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"supposed" to. That's how the "democratic" governments market themselves to be

Why I don't feel any surprise at all?

Meta hired them and required them to fit into Meta's culture

As far as I can remember it all started since Trump got elected. Before then the tone on Facebook was much more positive than it is now

It's just what media always do. No surprise in the words they choose. The words the choose shows they report based on opinions not facts

Nah, that is also bogus claim shifting people's attention away from what really matters. A government ultimately needs to deliver policies benefitial for the country and its people…

Democracy is overrated, period

lol doesn't look legit. not surprising it malware built in

Curious because I do use a lot of devices from Chinese makers myself and had no issues so far. If it's from a legit brand, I'd need to take a closer look at their products before b…

What was the brand / model of the tablet? And did the malware do anything else than force setting your homepage?

I'm not familiar with news media consumption in Australia, but I wonder would this push users to news aggregators like "News Break" or "Apple News"?

Does Australia have businesses in similar model like Facebook? Or are you talking about completely different models?

No this is not "be like China", don't flatter yourself. When Facebook and Twitter was banned, there were imminent security threats as these platforms were used for organized crimes…

AirBnB would still get crushed like most other American companies when they face strong local competitors even if they have full support from CCP. These companies are usually terri…

I was able to use Google fine for many years before it was banned. It can get banned when you search for certain keywords, not arbitrary at all. Google was about the only one I can…

How so? Google operated in China for more than a decade and never got a major market share, and they already did fairly well compared to others. Facebook was largely unheard of aft…

Good examples. AirBnB operated fine in China even has a China BU last time I checked. Uber sold it's operation in China to local competitors as they were losing any way.

That explains so much

WeChat has lots of things hidden behind low impression entrypoints. You can explore them when you want. Its primary features, chat and moments, are dead simple, like WhatsApp. Face…

Douyin is a mix of lots of things but you barely realize that. It has one main surface - the feed. IG on the other hand, feels like several unrelated things stitched together