Summary
Meta’s Instagram faced criticism after searches for “Democrat” or “Democrats” displayed a “results hidden” message, while “Republican” returned 3.3 million posts.
The issue emerged after Donald Trump’s inauguration, which Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg attended.
Meta attributed the problem to a technical error affecting political hashtags and promised a quick fix.
Critics, however, flagged concerns over perceived political bias, especially as Meta has recently shifted content moderation policies and aligned closer to the Republican administration, including donations to Trump and appointing a Republican as global affairs chief.
Oh God, have we come full circle? 8 years ago this would be the same article but about how meta was blocking conservatives…
But they never did lol. They literally amplified them.
It would be conservatives lying about being blocked.
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I’m not seeing where in that article it says the Supreme Court confirmed that conservatives were being blocked by social media, let alone that social media was being forced to by the government. Can you clip me the excerpt i’m missing?
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Your quotes are talking about blocking misinformation about COVID.
None of them are referring to blocking Conservatives.
I mean, technically you’re not wrong. But the Venn diagram is nearly a circle.
Who the fuck cares what those pieces of traitor filth say?
That was not about government censorship. That was about the government being able to discuss with corporations what harmful things should be self-filtered by the corporations.
Also, since those things the government in that lawsuit wanted filtered were false and harmful misinformation related to election security and COVID, it seems conservatives equate harmful and fake shit as “conservative.”
Can’t say the n word?!?? Republican viewpoints are being SiLeNcEd!!!
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You mean the company that hired Cambridge Analytics to help Trump win the first time was censoring conservative sources? I don’t think so.
Why do people seem to think I’m saying that Meta was blocking conservatives? Are Lemmykins that bad at comprehension or are they too just egged along by the rage machine to the point where they can’t think clearly?
Because those are the literal words you used?
So comprehension then. Thanks!
IDK dog if this many people misunderstood my point I’d be trying better not doubling down on blaming them but you do you
I’m happy to accept that there are a lot of stupid people on Lemmy, particularly the politics communities.
If you err, it is not correct to blame everyone else. Lest you want to commit fallacies
I did not err.
Because your literal words were “the same article but about how meta was blocking conservatives.” Please tell the class how saying “meta was blocking conservatives” does NOT mean “Meta was blocking conservatives.”
I used other words around those ones too. So comprehension is the issue. Thanks!