Small Language Model? […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
All about the safety of the kids¹ they said, All about the safety of users² they said, All about the safety of the citizens³ they said, All about the money, control & power⁴ they left unsaid. ¹ mastodon.social/@madeindex/11695951… ² […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
Most "Smart" TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (#ACR), essentially taking snapshots every 10+ms of what you watch and hear, then forwarding & selling that data to companies for ads, etc. I now feel it's only a matter of time before this "feature" finds its way to our ever "smarter" PC […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
🌎 Humanity is truly living its best #ClimateCatch22 dream: The hotter > The more ACs > The more Electricity consumption > The hotter ⛵ Meanwhile the #rich take advantage of the rising water levels, MOVING onto superyachts & forever cruiseships (for 1 last journey). ⛽ Burning through a cool $1 […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
If, like me, you have always been wondering if #eBay is a more ethical alternative to #Amazon, your question has just been answered: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07… Luckily we already have an alternative on the […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
We visited the CSD #Pride Parade in #Berlin on Saturday when the terror attack happened. Most people (myself included) did not even notice until they read the #news later. In the area where the attack happened, the only security measure I saw was one police car, that drove by once while we […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Feels to me like #GrapheneOS did exactly what it should, passing the #US border test with flying colours! techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuse… Funny part about this #lawsuit: “With a little planning […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Big Tech is moving towards fossil fuels, coincidentally this is happening after the hopped on the Trump-Train, $$$ are calling ;) www.rechargenews.com/corporate-powe… #Sustainability #CleanTech […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
Desperately trying to find a use-case for their inferior #AI. I feel like their idea pool was always at absolute 0 but now it's going even below that. Let's have #MetaAI raise our kids everyone! […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :) Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in #Australia still use it 🥳 Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate 😉 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of graphic from this study of Australia's social media ban: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf
Percent of banned 14-15-year olds
(b) Compliance rate, April versus June 2026
Usage rate: 64% April, 92% June
Implied compliance: 27% April, 6% June
Notes: Figure 5 reports self-reported past-7-day use of any banned platform.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
However you look at it, #ageverification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms. We've seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance. What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
🐍 Not shocked by #Meta or the kind of people they put in charge of their “digital experiences for kids”¹. Exactly the kind of person to entrust with social media #ageverification (calls, live videos, photographs etc.). I mean they already love scanning messages for child sexual abuse material […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
#Meta has been up to no good for a while - always? Is $1.4 trillion a reasonable amount for these cases? Who knows. Is it reasonable compensation for all the evil they’ve done? I’d argue yes. It’s essentially their entire market capitalization as a penalty […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
How come humanity gives so many resources & time to realize the hallucinations of somebody who didn't have a single original idea in 42 years, while the people who have solutions to solve our actual problems are left without them? […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
The cloud is so totally "FREE", you have to give up just lil bit of "FREEdom"
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
What could go wrong with forcing a data hungry #AI company like #Anthropic to force it's users to do ID #verification? techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/anthropic… Meanwhile asylum-seekers are a great source for biometric data for the #UK government […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026
Does anyone here know: Is there a way to use #Nostr from the Browser - without downloading anything?
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026
Users are Barbie Dolls now? Check out "Wear it with Meta AI": techcrunch.com/2026/06/15/metas-new… They are literally encouraging people to create fake images of themselves 😅 #Deepfake #SocialMedia #FuckMeta #DeMeta #AI […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026
With the worldwide wave of social media bans on major platforms aka digital verification, I wonder if we'll see an influx of people to the #fediverse 🤞🤞🤞 Here is hoping <3 #SocialMedia #Privacy #Ageverification #SocialMediaban #new
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
A very very senior game #developer recently told me how he is changing specialization because #AI is much better than him at what he does already. I asked him if it was just the speed and mass of code, to which he replied that #Claude 5 Fable/Mythos is just so advanced, it comes up with […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
I truly wonder if, with the billions lost, the #UAE & #GCC countries are really going to build a canal to bypass the Strait of #Hormuz. There has apparently already been a plan for this collecting dust. With the current problems, $50B+ doesn't sound so bad […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of a map of the UAE region, a red x has been drawn on the Straight of Hormuz and a red line across the UAE connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026
🌐 Many companies now block older browser versions from accessing their #website! This follows many #browser makers ending updates for older operating systems, leaving legacy devices unable to use #web services without an #OS upgrade. This kinda reminds me […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of a notification on a website:

Sorry, we no longer support your browser
version. Please upgrade your browser or use
the ***** mobile app.

