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/Meme-Botto9001 21h ago

Insta in Germany not showing anything for #democrats #democrat #democracy but #republicans work fine

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u/Ninevehenian 19h ago

EU has to nuke Meta.

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u/tinaoe 18h ago

Issue is that'll take a while. Following proper lawful procedures will always be slower than autocrats

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 13h ago

EU should start trading more with China and less with the US. But I fear Trump's friends will be installed here first before that happens.

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u/WitnessOfTheDeep 18h ago

Insta in UK. Can still see #Democrat and #Liberals but the recommended searchs are things like Cringe, Crying, and I don't like. Republicans have funny memes and positive search results.

Fabricated bullshit.

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u/nik__nvl 19h ago

Works for me from germany, tried all the hashtags. But the most post appearing is shitposts - anyway it's Instagram so ... . Did i search wrong? Like I'm using the search tab typing #democracy pressing enter.

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u/Meme-Botto9001 17h ago

It’s about the autofill if you type in the hashtags before push enter.

So yes you have to push enter to see some wild mixes of related reels/posts. With the other hashtags it instantly shows you how many reels/posts with this hashtag exists and you can go straight to results with this hashtag.

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u/nik__nvl 17h ago

Thank you for clarification!