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Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Post by selfhoster1312 »

FloorEgg wrote: post #361
slg wrote: post #336

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At some point societies are going to have to reckon with the fact that democracy, free speech, and unrestricted capitalism simply aren't a sustainable mix. A system that allows people to amass incredible fortunes and use those fortunes to influence other people's beliefs and votes is simply a system that will eventually fall under the control of those ultrawealthy people.

Unrestricted capitalism doesn't exist anywhere in the world.

Depending on your definition, it may actually exist in many places around the world. As long as criminal CEOs/executives/engineers are not prosecuted under the laws they break everyday, one could argue "unrestricted" is the norm here in France, or in the USA. Two small examples out of a widespread issue:

- tobacco company execs lied under oath in the USA and killed millions for profit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Berkshire

- fascist-owned CNews keeps spreading illegal (under french law) fake news yet noone is jailed, the fines barely make a dent in the profits, and their nationwide TV channel continues to receive license despite breaking all regulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNews#Warnings_and_sanctions

That's just scratching the surface.

Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Post by ktm5j »

jjulius wrote: post #273
ktm5j wrote: post #237

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Wow okay, whatever you say man..

/shrug Hope you have a good day!

And I hope you get a clue Mr "I've got everything so figured out that I can psychoanalyze people from a two sentence internet comment". Gimme a break.

Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Post by archagon »

jexe wrote: post #207

It's clear time and again that having short-term growth at all costs means you can't have principles.

I think you can have principles. They just need to be chiseled unambiguously into your articles of incorporation.

Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

Georgelemental wrote: post #263
groundzeros2015 wrote: post #87

What is a “human rights account”? Another reading of this headline is “Meta blocks western propaganda…l

If it was western propaganda, it would be pro-Saudi and pro-UAE

Care to characterize these ideals for us then?

Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Post by LocalH »

ticulatedspline wrote: post #334
arandomhuman wrote: post #320

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>Do they have a choice? Yes, they absolutely have a choice. People can choose to not assist with transgressions against human rights in the year 2026 :)

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Meta is a legal person in almost all jurisdictions it operates within

It is also operated by human individuals as employees and c-suite

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Post by JuniperMesos »

dotcoma wrote: post #148
fnordpiglet wrote: post #143

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No, I don’t. I remember when the internet would (it did!) and Usenet would (it did!) and irc and open source and the web (they did!) but social media was always about entertainment and (one way or another) monetization of those technologies. It’s the cancer of our collective mind and achievements.

Here you go. https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/06/08/the-twitter-devolution/ See also... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/06/evalu... And these lies, of course, were spread by the social media platforms themselves and their PR departments.

Why did you trust what The Atlantic and Foreign Policy had to say at the time? Anyone can tell you anything ; that's no reason to take them so seriously you're disappointed if events years later show their claims to be wrong.

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Post by hedayet »

mmastrac wrote: post #62

Meta is the worst of the worst. I don't use it other than a tombstone account with some family connections and a separate burner account we use for Facebook marketplace.

I've been clean for about 2 years at this point, and I have not missed anything!

Messaging apps like Signal are more than enough now a days to stay connected with the few people I need and want to stay in touch with.

Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Post by JuniperMesos »

fnordlord wrote: post #300
repeekad wrote: post #163

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How do you ban psyops? Require every user register with a gov ID so there’s someone to go after? What’s a psyop vs a grassroots contrarian movement like LGBT used to be? Anonymity online seems the ultimate double edge sword. I prefer privacy over government prescribed safety.

I know I'm in the crazy minority but I'm over anonymity at this point. I want to know who's a real person and sincerely who they claim to be. The harms of trolling, scamming and societal mis/disinformation, for me, outweigh whatever benefit exists in anonymity. I've never assumed I was anonymous from the government anyway so really, we're just anonymous from one-another. Seems like a classic method of divide and conq…

I'm willing to violate laws in order to facilitate people you claim are disinformation-spreading anonymous trolls being able to speak online anyway.
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