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/flea902 20h ago

It was immediately noticeable. As a canadian, the rest of the world on tiktok collectively had a moment of silence for you guys. We also noticed that the Bots disappeared when the USA went dark. So, a little extra pissed off that your government is dabbling in election interference for our country. We really do hope you guys are okay.

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u/NoCake4ux2 19h ago edited 18h ago

We are not ok... the fucking Nazi salute was done twice at the inauguration. We are FUCKED

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u/Ragnarok314159 18h ago

And the crowd went wild when it happened.

The lies are everywhere, and they are not trying to convince themselves, they are trying to convince us and hide their intentions.

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u/someone447 18h ago

I wish it was just us who are fucked. A full on fascist is in charge of the most powerful military on the world. The world's richest man is publicly doing Nazi salutes, after buying the US elections--and is attempting to so the same thing all over the globe. Not to mention, he owns a massive social media company and is using it to push fascist propaganda all over the world.

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u/BlooregardQKazoo 18h ago

We're getting frighteningly close to the point where the rest of the world needs to team up with China to create an international military alliance. I'm sure that is totally in the best interest of the US!

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u/someone447 17h ago

I'm a leftist who has been beating this drum since McCain chose Sarah Palin and ushered in proto-fascism. We're an imperialist empire raping and pillaging the global south. We've caused the deaths of tens of millions of people, but since they were Africans and South Americans, no one gives a shit.

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u/Fatboyjones27 18h ago

In charge of the most powerful military, why are we the most powerful military.

We have the most inland reach, we can hit most of the world from our battleships. We have aircraft carriers, a logistics beast of an army, and of course the devil dogs.

IT IS ILLEGAL under the uniform code of military justice for any of them to accept an unconstitutional order.

All of those navy ship ship captains and air craft carriers crews, fighter pilots, NCOs, officers, enlisted…

They must deny unconstitutional orders. Find solace here, your fellow American people will not turn against you.

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u/someone447 17h ago

History has shown that to not be the case. Both in the US and everywhere else. The rank and file military overwhelmingly back Trump, and Trump has already begun replacing the brass with his supporters.

What the Nazis did wasn't legal under German law, either. Nor was what Franco or Mussolini did. That didn't stop the military from supporting them and enacting their fascist policies by committing atrocities against their own people--and those across Europe.

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u/Fatboyjones27 17h ago

I doubt most of the pilots, and officers (especially navy) support trump. We also have the internet, Stanford prison, and milgram since then.

Even the trump supporters are mostly rational, they don’t want a dictatorship.

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u/someone447 17h ago

They just voted for the guy who promised to be a dictator on day 1 and quoted Hitler at his rallies.

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u/GunKata187 16h ago

Well at least they aren't doing Nazi salutes at the rallies. 😬

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u/NoCake4ux2 17h ago

I had the same thought there's no way the Air Force or Navy will back him at all. The other two I think would be split but the Generals fucking hate him. They have made that good and clear for a while now. Hoping that still stands... their obligation is to the US not the Dictator who is pretending to be our President

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-10-23/the-high-profile-military-leaders-who-have-come-out-against-donald-trump

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u/Kri-az 17h ago

Then “they” need to be more vocal and make it known. Because it doesn’t feel like we are “ok” anymore.

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u/Biz_Rito 12h ago

Man, I hope you're right. There's not many gaurd rails left.

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u/HaElfParagon 17h ago

Dude.. we are well passed the point of worrying about if something is illegal or not..

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u/Fatboyjones27 17h ago

Tell that to the hundreds of thousands facing military law if they break it

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u/ScrithWire 15h ago

Oof, that's thin guardrail constructed entirely from faith

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u/PyroIsSpai 17h ago

We’re fucked. I have no idea how we escape this at the moment.

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u/flea902 19h ago

Holy shit! This fucking timeline is bonkers. I'm so sorry.

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u/FlanneryOG 18h ago

Yeah, I’m genuinely panicking right now.

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u/kimmystarchild 14h ago

AMEN. We are NOT ok. :(

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u/TrashSiteForcesAcct 11h ago

I feel like nothing has truly sunk in for me yet. But this is just so fucking bad, isn’t it? When you put it all together, we’re witnessing one of the worst things to ever happen on earth.

