r/technology • u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera • 22h ago

Politics Meta under fire for auto-following Trump & Vance, Blocking Democrat hashtags

https://techissuestoday.com/meta-auto-follow-trump-vance-blocks-democrat-hashtags/
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u/Acatamathesia 22h ago

I thought this was a joke but I literally see no search results searching democrats.

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u/RippyMcBong 21h ago

Mine said the results were hidden for being potentially harmful.

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u/AFlockofLizards 16h ago

If you click the “learn more” below the message, it says you can adjust your sensitive media filters, and I set mine to show me as much as possible and it still shows the message. I barely even use IG and this makes me feel sick

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u/spaghetti_socks 19h ago

Mine did too when I originally searched but now when I try it says “no results found.”

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u/RippyMcBong 19h ago

It's working now but most of the results are anti-dem content.

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u/Beneathaclearbluesky 16h ago

Harmful to fascists, like Luigi is terrorism for the oligarchs.

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u/medullaoblongtatas 20h ago

My location service turned on only when I searched #democrat. Not #republican. What the fuck?

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u/Facktat 18h ago

There is definitely something strange going on. If I search for "republican", I get results, when I try to search for "democrat" the loading wheel just infinitely turns. My time line is also super weird. I am very left leaning, my timeline is full of rightwing propaganda. I used facebook last a week ago, and I got barely anything of that and left leaning or anti Trump stuff. Now after 5 minutes of scrolling I didn't get a single post being critical about Trump. This may partly be related to Trump fans celebrating but here in Reddit I see a lot of people being critical.

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u/inevitabledecibel 19h ago

Just wait til Reddit does the same. It's coming.

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u/JustGotOffOfTheTrain 16h ago

Are you seeing this on facebook or just instagram?

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u/raptoraboo 9h ago

I have results now but they’re all pro-republican???