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Did you forget that Meta chose to shut down the account of a democratically-elected sitting Republican president? Or is that (and other scandals eg the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story) a distant and obscure memory?
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Did you forget that Meta chose to shut down the account of a democratically-elected sitting Republican president? Or is that (and other scandals eg the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story) a distant and obscure memory?
No the same case. Donald Trump's account was banned due to his role in inciting an insurrection but you could still find republican content posted by other users with hashtags. I'd expect the same treatement if a democratic leader tried to incite a violent mob to assault the capitol.
If Trump was truly an insurrectionist, then that’s a very strange way to incite insurrection.
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If it was left-wing people spreading e.g. vaccine disinformation (which is now on the way of becoming official policy in the US - I hope not too many people will die because of this), I would want those fact-checked as well, but for some reason most lunatics seem to gravitate to the right side of the political spectrum. Maybe reading the Bible too literally already predisposes you to rejecting science, and from there…
Did anyone successfully move away from instagram? I have an account and sharing photos to a community there (people who I know irl and random strangers) brings me joy. I also have a pixelfed account but I know no people there and I was unsuccessful in switching. I’d love to hear what others used or did that worked for them.
It's early days for pixelfed, it will take time for people to move, but you can be part of the change Mastodon is fine for photo sharing too
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Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter. They didn't seem to have a problem with this. It's interesting how the brainwashing works: they always find a reason for whatever they do. "Empathy", "sympathy", "compassion" for whatever evil they do. "We are protecting innocent people from the Dangerous Thoughts". When other groups do it to them, then they cry in the media in which they control. The solution is simple: we…
> Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter For misinformation and inciting violence. Not because of his politics.
Very sad to see, and indicative of the poor state of political discourse.
This algorithmic filtering is almost certainly still in place, they just dialled it back from 100% ban to some lower percentage. The only way to win against this is to close all your Meta accounts and never look back. It seems hard to do, but once you rip the plaster off it is actually quite a relief.
Did anyone successfully move away from instagram? I have an account and sharing photos to a community there (people who I know irl and random strangers) brings me joy. I also have a pixelfed account but I know no people there and I was unsuccessful in switching. I’d love to hear what others used or did that worked for them.
Delete all doomscrolling apps. They are not a necessity. You will live your life just fine without them. Just don’t use anything at all.
If there are people you wish to keep in touch with, contact them using a direct method. If you have work you wish to publish, use a normal old website with an RSS feed.
Can Democracy be blocked by Instagram ?
As long as they do not run the voting, I think not...
My (quite uninformed) take is that it was a show of loyalty from Zuckerberg or Meta to the Trump administration. Tech oligarchs have been trying to curry favor after Trump's win. Due to Meta's previous stance on fact-checking, Meta might have been asked to demonstrate its loyalty.