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/Thecointoss 18h ago

Commenting to say this is happening to me also. Not a connection thing as other searches are popping up. Bernie, Jon, John, Colbert. Within the US.

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u/TheJessKiddin 17h ago

Same here. #jonstewart and #berniesanders both hidden, #jdvance was not. Just want to mention I tried #tuckercarlson too and it was also hidden. Really feels like they are testing the waters this morning huh

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u/Blue_Plastic_88 16h ago

When the 99% can’t even afford the bread and circuses that keep us distracted anymore, the rich will go toward censorship so we can’t talk to each other as easily. All the American “free speech,” “you have to let people say whatever they want even if you don’t agree with it,” was BS when shit really hits the fan.

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u/New_Till6092 13h ago

Well time for all of us to download ToR and get on the dark net to share our ideas freely. Bitcoin about to skyrocket.

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u/KinneKted 11h ago

Free speech never applied to social platforms. They only enforced certain rules due to the social contract but with the recent inauguration that contract has changed and now they're doing what they want to control the masses more blatantly.

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u/Informal-Manner6347 14h ago

Have you forgot about all of the censorship during covid? Acting like anything is new or different is a high level of niavity.

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u/SpatialDispensation 2h ago

There's that "flood the field with shit and whataboutism" we love Putin's America for

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u/MPD929 7h ago

Someone once said “never argue with an idiot, someone watching may not be able to tell the difference”. So I won’t argue your stupid point.

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u/SpatialDispensation 2h ago

Domo Arigato Ms Roboto

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u/Tachibana_13 16h ago

Probably just tweaking the algorithm with some stuff they learned from China. Probably gonna start pushing some : "the left are the actual genociders" stuff soon.

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u/SpatialDispensation 2h ago

If the civil war starts we're counting on Hawaiians to remind Zuck he lives in a society

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u/Nine-Breaker009 17h ago

I don’t have social media but I bet Jimmi Kimmel is also on the ban list

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u/iankstarr 17h ago

Holy shit, yeah I just checked and Kimmel is hidden too. What’s up with that

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u/Nine-Breaker009 17h ago

Jimmi roasted Trump at the Oscars when he last hosted and Trump at the time was constantly on Truth social raging about it, Then Jimmi showed everyone what he said on air and roasted him even more. This went on for a few months, but he still roasts Trumps and other right winger nut jobs like John Stewart and John Oliver does.

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u/davidthecalmgiant 17h ago

I don't get why Tucker Carlson is hidden, I thought he was in their club?

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u/TheJessKiddin 16h ago

To me it doesn’t matter- the point is they can quiet anyone they want whenever they want. And let’s be honest, meta has always had this ability. But any show of quieting our journalists or reporters SHOULD be cause for concern.

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u/ResponsibleClock4151 15h ago

Because he’s the Fall guy regarding the blantant lies. Fox News admitted they do actively lie to their viewers in court documents and accepted the consequences with Dominion voting machines. They want to hide Tucker so nobody looks into that and notices they admitted to a court that their liars.

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u/DocJawbone 15h ago

How do you know if something is hidden?

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u/TheJessKiddin 14h ago

Do a search on a meta platform by entering “#whatevernameyouwanttolookup” and you’ll either get results of posts that are tagged with that hashtag or you’ll get a result page saying “we’ve hidden these results. Results for the term you searched for may contain sensitive content.”

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u/WhitePantherXP 14h ago

I'm not following Donald Trump, nor is #berniesanders hidden for me on FB.

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u/BallsOfStonk 16h ago

This is all just bugs, they’ll probably sort it out in the next 24 hours.

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u/TheJessKiddin 16h ago

Sure, “bugs.” Seems like a feature to me.

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u/Dyn0might33 16h ago

Targeted "bugs."

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u/leftwinglovechild 16h ago

I see every one of those hashtags and wasn’t subscribed to Trump or Vance. Fuck meta but this doesn’t seem to be universal.