In order to provide new and engaging experiences for our customers, we require the use of the latest browser
versions. This ensures that you can have the best possible experience with additional benefits including improved
privacy and security.

Please upgrade to the latest version of the following browsers:

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
It's funny how in the #US you can just say HIM and everyone knows who you are talking about. And even funnier when people reply something along the lines of: "What did HE do now?!" *Or sad - however ya cope ;) #TheDonald #Donald #Trump #DonaldTrump #Humor #USA #America #text #Joke #president […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026
Always had a feeling this was true: Sleep the right amount, live longer, sleep the wrong amount, age faster! "...scientists narrowed down a “sweet spot” of between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep per night. Sleep durations that fall too much on either side of that, the study found, were associated […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026
We’ll soon get a chance to see whether, frankly, our last hope, evil corp #Google, can still distinguish content created by #AI from Human one 🤖 Here’s how I would rank the detection difficulty: 1️⃣ Text 2️⃣ Code 3️⃣ Images 4️⃣ Gifs 5️⃣ Videos If they already fail at level 5, we have a SERIOUS […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
I wonder if the people at #X ever read their own announcements. Literally explaining how they sold out and enshittified the "blue checkmark". This also seem like yet another step towards mandatory #IDverification on social media! (only to protect them kids […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of an X notification:
Update on X's blue checkmark
Following the European Commission's Decision of 5 December 2025, we must
explain the meaning of our blue checkmark and verification policies:
Premium accounts featuring the blue checkmark are not verified under
identity or authenticity criteria [highlighted in yellow](accounts verified based on an ID are labelled as "ID verified"). []
As you know, on 1 April 2023 we began winding down Twitter's legacy
verification program:
Previously, to receive the blue checkmark, [highlighted in yellow] accounts had to be authentic,
active, and deemed notable by Twitter staff [] (for more information on the
legacy policy, please click here).
Now, following the changes implemented to democratize the platform, the
blue checkmark has a different meaning and identifies accounts that have an
active subscription to X Premium/X Premium+ (including services such as
reply prioritization) and are complete, active, secure and non-deceptive,
regardless of perceived notability. X supports freedom of speech and does not endorse or validate the views expressed on accounts featuring checkmarks.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
It's almost like this guy wants his ties to #Epstein kept in the news cycle - pressuring the media hard while simultaneously triggering the Streisand effect. One is left to wonder: is this intentional, or is he really incapable of learning? […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
Happy to announce our #DeTikTok Lemmy community is ready for y'all: !DeTikTok@lemmy.world lemmy.world/c/DeTikTok Let's spread the gospel ;) #Evil #Corporation #TikTok #Social Media #Community #Lemmy
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DeTikTok - Lemmy.World
DElete TikTok & Let’s get the critical mass together to leave it behind! :) Fediverse Twin Community of the SubReddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/DeTikTok]of the same name.
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026
It's pretty interesting to see #China order a #US company to unwind the purchase of another company in #Singapore, after it was already complete. 🇺🇸 #Meta > 🇸🇬 #Manus ❌ 🇨🇳 #Government […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
Looking at how much conflict natural resource-rich countries (oil, gold, diamonds..) seem to attract, I wonder whether such wealth is more a curse than a blessing. Many regions with scarce #naturalresources, adapted & perform very well. Some of the richest are examples (Switzerland, Luxembourg […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026
It's ironic to see those same global elites who love partying with the likes of known & convicted child sex-trafficker Jeffrey #Epstein now urging worldwide restrictions on E2E / #VPN & promoting age, biometric, and identity verification online - all in the name of protecting children It’s also […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026
🥸 The government has big plans for Mark Zuckerberg’s pervert glasses: futurism.com/artificial-intelligenc… Seems like the mobile version of this: mastodon.social/@madeindex/11330130… 😋 #Demeta #Facebook #Futurism #news #Privacy […]
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MadeInDex 📰🌎 @madeindex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026
What is a company like #Meta to do when it notices that 10% of it's income comes from advertising scams, illegal gambling & products? ENCOURAGE IT & RAISE THE PRICES FOR THE CRIMINALS - OF COURSE! Sadly the good times eventually had to end: The Consumer Federation of America is going after […]
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