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Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

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Re: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

#21
post #5

#fuckbiden works, #fucktrump gets censored. They better have a good explanation for why this is a bug.

The question for the people who find this outrageous, why didn't you find the opposite situation just as outrageous? For years, liberals have been tacitly and often explicitly endorsing censorious behavior of Twitter, Meta and others as not only legitimate, but desirable. And this outcome is exactly why that was a dangerous position to embrace. Because, soon enough, someone you don't agree with will come into power.

We need to denounce censorship always, _especially_ when we disagree with those being censored.

Re: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

#23
post #5

#fuckbiden works, #fucktrump gets censored. They better have a good explanation for why this is a bug.

So what happens if they don't give that explanation to you?

I mean, it is kind of obvious, Trump is now in power and Zuckerberg does not like problems. Or would you rather have a technical scapegoat explanation, that some intern messed up?

Re: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

#26

Seems like several platforms are complying with fascists, so we should definitely be switching to decentralised platforms to communicate safely.

What’s especially offputting is the media not covering Elon’s Nazi salute

> salute

Salutes. He did it more than once in that speech.

In full, hand to chest and all.

Re: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

#27

Seems like several platforms are complying with fascists, so we should definitely be switching to decentralised platforms to communicate safely.

What’s especially offputting is the media not covering Elon’s Nazi salute

From the man routinely saying the media lie to you on his own media platform.

At least that’s where I’ve seen the video of him doing it, so perhaps he isn’t wrong about that particular thing?

Re: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

#29
post #3

yeah i’m also seeing this. It might be a bug but highly suspicious

It's not a bug, people are reporting a long list of phrases that follow the same patterns (pro Trump, anti Democrat).

Can you link to where you find more reports? Is that in the Mastodon thread?

Re: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

#30

Seems like several platforms are complying with fascists, so we should definitely be switching to decentralised platforms to communicate safely.

What’s especially offputting is the media not covering Elon’s Nazi salute

Erm, google "elon nazi salut" did gave me a lot of mainstream media results.

But possible, that they do not make headlines out of it.

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