Re: META/Facebook/Insta feeds via ActivityPub and ads?

Ben wrote:

> if my robots.txt or Actor URI indicates that sending advertisements is
> unauthorized,


   - What robots.txt syntax allows one to say that advertisements are
   unauthorized?
   - What standard describes how an "Actor URI" should be used to indicate
   that advertisements are unauthorized?

bob wyman

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 7:38 PM ben@bengo.co <ben@bengo.co> wrote:

> If I repeatedly send unwanted requests to thefacebook’s servers in ways
> they don’t authorize, and I ignore their requests to stop, their lawyers
> can sue me under
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
> Example
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook,_Inc._v._Power_Ventures,_Inc.
>
> If Meta Platforms Inc sends advertisements to my ActivityPub servers even
> though I expressed no interest, and especially if my robots.txt or Actor
> URI indicates that sending advertisements is unauthorized, their lawyers
> should expect a cease and desist mentioning CFAA.
>
> https://twitter.com/bengo/status/1471191408233037828
> <https://twitter.com/bengo/status/1471191408233037828?s=20>
>
> IANAL
>
>
> On May 22, 2023, at 3:38 PM, Kagami Rosylight <saschanaz@outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
>
> But wouldn't *adding* posts/content to the "stream" effectively add it to
> the user? Something should be in the attributedTo field, and it would be
> straightforward to mute it if the field does not point to the user being
> followed.
> (I'm not sure what would happen on Mastodon when the `cc` and
> `attributeTo` fields disagree, e.g. `cc` says `userA/followers` but
> `attributeTo` points something else, that would be interesting to check.
> What does the spec say?)
>
> On 22/05/2023 18:32, Jan Wildeboer wrote:
>
> On 22. May 2023, at 18:28, Bob Wyman <bob@wyman.us> <bob@wyman.us> wrote:
>
> What is an ad?
>     •
> If someone at Mastodon posts that they are hiring people (as they have), is that an ad?
>     • If someone at Mastodon posts a link to where you can buy Mastodon "merch" (as they have), is that an ad?
> bob wyman
>
> This all is user behaviour. That other users can block/mute. I am thinking of META *adding* posts/content to the user stream, not the user themself. Remember that you subscribe to a feed/stream which gets curated by the instance. If that instance decides to inject additional content - is that part of the stream or not? Regardless of the content being ads or something else.
>
> Jan
>
>