Hey guys, I had an idea that maybe the richest people in the world are buying up all the media so that they can control and censor public discourse and anything they disagree with.
I know it’s a bit out there, and I can’t prove it, but it’s just this crazy thought I had!
Fancy that!
There’s a reason Elon bought Twitter, and it wasn’t just so he could wave his dick through the world’s biggest megaphone.
Bluesky will fall in line as well. You don’t have platforms with hundreds of millions of users without big pockets, and if you’ve got big pockets it would seem the world is already working exactly the way you want it to.
These absolute dumb fucks shouldn’t be using facebook or instagram to begin with.
Remember how all the cons that thought “the Twitter files” were such a big deal and were constantly mewling about things like “Section 230”?
And all because they were merely being mildly hemmed in on saying openly racist shit on a private platforms, spreading harmful conspiracy theories about a pandemic, and wanting a Russian psyop about a hard drive, oops, I mean, “laptop” spread far and wide on the same private platforms.
Wonder where all these free speech maximalists are now?
I submit that the conservatives have always been rather problematic in their mental state, but a few things definitely broke their brains: 1. A black man being elected twice, and generally well-regarded by most of America and the world. 2. Their Qanon bullshit stories did not result in Podesta, Clinton, Obama, etc., being arrested by donnie douchebag. 3. Covid. and finally, 4. Their J6 scheme failed
By the time they hit 2021, their brains were so utterly broken. Claiming that “Big Tech” post Cambridge Analytica was “liberal”, LOL. Quite the fucking take. And what conservatives have been the least bit cancelled? I still hear from all of these assholes all the time, way too much.
Terrible headline. Implies that censorship isn’t happening, but we are on a slippery slope.
It should “Awareness of big tech censorship grows after…”
And none of you saw this coming? Really? State owned media news and “entertainment” outlets refusing to disparage the king?
And STILL y’all use them - knowing full well that all your information is sold on the open market and all your secrets are no more?
And then bitch about it. Fucking hell - America and the rest of the world devolves into dumb shits.
If you don’t want to be “cut off” by the people you’re protesting against, DON’T USE THEIR MEDIA.
Convenience is a hell of a drug. As soon as you ask someone to uproot their social media presence to the fediverse their eyes begin to glaze over. They don’t understand it and want to be part of a giant and almost all-encompassing community which is not where we’re currently at right now.
It takes multiple instances of censorship, frustration, and offending the wrong bot to be forced out of their online shell and even then they might still go for the next corporate-owned social media because it’s “easier” than understanding what federation means.
Bit late for those fears, but okay
Can’t spell metastasis without META: They are a cancer, delete your accounts today and stop letting them spread their sickness into you, your friends, or your family.
It’s a hard topic to sort out. On one hand these are private company’s platforms so they can kinda do what they want with their property. On the other hand, it’s undeniable that social media IS news media now. So acts like this are effectively suppressing the news. And our laws (or lack thereof) have allowed actual news media and social media news media to be monopolized by one political ideology, which is extremely dangerous.
The only real answer at the moment is to simply stop using those platforms. But I get it. They’re using the most populated platforms to try to reach the most people. Unfortunately, all the most populated platforms are owned by fascists.
I wish activist organizations would stop making Instagram their primary/sole updates platform and have more sane communication options that aren’t crazy addictive and centralized (for which there are quite a few options). Encouraging more people onto Instagram is counterintuitive
That’s where people are these days, unfortunately.
It isn’t that I object to people reluctantly using the big-tech social platforms, it’s that they seemingly do so enthusiastically.
I’m not disputing. Enthusiasm is precisely why they are in Instagram.
Guess some people don’t like hearing the truth. Maybe if they post to peer tube instead they can get 5 views and maybe even a like.
We have to be able to meet people where they are, wherever they might be.
That’s assuming that they stumble on it. If all of those members know where to go, they will probably use an alternative platform. After all we all heard of a better option to redit and here we are
But how many people actually left Reddit to go here versus how many are still there?
Lemmy underestimate the vile power of network effect.
That’s a good point. It should really be a two-pronged approach. One is setting up and maintaining an alternative to the mainstream social media sites, while the other is out in the muck trying to inform people and let them know where to go.
You misspelled AI bot accounts. It is unfortunate though.
If you are fighting someone why the fuck would you use the platform of those you are fighting against?
There are plenty of options that you can use which haven’t been invaded by parasites.
To reach the greatest number of people. In the fediverse you’d reach a dozen nerds at maximum, but everyone and their dog is still in Facebook and other corporate social media platforms
I know BUT there was plenty of time to get them to move somewhere else and keep the momentum and now it will take time to build it back up.
The Arab Spring was the “Facebook Revolution”.
One man’s revolutionary is another man’s terrorist.
That maybe so but then why use a platform which is controlled by those that would classify you as a terrorist and can’t block your actions against them?
No kings is about the separation of powers and the exercise of the First Amendment.
It’s worth having an Instagram account precisely because this might happen.
Meta and X need to be banned from the EU.
Add Google, Amazon, and Apple to that and we might have a chance to start improving life in Europe.
And Microsoft
As understood it, It was a auto-ban. And was therefore quickly re-instated. So no ill will. this time.
They’ve “accidentally” suppressed left-wing or billionaire-critical accounts far more often than right-wing ones. And each time it’s just a technical whoopsie. I’m not sure they’re beingb honest with their explanations.
META is still a cancer, people need to stop letting it metastasize and delete their accounts.
every time the Americans go ‘oh shit I think we’re obviously living in a fascist regime!’ they forget about it within a week, this is like the 8th time in the last 2 years that this headline has run.
I think we remember it every day, but that doesn’t mean we suddenly reach the critical mass necessary to change it. For those of us who recognize what’s happening for what it is, it’s at the forefront of our minds.
Literally two days ago they were running the same headline in response to Starlink and Ukraine.
Don’t you DARE suggest they get off their cowardly asses or they’ll start throwing MAGA-level language at you real fast
It’s always the same responses:
“Nothing can be done” (we tried nothing and are all out of ideas)
“What are you doing about it?” (Can’t somebody else do it? We welcome foreign interference!)
And then endless excuses for why nothing will work so they won’t even try.
I’ve even seen the people giving these responses mock others for moving away from the US.
I’m shocked “No Kings” had anything suspended given what a milquetoast joke of a movement it is.
It’s a sizeable movement motivating people to vote against fascism. If you have a problem with that then I guess I’m not surprised you’re carrying water for Mark Zuckerberg in the comments.
At the ones I’ve seen, the action itself was just speeches and signs etc, but people were meeting new comrades and organizations, some people learning about PSL for the first time which actually calls for serious action. It’s not intended to be a strike-back type of thing like what’s happening in France or Albania, it’s helping people who have never done any serious political work in their lives get their foot in it.
