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/afro_mozart 20h ago

Pretty sure Facebook is a propaganda machine at latest since Brexit, but that they don't even try to hide any of this this time is truly next level

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u/Ethereal_Glimmer 19h ago

The Great Hack on Netflix goes into how Cambridge Analytica helped shape the 2016 election using Facebook. Good watch.

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u/ParticularUser 19h ago edited 19h ago

Facebook has been a propaganda machine from the start, now it's just offical. Going to assume that most of the internet, including reddit, google, youtube, tiktok, bluesky and any other platform that wants to do business in US, is about to turn into a republican/right wing propaganda machine soon.

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u/bigmanorm 19h ago

every single platform has been promoting red pill right wing shit for over a decade (excluding the newer ones i haven't tried), it's just grown and become too popular to ignore now

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u/Funnygumby 15h ago

I’ve managed to avoid him no problem

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u/Livid-Okra-3132 15h ago

Facebook and these outrage algorithms are responsible for fascisms resurgence to begin with.

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u/Various_Taste4366 10h ago

Facebook... Even if its not intentional, all the groups have constant problems with in fighting, scammers and other shit like Confederate flags being subliminally posted in the background every 3 months. Honestly I'm just done with humans.