• downpunxx@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    When it was shown that Zuck was actively undermining American Democracy, without care for consequence, I deleted my Facebook account, have never used it’s messenger, don’t Insta or META anything ever. Same with Twitter, I mean, why would you choose to contribute anything to these monsters … so you can stay in touch with high school friends you never chat, call or speak to?

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      9 months ago

      I think the problem is much deeper than Facebook…

      And just to be clear, the issue is completely bipartisan

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      9 months ago

      Lol what? Actively Undermining American Democracy? I have to see the source for this.

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        9 months ago

        Google “Cambridge Analytica”

        That was an org that trump paid to do what facebook has been doing on their own for over a decade to push politicians that help prop up it’s business.

        “Amusingly”, people were all up in arms about election interference and bypassing election advertising rules all up until they realized their own preferred politicians had been doing the same thing extensively even back in the obama era.

        People got real quiet about it after that, but facebook is quite clearly the greatest election manipulation machine ever created or conceived by mankind. Other social networks are close behind.

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          9 months ago

          Sure but Cambridge Analytica isn’t “anti-democracy” or whatever anymore then political ads are.

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            9 months ago

            You should really learn more about it before deciding that you have an expert opinion on it.