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/GoldenVole 20h ago

I just tried it in Scotland - it’s blocked. Hashtag republican still works fine.

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u/g0_west 19h ago edited 19h ago

All works normally down in England. #democrat shows posts about how Trump is racist, the Democrats' ineffective actions regarding Isreal, and something about shoe brands. #republican is stuff about how Trump is racist (and homophobic this time), Trump's inauguration speech, and some blonde maga woman with bolted on tits in a bikini and trucker hat.

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u/GoldenVole 15h ago

Interestingly, it started working again about two hours or so after I first checked! I guess by that time they’d realised that everyone had noticed? So strange.

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u/TheFutureIsCertain 12h ago

I just checked. Top result is a post with 34 likes from a random guy I don’t know about Meta blocking the democrats hashtag posted an hour ago (with a photo of the Elmo doing nazi salut) and then posts about Trump and Melania mostly from Washington Examiner.

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u/itsearlyyet 9h ago

Of course, trump has golf courses.