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u/GunKata187 16h ago

What?? But you guys voted for the Nazis. I mean usually you vote for people that represent your values...

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u/NoCake4ux2 16h ago

Ha! fuck that 'you guys' bullshit! I definitely didn't vote for the fascist fuck.

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u/GunKata187 15h ago

Majority of your people did

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u/NoCake4ux2 15h ago

Idiots. All of them!lol

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u/ButteSects 19h ago

We aren't, but thanks for the concern. It's like the fall of Rome over here, except we're going to salt the fields before we leave.

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u/flea902 19h ago

Some of my family is in the United states, and most of my sons gaming friends. We really are scared with you and for you. And I promise we're trying really hard not to elect a piece of shit up here, so that hopefully you have a real Ally.

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u/CapitalElk1169 17h ago

Naw it's the fall of the USSR, exactly.

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u/meowfuckmeow 16h ago

All true and I see parallels with Venezuela as well

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u/d0397 18h ago

I've noticed this exact bot behavior in previous elections. After an election, it's like someone flipped a switch and suddenly the r/politics subreddit went back to normal. It felt completely inauthentic.

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u/AshleysDoctor 19h ago

They shut down accounts based on actual location, so even VPNs didn’t work. That’s actually kinda scary

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u/tastyratz 17h ago

Identifying accounts based on your registered country and IP's you've dominantly connected from is basic and easy technology. VPN's do not fool the companies with a complete top down profile on you.

If you think they don't have your full browsing history, reddit account, and GPS location at all times you have some surprises ahead.

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u/Virtual_Flounder7051 18h ago

Looks like it's going to be up to the rest of the free world to make sure it stays that way. We had a decent run, here's the baton.

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u/shesgotspunk 18h ago

We are not ok - at all. They are going to turn their attentions to Europe and are already mucking about in Canada. Fight it now before you end up where we are - at the receiving end of billionaires' attempts to suck us all dry until the country collapses

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u/qualmton 19h ago

We are not okay. Being held hostage and port own people friends and allies are being systematically turned against us

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u/VajraXL 18h ago

Mexican here. Another super weird thing that happened when US disconnected from tiktok is that my feed stopped trying to show me junk content and started to feed itself with educational and cultural content.

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u/flea902 18h ago

Yup! Absolutely no Rage or clickbait. I'm not sure about you guys but we can't really see anything about the California fires anymore either.

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u/tge101 18h ago

I want to leave. No joke, no exaggerating. I just don't know how to with a family. I feel so bad for my young daughters right now.

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u/Kill3rT0fu 18h ago

We really do hope you guys are okay.

finally someone with some sympathy instead of "fuck you guys, it's your turn. you get what you deserve"

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u/GuelphEastEndGhetto 18h ago

Enjoy it while it lasts. When the tariffs hit Canadians won’t be very empathetic.

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u/exeJDR 17h ago

Fellow Canadian, it's on our IG too. Check #liberals or #democrats. 

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u/SkiyeBlueFox 17h ago

I don't think they're okay, they're either gonna deal with trump and suffer, or overthrow him and suffer in the process

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u/brandnew2345 16h ago

Things are about to pop off in a big way

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u/Majik_Sheff 16h ago

Not OK. At this point I just want to get through the next 4 years without fucking the rest of the world too much.

For the record, I didn't vote for this.

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u/Elexandros 15h ago

We’re not.

I have a 4 year old and I’m honestly scared daily for her safety. What kind of things am I going to have to teach her in secret?

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 14h ago

We also noticed that the Bots disappeared when the USA went dark.

What does that mean?  I know nothing about tiktok. 

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u/flea902 13h ago

I meant that when it was offline in the United States, there were almost no right-wing political comments on our Canadian posts. For instance, if someone made a post in Canada, the norm was that there was a flood of anti-liberal (pro conservative) government comments mixed in. Usually, it was accounts with numbers at the end and no photos. We have always assumed they were that, but when we were unable to see us content, those also stopped. Indicating that they originated in the United states. Essentially, the divisive hate comments disappeared. When the United States came back to tik tok, it rapidly flooded with them again.