Black box feed shaping is sneaky propaganda, making undesirable messages effectively unseen. We shouldn’t submit to it, or give credence to it.

European citizens’ media feeds in the control of a hostile country enables the slow, strategic destruction of Europe by trillions of unnoticeable manipulations.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•1 month ago

    I know that for the Facebook like button.

    But how is that the case for these share buttons? They’re not hosted by Facebook, right?

    • @vxxEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      Facebook’s engagement buttons are an important example. Using cookies, Facebook can track users across all websites on which a Facebook “Like” or “Share” button appears, even if users never actively click on them (Roosendaal 2012). This, in turn, allows Facebook to build shadow profiles (Garcia 2017), regardless of whether an individual ever signed up for a Facebook account. Shadow profiles allow Facebook to connect individual browsing behavior to existing and future Facebook accounts.

      https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358488485_Facebook_Shadow_Profiles

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 month ago

        Alright. I went to that website (OP), and disabled my adblock.

        The facebook icon is an inline svg. The website makes no requests to external domains.

        So no, they’re not using like or share buttons like what you’re quoting.

        And that’s what I suggested.

        • @vxxEnglish
          1•1 month ago

          Sorry I misunderstood and didnt realise you were talking about that specific page.